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STAY OUT OF FLOODWATER| Rule No. 1 for floodwaters: Stay out of them. Do not drive, walk or swim in them. Just 6 inches of fast-moving water can knock a person over, and 2 feet of water may float a car. All sorts of dangerous products can lurk under the surface, everything from household, medical or industrial chemical waste to human or animal waste. The hazards can make you and others more vulnerable to infectious disease or injury.

California got $1.3 billion in wildfire relief. Victims have received nothing, prompting outrage

December 3, 2020 at 9:30 a.m.

LOS ANGELES — After her home in Santa Rosa, California, burned down in the Tubbs fire three years ago, Linda Adrain moved into a tiny apartment. She didn't expect to stay long. Adrain soon...

A man sleeps on bench near a bus stop in Los Angeles, California on March 17, 2020.

Citing coronavirus, homeless families seize 12 vacant homes in Los Angeles: ‘We have to do this’

March 19, 2020 at 11:03 a.m.

A group of homeless and housing-insecure Angelenos seized more vacant, publicly owned homes in El Sereno on Wednesday, arguing that government officials have failed to provide the shelter that's necessary...

A pair of Oakland fire officials walk past the remains of the Ghost Ship warehouse fire Wednesday, Dec. 7, 2016, in Oakland, Calif. The fire that killed 36 people during a party at an Oakland warehouse started on the ground floor and quickly raged, with smoke billowing into the second level and trapping victims whose only escape route was through the flames, federal investigators said Wednesday.

Ghost Ship tragedy puts focus on plight of Oakland artists dealing with soaring Bay Area housing costs

August 21, 2019 at 9:17 p.m.

The room for rent last summer inside the converted warehouse at 1919 Market St. in West Oakland had all the magic of an artists colony that Sam Code wanted. Code,...

California governor hails deal to raise minimum wage to $15 as ‘matter of economic justice’

June 24, 2019 at 8:30 p.m.

In a move catapulting California into uncharted national territory, Gov. Jerry Brown announced Monday a six-year plan to boost the statewide minimum wage to $15 an hour, promising that millions...

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