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UC Berkeley spreads the gospel of data science with new college, free curriculum

They comb through troves of legal records and video evidence to challenge wrongful convictions. They organize medical data to help personalize health treatments for better care. They scrutinize school test scores to investigate inequities. Finding safe drinking water is easier thanks to an analysis tool they created.

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Drinking water at 1 in 4 California child-care centers tests dangerously high for lead

In test results that suggest thousands of California infants, toddlers and children continue to be exposed to brain-damaging lead, data released by the state Department of Social Services has revealed that 1 in 4 of the state's child-care centers has dangerously high levels of the metal in their drinking water.

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Egg prices have fallen after record highs left consumers scrambling

After a bird flu outbreak last year caused egg prices to skyrocket across the country, consumers are getting some relief.

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Mary McNamara: One of TV's most acclaimed shows took seven years off. It was planned all along

Even considering the interruptions of the COVID-19 pandemic and the often random timing of British television, seven years seems a long time to wait between seasons of a series.

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What’s on TV this week: 'SmartLess: On the Road,' 'American Born Chinese,' 'Platonic,' 'FUBAR' and more

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Chaperone policy back at Knott's Berry Farm due to 'unruly and inappropriate behavior'

LOS ANGELES — Knott's Berry Farm has brought back its chaperone policy.

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That perfect Big Sur road trip? Start rerouting

LOS ANGELES — With storm-damaged Highway 1 under reconstruction in three different places, California Transportation Dept. officials say northbound drivers on that route won’t be able to reach Big Sur directly for at least two months.

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Nicholas Goldberg: Whistleblower or traitor? How to think about Jack Teixeira and the Pentagon leaks

The law is clear. If you mishandle, distribute or disclose classified information you can get in big trouble. In the worst cases, as with Jack Teixeira, the 21-year-old Air National Guardsman who has been accused of divulging top secret national security documents, you can be arrested, charged under the Espionage…

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Commentary: China’s economy might not be headed toward either ascendancy or decline

Something about China encourages grandiose predictions. Just a few years ago, the U.S. Intelligence Community forecast China would emerge from the COVID-19 pandemic economically and politically stronger than the United States.

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Bill Plaschke: The bear pokes back. LeBron James dominates Dillon Brooks and Grizzlies.

Dillon Brooks did more than poke a bear, he jabbed a finger into the face of an entire city.

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NBCUniversal CEO Jeff Shell leaves company, citing ‘inappropriate relationship’

In the latest sex scandal to shake Hollywood’s executive ranks, NBCUniversal Chief Executive Jeff Shell is stepping down after three years in the top job due to “an inappropriate relationship,” parent company Comcast Corp. announced Sunday.

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Meghan shuts down rumors ahead of the king's coronation

Meghan, Duchess of Sussex, is shutting down rumors ahead of King Charles III's coronation.

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Luxury LA hillside development in severe fire danger zone? Plan sparks protests

LOS ANGELES — A 20-year battle over the fate of a rugged, verdant hillside in Los Angeles is barreling toward an epic conclusion as developers move forward with plans to construct a luxury housing project in the Verdugo Mountains, above the Sunland-Tujunga neighborhood.

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Anthony Davis and Lakers take command early in Game 3 victory over Grizzlies

LOS ANGELES — First it was the Lakers. Then it was a returning Ja Morant. And in between, it was a defensive-first playoff game, one Lakers fans have been waiting nearly a decade to witness.

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Clippers on brink of playoff elimination after loss: 'We've got to be smarter'

LOS ANGELES — The Clippers dreamed of a parade in June, their pair of All-Stars leading the franchise to a place it had never been.

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Book bans are soaring in US schools, fueled largely by new laws in Republican-led states

Fearing criminal penalties, public schools throughout Missouri removed hundreds of books from their libraries after state lawmakers last year made it illegal to provide students with “sexually explicit” material — a new law that carried punishment of up to a year in prison.

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Since photos' release, LAPD has been quietly scrubbing police rosters from portal

LOS ANGELES — As the hand-wringing at Los Angeles Police Department headquarters continues over the release of police officers' pictures, the city has been quietly scrubbing the names and ranks of cops from its public records website.

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Clippers on brink of playoff elimination after losing Game 4 to Suns

LOS ANGELES — One way or another, the Clippers will be returning to Los Angeles on Wednesday.

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Goats go on the lam from a park in San Francisco, head for Ghirardelli Square

SAN DIEGO — A herd of working goats walked off the job Friday in San Francisco, blocking traffic as they wandered in the city streets.

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California Supreme Court rejects lawsuit challenging Newsom's plan to treat mental illness

The California Supreme Court this week declined to block the rollout of Gov. Gavin Newsom's sweeping new plan to compel people with severe mental illness into treatment, meaning the controversial program remains on track to begin this fall in several counties.

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Angel City's Alyssa Thompson at the forefront of change in U.S. women's soccer

LOS ANGELES — Alyssa Thompson has English class on Wednesdays. Nothing unusual about that, a lot of high school students have English class on Wednesday.

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Mookie Betts at shortstop? How the Dodgers' experiment could make long-term sense.

CHICAGO — It started as a temporary measure, a short-term solution to the Dodgers' growing infield injury list.

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Bill Shaikin: MLB and A's should do the right thing and keep team in Oakland

If baseball mythology really came to life, if teams really were civic assets and owners really were stewards of those public trusts, Rob Manfred would have issued a starkly different statement when the Oakland Athletics decided they wanted to move to Las Vegas.

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This dirt parking lot in the San Gabriel Mountains is a magnet for migrating birds

LOS ANGELES -- The San Gabriel Mountains loom like an impregnable fortress for millions of migrating birds making their long and perilous journey to distant breeding grounds in the far north.

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Harris, Feinstein told in 2018 of American killed by fentanyl pills from Mexican pharmacy

LOS ANGELES — In December 2018, Celia Harms sat down in her San Mateo, California, home to write a letter. Over the course of more than 900 words, she told a story that would become familiar to parents from San Diego to Texas to Indiana: Her son had gone to…

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