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Grab your earplugs. Invasive coqui frogs gain foothold in California

By Kerry L. Shaw, Scientific American

Coqui frogs -- voracious, cacaphonous amphibians -- have already disrupted the ecosystem of Hawaii's Big Island. Now they've got a foothold in the Golden State…

After a horrific blaze, Oakland firefighters confront lasting emotional scars

By Leah Rosenbaum, STAT

After the Ghost Ship warehouse fire, Oakland firefighters want to create a peer counseling program to help cope with PTSD and other mental health issues.

Tribes bash proposed Trump budget cuts to Native American programs

By Gillian Flaccus, Associated Press

Members from Native American tribes in six Western states called on Congress to restore funding to tribes during budget negotiations.

California Democrats take aim at Trump, GOP Congress

By Jonathan J. Cooper, Associated Press

The party's elected leaders urged fired-up activists to work against the 14 Republicans in the state's 53-member congressional delegation.

California leads the nation in life sentences. A new bill aims to change that

By Kamala Kelkar

California leads the nation with the highest percentage of prisoners serving for life, which critics say is an economic drain on the state.

Should Texas secede? Why breaking up is hard to do

By Mindy Fetterman, Stateline

An online survey by Reuters in 2014 found that nearly one in four Americans want their state to secede. The desire was highest — 34 percent — in the Southwest, which includes Texas.

To control kids' asthma, this California program clears the air at home

By PBS News Hour

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Looking back at LA riots after beating of Rodney King

By PBS News Hour

Twenty-five years ago, parts of Los Angeles erupted with anger after four white police officers who were filmed beating motorist Rodney King with batons were acquitted of assault. Riots lasted for five days, left 63 people dead and destroyed or…

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Here's what California's 'super bloom' looks like from space

By Lindsey Hoshaw, KQED

It’s a fantastic year for wildflower lovers in California, who’ve been frolicking amid fields of poppies, lupine and golden brush.

2 adults, 1 student killed in likely murder-suicide at San Bernardino elementary school

By Joshua Barajas

The gunman, identified as 53-year-old Cedric Anderson, shot his wife, a teacher at North Park Elementary School, in an apparent murder-suicide inside a special-needs classroom.