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Plastic bottles of shampoo are displayed at Compton's Market in Sacramento, Calif., Friday, June 17, 2022. A California proposal would reduce the amount of plastics used for single-use products like eating utensils, food containers and shampoo bottles. State Sen. Ben Allen, D-Santa Monica, made the bill public on Thursday, June 16, 2022. (AP Photo/Rich Pedroncelli)

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California bill would reduce single-use plastic products 25%
By KATHLEEN RONAYNE - Associated Press
Fri,06/17/22-3:37PM , 108 Reads
SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — An ambitious California proposal aims to reduce plastic production for single-use products like shampoo bottles and food wrappers by 25% starting next decade, part of an effort to rein in pollution from the ubiquitous material.
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The Tuolumne and San Joaquin rivers meet on the edge of the Dos Rios Ranch Preserve in Modesto, Calif., Wednesday, Feb. 16, 2022. The 2,100-acre preserve is California's largest floodplain restoration project, designed to give the rivers room to breath and restore traditional riparian habitats. (AP Photo/Rich Pedroncelli)

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California leads effort to let rivers roam, lower flood risk
By KATHLEEN RONAYNE - Associated Press
Mon,04/18/22-11:04PM , 110 Reads
MODESTO, Calif. (AP) — Between vast almond orchards and dairy pastures in the heart of California’s farm country sits a property being redesigned to look like it did 150 years ago, before levees restricted the flow of rivers that weave across the landscape.
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A man passes a colorful panel painted with the message "Mission: Hope on K Street," in Sacramento, Calif., Thursday, April 7, 2022. A mass shooting, April 3 that killed six people and wounded a dozen others occurred just a two blocks from where this sign is displayed. In recent years the heart of the city has been rattled by rising crime, protests and the economic drubbing of the pandemic. (AP Photo/Rich Pedroncelli)

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Sacramento shooting is latest struggle for downtown strip
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Mon,04/11/22-11:08PM , 99 Reads
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FILE— Members of the Ukrainian community and others gathered at the state Capitol to protest the Russian invasion of Ukraine at a rally n Sacramento, Calif., Thursday, Feb. 24, 2022. Roughly 18,000 Ukrainians live in the Sacramento region and the area is preparing for the possibility of many more Ukrainians arriving after U.S. President Joe Biden announced the nation will accept up to 100,000 refugees from the country. (AP Photo/Rich Pedroncelli, File)

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Ukrainian communities in US prepare to support refugees
By KATHLEEN RONAYNE - Associated Press
Wed,03/30/22-11:19PM , 158 Reads
SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — As the United States prepares to accept up to 100,000 Ukrainian refugees following Russia's invasion of their country, existing communities in cities like Sacramento and Seattle are already mobilizing to provide food, shelter and support to those fleeing the war.
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