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FILE - Pleasure boats cut through the waters of Lake Conroe, near Conroe, Texas on June 10, 2014. Travelers are leaning toward less-crowded vacation destinations this year. (AP Photo/Pat Sullivan, File)
Why you should consider a ‘second city’ trip in 2021

By Sally French Of Nerdwallet Jun. 07, 2021 10:18 AM EDT

Stanford wide receiver Elijah Higgins (6) reaches up to catch a pass as Oregon State defensive back Jaydon Grant watches during the second half of an NCAA college football game in Corvallis, Ore., Saturday, Dec. 12, 2020. Stanford won 27-24. (AP Photo/Amanda Loman)
Stanford wraps unexpected road trip in season finale at UCLA

By Dan Greenspan Dec. 17, 2020 01:39 PM EST

California Democrat in Congress tests positive for COVID-19

By Janie Har Oct. 08, 2020 05:23 PM EDT
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Rep. Salud Carbajal of California has tested positive for the coronavirus after coming into passing contact with Sen. Mike Lee, a Utah...

FILE - In this April 2, 2020, file photo, caution tape surrounds the closed playground at Country Side Community Park in Elk Grove, Calif. California public health officials say it's OK for public playgrounds to open across the state. The new guidelines require face coverings for everyone 2 and older and physical distancing between people who don't live in the same household. On Tuesday, Sept. 29, 2020, state public health officials officially loosened restrictions in 11 counties, allowing more businesses to reopen. (AP Photo/Rich Pedroncelli, File)
California eases more virus restrictions, opens playgrounds

By Adam Beam Sep. 29, 2020 07:24 PM EDT

Sprawling Los Angeles archdiocese announces reopening plans

May. 27, 2020 11:19 AM EDT
LOS ANGELES (AP) — The sprawling Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Los Angeles announced Wednesday measured steps toward reopening churches and resuming...

LA Catholic schools to finish year with remote learning

May. 11, 2020 02:14 PM EDT
LOS ANGELES (AP) — The 73,000 students in 265 Catholic elementary and high schools throughout the three-county Archdiocese of Los Angeles will continue...

Brush fire burns on south Santa Barbara County coast

May. 08, 2020 06:39 AM EDT
SANTA BARBARA, Calif. (AP) — Winds spread a brush fire over more than 150 acres (61 hectares) along the south Santa Barbara County coast Thursday amid a spell...

In this March 31, 2020 photo, a Samaritan's Purse crew erects privacy tents at a 68 bed emergency field hospital specially equipped with a respiratory unit in New York's Central Park, in New York. International charity groups which usually provide support to war-torn or impoverished countries are now sending humanitarian aid to some of the wealthiest places in the United States to help manage the coronavirus pandemic. (AP Photo/Mary Altaffer)
Groups used to serving desperately poor nations now help US

By Martha Mendoza And Juliet Linderman Apr. 10, 2020 10:00 AM EDT