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A man loads the back of his car with sandbags, Wednesday, Jan. 4, 2023, in Pacifica, Calif. A major winter storm approached California on Wednesday causing crews to rush to clear storm drains in preparation for flooding and strong winds, as parts of the Midwest dealt with snow, ice or tornadoes, and the South recovered from strong overnight storms. (AP Photo/Haven Daley)

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Evacuations ordered as California storm knocks out power
By OLGA R. RODRIGUEZ - Associated Press
Wed,01/04/23-11:05AM , 567 Reads
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Officials in California ordered evacuations in a high-risk coastal area where mudslides killed 23 people in 2018 as a huge storm barreled into the state Wednesday, bringing high winds and rain that threatened widespread flooding and knocked out power to more than 100,000 people.
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A prototype trash can called Salt and Pepper is seen near the Embarcadero in San Francisco on July 26, 2022. What takes years to make and costs more than $20,000? A trash can in San Francisco. The pricey, boxy bin is one of three custom-made trash cans the city is testing this summer as part of its yearslong search for another tool to fight its battle against dirty streets. (AP Photo/Eric Risberg)

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What takes years and costs $20K? A San Francisco trash can
By OLGA R. RODRIGUEZ - Associated Press
Sat,08/13/22-11:27AM , 947 Reads
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — What takes four years to make and costs more than $20,000? A trash can in San Francisco.
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This photo provided by the National Park Service shows the coast redwood tree named Hyperion in Redwood National Park, Calif., on Sept. 22, 2021. Tree-enthusiasts who make the trek to the world's tallest tree deep in a Northern California forest will face a fine and possible jail time after park officials declared the remote area off-limits to hikers because of the damage done by trampling visitors to the tree and the surrounding forest. The tree, a 380-foot (115-meter) coast redwood made famous online, is in a remote area of Redwood National Park. (National Park Service via AP)

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Visitors to world's tallest tree could face $5K fine, jail
By OLGA R. RODRIGUEZ
Mon,08/01/22-6:36PM , 904 Reads
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Tree enthusiasts who make the trek to the world's tallest tree deep in a Northern California forest will face a fine and possible jail time after park officials declared the remote area off-limits because of damage done by trampling visitors to the tree and surrounding forest, a park official said Monday.
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In this photo provided by the Shulgin Family Trust is Ann Shulgin at her home "The Farm," in Lafayette, Calif., in 1979. Shulgin, who together with her late husband, Alexander Shulgin, pioneered the use of psychedelic drugs in psychotherapy and co-wrote two books on the subject, died Saturday, July 9, 2022, at the age of 91. (Alexander Shulgin/Shulgin Family Trust via AP)

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Ann Shulgin, pioneer of psychedelics in therapy, dies at 91
By OLGA R. RODRIGUEZ - Associated Press
Tue,07/12/22-3:35PM , 274 Reads
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Ann Shulgin, who together with her late husband Alexander Shulgin pioneered the use of psychedelic drugs in psychotherapy and co-wrote two seminal books on the subject, has died at the age of 91.
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