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• Warriors: MRI reveals Kuminga knee injury
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• Photo | Women’s worldwide athletic feats featured in film festival
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• Trump administration approves plan backed by Newsom to build largest California reservoir in 50 years
  The Trump administration on Friday gave its approval for plans to build Sites Reservoir, a vast 13-mile-long o…
• Survival or extinction in college football: The lessons within Indiana’s miraculous ascent
  Indiana’s unimaginable rise from nowhere to undefeated national champion stands as a beacon for perennial lose…

• San Jose: Pedestrian killed in hit-and-run
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  A 41-year-old Oakland man was arrested Saturday night following a shooting that…
• Former 49ers backup Sam Darnold reaches Super Bowl LX as Seahawks beat Rams
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• Local Businesses & Giant Octopus Celebrate Cruzio’s 35th Birthday
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• Giant Slugs & Giant Sloths — That’s So Santa Cruz
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• First Friday at Cruzio Featuring Liminal Space!
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• Faster Internet Coming to Coastside San Mateo
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• Minneapolis protesters march against ICE as governor urges Trump to remove agents
  Second fatal shooting an ‘inflection point’ says Tim Walz as protests spread ove…
• Fifteen dead after Philippines ferry with 300 passengers sinks
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• Heatwave warnings across Australia as millions celebrate national day
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• 'This is horrifying' – Minneapolis residents reel from second deadly shooting
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• Tearful goodbyes as Japan returns pandas to China amid worsening ties
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• Russia using Interpol's wanted list to target critics abroad, leak reveals
  A leak exposes for the first time the extent of Russia’s misuse of Interpol to r…
• Analysing the Minneapolis shooting frame by frame
  BBC Verify has analysed footage of the shooting from multiple angles, piecing to…
• Kenya's ex-deputy president alleges assassination attempt in church attack
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• People cling to treetops as 'worst floods in a generation' sweep Mozambique
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• Venezuela frees dozens of political prisoners, human rights group says
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• Lighthouse Point can’t catch a break from erosion
  Local advocates and surfers are increasingly concerned about the future of West…
• Progressive Rail pushes back on RTC’s rail line takeover attempt
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• Design revealed for 8-story Pacific Ave. apartments in Santa Cruz
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• ‘ICE Out for Good’ protest planned Friday in Scotts Valley
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• Learn more about Capitola politics and public safety
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