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Past articles by Paul:

Jury orders Monsanto to pay $2 billion in weed killer cancer case

A jury on Monday ordered agribusiness giant Monsanto Co. to pay a combined $2.055 billion to a couple claiming that the company’s popular weed killer Roundup Ready caused their cancers. → Read More

Jury: Monsanto to pay $2 billion in weed killer cancer case

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) - A jury on Monday ordered agribusiness giant Monsanto Co. to pay a combined $2.055 billion to a couple claiming that the company's popular weed killer Roundup Ready caused their cancers. The jury's verdict is the third such courtroom loss for Monsanto in California since August, but a San Francisco law professor said it's likely a trial judge or appellate court will… → Read More

Immigration officials arrest man charged with killing 3

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) - Federal immigration agents on Tuesday arrested a suspected drunken driver who was free on bail after being charged with plowing into a Northern California trailer home and killing three sleeping family members. U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement spokesman Paul Prince said Ismael Huazo-Jardinez, 33, is suspected of living in the country illegally. Prince said U.S.… → Read More

Immigration officials arrest man charged with killing 3

Federal immigration agents on Tuesday arrested a suspected drunken driver who was free on bail after being charged with plowing into a Northern California trailer home and killing three sleeping family members. → Read More

Defense seeks to shift blame for warehouse fire

OAKLAND, Calif. (AP) - A defense attorney is expected to counter a prosecutor's emotional opening statement by attempting to deflect blame from his client charged with 36 counts of involuntary manslaughter in connection with a Northern California warehouse fire that killed three dozen people. → Read More

Defense seeks to shift blame for warehouse fire

OAKLAND, Calif. (AP) - A defense attorney is expected to counter a prosecutor's emotional opening statement by attempting to deflect blame from his client charged with 36 counts of involuntary manslaughter in connection with a Northern California warehouse fire that killed three dozen people. Derick Almena, 49, rented the Oakland warehouse and is accused of illegally converting it into an… → Read More

California seeks lessons from Florida for fire evacuations

Many California communities have plans similar to Florida's guidelines devised to speed up evacuations during hurricanes and wildfires. → Read More

With hurricanes, wildfires, evacuation orders fall short

MIAMI (AP) - With Hurricane Michael strengthening as it took aim at Florida's Panhandle, Mark Bowen and his employees watched the live footage through tears. They weren't looking at increasingly dire storm forecasts last October. They were watching cameras trained on rural Bay County's three main evacuation routes leading away from sugar-white beaches. Traffic was flowing smoothly when there… → Read More

How pot holiday 4/20 got its start with 5 California high school stoners

How the marijuana-loving world came to mark the occasion of 4/20 is believed traceable to five Northern California men now in their 60s with bad backs and graying hair. Here's → Read More

How pot holiday 4/20 got its start with 5 California high school stoners

How the marijuana-loving world came to mark the occasion of 4/20 is believed traceable to five Northern California men now in their 60s with bad backs and graying hair. Here's → Read More

How pot holiday 4/20 got its start with 5 California high school stoners

How the marijuana-loving world came to mark the occasion of 4/20 is believed traceable to five Northern California men now in their 60s with bad backs and graying hair. Here's → Read More

How pot holiday 4/20 got its start with 5 California high school stoners

How the marijuana-loving world came to mark the occasion of 4/20 is believed traceable to five Northern California men now in their 60s with bad backs and graying hair. Here's → Read More

How pot holiday 4/20 got its start with 5 California high school stoners

How the marijuana-loving world came to mark the occasion of 4/20 is believed traceable to five Northern California men now in their 60s with bad backs and graying hair. Here's → Read More

How pot holiday 4/20 got its start with 5 California high school stoners

How the marijuana-loving world came to mark the occasion of 4/20 is believed traceable to five Northern California men now in their 60s with bad backs and graying hair. Here's → Read More

How pot holiday 4/20 got its start with 5 California high school stoners

How the marijuana-loving world came to mark the occasion of 4/20 is believed traceable to five Northern California men now in their 60s with bad backs and graying hair. Here's → Read More

How pot holiday 4/20 got its start with 5 California high school stoners

How the marijuana-loving world came to mark the occasion of 4/20 is believed traceable to five Northern California men now in their 60s with bad backs and graying hair. Here's → Read More

How pot holiday 4/20 got its start with 5 California high school stoners

How the marijuana-loving world came to mark the occasion of 4/20 is believed traceable to five Northern California men now in their 60s with bad backs and graying hair. Here's → Read More

How pot holiday 4/20 got its start with 5 California high school stoners

How the marijuana-loving world came to mark the occasion of 4/20 is believed traceable to five Northern California men now in their 60s with bad backs and graying hair. Here's → Read More

How pot holiday 4/20 got its start with 5 California high school stoners

How the marijuana-loving world came to mark the occasion of 4/20 is believed traceable to five Northern California men now in their 60s with bad backs and graying hair. Here's → Read More

How pot holiday 4/20 got its start with 5 California high school stoners

How the marijuana-loving world came to mark the occasion of 4/20 is believed traceable to five Northern California men now in their 60s with bad backs and graying hair. Here's → Read More