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Signs of omicron variant found in California wastewater

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Fresno County warns hospitals may be forced to ration …

Community Regional Medical Center in Fresno is seen in January 2021. (Gary Coronado / Los Angeles Times)

Hospitals in California’s Central Valley increasingly …

Community Regional Medical Center in Fresno has been strained by the fourth pandemic wave.(Gary Coronado / Los Angeles Times)

California lawsuits allege pesticide caused brain damage …

In this May 13, 2004, file photo, a foreman watches workers pick fruit in an orchard in Arvin, Calif. On Monday, July 12, 2021 lawsuits were filed in four California counties seeking potential class-action damages from Dow Chemical and its successor company over a widely used bug killer containing Chlorpyrifos that has been linked to brain damage in children. Chlorpyrifos is approved for use on more than 80 food crops, including oranges, berries, grapes, soybeans almonds and walnuts, though California banned the sales of the pesticide last year and ended spraying this year.(AP Photo/Damian Dovarganes, File)

Top leader in California’s high-speed rail project steps …

The high-speed rail viaduct that will cross over Highway 99 is seen under construction in Fresno on Oct. 9, 2019. (Rich Pedroncelli / Associated Press)

Central Valley Foster Farms cited over deadly coronavirus …

In this Oct. 10, 2013, file photo, a truck enters the Foster Farms processing plant, in Livingston, Calif. (AP Photo/Rich Pedroncelli, File)

Judge drops murder charge against 26-year-old Central …

Chelsea Becker is seen in an undated booking photo released by the Hanford Police Department.

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California trucking millions of salmon to ocean as …

In this April 24, 2014, file photo, young salmon that have been transported by tanker truck from the Coleman National Fish hatchery are loaded into a floating net suspended on a pontoon barge at Mare Island, Calif. (AP Photo/Rich Pedroncelli, File)

Rep. Valadao, only California Republican to back …

Central Valley hospitals scramble for oxygen machines, …

Dr. Marwa Kilani begins to cry Dec. 31, 2020 after talking with a family at Providence Holy Cross Medical Center in Mission Hills.

12th Foster Farms worker in Central Valley dies of …

In this Oct. 10, 2013, file photo, a truck enters the Foster Farms processing plant, in Livingston, Calif. (AP Photo/Rich Pedroncelli, File)

Amid pandemic, radio station’s party van becomes …

Ricardo “El Profe” Castorena, right, gives a farmworker masks to protect her from the coronavirus in the fields of Selma in 2020. Castorena plays music and delivers PPE to farmworkers with the help of a Radio Lazer 103.1 van. (Genaro Molina / Los Angeles Times)

New coronavirus outbreaks reported at Foster Farms …

The Foster Farms processing plant in Livingston, California, is seen in 2013. (Rich Pedroncelli / Associated Press)

Crisis worsens in hospitals across California as …

Medical workers treat a COVID-19 patient in May at Riverside University Health System Medical Center in Moreno Valley. (Gina Ferazzi / Los Angeles Times)