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Category Archives: International
Prophylactic HIV Drug Would Be First to Be Taken By At Risk-But-Healthy Population
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By Bernice Yeung, California Watch Foster City drugmaker Gilead recently updated its application with the federal Food and Drug Administration for approval to market its HIV treatment medication Truvada as a HIV prevention pill. If the FDA approves Truvada for … Continue reading
Breakfast Blend: 100+ Suspected Mexican Mafia Members Arrested in San Diego County
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Rachael Myrow here, host of the California Report, with a handful of links to cool and/or important stories outside the Bay Area local readers should check out. Suspected Mexican Mafia, gang members held in San Diego (Los Angeles Times) California … Continue reading
Breakfast Blend: Average Silicon Valley Tech Salary Tops $100,000
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Rachael Myrow here, host of the California Report, with a handful of links to cool and/or important stories outside the Bay Area local readers should check out. Average Silicon Valley Tech Salary Passes $100,000 (Wall Street Journal) Officers justified in … Continue reading
Breakfast Blend: 71 Years After Hearst Tried to Kill It, "Citizen Kane" to be Shown at Hearst Castle
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Rachael Myrow here, host of the California Report, with a handful of links to cool and/or important stories outside the Bay Area local readers should check out. 'Citizen Kane' gets inside the castle (Los Angeles Times) McDonald's proposal divides healthy … Continue reading
Breakfast Blend: FBI Arrests Tech Fund Manager in S. Pasadena for Alleged Insider Trading
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Rachael Myrow here, host of the California Report, with a handful of links to cool and/or important stories outside the Bay Area local readers should check out. Federal Officials Charge Seven in Insider Probe (Wall Street Journal) Onetime employee says … Continue reading
Chevron's $18 Billion Ecuador Liability: What Happens Next?
Last week an Ecuadoran appeals court upheld an $18 billion ruling against San Ramon-based oil giant Chevron for pollution and ill health effects caused in the country's rainforest. The decades-old damage stemmed from oil exploration by Texaco, which Chevron bought … Continue reading
Breakfast Blend: Wine Growers Salivate over Signs Asian Big Spenders Tiring of French Bordeaux
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Rachael Myrow here, host of the California Report, with a handful of links to cool and/or important stories outside the Bay Area local readers should check out. Wine Sellers Aim High Ahead of Chinese New Year (Wall Street Journal) German … Continue reading
Ecuador Court Upholds $18 Billion Ruling Against Chevron
An appeals court in Ecuador upheld an $18 billion ruling against Chevron Corp. on Tuesday for oil pollution in the Amazon rain forest more than two decades ago. The original judgment against Chevron was for $8.6 billion in damages, but … Continue reading
Breakfast Blend: Occupy the Latest Political Movement Looking to Converge on Rose Parade
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Rachael Myrow here, host of the California Report, with a handful of links to cool and/or important stories outside the Bay Area local readers should check out. Occupy protesters take aim at Rose Parade (Los Angeles Times) Glendale schools reverse … Continue reading
Bay Area Koreans React With Concern, Hope at Kim Jong Il's Death
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At a busy Korean grocery story in Oakland, shoppers said they were shocked when they learned of the North Korean leader's death. Yul Huh, a general contractor, said the first thing he did on Sunday was call family members in … Continue reading
