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California places Tulare Lake Subbasin on probation — one year after historic flooding in the regionThe California State Water Resources Control Board voted unanimously Tuesday to place the Tulare Lake Subbasin on probation over concerns with subsidence that come from excessive groundwater pumping.
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A federal appeals court sided with Fresno police and sheriff’s deputies this week, concluding the emergency responders were immune from liability for the 2017 restraint-related death of a 41-year-old man who lost consciousness after telling the officers he could not breathe.
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Paris Hilton testified before state lawmakers in support of a bipartisan bill that would require short-term youth treatment facilities to report to the state government and notify parents when restraints or seclusion are used to discipline minors.
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