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Just a year ago, Kamala Harris and Joe Biden were sparring on a debate stage over racism. Harris, then a Democratic presidential candidate, attacked h(...)

Elon Musk sues to reopen Tesla factory in California
- Manufacturing
- May 10, 2020, 14:48
Tesla chief Elon Musk on Saturday sued Alameda County, home to the electric carmaker’s Fremont manufacturing plant, and threatened to withdraw Tesla f(...)

Elon Musk closes Tesla plant in California ... eventually
- Manufacturing
- March 20, 2020, 16:17
Tesla, the luxury electric carmaker, said Thursday that it would shut down production at its San Francisco factory next Tuesday, ending a standoff wit(...)

Irish in California on coronavirus: ‘The supermarkets have empty shelves’
- Abroad
- March 6, 2020, 14:11
The number of coronavirus cases is growing as more than 98,000 people are infected globally and more than 3,300 deaths. California declared a State o(...)

Headless body found in missing San Francisco eccentric’s fish tank
- US
- September 2, 2018, 10:55
When police announced on Tuesday that they had found a headless corpse in a fish tank in the San Francisco home of former bartender Brian Egg, it seem(...)

Death toll in California warehouse fire rises to at least 36
- US
- December 5, 2016
The death toll from a major fire that tore through a converted warehouse in Oakland, California during a dance party on Friday night has risen to 36,(...)

Oakland fire leaves 30 dead with death toll expected to rise
- US
- December 4, 2016
Recovery teams have found 30 bodies in the charred ruins of an Oakland, California loft building after a fire broke out during a weekend dance party, (...)

Berkeley apartment contractors to face legal action by authority
- Crime & Law
- April 8, 2016, 23:36
Legal action is to be taken against five contractors who worked on the Berkeley apartment building where a balcony collapsed killing five Irish stude(...)

Berkeley victims ‘may have contributed’ to balcony collapse
- Crime & Law
- April 4, 2016, 01:00
One of the companies being sued over the deaths of five Irish students when a balcony they were on collapsed in the US has denied liability, saying t(...)

Burden of proof too high for criminal charges in Berkeley tragedy
- Irish News
- March 29, 2016, 17:13
The decision by a US district attorney not to bring charges over last summer’s fatal balcony collapse closes the door on a criminal prosecution, but w(...)