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• Annie Park, golfer from Long Island, wins NCAA women's championship

  Levittown native Annie Park shot a 1-under 71 to top the individual standings and help Southern California take its third NCAA women's tournament title with a record-setting team performance Friday.Southern California finished at 19-under 1,133 -- 15 str 8:30 PM Read more »

• Rare island fox rebounds on California island

  fox is on the verge of making a comeback from near-extinction on Santa Cruz Island, the largest of the Channel Islands off Southern California.Biologists and other officials with the National Parks Service and The Nature Conservancy on Monday showcased their   Read more »

• Study: Older Whooping Cough Vaccine More Effective

  before they were 2 years old were significantly less likely to become infected with whooping cough during a recent outbreak in California, compared to children who received all of their immunizations with the new vaccines, called the acellular vaccine. "Teens   Read more »

• Tim Lambesis, As I Lay Dying singer accused of murder-for-hire, altered by steroids, laywer says

  lawyer for a California heavy metal singer accused of trying to hire someone to kill his estranged wife says the singer's mind has been ravaged by steroid use.U-T San Diego reports that the detail came to light during a Friday hearing for 32-year-old Timothy   Read more »

• Feds: Bath salt shipping hub operated from Nyack hotel; Strak Babikyan, Haider Rabeh Al-Khafaji arrested

  allegedly using a Nyack hotel room as a shipping hub to forward so-called "bath salts" from senders in China to addresses in California, federal authorities said in a criminal complaint.Police and the FBI got wind of the operation after a U.S. Postal Service   Read more »

Around the web

• Are bridges in Southern California safe?

  LOS ANGELES (KABC) -- Interstate-10 crossing over Normandie Avenue is one of the structurally deficient bridges in Southern California, according to a study by Transportation for America. More than 321,000 vehicles cross the bridge every day. But the que 4 m ago from KABC Los Angeles Read more »

• Ask Emily: Game-changer: Obamacare's new coverage rules, costs

  Emily Bazar works for the California HealthCare Foundation Center for Health Reporting. She is based in Sacramento, where she covers health care policy in California, with a focus on Obamacare implementation, Medi-Cal budget cuts, childrens dental care a 16 m ago from Sacramento Bee Read more »

• Hobby Lobby fights birth control mandate

  Prescription contraceptives for women sit on the counter of a drug store on August 1, 2011 in Los Angeles, California. Under new standards issued by the Obama administration, health insurers are required to cover all government-approved … Copyright Getty 22 m ago from NBC Action News Kansas City Read more »

• America’s Top Disability Lawyer, Frank N. Darras Announces:CIGNA To Pay $1.6 Million in Fines/Fees and up to $70 Million to Denied Policyholders

  Any person who had their claim denied from January 1, 2008 to December 31, 2010 is entitled to have their claim reviewed. California Insurance Commissioner Dave Jones announced that he, along with four other state insurance regulators, has reached a sett 27 m ago from PRWeb Read more »

• Covered California to pay $12M for ad agency and PR over two years

  A digest of important news from sources selected by our local editors. Delivered weekday mornings. Chris Rauber's beats include health care, insurance and the wine industry for the San Francisco Business Times. Covered California, the new health benefit 34 m ago from San Francisco Business Times Read more »