California to Levy Heavier Punishment for Fentanyl Traffickers

Large-scale traffickers of fentanyl could soon face stiffer criminal penalties in California; that's the result of a law signed by Governor Newsom over the weekend.

Reporter: Guy Marzorati, KQED

Governor Newsom has signed a bill that delegitimizes a controversial medical diagnostic theory called "excited delirium," which has been used to defend law enforcement in cases where a person has died while in custody.

Reporter: Stephanie O'Neill Patison, KFF Health News

Environmentalists cheered when a ghost lake in California’s Central Valley refilled earlier this year, because it created new wetlands for birds; but now, avian botulism is brewing in Tulare Lake.

It’s deadly to birds, and rescuers are in a mad dash to prevent a massive die-off.

Reporter: Joshua Yeager, KVPR

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