

- Written by: Norcal Administrator
ALSO: The California state Senate has begun passing measures to shield immigrants from new federal policies.
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Once prolific in San Francisco Bay, but now scarce, Olympia oysters are getting some human help in building new reefs—and helping their benefactors, too.
Linda Hutner, Executive Director of The Wild Oyster Project in San Francisco, says this area is following in the footsteps of other like-minded efforts elsewhere.

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The head of the agency tasked with providing permits for sellers of recreational pot told lawmakers this week the agency will "phase in" licensing starting January 1, 2018.
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