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Updated at 9:10 a.m. ET California Sen. Kamala Harris is running for president in 2020. The first-term Democratic senator made the announcement on ABC’s Good Morning America Monday morning. “I love my country, and this is a moment in time that I feel a sense of responsibility to fight for the best of who we are,” Harris said. The 54-year-old Harris has been seen as a rising star in the Democratic Party even before she…

The Standard’s news roundup gives you a quick hit of interesting, sometimes irreverent, and breaking news stories from all over the state. Teams from Texas A&M University returned home this week after a nearly month-long deployment to California to aid recovery efforts after the Camp Fire. That wildfire was the deadliest and most destructive in California history. Seven AgriLife Extension agents and twelve members of the Veterinary Emergency Team lent a helping hand at an…

ARI SHAPIRO, HOST: Survivors of California’s recent wildfires are bracing for the possibility that the utility Pacific Gas and Electric may go into bankruptcy protection by the end of this month. Investigators are looking into whether the company’s equipment started the Camp Fire. For victims suing PG&E, a company bankruptcy could impact their compensation. From member station KQED in San Francisco, Lily Jamali has more. LILY JAMALI, BYLINE: For the last several weeks, California’s Butte…

ARI SHAPIRO, HOST: Survivors of California’s recent wildfires are bracing for the possibility that the utility Pacific Gas and Electric may go into bankruptcy protection by the end of this month. Investigators are looking into whether the company’s equipment started the Camp Fire. For victims suing PG&E, a company bankruptcy could impact their compensation. From member station KQED in San Francisco, Lily Jamali has more. LILY JAMALI, BYLINE: For the last several weeks, California’s Butte…

ARI SHAPIRO, HOST: Survivors of California’s recent wildfires are bracing for the possibility that the utility Pacific Gas and Electric may go into bankruptcy protection by the end of this month. Investigators are looking into whether the company’s equipment started the Camp Fire. For victims suing PG&E, a company bankruptcy could impact their compensation. From member station KQED in San Francisco, Lily Jamali has more. LILY JAMALI, BYLINE: For the last several weeks, California’s Butte…

ARI SHAPIRO, HOST: Survivors of California’s recent wildfires are bracing for the possibility that the utility Pacific Gas and Electric may go into bankruptcy protection by the end of this month. Investigators are looking into whether the company’s equipment started the Camp Fire. For victims suing PG&E, a company bankruptcy could impact their compensation. From member station KQED in San Francisco, Lily Jamali has more. LILY JAMALI, BYLINE: For the last several weeks, California’s Butte…

ARI SHAPIRO, HOST: Survivors of California’s recent wildfires are bracing for the possibility that the utility Pacific Gas and Electric may go into bankruptcy protection by the end of this month. Investigators are looking into whether the company’s equipment started the Camp Fire. For victims suing PG&E, a company bankruptcy could impact their compensation. From member station KQED in San Francisco, Lily Jamali has more. LILY JAMALI, BYLINE: For the last several weeks, California’s Butte…

A diver in California has stumbled on an unexpected source of plastic waste in the ocean: golf balls. As the balls degrade, they can emit toxic chemicals. And there appear to be lots of them in certain places underwater — right next to coastal golf courses. Two years ago, a 16-year old diver named Alex Weber was swimming off Pebble Beach along the Pacific near Carmel, Calif. “My dad raised me underwater,” says Weber, and…