Gov. Jerry Brown of California signed a controversial vaccination bill into law on Tuesday. David McNew/Getty Images hide caption
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Tuesday
Filmmaker Christopher Lee attends a 1999 film festival. Elizabeth Sheldon/Courtesy of Elizabeth Sheldon hide caption
Monday
Parents and teachers who oppose efforts to end the personal belief exemption on vaccinations rally in Los Angeles on April 14. Irfan Khan/LA Times via Getty Images hide caption
Saturday
Parents rally against SB 277, a California measure requiring schoolchildren to get vaccinated, outside the Capitol in Sacramento, Calif. Rich Pedroncelli/AP hide caption
In Bid For Stricter Vaccine Rules, Officials Grapple With Decades-Old Distrust
Thursday
A box of vaccine vials sits on a table during a Solano County health fair in 2010 in Vallejo, Calif. Justin Sullivan/Getty Images hide caption
Leukemia survivor Rhett Krawitt, 7, carries a box of petitions representing more than 30,000 people supporting a measure requiring nearly all California schoolchildren to be vaccinated. He took them to the governor's office at the Capitol in Sacramento, Calif., on Wednesday. The state Assembly voted Thursday to remove so-called "personal belief exemptions" for immunizations. Rich Pedroncelli/AP hide caption
Monday
Long waits and lack of access to doctors is a continuing problem with California's Medicaid program, an audit finds. iStockphoto hide caption
Sunday
Members of Task Force 2 from the Los Angeles County Fire Department recovered survivors from a building that collapsed in May after a major aftershock in Singati, a mountain village in Nepal. Kashish Das/AP hide caption
From California To Kathmandu, Task Force 2 Responds To Disasters
Janice Bellucci, a lawyer, and Frank Lindsay serve on the board of directors of California Reform Sex Offender Laws, which advocates on behalf of registered sex offenders like Lindsay. Chloe Prasinos/NPR hide caption
For Registered Sex Offenders, An Uphill Civil Rights Battle
Sunday
Mount Shasta is an ice-topped volcano that draws outdoor adventurers and spiritual seekers. Various legends say it's home to a sacred spring, beings who have transcended the physical plane or a crystal city full of ancient foes of Atlantis. Rich Pedroncelli/AP hide caption
A Mountain Of Many Legends Draws Spiritual Seekers From Around The Globe
Friday
Amil Patel (left) and Bob Dunn run the front desk at this Walgreens pharmacy on the campus of the University of California, San Francisco. The store will be one of the first to take advantage of a new California law expanding pharmacists' scope of practice. April Dembosky/KQED hide caption
Thursday
Rudy Mussi's family has farmed in the Sacramento Delta region for nearly a century. Mussi worries that more water transfers will deplete the fragile Delta ecosystem and wipe out family farms like his. Kirk Siegler/NPR hide caption
Oil fouls the shore north of Goleta, Calif., following a pipeline rupture near Refugio State Beach. David McNew/Getty Images hide caption
Saturday
Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson and Carla Gugino star in the action thriller San Andreas. Jasin Boland/Courtesy of Warner Bros. Pictures hide caption
Fact-Checking 'San Andreas': Are Earthquake Swarms For Real?
Wednesday
Tuesday's decision by the U.S. Supreme Court to not review an ordinance passed by Alameda County, California, means that drug makers will now need to pay for collection and disposal of unused drugs in the county. iStockphoto hide caption