Latest line: Google a winner, anti-vaccine activists a loser

Jun. 23--Google

Tech giant announces it will spend $1 billion to alleviate the Bay Area's housing crisis, pledging to add about 20,000 homes across the region, including many on its own land in San Jose, Sunnyvale and Mountain View.

Anti-vaccine activists

As measles cases rise, Gov. Gavin Newsom and Democratic lawmakers reach a deal on a bill to require state Department of Public Health approval when doctors issue childhood vaccine exemptions.

PG&E

Bankrupt utility agrees to pay $1 billion to 14 local governments to settle damages from wildfires sparked by its power lines. But the company still faces $30 billion in damages from governments, property owners and insurance companies.

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