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By afternoon on Thursday, most areas will have warmed up to the mid-70s or lower 80s. Still, it should be short of a record set in 2017.
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A large proportion of the UC workers on strike work in scientific laboratories seeking advances that would help many people. Some of those workers have walked off the job.
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