- Associated Press - Thursday, May 21, 2015

Your daily look at late-breaking California news, upcoming events and the stories that will be talked about today:

1. OIL SPILL

Around-the-clock cleanup underway after thousands of gallons of crude oil spill on Santa Barbara County coast.

2. DROUGHT

Farmers who hold rights to water dating back to the Gold Rush brace for first state-ordered conservation in decades.

3. PORT LABOR

Companies that employ West Coast dockworkers approve proposed contract that restored labor peace to seaports; unions vote Friday.

4. SAN FRANCISCO ARCHBISHOP

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Teachers from four San Francisco Catholic high schools criticize archbishop’s latest revision of a teacher handbook.

5. SPACEX

Dragon supply capsule departs international space station, heads for splashdown off Southern California coast.

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