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The Associated Press SACRAMENTO Two ba- bies have been born with Zika-related birth defects in California to mothers who were infected over- seas, health officials said Thursday. The newborns survived. One of the mothers re- turned to her home coun- try with her baby while the other remains in the state, according to the Califor- nia Department of Public Health. Health officials declined to release additional details about the cases, citing pa- tient privacy. Nineteen other preg- nant women in California who contracted Zika while traveling abroad were be- ing monitored by doctors. Babies born to Zika-in- fected mothers will be followed for up to a year. Health officials will check their hearing, vision and development, said Dr. Con- nie Mitchell, deputy direc- tor of the Center for Fam- ily Health. Nationwide, 13 babies have been born with Zika- related birth defects, ac- cording to the federal Cen- ters for Disease Control and Prevention. The CDC has advised pregnant women not to travel to parts of Latin America and the Caribbean where Zika transmission is active. The virus is usu- ally spread by mosquitoes, but it can also be passed through sex. Most people infected with Zika experience mild symptoms such as fever, rash and joint pain. Zika infection during pregnancy can cause babies to be born with unusually small heads, called microcephaly. Florida is the only U.S. state so far that has re- ported homegrown Zika transmission by mosqui- toes in a square-mile neigh- borhood in Miami-Dade County. The CDC has urged expectant mothers to avoid Miami's Wynwood neigh- borhood, where at least 15 people are believed to have been infected with the Zika virus through mosquito bites. CALIFORNIA 2 babies born with Zika-related defects ANDREPENNER—THEASSOCIATEDPRESSFILE A female Aedes aegypti mosquito, known to be a carrier of the Zika virus, acquires a blood meal on the arm of a researcher at the Biomedical Sciences Institute of Sao Paulo University in Sao Paulo, Brazil. By Paul Elias The Associated Press SAN FRANCISCO Support- ers of a California ini- tiative to legalize recre- ational marijuana filed a lawsuit Thursday accus- ing opponents of includ- ing false and misleading language in official ballot materials. The Yes on Proposition 64 committee sued in Sac- ramento County Superior Court, asking a judge to change or delete several arguments that opponents make against the measure on the November ballot. The lawsuit objects to opponents' claims about television advertising and arguments that the measure would undo con- sumer protections that Gov. Jerry Brown recently signed into law. In particular, lawsuit says it's not true that the initiative "rolls back the total prohibition of smok- ing ads on TV" and that children "will be exposed to ads promoting mari- juana gummy candy and brownies." Federal law bans mari- juana advertising, and the measure won't change the federal prohibition of tele- vised smoking ads, prop- osition supporter spokes- man Jason Kinney said. The measure itself bars marketing marijuana to people under 21, Kinney said. "Defenders of the failed war on marijuana are en- titled to their own opin- ions but not their own facts," Kinney said. "The ballot arguments submit- ted with a straight face by the opponents fundamen- tally and factually misrep- resent this ballot measure and are riddled with obvi- ous falsehoods." Opposition campaign spokesman A ndrew Acosta called the lawsuit a "sign that we are in the silly season" of political campaigning and said op- position lawyers will de- fend the ballot language in court. LEGALIZATION Ca li fo rn ia p ot s up po rt er s su e ov er o pp os in g ba ll ot a rg um en ts JEFF CHIU — THE ASSOCIATED PRESS FILE California Lt. Gov. Gavin Newsom, right, speaks in support of the Adult Use of Marijuana Act ballot measure in San Francisco. FRIDAY, AUGUST 5, 2016 REDBLUFFDAILYNEWS.COM | NEWS | 7 A