State news briefs

DA: EVIDENCE SHOWS SUSPECTED PIMP SHOT IN REVENGE: SAN FRANCISCO (AP) - District Attorney George Gascon says new evidence shows the parents and two men charged for killing a girl's suspected pimp acted more out of revenge than protection.

Pair of ospreys spotted at San Francisco pier

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) - Bird watchers in San Francisco are celebrating what they say is the first confirmed sighting of an osprey in the city. A pair of the raptors was recently spotted nesting atop a container crane at Pier 80 in the city's Bayview-Hunters Point neighborhood, the San Francisco Chronicle reported. Bird experts say their presence is a sign that the ...

Former Raiders DE Anthony Smith faces three new murder charges in Los Angeles

Rosemead slaughterhouse fights to stay open

ROSEMEAD (AP) - A slaughterhouse in a small Los Angeles suburb is raising a big stink as the owners fight an order to shut it down, accusing the city of discriminating against Asian culture. Chinese American Live Poultry in Rosemead provides freshly killed chickens - head, feet and all - to many Chinese and Vietnamese immigrants in the San Gabriel Valley. It ...

Justin Bieber cited for speeding, claims he was being chased by five cars of paparazzi

California OKs funding for high-speed rail line

State Supreme Court: Welfare can take kids from parents who negligently cause death of sibling

LOS ANGELES (AP) - Welfare officials can take children from parents who negligently cause the death of a son or daughter, such as failing to place them in a car seat, even if there was no criminal harm, the California Supreme Court ruled. The court ruled Thursday that a "breach of ordinary care" with fatal results is enough reason for child welfare ...

Bay Area briefs

Jockey killed in fall during Alameda race

San Diego fireworks malfunction in big, fast flash; 20-minute show over in seconds

Legislature OKs bill to aid search for Speed Freak Killers' victims

Jails to see 250 more inmates than forecast

Father sues city over homeless son's death

Man acquitted of assaulting retired priest to avoid prison sentence

State news briefs

Body of missing Dodgers fan found floating off SF SAN FRANCISCO (AP) - Authorities say they've found the body of a Los Angeles Dodgers fan who vanished after a Giants game in San Francisco. The body of 27-year-old Victor Murillo was found Wednesday morning floating in the bay just off the Embarcadero. Friends said Murillo, a prison guard ...

Lawmakers postpone water bond to 2014

Navy official removed from job for flirty texts

Analyst pegs revenue $3.2B higher than Brown

Canada trying to lure Bay Area tech workers

California unemployment rate drops to 9 percent

Bay Area briefs

OAKLAND FREEWAY REOPENS AFTER FATAL SHOOTING: OAKLAND (AP) - A freeway has reopened early Friday after a shooting left two men dead.

Brown defends education spending in LA

Wildfire forces school lock down

14-year term for doc promising cancer cure

State news briefs

BILL CALLS FOR CONSIDERING BRIDGE SUICIDE BARRIERS: SACRAMENTO (AP) - Suicide barriers could be included on more California bridges as a result of a bill advancing through the Legislature.

Judge will hear lawsuit over high-speed rail bonds

No spike in parolee arrests found in state prison realignment aftermath

Salinas man arrested in kiddie porn case; child is rescued

Delta management plan embraced by Stewardship Council

California fuels $550M Powerball jackpot

Ripon crime lab analyst pleads in drug theft case