Condoms now required for Los Angeles porn actors

Bay Area news briefs

Magnitude-4.0 quake shakes SF Bay area SAN FRANCISCO (AP) - Two small, back-to-back earthquakes shook San Francisco Bay area residents awake Monday morning but appeared to leave no serious damage or injury. The U.S. Geological Survey reported that a magnitude-3.5 quake struck at 5:33 a.m. about eight miles northeast of San Francisco in the city of El Cerrito. It was followed eight ...

Proof of insurance? Lawmaker wants an app for that as well

SACRAMENTO (AP) - California drivers seeing flashing lights in their rearview mirror may soon be reaching for their smartphones instead of putting them down.

San Francisco Sheriff’s actress wife adds to trial drama in domestic violence case

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) - Months after moving to the United States, Latin America telenovela star Eliana Lopez blogged about her hopes and aspirations for her new, simpler life as a wife and mother, far from the bright lights of TV and movies.

Modesto Police seek killer of three found shot in home in city’s quiet neighborhood

MODESTO (AP) - Police are searching for a suspect in the deaths of a man, his girlfriend and a teenage boy, who were found shot to death in a home in a usually quiet neighborhood in Modesto.

State news briefs

• About 2,000 Sacramento-area teachers get notices : SACRAMENTO (AP) - Nearly 2,000 Sacramento-area teachers are wondering if they'll be losing their jobs this year.

Rock guitarist Ronnie Montrose dies in Millbrae

MILBRAE (AP) - Rock guitarist Ronnie Montrose, who formed the band that bore his name and performed with some of rock's heavy hitters, has died, his booking agent said Sunday.

Storm makes ripe ski conditions, snow poses avalanche dangers

TRUCKEE (AP) - A late winter storm that dumped at least 6 feet of snow in parts of California's Sierra Nevada created ripe conditions Friday for snow sports enthusiasts but also posed risks for back country skiers, one of whom was killed by an avalanche. The fatality came after rescuers on snowmobiles came to the aid of three skiers Thursday on a ...

Los Angeles schools ban blindfolds for use in classroom lessons after sex scandal

LOS ANGELES (AP) - The Los Angeles Unified School District has barred lessons involving blindfolds and classroom-made butter in the wake of a recent teacher sex scandal at an elementary school. The district sent a memo to principals Feb. 23 saying blindfolding might be negatively perceived because of the case involving Mark Berndt, who has pleaded not guilty to 23 counts of ...

Beer stein from speaker among Brown's few gifts

Birds off Southern California coast coated in oil from natural seep; no funds to help

LOS ANGELES (AP) - The International Bird Rescue center is seeing a spike in the number of birds coated with oil seeping from the ocean floor along the Southern California coast, with more than 100 brought into the center in the last two months. Most of the birds have been murres, penguin-like diving birds, but there have also been common loons, Pacific ...

Bay Area news briefs

Court orders Chowchilla busnapper release SAN FRANCISCO (AP) - An appeals court has ordered that an infamous Chowchilla "busnapper" be immediately released from prison, unless state officials appeal the decision. The 1st District Court of Appeal on Tuesday said Richard Schoenfeld has served his sentence after 34 years behind bars and should be released from prison as soon as possible. <p style="line-height: 18pt; ...

State news briefs

PASTOR GETS 158 YEARS TO LIFE FOR MOLESTING GIRLS: SACRAMENTO (AP) - A pastor of a Northern California church has been ordered to serve 158 years to life in prison for molesting five young girls that he and his wife were caring for at their home.

DVI removes symbol of prison overcrowding

Oakdale Marine wanted to show partner his love

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