California reviews high-risk inmate, gang member policies thanks to reduction of inmate numbers

California jobless rate dips to 10.9% for lowest level since 2009

Preacher concedes apocalypse prediction wrong; says he’ll stop trying to pinpoint day

Bay Area briefs

BART service cuts unlikely OAKLAND (AP) - The Bay Area Rapid Transit Agency has more than enough money to cover its operating costs next year, but should set aside money for new rail cars. That was the message from BART budget planners, as the agency's board of directors began the process on Thursday of setting a budget for the fiscal year set to ...

School district mulls fate of teacher

UC president condemns anti-Israel acts on campus up and down California

Murder charge for man with cannon-like device

EL CAJON (AP) - A San Diego County man who allegedly ignited a homemade cannon that exploded and killed his live-in girlfriend was charged with murder on Thursday. Prosecutors said Richard Fox was drinking with his girlfriend and friends Tuesday at the home in Potrero, a tiny rural community near the Mexican border. Fox went outside and lit the fuse to a ...

Schools liable for hiring molesters

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SACRAMENTO CO. BANK ROBBERY SUSPECT KILLED BY COP: CITRUS HEIGHTS (AP) - Police shot and killed a man suspected of robbing a Sacramento County bank and threatening to detonate an explosive device.

Biologists project big Pacific salmon season

SACRAMENTO (AP) - Pacific Coast fishermen can start gearing up for what's expected to be the best salmon fishing season in years. Federal fishery managers are forecasting robust populations of chinook and coho salmon off the Pacific coast and in California and Oregon rivers. The Pacific Fishery Management Council on Wednesday approved several options for managing West Coast ...

‘Banda black market suspected as Southern California tubas vanish

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Boaters warned of whales in San Francisco Bay SAN FRANCISCO (AP) - At least one gray whale is still hanging around San Francisco Bay a day after a mother and her calf were first spotted near the Golden Gate Bridge. Federal wildlife officials say whale spray was seen again Thursday morning as boaters were warned to steer clear of the wayward pair if ...

League of Women lawsuit case would let thousands of California criminals vote

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BOYFRIEND PLEADS NOT GUILTY IN CERES TORTURE CASE: MODESTO (AP) - A man accused of torturing his pregnant girlfriend a month before she survived a Modesto triple slaying at her home has pleaded not guilty to the felony charges.

Teenager petitions to change R rating for 'Bully'

State taxes coming in $4B above forecast

SACRAMENTO (AP) - California is on track to collect $4 billion more in personal income taxes than Gov. Jerry Brown had expected, giving a potential boost to education funding, the legislative analyst's office said Tuesday.

Los Angeles settles with women fired on in manhunt

Davis man spends week in wilderness on pine nuts

Burger King delivers it your way in San Francisco & LA

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WOMAN UNINJURED AFTER BART TRAIN PASSES OVER HER: SAN FRANCISCO (AP) - A woman escaped uninjured after a commuter train passed over her but did not hit her on tracks at a San Francisco station, transit officials said.