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SAN FRANCISCO (AP) - A 32-year-old woman whom authorities say drove the wrong way and caused a multi-vehicle crash on the San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge has been arrested for driving under the influence of drugs.
November 09, 2014
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SACRAMENTO (AP) - A ballot measure passed by voters this week is already freeing California suspects from jail as their felony charges are reduced to misdemeanors, and people previously convicted of the charges receive reduced sentences as they appear in court.
November 07, 2014
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OAKLEY (AP) - Pacific Gas & Electric Co. is backing out of plans for a power plant in a Contra Costa County city.
November 07, 2014
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LOS ANGELES (AP) - The subway is coming to Beverly Hills.
November 07, 2014
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SACRAMENTO (AP) - Republicans scored a major election victory on Friday by blocking Democratic supermajorities in both houses of the Legislature after flipping an Assembly seat in the eastern San Francisco Bay Area.
November 07, 2014
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RIVERSIDE (AP) - Police in Southern California have arrested a suspected calf rustler after the animal was found in the back seat of his car.
November 07, 2014
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STOCKTON (AP) - Democratic Rep. Jerry McNerney has won re-election to his Northern California congressional seat after a strong challenge from Republican Tony Amador in a race that was not expected to be so close before Election Day.
November 07, 2014
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SACRAMENTO (AP) - A victims' rights organization sued California state officials on Thursday as it seeks to speed up executions that have been on hold since 2006.
November 06, 2014
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SAN FRANCISCO (AP) - Tuition at the University of California's 10 campuses would increase by as much as 5 percent in each of the next five years under a plan UC President Janet Napolitano unveiled Thursday.
November 06, 2014
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OAKLAND (AP) - Oakland voters elected Councilwoman Libby Schaaf as the city's new mayor, ousting Mayor Jean Quan after a turbulent tenure marked by constant turnover among city officials and criticism of her handling of Occupy Oakland protests.
November 06, 2014
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LOS ANGELES (AP) - Statewide polling this summer found that most voters supported a ballot initiative to lift a decades-old cap on courtroom damages for medical negligence. The favorable opinions didn't last.
November 06, 2014
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OAKLAND (AP) - Oakland voters elected Councilwoman Libby Schaaf as the city's new mayor, ousting Mayor Jean Quan after a turbulent tenure marked by constant turnover among city officials and criticism of her handling of Occupy Oakland protests.
November 06, 2014
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PALMDALE (AP) - Authorities are looking for an attacker who shot a man to death inside a McDonald's restaurant in Palmdale.
November 06, 2014
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LOS ANGELES (AP) - A handful of Democratic congressional incumbents are fighting for their political lives as a national tide in favor of Republican candidates appeared to reach California, where the GOP hopes to stem a gradual decline within the nation's largest congressional delegation.
November 05, 2014
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LOS ANGELES (AP) - Long shunted to the political margins, California Republicans showed signs of a small revival on Election Day, thanks in large part to a lukewarm turnout by Democrats who dominate politics in the nation's most populous state.
November 05, 2014
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