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Modesto police kill elderly hostage suspect

MODESTO . (AP) - Modesto police have shot and killed an elderly man they say held his wife hostage at their home during an overnight standoff with officers. Lt. Rick Armendariz says a SWAT team entered the home around 4 a.m. Thursday to rescue the woman, and shot her husband after he aimed a handgun at them. The woman had been assaulted ...

March 21, 2013 | | State




Beekeepers sue EPA to ban pesticide

March 21, 2013 | | State


Bay Area news briefs

Oakland council members accused of breaking law

March 21, 2013 | | State


State news briefs

LA GIRL, 14, DIES AFTER INHALING COMPUTER CLEANER: LOS ANGELES (AP) - A 14-year-old Los Angeles honors student has died after inhaling a computer keyboard dust cleaner, apparently to get high.

March 21, 2013 | | State


Oakland board votes to close 3 top charter schools over alleged fiscal mismanagement

OAKLAND (AP) - The Oakland school board has narrowly voted to shut down three of California's highest-performing public schools amid allegations of fraud and financial mismanagement. The school board voted 4-3 Wednesday to close three campuses run by American Indian Model Schools at the end of the academic year. The decision came after parents, students and administrators urged the board to let ...

March 21, 2013 | | State




Watsonville woman reunited with boys snatched in Mexico more than year ago

WATSONVILLE (AP) - A California woman and her two sons are back together after the boys were kidnapped and held for ransom in Mexico for more than a year. The Santa Cruz Sentinel reported on Thursday (that Sarani Hernandez, 33, of Watsonville, and her 9- and 11-year-old sons were reunited earlier this month. The boys, both U.S. citizens, ...

March 21, 2013 | | State


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SUPSCIOUS DEVICE CLOSES HIGHWAYS: STOCKTON - A suspicious device discovered on the Waterloo Road overpass prompted officials to close the overpass, as well as portions of Highways 99 and 88 in Stockton Thursday morning.

March 21, 2013 | | State






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2 SENTENCED FOR COLLECTING PRISONER'S UNEMPLOYMENT

March 20, 2013 | | State




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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.

April 23, 2013 | | State








Bay Area briefs

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.

April 23, 2013 | | State




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April 22, 2013 | | State


SF police chief wants more cameras

April 22, 2013 | | State




SF: Were patients dumped by Nevada?

April 22, 2013 | | State


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WOMAN CONVICTED IN HUEY LEWIS CAR THEFT: MILL VALLEY (AP) - A woman will be sentenced in May in Northern California for the theft of a rental car and laptop from singer Huey Lewis.

April 22, 2013 | | State






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April 22, 2013 | | State


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