Toxins found in 'nontoxic' nail polishes

Teacher pension shortfall rises to $65B but isn’t as bad as originally projected

Allegiant to offer nonstop flights to Honolulu

FRESNO (AP) - An airline that connects small cities with leisure destinations will begin nonstop flights from the mainland to Honolulu in June. Flights from Las Vegas - a popular destination for Hawaii travelers - will begin June 29 and flights from Fresno, Calif., will begin June 30, Allegiant Air announced Tuesday. The airline is offering introductory one-way fares of $174, which ...

Agency opens online front in water wars

SAN DIEGO (AP) - California's water wars have long been waged in courtrooms, but shots are ...

State news briefs

SALES OF KINKADE ARTWORK SURGE AFTER PAINTER DIES: PLACERVILLE, Calif. (AP) - Galleries that sell the work of Thomas Kinkade are reporting a surge in sales following the popular painter's death at age 54. Outlets across the country say they're calling in extra help to handle unprecedented demand from customers placing orders in person, on ...

Rushed bills compromise disclosure

Shooters of Calif. dad who saved son are sought

Prosecutors detain teen to solidify rape case

Pet lovers face deadline on license plate sales

Bicyclists protest coastal highway rumble strips

SANTA CRUZ (AP) - Bicyclists are unhappy over plans to gouge vibration-inducing safety strips into a 10-mile stretch of scene California coastal highway. The California Department of Transportation says the Highway 1 rumble strips between Santa Cruz and Davenport are designed to reduce deadly road crashes plaguing the area. There have been 10 fatalities along that stretch of ...

Bay Area briefs

Bicyclists protest coastal highway rumble strips

State News Briefs

COAST GUARD SAYS 2 MEN, BOY OK AFTER NIGHT AT SEA: BODEGA BAY (AP) - The Coast Guard says two men and a seven-year-old boy are OK after they spent a cold night at sea on a disabled small boat.

Wife of congressman runs for Calif. Assembly seat

LOS ANGELES (AP) - A tense political drama is unfolding in the Santa Clarita Valley, where the 69-year-old wife of Republican Rep. Howard P. "Buck" McKeon has decided to seek political office herself. Her main rival in the June state Assembly primary is a former staffer to her husband.

Tanker fire shuts down parts of LA freeways

GLENDALE (AP) - The driver of a car that slammed into the rear of a gasoline tanker that burst into flames was arrested Sunday on suspicion of drunken driving, and westbound lanes of the 134 Freeway remained closed more than 12 hours after the fiery collision.

Police check cell records in fatal Concord crash

CONCORD (AP) - Cellphone records were being checked as investigators try to determine whether talking on a phone may have contributed to a crash that killed a 41-year-old Concord man and his 9-year-old daughter as they rode their bicycles on a sidewalk along Concord's busy Treat Boulevard, police said Sunday.

Plastic ocean debris bill dies in committee

Bill would treat e-cigarettes like other tobacco

State Senate election might be headed to runoff in 16th district

LA sanitation ends plans for dump near Joshua Tree