Video shows vapor cloud before refinery fire

Computer problems trigger delays at DMV offices

SACRAMENTO (AP) - The computer network at the California Department of Motor Vehicles went down for several hours Tuesday, triggering delays as clerks at field offices throughout the state processed driver's licenses and registrations by hand. DMV spokeswoman Jessica Gonzalez said the problem was fixed around noon Tuesday and state workers were catching up on the backlog created by network problem. She ...

Congressman Cardoza resigns

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Home of late Steve Jobs burglarized

New geek chic: Mohawks in, pocket protectors out

Californians told to go easy on air conditioning

LOS ANGELES (AP) - Californians were urged to ease off the air conditioning to conserve electricity, and schools in inland areas closed early Tuesday as the state sweltered through another day of triple-digit heat. Operators of the state electricity grid declared a Flex Alert, calling on people to set their thermostats at 78 or higher and to avoid using major appliances until ...

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WOMAN CHARGED WITH LEAVING BABY, TOT IN HOT CAR: LOS ANGELES (AP) - Los Angeles County prosecutors have filed charges against an 18-year-old mother who allegedly left her 2-week-old daughter and 1-year-old son in a locked car to go dress shopping last weekend in the midst of California's heat wave.

Brown’s twin tunnels better than nothing

If there's such a thing as a sure thing in politics, it is this: If the water plan announced late last month by Gov. Jerry Brown ever passes the state Legislature, it will surely become ...

Camp aims to lift clown frowns during slow economy

Camp aims to lift clown frowns during slow economy

Audit of state’s oil spill fund finds accounting errors

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Modesto police shoot suspect in stabbing MODESTO (AP) - Modesto police have shot and killed a man suspected of stabbing a teenager and intentionally crashing into a home. Police say two officers opened fire at the unidentified man after he put his vehicle in reverse and tried to accelerate early Tuesday morning. Witnesses said the man had fought with ...

Flash mob trashes historic Balboa Park lily pond

SAN DIEGO (AP) - Police are investigating a huge midnight water-gun fight that left the historic lily pond at Balboa Park trashed and partly drained, causing an estimated $10,000 in damage. At least 1,500 people took part in the fight early Sunday that was organized on social media, the newspaper U-T San Diego (bit.ly/NrQAbp) reported. Organizers specifically urged ...

State Senate leader apologizes for TV blackout of hearing on Nov. 6 tax initiative

Endangered status requested for great white sharks

MONTEREY (AP) - Conservation groups are asking the federal government to give protected status to great white sharks on the Pacific Coast. Oceana, Shark Stewards and the Center for Biological Diversity said Monday they're petitioning the National Marine Fisheries Service to list the shark's U.S. West Coast population as an endangered species. The groups say they plan to ...

Brown's office launches climate change website

SACRAMENTO .(AP) - Gov. Jerry Brown on Monday launched a website to document the effects of climate change and respond to those who question it, calling them climate change "denialists." Brown's office announced the site while he was at Lake Tahoe with Nevada Gov. Brian Sandoval for an annual summit focused on the health of the lake, which straddles both states. <p ...

State declines to update campaign data online

Perry disgusted by explosion cartoon

First confirmed Japanese tsunami debris in Calif.

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WILD DOG KILLED BY DEPUTIES: FRENCH CAMP - One of the dogs which may have killed dozens of goats at a French Camp livestock auction yard recently was killed Friday.