Ailing nuke plant eyes summer restart

Feds raid 17 businesses for nitrous oxide

FAA to close 11 control towers at Calif. airports including Sacramento Executive

LOS ANGELES (AP) - Eleven air traffic control towers at small airports throughout California were on the Federal Aviation Administration's list of nationwide facilities to be closed starting next month due to automatic spending cuts, according to a list released Friday. The California closures range from Executive Airport in Sacramento to Brown Field in San Diego. They are among 149 contract towers ...

Techie fired after tweeting about comments

Chef sentenced in his wife's death, boiling body in water

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DOG WALKER SHOT WITH STUN GUN SUES PARK SERVICE: MONTARA (AP) - A California man is suing the National Park Service and a park ranger who allegedly shot him with a stun gun for being uncooperative about his off-leash dog.

No 'kosher for Passover' Coke in Calif.

NEW YORK (AP) - Coca-Cola may be missing from Passover feasts for the second year in a row in California. The Coca-Cola Co. said Thursday it once again won't be able to make "kosher for Passover" versions of its flagship cola this year because of manufacturing changes that were made in the state. A spokeswoman for the Atlanta-based ...

Shuttered Knott's ride gets evacuation equipment

BUENA PARK (AP) - Knott's Berry Farm has installed an evacuation system on its Windseeker ride, which was shut down after riders were stranded 300 feet high twice last year. A Knott's spokesperson tells the Orange County Register the new system includes a cage that mechanically ascends up the ride's shaft in the event that riders get stuck. The cage can take ...

The Rock’ marks 50 years since closure

Mistrial declared in Bell corruption case

Despite ouster plans, Leno leads ratings for NBC viewers

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 ...

Senators recall lawmaker's role in politics

Beekeepers sue EPA to ban pesticide

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Oakland council members accused of breaking law

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.