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Obama aims to tackle climate change
WASHINGTON (AP) - President Barack Obama declared the debate over climate change and its causes obsolete Tuesday as he announced a wide-ranging plan to tackle pollution and prepare communities for global warming.
Around the State
JUDGE TAKING NO ACTION IN JACKSON GUARDIANSHIP: LOS ANGELES - A judge said Tuesday he will make no changes to the guardianship of Michael Jackson's children after receiving an investigator's report on their well-being and meeting with attorneys for their caretakers. Superior Court Judge Mitchell Beckloff ordered the inquiry after Paris Jackson was hospitalized on June 5 for taking Motrin pills and cutting her arm with a kitchen knife. Beckloff ordered an investigator to interview Jackson's children, including Prince and Blanket, and report back to him.
LA plans to slash imported water use
LOS ANGELES (AP) - The thirsty metropolis of Los Angeles plans to slash its use of imported water and instead spend up to $800 million to create drinking water pulled from one of the nation's largest Superfund pollution sites.
Bill to fix records act change heads to Brown
SACRAMENTO (AP) - The California Senate on Monday sent Gov. Jerry Brown a bill that would undo previous changes that threatened to reduce access to local government documents.
State news briefs
BODY FOUND IN TRASH CAN DUMPED IN REMOTE OC AREA: BREA (AP) - Authorities say a driver made a grisly discovery in the Orange County city of Brea - a body in a trash can.
SoCal underground home on block for $53 million
ROLLING HILLS (AP) - A $53 million mansion is up for sale in Southern California. But you can't see much of it unless you're underground.
Judge orders Indian casino's till tapped
COARSEGOLD (AP) - A judge has taken the unusual step of ordering a sheriff to take money from a Central California Native American casino's till to pay a $725,000 settlement reached between the tribe and a former casino manager.
NorCal gets rain, but not deluge
SACRAMENTO (AP) - The great June rain deluge predicted for Northern California failed to materialize Monday, with the San Francisco and Sacramento regions getting well under a quarter-inch with not much more expected, forecasters said.
Oakland, Alameda County settle with police protesters for $1M
OAKLAND, Calif. (AP) - The city of Oakland and Alameda County have agreed to pay a total $1.025 million to about 150 people arrested in 2010 while protesting the sentencing of a white transit officer in the killing of an unarmed black man, attorneys and officials said Monday.
Parachutist hits Lodi power lines
LODI (AP) - San Joaquin County Sheriff's officials say a parachutist suffered electric shock and burns when he came down on power lines.
Bay Area briefs
2 SHOT, 1 KILLED WHILE SITTING AT BUS STOP IN SF: SAN FRANCISCO (AP) - Police say a male victim was killed and a female victim critically injured after they were shot while sitting at a San Francisco bus stop in the middle of the day.
Evacuation orders lifted for fire near Yosemite
MARIPOSA (AP) - State fire officials say all of the remaining evacuees from a wildfire near the main route into Yosemite National Park have been allowed to return home.
He orders tie, gets personnel records
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) - With a little more than two weeks to go before their wedding, Emily Dreyfuss' fiance ordered a tie and pocket square from Gap chain Banana Republic's website to go with his Navy blue suit.
Man dies at Kings Canyon waterfall
KINGS CANYON NATIONAL PARK (AP) - Officials say an Indiana man slipped and fell over a waterfall to his death at Kings Canyon National Park in California.
Articles by Section - State
Lawyer: Suspect in 9-year-old niece’s molestation was sleeping at the time
MARTINEZ (AP) - The attorney for a Northern California man accused of molesting his 9-year-old niece says his client was asleep at the time.
Experts seek to remove fox from endangered list
SANTA ANA (AP) - Two subspecies of a fox that lives only on an island chain off the Southern California coast should be removed from the endangered species list because of a dramatic increase in population during at least the past decade, a scientific group dedicated to fox recovery said Tuesday.
Residents return as Sierra Nevada wildfire tamed
LAKE ISABELLA (AP) - Diminishing winds were helping California firefighters surround 75 percent of a wildfire in the southern Sierra Nevada.
Fish taken from hatcheries amid drought
SACRAMENTO (AP) - Workers evacuated rainbow trout on Tuesday from a hatchery on the American River as part of rescue efforts prompted by concerns that California's drought will increase water temperatures and kill the fish.
California Assembly leader opens up on gay rights issues
SACRAMENTO (AP) - Assembly Speaker Toni Atkins, the first lesbian to lead a house of the California Legislature, said Tuesday that more work needs to be done to promote tolerance of gays and lesbians, especially in rural America.
LA mayor’s F-bomb blows up worries about bad words in public
LOS ANGELES (AP) - The F-bomb that Mayor Eric Garcetti dropped on Los Angeles this week has quickly mushroomed into a conundrum over just what a politician can get away with saying in public these days.
Drought closes Santa Cruz campground
REDWOOD CITY (AP) - A popular campground in the Santa Cruz Mountains has been closed because a creek is too low to draw water for visitors amid California's lingering drought.
Mayor curbs self over dog poop incident
SAN MARINO (AP) - The doo-doo has gotten too deep for the mayor of a wealthy Los Angeles suburb who flung dog poop onto a political opponent's property.
Sea rise means severe Silicon Valley Floods
EAST PALO ALTO - Thirty-year-old Gustavo Leal remembers the floodwaters reaching the doorstep of his family home in East Palo Alto. "It was bad enough that you couldn't get out of your driveway," he said.
Care, lost wages for fan could total $37M
LOS ANGELES (AP) - Lawyers for a San Francisco Giants fan gravely disabled after a beating at Dodger Stadium rested their case in a negligence suit Monday after an expert said Bryan Stow's lost wages and medical costs could total more than $37 million over his lifetime.
Cap-trade big boost for high-speed rail
SACRAMENTO (AP) - Gov. Jerry Brown scored a big win for California's $68 billion high-speed rail project by persuading fellow Democrats to dedicate a steady future funding source for it in the state budget.
Meth lab found at retirement community
FRESNO (AP) - Police and residents of a retirement community were stunned that a 64-year-old Northern California man arrested during a traffic stop was accused of cooking methamphetamine inside his apartment at the facility for seniors.
Senate elects LA Demo as next leader
SACRAMENTO (AP) - The state Senate on Monday named as its next leader a Los Angeles Democrat who is best known for championing policies benefiting low-wage workers - even after his name surfaced in a federal corruption probe against a fellow state lawmaker.
Alleged revenge porn site operator heads to trial
SAN DIEGO (AP) - A San Diego judge has determined prosecutors have enough evidence against the alleged operator of a revenge porn site for him to face trial on conspiracy, identity theft and extortion charges.
Fire burns 3 homes, threatens 1,000 others
LAKE ISABELLA (AP) - A smoky mountain wildfire destroyed three houses and threatened 1,000 others despite progress Monday clearing fire lines west of a California lake near Bakersfield, officials said.
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