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Are Hollywood awards by gender now out of step?
LOS ANGELES (AP) - Do Meryl Streep, Anne Hathaway and Helen Mirren really need a category just for women - a singular kind of affirmative action - to snare one of Hollywood's favorite accessories, an Oscar, Emmy or Screen Actors Guild trophy?
Reader sues Armstrong over drug-use denial
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) - An aide to former Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger said he was so taken by Lance Armstrong's first memoir of battling back from cancer to win the Tour de France multiple times that he immediately read it "cover to cover" and recommended it to several friends.
Emergency landing after hitting bird n
SACRAMENTO (AP) - Authorities say an airplane in Northern California has made an emergency landing after striking a bird shortly after takeoff.
State news briefs
SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA HAS ANOTHER DAY OF RECORD HEAT: LOS ANGELES (AP) - San Diego has broken a 103-year-old daily temperature record but a winter heat spell may be easing.
Oakland hires former LA police chief as consultant to battle crime
OAKLAND (AP) - Despite hundreds voicing opposition, the Oakland City Council early Wednesday overwhelmingly approved hiring former New York City police commissioner and Los Angeles police chief Bill Bratton as a police consultant.
Fontana schools get high-powered rifles
FONTANA (AP) - The school police force in this Southern California city has acquired 14 high-powered semiautomatic rifles for officers to bring to campuses.
Bay Area briefs
FIREBALL ACROSS SKIES IN WEST WAS FLAMING COMET: MOUNTAIN VIEW (AP) - A California researcher says a fireball seen streaking across Western skies last week was a flaming comet.
Mickelson sorry for airing of tax issues
SAN DIEGO (AP) - Phil Mickelson turned to his biggest blunder on the golf course to apologize for his latest mistake with his mouth.
California foreclosures hit 6-year low
SAN DIEGO (AP) - Rising prices sent California home foreclosure activity to a six-year low in the fourth quarter, a real estate research said Wednesday.
ACLU pushes English classes for 20,000 kids
LOS ANGELES (AP) - The American Civil Liberties Union of California on Wednesday charged that about a quarter of California school districts are violating state and federal laws by failing to provide English language instruction to all students who need it and demanded state education officials take action.
Pro golfer Mickelson may move over taxes
SACRAMENTO (AP) - Republican state lawmakers reacted Tuesday with an "I told you so" after golf champion Phil Mickelson said he might leave California because voters approved higher income taxes on the wealthy.
SJ senior community sterilizing deer
SAN JOSE (AP) - A gated California senior community overrun by deer has decided to sterilize the critters.
State news briefs
POLICE: SACRAMENTO HOMEOWNER KILLS MAN: SACRAMENTO (AP) - Police say a homeowner in Sacramento shot and killed a man in self-defense after the man refused to leave his yard and became increasingly violent.
Cal State system: $250M funding gap
LONG BEACH (AP) - California State University officials said Tuesday they will need nearly $250 million more in state funding for the next academic year than is currently proposed, an amount that Gov. Jerry Brown called "a dream more than reality."
Police say Los Angeles hospital nurse arrested for sex with corpse
LOS ANGELES (AP) - A nurse was arrested for committing a sex act with a corpse at a hospital, police said Tuesday.
Articles by Section - State
Calif. highway signs urge water conservation
LOS ANGELES (AP) - California is taking to the highways to spread the word about water conservation after months of drought.
Lady Gaga shoots video at Hearst Castle.
SAN SIMEON (AP) - Tourists are giving way to dancers as a production crew takes over Hearst Castle on the California coast, where Lady Gaga is shooting a big-budget music video.
Tom Brokaw diagnosed with cancer
LOS ANGELES (AP) - Veteran TV newsman Tom Brokaw has been diagnosed with cancer, NBC News said Tuesday.
Feds warn of lasers pointed into cockpits
LOS ANGELES (AP) - Airline pilots and federal officials launched a campaign Monday to warn about the dangers of people pointing lasers into cockpits. They're promising prosecution for those who are caught, and a reward for those who turn them in.
Newscaster apologizes for black actor mix-up
LOS ANGELES (AP) - A Los Angeles newscaster apologized to Samuel L. Jackson for confusing him with fellow actor Laurence Fishburne during a live TV interview.
PG&E plans to heighten security after attack
SAN JOSE (AP) - Pacific Gas & Electric Co. renewed its support on Tuesday for a three-year, $86 million project to heighten security at electricity substations following the sabotage last April of one of its Silicon Valley facilities.
Man sentenced in counterfeit cash scheme
CLOVIS (AP) - A Northern California man has been sentenced to 10 months in prison for conspiring to buy, receive, alter and pass counterfeit money.
NEWS FROM ACROSS CALIFORNIA
• RACIST, SEXIST FLIERS FOUND AT USC, UCLA CAMPUSES: LOS ANGELES (AP) - Campus police are investigating fliers with profane, racist and sexist language that have been distributed at the University of Southern California and the University of California, Los Angeles.
State Supreme Court justice Kennard retiring
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) - The longest-serving current justice of the California Supreme Court announced Tuesday that she is retiring.
Kindred Arts presents pianist Sunday at St. Paul’s Methodist
Bulletin staff reports
3 mountain lion kittens killed on SoCal roads
THOUSAND OAKS (AP) - Authorities say cars have killed three mountain lion kittens in Southern California in recent weeks - showing the dangers to a population surrounded by freeways and urban sprawl.
Bridge span takes name of former SF mayor Brown
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) - The western span of the San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge officially took on the name of former California Assembly Speaker and San Francisco Mayor Willie Brown on Tuesday.
AG Harris plans re-election bid
SACRAMENTO AP) - Attorney General Kamala Harris is formally announcing her bid for a second term as California's top law enforcement officer.
Six planes bound for San Jose erroneously land at Moffet Field
SAN JOSE (AP) - At a time when a cellphone can guide you to your driveway, commercial pilots attempt to land at the wrong airport more often than most passengers realize or government officials admit, according to an Associated Press search of government safety data and news reports since the early 1990s.
State gets 2 years to cut prison crowding
SACRAMENTO (AP) - Federal judges on Monday gave California two more years to meet a court-ordered prison population cap, the latest step in a long-running lawsuit aimed at improving inmate medical care.
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