Court blocks San Francisco cellphone warning law

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) - A federal appeals court blocked implementation of San Francisco's cellphone radiation warning law pending the outcome of an industry challenge. The ordinance, believed to be the first of its kind in the nation, requires cellphone dealers to tell customers the devices may expose them to cancer-causing radiation levels. It was scheduled to take effect ...

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WIDOW FILES CLAIM IN MODESTO EVICTION SHOOTING: MODESTO (AP) - The widow of a locksmith who was killed along with a Stanislaus County Sheriff's deputy while serving an eviction notice says authorities should have done more to protect her husband.

‘‘Factor,' 'Voice' clash sour music to Simon Cowell

Report: Calif. needs to revamp teaching profession

Republican senators back Democrat in House race in LA

LOS ANGELES (AP) - A longtime House Democrat locked in a close race with another Democrat in California picked up a surprising endorsement Monday: the backing of two Senate Republicans.

Judge refuses to order one-drug executions

LOS ANGELES (AP) - A judge turned down a bid Monday by the Los Angeles County district attorney to order the immediate execution ...

Calif. treasurer's wife regains child visitation

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PARENTS JAILED FOR SHACKLING TEEN TO CHAIR: TWENTYNINE PALMS (AP) - Investigators say a Southern California couple has been jailed for shackling their teenage son to a chair in the living room each night for about six months.

Air quality bureaucrats failed to alert public to hazards quickly enough

Crews hopeful as conditions improve on fire

Driver dies in crash after fleeing Stockton police

STOCKTON (AP) - Authorities say a car speeding away from Stockton police crashed into a utility pole, killing the driver and critically injuring the passenger. The crash occurred in a residential area after midnight on Sunday. The 53-year-old driver's name was not immediately released. Stockton police spokesman Joe Silva says police had tried to stop the speeding sedan, ...

Something really stinks in SoCal

Private school vaccine opt-outs rise

SACRAMENTO (AP) - Parents who send their children to private schools in California are much more likely to opt out of immunizations than their public school counterparts, an Associated Press analysis has found, and not even the recent re-emergence of whooping cough has halted the downward trajectory of vaccinations among these students.

‘Red flag warnings of high winds, low humidity for NorCal fire crews

UKIAH (AP) - A change in the weather was making things more difficult for the thousands of firefighters who were struggling to contain a series of wildfires burning across California, fire officials said Sunday.

Metrolink victims claim inadequate compensation for long-term health care due to federal regulation

LOS ANGELES (AP) - As the fourth anniversary of a deadly Metrolink crash approaches, many survivors say a federal liability cap has left them inadequately compensated.

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