911 call details moments after King found in pool

Democrats not done with budget despite their claims to the contrary

Church abuse victim faces trial for beating priest in Santa Clara County

Bill bans forcing students to reveal grades on IDs

Federal safety report: Design led to woes at San Onfroe nuclear power plant

San Diego County wildfire is 30% contained

CAMPO (AP) - A wildfire fanned by strong winds that prompted the evacuation of 150 homes in eastern San Diego County is 30 percent contained, officials said Monday. But authorities with California's Department of Forestry and Fire Protection warned that the 907-acre blaze east of Campo still threatens 200 houses, sheds and other buildings. Nearly 500 firefighters have ...

Rodney King autopsy concluded; results weeks away

Bay Area briefs

Appeals court overturns defendant's release RICHMOND (AP) - An appeals court has overturned a judge's decision to release a defendant in a Richmond sting operation on the condition that he write book reports. The Ninth District Court of Appeals in San Francisco said there were significant findings in favor of keeping 23-year-old Otis Mobley behind bars while he awaits trial. <p style="line-height: 18pt; ...

Governments asking Google to remove more content, deliver information on users’ searches

UC system faces mounting pension, retiree health costs

Primary vote was political landmark for California

The results are now in, and this month's primary election appears to have given voters exactly what they wanted: a whole bunch of fall runoff contests that figure to be decided not by extreme partisans ...

Brown wants welfare recipients to get jobs; Demo lawmakers say what jobs?

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Four Modesto family members dead in Father's Day crash FRESNO (AP) - A faulty tire, extreme heat and an overloaded vehicle may have contributed to a Father's Day rollover crash that killed four members of Modesto family near Bakersfield. The family was in a 2001 Ford Excursion SUV heading home from Northridge on Highway 99 when tread ...

San Diego middle school students suspended for viewing porn on smart phones during class

SAN DIEGO (AP) - Nine students have been suspended from a San Diego middle school after classmates claimed they were watching porn on cell phones in class, the U-T San Diego reported Friday. The paper said the suspended students were in an all-boys English class at Bell Middle School in Paradise Hills. Other students in the class said some of those involved ...

Alameda judge charged with $1M elder theft

OAKLAND . (AP) - An Alameda County judge has been arrested on suspicion of stealing at least $1.6 million from his 97-year-old neighbor after taking over the management of her and her husband's finances, authorities said. Paul Seeman is scheduled to be arraigned Friday on charges of elder theft, according to court and jail records. He was arrested a day earlier at ...

OC officials keep inmate alive they want to ultimately execute

SANTA ANA, Calif. (AP) - A man charged with raping and killing a woman 30 years ago is being kept alive in Orange County with dialysis treatments until officials can win permission to execute him.

Bills aim to protect privacy in drone age

SACRAMENTO (AP) - California lawmakers are attempting to stay ahead of science fiction-style technology as increasingly nimble unmanned aircraft are considered for use in tracking fleeing suspects and monitoring crowded public spaces.