Brown’s twin tunnels better than nothing

If there's such a thing as a sure thing in politics, it is this: If the water plan announced late last month by Gov. Jerry Brown ever passes the state Legislature, it will surely become ...

Camp aims to lift clown frowns during slow economy

Camp aims to lift clown frowns during slow economy

Audit of state’s oil spill fund finds accounting errors

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Modesto police shoot suspect in stabbing MODESTO (AP) - Modesto police have shot and killed a man suspected of stabbing a teenager and intentionally crashing into a home. Police say two officers opened fire at the unidentified man after he put his vehicle in reverse and tried to accelerate early Tuesday morning. Witnesses said the man had fought with ...

Flash mob trashes historic Balboa Park lily pond

SAN DIEGO (AP) - Police are investigating a huge midnight water-gun fight that left the historic lily pond at Balboa Park trashed and partly drained, causing an estimated $10,000 in damage. At least 1,500 people took part in the fight early Sunday that was organized on social media, the newspaper U-T San Diego (bit.ly/NrQAbp) reported. Organizers specifically urged ...

State Senate leader apologizes for TV blackout of hearing on Nov. 6 tax initiative

Endangered status requested for great white sharks

MONTEREY (AP) - Conservation groups are asking the federal government to give protected status to great white sharks on the Pacific Coast. Oceana, Shark Stewards and the Center for Biological Diversity said Monday they're petitioning the National Marine Fisheries Service to list the shark's U.S. West Coast population as an endangered species. The groups say they plan to ...

Brown's office launches climate change website

SACRAMENTO .(AP) - Gov. Jerry Brown on Monday launched a website to document the effects of climate change and respond to those who question it, calling them climate change "denialists." Brown's office announced the site while he was at Lake Tahoe with Nevada Gov. Brian Sandoval for an annual summit focused on the health of the lake, which straddles both states. <p ...

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Deadly fiery highway crash where Caltrans working

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BILL TO CLOSE CORPORATE TAX LOOPHOLE MOVES FORWARD: SACRAMENTO (AP) - The Assembly has approved a bill that would help middle class Californians cope with soaring college costs by closing a corporate tax loophole and using the expected windfall to reduce tuition.

Chevron refinery deemed hazardous

Michelle Obama teases Gabby Douglas over fast food

UC argues in favor of race-conscious admissions in Supreme Court case

Phone companies lose broadband subscribers for 1st time to cable firms

Cleaner burning UP locomotives down the track?

ROSEVILLE (AP) - Union Pacific said on Monday that it will spend $20 million testing low-emissions locomotives in California. The railroad may eventually test up to 25 locomotives with various low-emissions technology. They include one, to be based in Roseville that will use several emissions-reducing technologies, including recirculating its exhaust gasses. The railroad and the California Air Resources ...

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