SACRAMENTO (AP) - A string of legal cases against lawmakers that include two Democrats facing political corruption charges has magnified the usually quiet race for the office overseeing California elections and campaign fundraising.
May 11, 2014
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SAN FRANCISCO (AP) - Tom Torlakson, the veteran lawmaker seeking a second term as California's elected superintendent of schools, and Marshall Tuck, a former charter school executive hoping to unseat him, are both Democrats.
May 11, 2014
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SACRAMENTO (AP) - A coalition of law enforcement officers, prosecutors and crime victims announced Friday that it will wait until November 2016 to place a death-penalty reform measure on the ballot.
May 11, 2014
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DANA POINT (AP) - An Orange County man recently released from rehab after three drunken driving convictions died when authorities say a 19-year-old man who had been drinking struck him, a newspaper reported.
May 11, 2014
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FOLSOM (AP) - Search crews have temporarily suspended their search for four men who are presumed dead after their speedboat capsized on a lake east of Sacramento.
May 11, 2014
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RENO, Nev. (AP) - A Nevada inmate who says he practices Satanism is accusing county jailers of violating his constitutional rights by denying him meals consistent with the strict diet of his pagan religion, including ice cream.
May 09, 2014
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STOCKTON (AP) - McDonald's says it plans to start testing seasoned french fries at select U.S. locations starting Friday.
May 09, 2014
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SANTA ANA (AP) - California on Friday proposed requiring immigrants in the country illegally to present foreign government-issued identification to obtain a driver's license or go through an interview process using other documents to prove their identity.
May 09, 2014
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HALF MOON BAY, Calif. (AP) - A judge required a billionaire technology mogul to testify at a trial underway over public access to a popular Northern California beach.
May 09, 2014
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CARSON (AP) - Children as young as kindergarten-age could face misdemeanor charges for bullying under a proposed law advancing in a Southern California city.
May 09, 2014
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TRUCKEE (AP) - In the early morning, streams of water fly out of sprinklers with droplets falling onto a green golf course below.
May 08, 2014
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SPARKS, Nev. (AP) - Police say they used social media to track a suspected kidnapper from the San Francisco Bay Area to a hotel-casino in northern Nevada where he was arrested on kidnapping, assault and pornography charges.
May 08, 2014
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LOS ANGELES (AP) - Silicon Valley recoils at the government's cyber data-gathering done in the name of national security. It bristles at new potential Internet rules. It's fast-paced ethos doesn't understand Washington's gridlock.
May 08, 2014
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LOS ANGELES (AP) - Patients who use medical marijuana for pain and other chronic symptoms can take an unwanted hit: Insurers don't cover the treatment, which costs as much as $1,000 a month.
May 08, 2014
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