Archive By Section - State
SACRAMENTO (AP) - California is ordering immediate spillway inspections at about 70 aging dams that it believes might not be sound enough to protect downstream communities in a flood, a state dam regulator said Wednesday.
June 15, 2017
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MARTINEZ (AP) - Contra Costa County District Attorney Mark Peterson resigned Wednesday and pleaded no contest to perjury over his use of campaign funds for personal expenses.
June 15, 2017
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SACRAMENTO (AP) - California would set standards for organic marijuana, allow pot samples at county fairs and permit home deliveries under legislation set to be considered by lawmakers Thursday as the state prepares for next year's start of legal marijuana sales.
June 15, 2017
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SAN FRANCISCO (AP) - A UPS employee who had recently filed a grievance opened fire Wednesday inside one of the company's San Francisco packing facilities, killing three co-workers before fatally shooting himself as employees fled frantically into the streets shouting "shooter!," authorities and witnesses said.
June 15, 2017
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SACRAMENTO (AP) - The University of California system would face new financial restrictions and enrollment targets under a proposed state budget after an audit found administrators hid tens of millions of dollars from the public.
June 15, 2017
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SACRAMENTO (AP) - "Well so much for summer!"
June 11, 2017
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SAN FRANCISCO (AP) - The board of Uber was meeting Sunday to consider placing the CEO of the ride-hailing company on leave, according The New York Times and other news outlets.
June 11, 2017
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LOS ANGELES (AP) - A sole winning Powerball ticket worth $447.8 million and matching all six numbers was sold in Southern California, and whoever owns it will claim the 10th largest lottery prize in U.S. history, lottery officials said Sunday.
June 11, 2017
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SACRAMENTO (AP) - California's top law enforcement official blasted his former congressional colleague, House Speaker Paul Ryan, on Friday for suggesting that a lack of political experience helps explain President Donald Trump's questionable interactions with James Comey when he was FBI director.
June 10, 2017
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FRESNO (AP) - Police described a dramatic and scary scene as they explained their decision Wednesday to shoot and kill a heavily armed man they said was bent on dying.
June 08, 2017
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FONTANA (AP) - A lawsuit filed against a California city claims an ordinance makes it unreasonably difficult and expensive for adult residents to grow up to six marijuana plants for personal use under the state's voter-approved Proposition 64.
June 08, 2017
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SACRAMENTO (AP) - Gov. Jerry Brown has company on his trip to China to further his climate change agenda: About 30 California business leaders are along for the ride to support Brown's policies and build their own business deals.
June 08, 2017
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LOS ANGELES (AP) - The federal government is taking over a lawsuit that alleges Los Angeles received hundreds of millions of dollars to develop housing accessible to the disabled, failed to do so and lied about it to keep the money rolling in, it was announced Wednesday.
June 08, 2017
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NEW YORK (AP) - A crackdown on illegal immigration under President Donald Trump has driven some poor people to take a drastic step: opt out of federal food assistance because they are fearful of deportation, activists and immigrants say.
June 06, 2017
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TAUNTON, Mass. (AP) - A teenager charged with using text messages to encourage her boyfriend to kill himself played a "sick game" with another person's life, a prosecutor said Tuesday.
June 06, 2017
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