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WARDEN SHOOTS, KILLS MOUNTAIN LION: COLFAX, Calif. (AP) - Authorities plan to perform a necropsy on a mountain lion that was shot and killed by a California Fish and Wildlife warden in Placer County over the weekend.
Benefits outweigh cost in Medicaid expansion
SACRAMENTO (AP) - The benefits of expanding health care for California's poor under the Affordable Care Act far outweigh the costs, according to a report released Tuesday by the nonpartisan Legislative Analyst's Office.
Shooting spree across leaves 4 dead
TUSTIN (AP) - The violence stretched across 25 miles in Orange County and was as brutal as it was fast-moving.
State may have to hire Wiccan chaplain
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) - California prisons hire full-time chaplains and spiritual leaders to serve Catholic, Muslim, Jewish, Protestant and Native American inmates.
Fists, chairs fly between country club members
RANCHO MIRAGE, Calif. (AP) - A weekend homeowners association meeting at a seemingly genteel Palm Springs-area country club turned into an all-out brawl when fists - and even chairs - flew between members.
Bay Area briefs
BART TO TRY BIKE EXPERIMENT AGAIN: SAN FRANCISCO (AP) - The Bay Area Rapid Transit agency plans to again experiment with allowing bikes aboard all trains during peak commuting hours.
Webcam catches women harassing seals on CA beach
SAN DIEGO (AP) - A webcam set up to monitor a San Diego seal colony around the clock has captured two women harassing the animals.
Legislature renews debate over rural fire fee
SACRAMENTO (AP) - An annual fire-prevention fee that is unpopular with some rural property owners is headed back before the state Legislature, as Gov. Jerry Brown proposes to expand its use and opponents try to kill it.
Scholar compiles Mien-English dictionary
SACRAMENTO (AP) - A California missionary and linguist has compiled a comprehensive dictionary for the Mien language, a fast-fading idiom spoken by thousands of refugees from Laos who have resettled in cities throughout the U.S.
Hypothermia, drugs cited in teen's Tahoe death
SOUTH LAKE TAHOE (AP) - A California teen who went missing in South Lake Tahoe on New Year's Eve and was found a few days later near a snow bank likely died of hypothermia and had drugs in her system, according to autopsy results released Monday.
San Diego County has unwanted beetlemania
SAN DIEGO (AP) - It's beetlemania in San Diego County. But there are no screams of joy.
Around the state
• Yacht sets record from New York to SF: SAN FRANCISCO (AP) - A racing yacht named after one of the world's fastest cars has docked in San Francisco after what organizers said was the fastest passage of a single-hulled sailing vessel from New York to San Francisco.
Geography will play larger role in health premiums
SACRAMENTO (AP) - Whether it's the densely populated Southern California coast or the mountains of rural Northern California, geography is going to play a larger role in the cost of health insurance under the federal health care overhaul set to take effect next year.
Soledad brands self as Gateway to Pinnacles National Park
SOLEDAD (AP) - Soledad, the Salinas Valley farm town that hugs Highway 101, is hoping for a much-needed economic boost now that a nearby protected mountain area called the Pinnacles has been designated as a national park.
Articles by Section - State
LA-area commuter trains get crash- avoidance system
LOS ANGELES (AP) - Southern California's commuter train network has become an early adopter of crash-avoidance technology that one of its own horrific accidents helped make mandatory.
California AG to lead trip to Mexico
SACRAMENTO (AP) - Attorneys general from border states are planning a trip to Mexico this spring as prosecutors from the two countries fight trafficking in people, guns and drugs, among other crimes, California Attorney General Kamala Harris said Wednesday.
Push to increase malpractice awards
SACRAMENTO (AP) - Lawyers and consumer groups have started gathering signatures for a ballot measure to increase the $250,000 limit on some damages, including pain and suffering, in medical malpractice suits.
Mom of teen called ‘brain dead’ speaks
OAKLAND (AP) - The mother of a 13-year-old California girl who was declared brain dead after suffering complications from sleep apnea surgery is speaking out several weeks after taking her daughter out of a hospital.
Man killed by US agent hurled large rocks
SAN DIEGO (AP) - A man who was shot and killed by a U.S. Border Patrol agent threw large rocks at the agent, including one about the size of a basketball, investigators said Wednesday.
Water bottler faces opposition in north state
MOUNT SHASTA (AP) - Spring water bottler Crystal Geyser's plans to tap an aquifer at the base of Mount Shasta in far Northern California is running into opposition from some residents, environmentalists and Native American tribes.
District k judge upholds gun magazine ban in City of SF
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) - A judge on Wednesday upheld San Francisco's ban on gun magazines that can hold more than 10 bullets, the latest in long series of court rulings grappling with gun rights since the U.S. Supreme Court ruled in 2008 that gun ownership inside the home for self-defense purposes was a fundamental Constitutional right.
Brown plans $687 million for drought
SACRAMENTO (AP) - Gov. Jerry Brown and the top Democratic lawmakers on Wednesday announced a $687 million plan to provide immediate help to drought-stricken communities throughout California, including $15 million for those with dangerously low drinking water supplies.
SJ Valley meat plant shut by feds reopens
HANFORD . (AP) - A Northern California meat processing plant that was shuttered by federal inspectors Monday because of unsanitary conditions has reopened.
High school students Waters, Bowman recognized by Ripon Soroptimist Club
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Edison utility sued over $140K pot power bill
LOS ANGELES (AP) - Two women are suing Southern California Edison, claiming their electricity was cut off for refusing to pay a nearly $140,000 bill racked up by a marijuana grower.
Criminal records to be accessed on smartphones
SACRAMENTO (AP) - Attorney General Kamala Harris says her office has designed a mobile application that will allow law enforcement officers to download criminal records and other information to their smartphones.
State pension board hikes contributions
SACRAMENTO (AP) - California's government will increase the amount it contributes to state employees' pensions starting this summer, and cities and other government agencies will follow suit in two years, to help cover the cost of benefits for retirees who are living longer.
Police: Bizarre 911 calls lead to pot discovery
MODESTO (AP) - Authorities say a series of bizarre and false emergency calls led them to the discovery of a marijuana garden in a Northern California home.
Post-nuke power grid could cost consumers more
LOS ANGELES (AP) - A $2.3 billion proposal to rewire portions of Southern California's transmission grid following the closure of the San Onofre nuclear power plant could mean higher electricity bills for consumers, the state's power transmission agency said Tuesday.
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