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LA County to pay $5M in fatal shooting

LOS ANGELES (AP) - Los Angeles County will pay $5.3 million to the family of an unarmed man who was fatally shot in the back by sheriff's deputies following a car chase more than two years ago.

April 08, 2015 | | State


Tesla boosts range, power & price

FREMONT (AP) - Electric car maker Tesla Motors is going after mainstream luxury car buyers by adding all-wheel-drive and more range and power to the base version of its only model.

April 08, 2015 | | State


Toilets on wheels help keep SF clean

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) - Streets in San Francisco's Tenderloin neighborhood blocks away from fancy stores and long lines of tourists waiting for cable cars have been cleaner since solar-powered toilets began rolling in four afternoons per week.

April 08, 2015 | | State


February savings were worst yet

SACRAMENTO (AP) - Californians' efforts to save water in the face of a devastating drought have hit a new low, as statistics released Tuesday showed residents did less to curtail their water use in February than they had in any other month since officials began tracking conservation efforts.

April 07, 2015 | | State


SF plan requires new buildings to recycle water

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) - A San Francisco lawmaker wants to require new buildings to use non-drinking water for flushing toilets and hydrating plants.

April 07, 2015 | | State


Storm brings rain & snow, but little relief

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) - At a hardware store in the Santa Cruz mountains, manager Greg Kirksey listened to weather forecasters and prepared for the storm days ahead of schedule.

April 07, 2015 | | State


Democrats push to extend health, legal rights to illegal immigrants

SACRAMENTO (AP) - Responding to federal inaction over immigration reform, California Democrats on Tuesday announced a package of 10 bills that would extend health care, legal rights and business protection to immigrants who are illegally living in the state.

April 07, 2015 | | State


South state agency to ration water to districts

LOS ANGELES (AP) - Southern California's Metropolitan Water District is planning to ration imported water that it supplies to more than two dozen agencies and cities, the Los Angeles Times reported.

April 07, 2015 | | State


Police: Father tried to kill his 2 kids with carbon monoxide

SACRAMENTO (AP) - Authorities have arrested a Northern California man who is accused of trying to kill himself and his two children with carbon monoxide.

April 07, 2015 | | State


LA man to get Navy Cross for Afghanistan war heroics

CAMP PENDLETON (AP) - The Marine Corps said Tuesday that a gunnery sergeant will receive the service's second-highest award for enduring heavy assault in Afghanistan while his team leader and another Marine were ushered to safety after being shot and seriously wounded.

April 07, 2015 | | State


NEWS FROM AROUND CALIFORNIA

SEA LION PULLS MAN WITH FISH INTO SAN DIEGO BAY: SAN DIEGO (AP) - Officials say a 62-year-old man holding a fish he caught on a boat in a San Diego bay was pulled overboard by a sea lion.

April 06, 2015 | | State


Kamala Harris raises $2.M million for US Senate bid

LOS ANGELES (AP) - Democrat Kamala Harris has raised $2.5 million since mid-January for her U.S. Senate run in California, giving her an early financial edge in the 2016 contest, her campaign announced Monday.

April 06, 2015 | | State


Woman arrested for lighter fluid douse on another

RICHMOND (AP) - An off-duty firefighter tackled a woman who investigators say was trying to set a person on fire in the San Francisco Bay Area.

April 06, 2015 | | State


Sacramento water districts consider merger

SACRAMENTO (AP) - Two water agencies serving a combined half million people in suburban Sacramento are seeking to merge, saying they can better survive California's historic drought as a larger organization.

April 06, 2015 | | State


Woman arrested for lighter fluid douse on another

RICHMOND (AP) - An off-duty firefighter tackled a woman who investigators say was trying to set a person on fire in the San Francisco Bay Area.

April 06, 2015 | | State


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3 being inducted Aug. 12 into Mexican American Hall of Fame

STOCKTON - Three individuals are being inducted into the Mexican American hall of Fame as part of the Class of 2017.

August 07, 2017 | | State


Heart-stopping mountain lion encounter caught on video

LONE PINE (AP) - A nerve-rattling encounter with a mountain lion started with a fleeting glimpse of the big cat's tail on a High Sierra ...

August 07, 2017 | | State


Palm Springs fed up with insect thriving after winter rains

PALM SPRINGS (AP) - It may be small, but an insect known as the charcoal seed bug has started to get under the skin of people ...

August 06, 2017 | | State


Democrats attacking each other

SACRAMENTO (AP) - Democrats control every lever of power in California state government, and free from worrying about major losses to Republicans, they're training fire ...

August 06, 2017 | | State


Suspect shot in struggle with Los Banos police dies

LOS BANOS- A man who broke into his estranged wife's home died and two police officers were wounded after a shooting erupted Monday inside ...

July 31, 2017 | | State


Diocese of Stockton secures 4 new teachers thru Notre Dame

Bishop Stephen Blaire has announced the launch of the latest program for the Diocese of Stockton in partnership with the Alliance for Catholic Education (ACE ...

July 31, 2017 | | State


California considers lower bar for its tough lawyer exam

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) - The State Bar of California on Monday proposed lowering the minimum score on the most recent licensing exam for attorneys amid an ...

July 31, 2017 | | State


State’s minor life-without- parole law blasted as unfair

SACRAMENTO (AP) - Leif Taylor was sentenced to life in prison with no chance of parole not once, but twice, for killing a man while stealing ...

July 31, 2017 | | State


Homeless sex offender rate growing state issue

SACRAMENTO (AP) - California has as many homeless sex offenders now as it did 2½ years ago, when a state Supreme Court ruling that overturned restrictions ...

July 30, 2017 | | State


Ex UC Davis chancellor returns to teaching for $318,000 a year

DAVIS (AP) - The former chancellor of the University of California, Davis, who resigned after being placed on leave amid allegations of misconduct, will return to ...

July 30, 2017 | | State


SoCal beach community sees surge in homeless

DANA POINT (AP) - A California coastal community is eager to attract more tourists, but at the same time it's struggling with an unwelcome jump ...

July 30, 2017 | | State


Plan to start school after 8:30 a.m. gets mixed grades

SACRAMENTO (AP) - California school kids could be getting more time to sleep.

July 30, 2017 | | State


PBS CEO: Federal cuts may close stations

BEVERLY HILLS (AP) - The chief executive for PBS is sounding the alarm about public broadcasting's future if federal funding is axed as called for ...

July 30, 2017 | | State


Trump’s travel ban keeps orphan kids from foster families in USA

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) - Tianna Rooney has already bought the poster board for the sign she'll wave when the 16-year-old refugee boy her family is ...

July 30, 2017 | | State


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