Archive By Section - State
SAN DIEGO (AP) - California Gov. Jerry Brown's administration on Thursday proposed spending nearly $400 million over 10 years to slow the shrinking of the state's largest lake just as it is expected to evaporate an accelerated pace.
March 16, 2017
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SAN FRANCISCO (AP) - A conservative federal appellate court judge who was a key author of the so-called torture memos under the Bush administration criticized personal attacks on the judiciary even while defending President Donald Trump's authority to ban travelers from mostly Muslim nations.
March 16, 2017
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MORGAN HILL (AP) - An $8.25 million settlement between a California school district and the families of three girls who were sexually molested by a teacher over several years calls for better training for staff and students on detecting signs of predatory behavior and sexual abuse, according to a lawsuit settlement.
March 16, 2017
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HESPERIA (AP) - A Southern California sheriff's deputy was shot in the chest Thursday but his body armor stopped the bullet and a robbery suspect was later arrested, authorities said.
March 16, 2017
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FRESNO (AP) - Authorities say five county employees in central California are charged with stealing from dead people and their families.
March 16, 2017
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LONG BEACH (AP) - The Queen Mary is so corroded that it's at urgent risk of flooding or collapse, and the price tag for fixing up the 1930s ocean liner could near $300 million, according to a survey done by experts.
March 14, 2017
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SACRAMENTO (AP) - California does a poor job of screening social services workers and sometimes allows people with arrests or convictions to work in facilities that care for children, adults and seniors, state auditors said Tuesday, though they offered no examples of harm resulting from the lapses.
March 14, 2017
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LOS ANGELES (AP) - Ben Affleck says he has recently completed treatment for alcohol addiction.
March 14, 2017
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LOS ANGELES (AP) - Authorities say a hiker was killed and a second was injured after both fell off a trail on the 10,046-foot Mt. Baldy in the San Gabriel Mountains.
March 12, 2017
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SAN FRANCISCO (AP) - Before Donald Trump's election, Laurence Berland viewed political protest as a sort of curiosity. He was in a good place to see it: San Francisco's Mission District, once an immigrant enclave in the country's heartland of radicalism that is increasingly populated by people like him - successful tech workers driving up rents while enjoying a daily commute to Silicon Valley on luxury motor coaches.
March 12, 2017
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SAN FRANCISCO (AP) - Wildlife advocates say they are searching Northing California for seven gray wolves that haven't been spotted in months.
March 12, 2017
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LOS ANGELES (AP) - The mother of a man who was shot by police after witnesses said he chased children with a broken bottle at a California sports field plans to file a wrongful death claim against the city of Huntington Beach, her lawyer said Saturday.
March 12, 2017
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OAKLAND (AP) - It was the swag-bags that convinced community health organizer Julia Liou to redraw the battle plan in a fight to reduce the hazardous chemical exposures of nail-salon workers, most of them low-paid Asian immigrant women.
March 05, 2017
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SAN FRANCISCO (AP) - Attorneys say they're seeking the release of a 14-year-old Honduran boy who has been locked up in a Northern California juvenile hall for nearly a year, even though he has no criminal record and has been granted asylum.
March 05, 2017
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LOS ANGELES (AP) - An Afghan family of five who obtained special visas to relocate to the U.S. were detained by immigration officials when they arrived at Los Angeles International Airport on Thursday and have been in custody ever since, according to court records and their attorneys.
March 05, 2017
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