DA: Calif. officer justified in officer's shooting

The search is on for a mutt who will become Benji

911 call details moments after King found in pool

Democrats not done with budget despite their claims to the contrary

Church abuse victim faces trial for beating priest in Santa Clara County

Bill bans forcing students to reveal grades on IDs

Federal safety report: Design led to woes at San Onfroe nuclear power plant

San Diego County wildfire is 30% contained

CAMPO (AP) - A wildfire fanned by strong winds that prompted the evacuation of 150 homes in eastern San Diego County is 30 percent contained, officials said Monday. But authorities with California's Department of Forestry and Fire Protection warned that the 907-acre blaze east of Campo still threatens 200 houses, sheds and other buildings. Nearly 500 firefighters have ...

Rodney King autopsy concluded; results weeks away

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Appeals court overturns defendant's release RICHMOND (AP) - An appeals court has overturned a judge's decision to release a defendant in a Richmond sting operation on the condition that he write book reports. The Ninth District Court of Appeals in San Francisco said there were significant findings in favor of keeping 23-year-old Otis Mobley behind bars while he awaits trial. <p style="line-height: 18pt; ...

Governments asking Google to remove more content, deliver information on users’ searches

UC system faces mounting pension, retiree health costs

Primary vote was political landmark for California

The results are now in, and this month's primary election appears to have given voters exactly what they wanted: a whole bunch of fall runoff contests that figure to be decided not by extreme partisans ...

Brown wants welfare recipients to get jobs; Demo lawmakers say what jobs?

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Four Modesto family members dead in Father's Day crash FRESNO (AP) - A faulty tire, extreme heat and an overloaded vehicle may have contributed to a Father's Day rollover crash that killed four members of Modesto family near Bakersfield. The family was in a 2001 Ford Excursion SUV heading home from Northridge on Highway 99 when tread ...

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BILL WOULD CHARGE 911 FEES ON PREPAID CELLPHONES: SACRAMENTO (AP) - Californians who use prepaid cellphones would pay a little more to add minutes under a bill moving through the Legislature.

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SF BAGGAGE HANDLER PLEADS NOT GUILTY TO THEFT: REDWOOD CITY (AP) - A San Francisco International Airport baggage handler accused of stealing items from passengers' bags has pleaded not guilty.

Her challenge is to keep Brown focused

CPUC legal team probing PG&E blast resigns

SF, NY officials to meet over cellphone thefts

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TACO BELL FIRING RIDGECREST EMPLOYEE FOR TACO LICKING: RIDGECREST. (AP) - Taco Bell is firing a California employee who was photographed licking a stack of taco shells.

Parole denied for Manson follower

CPUC enforcement division” ‘Time to throw book at PG&E’

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FORMER SANTA CLARA POLITICIAN FACING NEW CHARGE : SAN JOSE (AP) - A longtime California politician convicted of using campaign donations and taxpayer funds to fuel what he described as a gambling addiction has been charged in a separate case involving an illegal campaign flier, prosecutors said Wednesday.

Serial murder suspect interviews possible jurors

SAN RAFAEL (AP) - Addressing prospective jurors in his death penalty trial, defendant Joseph Naso on Monday mocked the prosecutor and asked odd questions. The San Francisco Chronicle reports that the 79-year-old Naso, acting as his own lawyer, addressed a panel of 21 possible jurors in a selection process expected to take weeks. Naso flailed his hands, saying he was mimicking gestures made by Marin County prosecutor Rosemary Slote during her presentation. One female prospective ...

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EX-UCI PROFESSOR PLEADS NOT GUILTY IN OC ARSONS: SANTA ANA (AP) - A former University of California, Irvine professor has pleaded not guilty to charges he set a series of fires at his son's high school and elsewhere after the boy committed suicide.

Humanists sue over monument with cross

Serial murder suspect interviews possible jurors

SAN RAFAEL (AP) - Addressing prospective jurors in his death penalty trial, defendant Joseph Naso on Monday mocked the prosecutor and asked odd questions. The San Francisco Chronicle reports that the 79-year-old Naso, acting as his own lawyer, addressed a panel of 21 possible jurors in a selection process expected to take weeks. Naso flailed his hands, saying he was mimicking gestures made by Marin County prosecutor Rosemary Slote during her presentation. One female prospective ...

Firing of ex-LAPD officer Dorner justified

le poised for hiring spree in Silicon Valley

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