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Church Van Struck by Allegedly Drunk Driver in LA
Last Updated: 3:38 PM 02/11/12 - Authorities say 11 people were injured when the church van they were in was struck by an allegedly drunk driver in Los Angeles.
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Aerospace Workers Brace for NASA Cuts
Last Updated: 7:41 PM 02/11/12 - Scientists at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory in La Canada Flintridge are bracing for an announcement of NASA's budget in anticipation of major cuts.
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Woman Drives Car into Surf on San Francisco Beach
Last Updated: 4:21 PM 02/10/12 - Authorities have pulled a car out of the surf on San Francisco's Ocean Beach after a woman apparently drove it into the water.
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Remains ID'd as Serial Killers' Victim
Last Updated: 7:40 PM 02/11/12 - Searchers following a map prepared by convicted serial killer and death row inmate Wesley Shermantine have so far uncovered two sets of remains.
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Jerry Brown Signs Bill Preserving School Bus Funds
Last Updated: 3:26 PM 02/10/12 - Gov. Jerry Brown has signed compromise legislation that allows school districts to preserve transportation funding after parents and advocates complained about losing school bus services.
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Report: Teacher in LA Molest Case Paid to Resign
Last Updated: 2:11 PM 02/10/12 - The former third-grade teacher charged with committing lewd acts on students was paid $40,000 to drop an appeal of his firing, a newspaper reported Friday.
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Serial Killer's Tip Leads to Remains of Second Body
Last Updated: 5:09 PM 02/10/12 - Searchers using information provided by a convicted California serial killer have recovered the remains of a second person.
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8 School Workers on Leave During Abuse Probe
Last Updated: 10:30 AM 02/10/12 - Eight school district employees were placed on leave during an investigation of their handling of allegations that a special education teacher kicked and slapped students.
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Victim's Father: Serial Killer's Map Leads to Skull
Last Updated: 9:44 AM 02/10/12 - Searchers following a map prepared by a serial killer on California's death row have unearthed human remains that could be one of his victims.
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Driver Identified in Deadly Truck Crash North of Reno
Last Updated: 4:28 PM 02/09/12 - The Lassen County Coroner's Office has released the name of the driver killed in a truck fire Tuesday. He was 62-year-old Clarence Carpenter of Los Molinas, California.
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Car Theft Suspect Held After LA Roof Standoff
Last Updated: 2:15 PM 02/09/12 - A suspect in an auto theft has been arrested after a bizarre five-hour standoff on the rooftops of a Los Angeles neighborhood.
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Truckee Men Accused of Selling Cocaine
Last Updated: 1:37 PM 02/09/12 - Two Truckee men are charged with ongoing sales of cocaine.
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LA School in Sex Abuse Scandal Reopens
Last Updated: 1:40 PM 02/09/12 - Children returned Thursday to an elementary school where the entire staff was replaced after the arrests of two former teachers on charges of committing lewd acts with students in class.
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Share the Love This Valentine’s Day, $14 Lift Tickets
Last Updated: 4:45 PM 02/08/12 - This Valentine’s Day only, skiers and riders can enjoy two of Tahoe’s premier mountains for a fraction of the price thanks to a one-of-a-kind deal on the all-new LiftTickets.com.
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Mom Pleads Guilty in Meth Breast Milk Death
Last Updated: 4:45 PM 02/08/12 - A California woman accused of killing her infant son by breastfeeding him after she used methamphetamine has pleaded guilty to voluntary manslaughter.
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San Francisco Expands Plastic-Bag Ban
Last Updated: 10:43 PM 02/07/12 - Shoppers in San Francisco will have to pay 10 cents per bag and more retailers are now banned from handing out plastic bags under a proposal approved Tuesday by the city's Board of Supervisors.
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Disney to Open New Area Inspired by "Cars" in June
Last Updated: 10:11 PM 02/07/12 - Disney officials say a new area called Cars Land will open in June at Disney's California Adventure in Anaheim.
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Police Seized Evidence in Killings Tied to Serial Homeless Murders
Last Updated: 8:17 PM 02/07/12 - Police have seized a black ski mask, cellphones and other evidence from a Yorba Linda home where a mother and son were found stabbed to death Oct. 25.
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Judge: Serial Killer Can be Extradited to NY
Last Updated: 10:11 PM 02/07/12 - A judge says a convicted serial killer on California's death row can be extradited to New York to stand trial for two 1970s-era murder cases there.
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Backers Of Ban On Gay Marriage Say Supreme Court Will Have Final Say
Last Updated: 1:16 PM 02/07/12 - Supporters of Proposition 8, which banned same-sex marriage in California, say they'll ask the Supreme Court to overturn a ruling today from a federal appeals court.
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Appeals Court Says California Gay Marriage Ban Unconstitutional
Last Updated: 12:38 PM 02/07/12 - A federal appeals court on Tuesday declared California's same-sex marriage ban to be unconstitutional, putting the bitterly contested, voter-approved law on track for a likely appeal to the U.S. Supreme Court.
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Mom Pleads Guilty in Meth Breast Milk Death
Last Updated: 12:35 PM 02/07/12 - A California woman accused of killing her infant son by breastfeeding him after she used methamphetamine has pleaded guilty to voluntary manslaughter.
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Marines First-Responders After Explosion
Last Updated: 8:20 AM 02/07/12 - Amid a tragic explosion at a Marine housing base, there is also heroism. A duplex exploded at the Coleville Military Housing Base Friday night, leaving a woman dead and sending two other people to hospitals. One of the injured is in critical condition at the UC Davis burn center.
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Looking for Work? There May Be an App for That
Last Updated: 9:34 PM 02/06/12 - Looking for a promising career in a lousy economy? A new study suggests you're apt to find it in apps - the services and tools built to run on smartphones, computer tablets and Facebook's online social network.
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Official: Faculty to be Removed at LA School
Last Updated: 11:29 PM 02/06/12 - The Los Angeles Unified School District superintendent says the faculty at Miramonte Elementary School will be removed following allegations of child sex abuse against two teachers.
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Plane That Crashed May Have Been Stolen
Last Updated: 8:58 PM 02/06/12 - Federal investigators say a small plane that crashed near a housing development west of Fresno, killing the pilot, may have been stolen.
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Parents Protest at Scandalized LA Grade School
Last Updated: 11:31 PM 02/06/12 - Many children stayed home Monday while parents demanded more protection at an elementary school where two teachers are suspected of molesting students in class.
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Berkeley Mulls Pulling $350 Million Account Out of Wells Fargo
Last Updated: 3:52 PM 02/06/12 - Berkeley is considering taking its $350 million account out of Wells Fargo, saying the bank is partly to blame for the nation's financial crisis.
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Marine Killed in Coleville Gas Explosion Identified
Last Updated: 10:46 AM 02/05/12 - The Marine Corps has identified the victim Friday's propane explosion.
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In Miramonte, Questions Amid a Sense of Betrayal
Last Updated: 9:16 PM 02/04/12 - Mr. Berndt's third-grade classroom was up on the second floor, tucked away at the rear of Miramonte Elementary School, its windows looking out onto a playground.
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Marine Wife Killed, 2 Injured in California Propane Explosion
Last Updated: 9:22 PM 02/04/12 - The explosion around 9 p.m. Friday occurred at a housing unit in the Mono County town of Coleville for the U.S. Marine Corps Mountain Warfare Training Center.
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Police Chief on Leave After Homeless Death Retires
Last Updated: 3:50 PM 02/03/12 - A California police chief on medical leave after coming under fire following the death of a homeless man after a violent confrontation with officers is retiring.
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Two Hurt in Plane Crash at Humboldt County Airport
Last Updated: 2:09 PM 02/03/12 - Authorities say two people are hurt in a small plane crash at a remote Humboldt County airport.
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2nd Teacher Pulled From LA Elementary School Following Molestation Charges
Last Updated: 11:44 AM 02/03/12 - The Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department says a second teacher removed from a south Los Angeles elementary school this week has been arrested.
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Recent Molestation Arrest Leads to Swift Firing of Another LA Teacher
Last Updated: 10:58 AM 02/03/12 - The child lewd conduct arrest of a Los Angeles elementary teacher has led schools superintendent John Deasy to move swiftly and fire a high school teacher who is being sued for allegedly having sex with students.
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AZ Man Accused of Going to CA for Teen Sex
Last Updated: 8:46 AM 02/03/12 - The FBI says an Arizona man has been indicted on charges that he traveled to California to have sex with a teen boy.
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Man Facing Life in Prison in Massive Pot Bust
Last Updated: 10:26 PM 02/02/12 - A Northern California man is facing the possibility of life in federal prison after authorities say they seized marijuana plants worth millions of dollars on properties he owned in rural Trinity County.
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Police Link 2 More Deaths to Man in Homeless Case
Last Updated: 10:10 PM 02/02/12 - Police say an ex-Marine charged with killing four homeless men in Orange County is linked to the stabbing deaths of a Yorba Linda woman and her son.
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Matt Garza's TB Rays Championship Ring Stolen From Home
Last Updated: 8:03 PM 02/02/12 - An American League Championship ring belonging to Chicago Cubs pitcher Matt Garza has been stolen from his home in Fresno County.
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Complaint About LA Teacher Made Years Ago
Last Updated: 4:39 PM 02/02/12 - A Los Angeles teacher suspected of taking bizarre bondage-style photographs of children in his class was investigated in 1994 for allegedly trying to fondle a 10-year-old girl.
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Old-Style Film Processing Led to LA Teacher Arrest
Last Updated: 6:42 PM 02/01/12 - It wasn't a veteran crime detective or a neighborhood watch group or even a suspicious parent who helped put a 61-year-old elementary school teacher with no previous criminal record in jail for allegedly committing lewd acts on nearly two dozen children.
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Small Radiation Amount 'Could Have' Escaped Plant
Last Updated: 3:33 PM 02/01/12 - A tiny amount of radiation could have escaped into the atmosphere from a Southern California nuclear power plant after a water leak prompted operators to shut down the reactor as a precaution, but plant workers and the public were not endangered, officials said Wednesday.
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Three Honored by Army for Help in Shark Attack
Last Updated: 4:46 PM 02/01/12 - Two soldiers and a civilian paramedic have been honored for helping a surfer who was attacked by a shark off the Monterey County coast.
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Lawmakers Cheer Facebook IPO, See Windfall
Last Updated: 4:45 PM 02/01/12 - State lawmakers are hailing Facebook's much-anticipated stock offering as a potential windfall for California's cash-strapped treasury, while some already are saying the extra revenue should go to preventing cutbacks to public schools.
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NorCal Teen Overdosed on 'Date Rape' Drug
Last Updated: 3:28 PM 02/01/12 - Authorities say a 14-year-old Northern California girl who died during a sleepover last summer overdosed on a chemical found in so-called "date rape" drugs, but it's unclear how she got the drug.
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Sierra Snowpack 37 Percent of Normal
Last Updated: 2:44 PM 02/01/12 - California water managers say the Sierra Nevada snowpack is just 37 percent of normal for this time of year.
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Bail Set at $23M in Ex-Teacher's Molestation Case
Last Updated: 2:45 PM 02/01/12 - Bail for a former elementary school teacher accused of taking bizarre photos of children in his classroom for a sexual thrill was raised Wednesday to $23 million, as parents questioned why they weren't notified when the pictures were found more than a year ago.
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Teen Charged as Adult in Adoptive Parents' Murders
Last Updated: 3:13 PM 01/31/12 - Prosecutors have charged a 15-year-old Oakland boy as an adult in the killings of his adoptive mother and father, a San Francisco jail psychologist, whose bodies were found stuffed in the trunk of the family car.
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Feinstein Begins to Replenish Campaign Account
Last Updated: 3:09 PM 01/31/12 - Sen. Dianne Feinstein's re-election campaign is reporting that she raised nearly $950,000 in the final three months of 2011 as she works to overcome the disappearance of an estimated $4.7 million from her campaign coffers.
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Brown Reports $1.7 Million for His Tax Campaign
Last Updated: 3:06 PM 01/31/12 - Gov. Jerry Brown's campaign reported Tuesday that it has raised $1.7 million for his proposed November ballot initiative to temporarily raise California's sales and income taxes to help solve the state's ongoing budget deficits.
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