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Mysterious Cold Case Solved After 34 Years
The mysterious death in 1975 of Karen Rose Robinson is a mystery no more.
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5 Long Beach Students Arrested for Sexual Battery
Authorities say five male students have been arrested on suspicion of sexual battery after two ninth grade girls were attacked at a Long Beach high school.
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Boy, 16, Released After Arrest for 3 Shot in SoCal
Police have released a 16-year-old boy who was arrested earlier this week for his alleged role in a shooting that killed a man wounded two others in San Bernardino.
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Cruise Waiter Acquitted in LA of Sexual Assault
A Princess Cruises crew member has been acquitted of the sexual assault of a female passenger.
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No Appeal of Dismissed Conviction in MySpace Case
Federal prosecutors will not appeal a judge's dismissal of a Missouri mother's convictions for her role in a MySpace hoax directed at a 13-year-old girl who committed suicide.
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GOP Report: Deal With Sacramento Mayor Was Rushed
Two congressional Republicans say federal prosecutors rushed into a settlement with a nonprofit operated by Sacramento Mayor Kevin Johnson that had been accused of misspending government grants.
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Calif. Launches Probe Into Scam Targeting Churches
California is investigating several companies suspected of bilking churches nationwide of hundreds of thousands of dollars through fraudulent computer leasing schemes, authorities said Friday.
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Newspaper Circulation May Be Worse Than It Looks
While U.S. newspapers are losing subscribers at a staggering rate, a few dailies stand out because their circulation is rising. But they aren't necessarily selling more copies.
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Sneakin' Lizards! Reptile Smuggler Arrested At LAX
Federal officials say they arrested a man who strapped 15 live lizards to his chest to get through customs at Los Angeles International Airport.
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Ruling: Commission Can Cut Calif. Officials' Pay
Attorney General Jerry Brown has decided that an independent state pay commission can reduce the salaries of California elected officials during the middle of their terms in office.
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Trial Of BART Fatal Shooting Moved To LA County
The trial of a white former San Francisco Bay Area transit officer charged in the killing of an unarmed black man will be moved to Los Angeles County because of extensive media coverage and other possible distractions to trial participants, a judge ruled Thursday.
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Schwarzenegger After-School Program Ties Up Budget
California's nonpartisan legislative analyst says voters should reconsider some of the billions of dollars tied up in ballot measures they have approved in recent years.
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UC Regents Leave UCLA Campus By Police Escort; Fee Protests Continue
University of California regents have left a UCLA building where protesters, angry over a hefty student fee increase, earlier linked arms to block the exits.
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Miss Calif Pageant Gives Ad Time To Gay Group
The director of the Miss California USA pageant who became embroiled in a nasty war of words with former title holder Carrie Prejean has donated 30-seconds of free ad time to the state's largest gay rights group.
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California Faces $20B Deficits For Years To Come
Despite multiple attempts to balance California's budget, the state can still expect to confront shortfalls approaching $20 billion during each of the next five years, according to a long-range forecast released Wednesday.
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Calif. Agent In Dugard Case Moved After Threats
A parole agent who oversaw the man accused of kidnapping and raping Jaycee Dugard has been transferred for the safety of him and his family.
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100-Plus-Year-Old Anchor Found
A century-old anchor has been pulled up from the ocean floor off Santa Monica Pier in an area that was once a major shipping port.
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Calif Requires TVs to be More Energy Efficient
Power-hungry TVs will be banned from store shelves in California after state regulators adopted a first-in-the nation mandate to lower electricity demand.
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Schwarzenegger Rules Out Another Run for Office
California Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger won't say what his plans are when his term expires next year, but it won't be running for another office.
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Marines, Corpsman to be Removed in Iraqi Death
Three Camp Pendleton Marines and a Navy corpsman convicted of aiding the kidnapping and killing of an Iraqi man in 2006 have been ordered removed from the military.
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8 Arrested at UC Regents Meeting at UCLA
University of California police have arrested eight noisy protesters at a UCLA campus meeting room after they repeatedly interrupted regent board members considering a student fee increase.
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Forecast: California Faces $21B Deficit Next Year
A new forecast says California is facing a $21 billion budget gap this year.
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Beverly Hills, LA Councils Ban Declawing of Cats
Two Southern California cities have voted to ban the declawing of cats, joining San Francisco and Santa Monica which recently outlawed the practice.
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Search Continues for Possible LA Boat Fire Victims
The U.S. Coast Guard is conducting an air and sea search for two people who may have been aboard a burning powerboat off the Los Angeles County coast.
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OC Woman Sentenced who Stole $500,000 to Buy Dolls
An Orange county woman who stole $500,000 from trust funds and spent it on a doll collection has been sentenced to four years in prison.
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Woman Who Called Gang Rape To Police To Be Honored
The city of Richmond plans to honor the woman who called 911 to report a brutal gang rape outside a high school homecoming dance.
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Teen Pleads Not Guilty To Killing Of 4-Year-Old
A 14-year-old Fresno County boy remains in a juvenile detention facility after pleading not guilty in the killing of a 4-year-old boy.
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San Jose Teens Charged In Student's Stabbing Death
Two teenagers have been charged as adults in the fatal stabbing of a 15-year-old San Jose boy outside his home.
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FBI Seeks `Geezer Bandit' In SD Bank Robberies
FBI officials say a frail, elderly man, nicknamed the "Geezer Bandit," is responsible for holding up five San Diego-area banks since summer.
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Men File Abuse Suits Against Mormons, Boy Scouts
The Mormon church and Boy Scouts of America are named as defendants in lawsuits claiming childhood sexual abuse by youth leaders decades ago.
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Heads Of UC, CSU Want Big Funding Increases
The heads of California's public university systems say they need more money from the state - a lot more.
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Tracy Police Bracing For Possibility Of Layoffs
Tracy police officers are bracing for the possibility of layoffs as officials try to reduce the city's budget gap.
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Tourist Dies In Fall From Mendocino Headlands
Mendocino County authorities have released the name of a Canadian tourist who died in a fall from the Mendocino Headlands.
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Novato Man Found Dead Near Muir Beach
A Novato man missing since last week has been found dead on a Marin County beach.
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Wildfire Grows To 250 Acres In Southern California
A wildfire spread through 250 acres of rugged Southern California wilderness Monday, but no homes were threatened.
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4.6-Magnitude Quake Shakes California Desert Area
The U.S. Geological Survey says a magnitude-4.6 earthquake has shaken a remote area of the Mojave Desert in Southern California.
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Caltech Grad Gets Prison for SUV Firebombings
A California Institute of Technology graduate student has been re-sentenced to federal prison for helping firebomb dozens of SUVs in an environmental protest in the San Gabriel Valley.
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SoCal Teen Pleads Not Guilty to Homecoming Murder
One of two teenagers accused of killing a Long Beach high school honor student after a homecoming football game has pleaded not guilty.
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9 Injured in Shooting After San Francisco Concert
Police say nine people were injured in a shooting outside a concert sponsored by a San Francisco radio station.
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Report: LA Spent $3.2 Million on Jackson Memorial
The Los Angeles city attorney says he's still seeking reimbursement of the $3 million the city spent for the Michael Jackson memorial - even though a report says there was no law at the time forcing a payback.
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Sacramento Mom Arrested in Drowning of Daughter
A Sacramento mother is being held on suspicion of murder in the drowning of her 3-year-old daughter.
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Thieves Snatch 1,500-Pound Cannon from Cemetery
A San Francisco Bay area cemetery is reporting the theft of a 1,500-pound cannon from a memorial on its grounds dedicated to veterans.
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1 Killed as Plane Crashes in Suburb East of LA
One person was killed when a small plane crashed in the heavily populated suburb of San Gabriel northeast of Los Angeles.
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Woman, 43, Girl, 6, Found Dead in Riverside County
A 43-year-old woman and a 6-year-old girl were found slain in Riverside County and authorities are looking for the woman's husband in connection with the killings.
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Divers Search for Missing Infant at Berkeley Lake
Divers are searching a Berkeley park lake for an 8-month-old boy after his mother was found shot to death near the water.
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8 Rescued off Tijuana Coast
Seven men and a woman clinging to a capsized boat have been rescued in Mexican waters off the coast of Tijuana.
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2 Arrested In Stabbing Of 15-Year-Old San Jose Boy
Authorities have arrested two teenagers in the stabbing death of a 15-year-old San Jose boy outside his home.
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SoCal Medical Technician Convicted Of Rape
An emergency medical technician has been sentenced to three years in state prison after pleading guilty to raping an intoxicated woman at an Orange County hospital.
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Man Convicted Of Murder, Torture Of Vista Woman
A man has been convicted of the murder and torture of a woman in her San Diego County home and could get a death sentence.
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Hate Crimes Up Against Gays, Jews In Calif.
The California Attorney General's office says that more gay and Jewish people were the victims of hate crimes last year even though the overall number of bias-related crimes declined slightly.
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