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Blue Whale Carcass Proving Hard To Remove
A team of scientists, volunteers and students are enduring the overwhelming stench from a rotting whale carcass as they work to remove it from a Mendocino County beach.
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SF Board Changes Tack On Immigrant Minors
This famously liberal city, known for tackling thorny issues from gay marriage to universal health care, is wrestling with another divisive issue.
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Orange County Man Arrested In $1.2M Fraud Scheme
An Orange County man has been arrested on charges of bilking at least 11 people of up to $1.2 million in a bogus investment scheme.
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US, N. Korean Officials Join In Calif. For Unofficial Talks
U.S. and North Korean officials in San Diego have wrapped up unofficial talks with other northeast Asian countries about regional security, but no major breakthroughs are expected.
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PG&E Wants More Solar From Customers
California's largest utility plans to boost the amount of solar power it buys from homes and businesses.
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Calif. Says 3 Low-Level Prisons No Longer Needed
California officials say a drop in the number of minimum-security inmates is allowing them to end contracts with the companies that operate three private prisons.
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Mt. Diablo Officials To Vote On District's Sports
Officials with the Mt. Diablo Unified School District are expected to decide Tuesday evening whether to cut winter sports from the district's schools.
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Runway Close-Call Probed At LA International
A taxiing passenger jet and a departing airliner had a close call at Los Angeles International Airport during the weekend.
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California's First Lady Caught Parking Illegally
First lady Maria Shriver appears to need a refresher on California traffic laws.
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Polanski's Victim Says She Wants to Be Left Alone
An attorney for Roman Polanski's victim says scrutiny caused by the director's arrest is causing her health problems and job worries.
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'Good Progress' Against Santa Cruz Mountains Blaze
Nearly 1,000 firefighters are working to contain a blaze in the Santa Cruz Mountains, and officials say they made "good progress" overnight.
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2 Dead, 3 Injured in Wrong-Way OC Freeway Crash
A motorist driving the wrong way has killed two people and seriously injured herself and two others on an Orange County freeway.
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Fire Prompts Evacuations in Santa Cruz Mountains
Hundreds of people are being evacuated from the Santa Cruz Mountains north of Watsonville because of a wildfire that broke out overnight.
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Finding Spot for BART Officer's Trial No Easy Task
A newspaper report says Alameda County court officials will have a hard time finding a jurisdiction with similar demographics to host the upcoming trial of a white former transit officer accused of fatally shooting an unarmed black man.
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Calif. Investor Ends Role with Top Pension Fund
San Francisco businessman Victor MacFarlane is ending his longtime role as a real estate adviser to the California Public Employees' Retirement System, a spokeswoman for his firm said Saturday.
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Scuffle Breaks Out at Neo-Nazi Rally in Riverside
A scuffle broke out and punches were exchanged between about 20 Neo-Nazis rallying against illegal immigration and about two dozen counter-protestors in Riverside.
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Calif Drops Pledge of $250 Bonus for State workers
A California agency's chief executive has dropped plans for $250 bonuses to 7,900 employees after another agency threatened to sue.
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5 Arrested in String of Hollywood Hills Burglaries
Los Angeles police say they've arrested five people suspected in a string of burglaries in the Hollywood Hills in which celebrities were targeted.
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Man Charged with Killing Parents Won't Face Death
A professional poker player charged with killing his parents in their Pleasanton home won't be facing the death penalty.
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Calif. College Says Victim Wandered into Rampage
The suspect in a fatal California college campus beating was breaking up his room and hitting himself with a baseball bat before his victim arrived, officials say.
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California Police Find 2 Bodies in Garbage Cans
Neighbors told Sacramento County deputies they smelled a stench, like an animal had died.
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OC Teacher Charged with Having Sex with Student
A former high school teacher in Orange County is free on $50,000 bail and faces charges of having sex with a student and vandalizing his car.
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Calif. Senate Leader Introduces Partial Water Bill
The state Senate leader says he will introduce a bill this weekend that could serve as the foundation of a plan to address California's water problems.
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Off-Duty UCSF Officer Killed In Exit Ramp Crash
Authorities say an off-duty University of California, San Francisco police officer was killed when his speeding car went airborne while exiting a freeway off-ramp.
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LA Worker Dies In Trash Compactor Accident
A worker has died after getting trapped inside a trash compactor at a factory north of Los Angeles.
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Bail Denied For Suspect In Calif. Pot-House Case
A federal magistrate has denied bail for one of the defendants in an alleged conspiracy to turn dozens of suburban homes in California's Central Valley into indoor marijuana nurseries.
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Monterey Aquarium's McNutt New USGS Director
The former president of the Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute will be taking over as the new director of the U.S. Geological Survey.
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Gov Approves LA Football Stadium Waiver
Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger has signed a bill allowing the construction of a 75,000-seat stadium that developers hope will lure an NFL team to the Los Angeles area.
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California Lawyer Arrested In 1989 Killing
An attorney who wrote a book about Internet dating was arrested Wednesday for investigation of killing his girlfriend's daughter 20 years ago so his girlfriend could gain custody of her granddaughter, authorities said.
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3 Tijuana Drug Figures Plead Guilty In US
Three once-powerful members of Mexico's Arellano Felix drug cartel have pleaded guilty to criminal charges in San Diego.
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Calif. Pays Billions In Overtime To State Workers
California auditors say some state employees earned more than $150,000 a year in overtime as the state paid out more than $2.1 billion in overtime in the last five years.
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Judge: Notices Must Be In Formats Blind Can Read
A federal judge has ruled that the U.S. Social Security Administration must provide information on benefits in a way that is accessible to blind people.
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SoCal Attorney Arrested in 1989 Cold Case Killing
Authorities have arrested a Southern California attorney for allegedly killing his girlfriend's daughter 20 years ago so his girlfriend could gain custody of her granddaughter.
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San Francisco Looks to Bag Paper, Not Just Plastic
In a city that has already banned plastic shopping sacks, there is a new target: paper bags.
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Body Of Missing LA County Sheriff's Deputy Found
Searchers have found the body of a Los Angeles County sheriff's deputy who went missing over the weekend in the Cleveland National Forest.
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Murder, Arson Charges In 2003 California Wildfire
A prison inmate was indicted Tuesday on murder and arson charges in a 2003 Southern California wildfire that destroyed nearly 1,000 homes and was linked to a half-dozen heart attack deaths.
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Lawyer: Nurse Assistant Denied Care After Attacks
Amelia Mendoza's last words to her husband were that she was afraid she was going to be fired for reporting that she had been assaulted at her hospital nursing job.
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Lounge Owner Arrested In Death Of Girlfriend
The owner of a Palo Alto smoking lounge is behind bars after being arrested in the death of his girlfriend.
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Scientists ID Fossil Bones Of Smallest Dinosaur
Fossil bones housed at a Los Angeles museum belong to the smallest dinosaur discovered in North America, scientists said Tuesday.
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Nevada Judge Reviewing Jackson Doctor Warrants
A Nevada judge is viewing warrant documents in the Michael Jackson investigation behind closed doors with a Los Angeles police detective and prosecutor before deciding whether to unseal them.
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Sun Microsystems Slashing Up to 3,000 Jobs
Sun Microsystems Inc. plans to eliminate up to 3,000 jobs over the next year as it awaits a takeover by Oracle Corp.
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Body Found on San Francisco Bus in Transit Yard
San Francisco police are investigating the death of a man whose body was found inside a city bus that had been parked in a transit yard for hours after a rush-hour shift.
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Shots Fired at Ventura County Juvenile Courthouse
Ventura County sheriff's deputies are searching for a suspect who shot at a juvenile courthouse window. No one has been injured.
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Octuplets Mom's Doc Expelled from Organization
The Beverly Hills doctor who gave fertility treatments to octuplets mom Nadya Suleman has been expelled from a professional organization.
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Defense Weather Satellite Launched
A rocket carrying a U.S. military weather satellite has been launched from Vandenberg Air Force Base in California.
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Man Drives Strangled Body to Police Station
A man who allegedly strangled his girlfriend to death in a car then drove the body to the Monrovia police station to surrender is behind bars.
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SoCal Man, 19, Dies After Police use Taser on Him
San Bernardino police say a 19-year-old man has died after officers used a Taser to subdue him at a board-and-care facility.
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SoCal City Manager Quits After Prostitution Bust
The city manager of El Monte has resigned after being nabbed in a prostitution sting.
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20 Years After Earthquake; is the Bay Area Safer?
Today marks 20 years since a 6.9-magnitude quake rocked the San Francisco Bay area, collapsing two 50-foot sections of the Bay Bridge, disrupting the 1989 World Series and killing 63 people.
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Los Angeles Woman Shoots Her Young Sons, Killing 1
A woman shot her two young sons Saturday, killing a 5-year-old boy and critically wounding his 1-year-old brother, police said.
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