Lambasting the hardball tactics of the city's Wall Street creditors, a U.S. bankruptcy judge Monday refused to bar Stockton from seeking bankruptcy protection.

A lawsuit challenging a proposed tribal casino in Amador County has been shifted to federal court in Sacramento, and away from a Washington, D.C.-based court.

Volunteers, federal officials and representatives of Field and Stream magazine will converge on burned-over habitat Saturday in a hands-on, all-day conservation project.

Wall Street creditors Monday sought to block the largest municipal bankruptcy in U.S. history, arguing in federal court that the city of Stockton improperly claimed insolvency while refusing to cut its massive pension obligations.

The U.S. Forest Service has acquired 1,370 acres near Donner Summit, a purchase that will boost recreation opportunities in the Tahoe National Forest, Truckee District Ranger Joanne Roubique announced.

More than two dozen bills introduced in the current session take aim at Californians' pocketbooks.

At the time the case broke into the open seven years ago, the allegations were terrifying.

Parents who pick up their children at the bus stop in the Harbor Gateway neighborhood say they often see men wearing GPS ankle bracelets and tell their children to stay away. Just up the street, 30 paroled sex offenders, including rapists and child molesters, live in a single apartment building. More than 100 registered sex offenders live within a few miles.

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