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Published: 4:27 am
Los Angeles is about to elect its next mayor.
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Published: 3:37 am
A Montana man died in a rock climbing accident as he tried to climb to the top of El Capitan in Yosemite National Park, authorities said.
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Published: 2:27 am
The models builders at Southern California's Legoland have built a figure of a 6-year-old boy who died from an autoimmune disease last year and placed it on the park's model of the U.S. Capitol.
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Published: 1:32 am
Voters will head to the polls Tuesday to decide how Los Angeles should regulate medical marijuana storefronts that have cropped up over the past several years.
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Published: 1:08 am
A California winery is recovering four cases of Cabernet Sauvignon that have aged on the floor of Charleston Harbor for the past three months.
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Published: 1:08 am
By MICHAEL R. BLOOD -
Updated: 1:38 am
Los Angeles is about to elect its next mayor.
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Published: 10:52 pm
A defense contractor at Camp Pendleton has been sentenced to six months in prison for his role in the theft of pricey medical equipment intended for overseas Marines.
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Published: 9:37 pm
Gov. Jerry Brown has issued an executive order he says will help California's agriculture industry by streamlining the approval process for water transfers in the state.
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Published: 8:27 pm
A San Diego County couple who prosecutors say kept a 12-year-old relative as a sex slave and forced laborer have been sentenced to 20 or more years in prison.
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Updated: 8:20 pm
Loud wailing can be heard on cellphone video of a Bakersfield man who died after a beating from Kern County Sheriff's deputies, but little is visible.
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Updated: 8:20 pm
A Los Angeles police officer has been arrested for allegedly committing lewd acts on two girls under 10 years old while off duty.
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Updated: 6:26 pm
Authorities say a Montana man has died in a rock climbing accident as he tried to climb to the top of El Capitan in Yosemite National Park.
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Updated: 6:50 pm
A Montana man died in a rock climbing accident as he tried to climb to the top of El Capitan in Yosemite National Park, authorities said.
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Updated: 6:30 pm
The state Senate approved legislation Monday making it clear that counties can use money from a special state tax on millionaires for programs that provide court-ordered mental health treatment for those who refuse to get help on their own.
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Published: 5:49 pm
A federal judge has given three-year prison sentences to two San Diego defense contractors convicted of fraud in a scheme to bribe Navy officials with more than $1 million in cash and gifts.
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Updated: 6:51 pm
The California Public Utilities Commission has reached a proposed $37 million settlement with Southern California Edison over fallen power lines blamed for starting the October 2007 Malibu Canyon Fire.
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Updated: 5:54 pm
Students at California community colleges could see additional class options for short summer and winter sessions under a bill that passed the state Assembly on Monday, but those courses would come with a higher price tag.
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Updated: 6:51 pm
Fresh on the heels of its $1.1 billion acquisition of Tumblr, Yahoo says it is rebooting its languishing photo-sharing site Flickr with plans to make it "awesome" again.
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Updated: 4:50 pm
It's one thing to say tech geniuses don't need degrees. After all, Bill Gates, Steve Jobs and Mark Zuckerberg all dropped out of college.
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Published: 4:29 pm
Fire officials in the Central Valley farming community of Reedley evacuated an elementary school after a winery next door to the school caught on fire.
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Updated: 5:35 pm
A disgraced former head of an elite Northern California drug task force was sentenced Monday to 14 years in federal prison after pleading guilty to stealing drugs from evidence lockers and trying to sell them.
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Published: 4:19 pm
Community colleges in California could offer additional classes during shorter summer and winter sessions at higher fees under a bill that has passed the state Assembly.
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Updated: 6:00 pm
Organizers of an annual conference for people who manage more than $3 trillion in public sector pension funds in the U.S. and Canada say a significant number of administrators are skipping this year's meeting in Hawaii to avoid the perception they're wasting money by heading to the island paradise.
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Updated: 5:05 pm
Two lawmakers are pushing legislation to strip broad secrecy provisions from the state agency overseeing health care reforms in California that could shield from the public how hundreds of millions of dollars are spent, officials said Monday.
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Published: 4:04 pm
Federal authorities say a California man wanted in an Alabama murder case has been arrested near the southern Arizona border.
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Updated: 7:40 pm
The principal of Bakersfield High School says classes will resume on schedule Tuesday after the school was placed on lockdown and classes were cancelled after three small explosions on the school's campus Monday.
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Published: 3:49 pm
Yahoo Inc. lured Marissa Mayer from Google in July to become its fifth CEO in as many years. Her task: Help the Internet pioneer regain its stature after years in a financial funk. In her 10 months leading the company, she has overseen a redesign of Yahoo services and orchestrated several acquisitions, including a deal to buy online blogging forum Tumblr for $1.1 billion.
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Updated: 6:15 pm
U.S. Customs and Border Protection officers in Los Angeles have made some unusual seizures, including elephant meat, a dead primate and hundreds of handbags made from the skin of snakes, lizards and crocodiles.
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Updated: 12:38 am
Thousands of workers from University of California medical centers around the state were expected to stay away from their jobs in a short strike starting early Tuesday.