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Updated: 1:32 am
The Golden Gate Bridge was heralded as an engineering marvel when it opened in 1937. It was the world's longest suspension span and had been built across a strait that critics said was too treacherous to be bridged.
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Updated: 12:48 am
California officials say the recently opened light rail line that connects downtown Los Angeles with the city's west side must be reinspected because a key section contains a serious design flaw that could cause trains to derail, the Los Angeles Times reported.
By PETE YOST -
Published: 9:17 pm
More than 2,000 people who were falsely convicted of serious crimes have been exonerated in the United States in the past 23 years, according to a new archive compiled at two universities.
By PETE YOST -
Published: 9:12 pm
More than 2,000 people who were falsely convicted of serious crimes have been exonerated in the United States in the past 23 years, according to a new archive compiled at two universities.
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Updated: 10:07 pm
Of the 40,000 people who signed up to take part in the 101st Bay to Breakers race, fewer than two dozen appeared to run into trouble.
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Updated: 10:08 pm
A bus driver was shot to death in West Hollywood Sunday, allegedly by a passenger who jumped out a vehicle window and fled down a street before being captured, authorities said.
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Published: 8:27 pm
A man authorities say was acting irrationally and threatening people at an Oceanside convenience store was shot to death after threatening police with a stick.
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Updated: 10:12 pm
Pakistan blocked the social networking website Twitter for several hours because it refused to remove tweets considered offensive to Islam, said one of the country's top telecommunications officials.
By MIKE FITZPATRICK -
Updated: 8:06 pm
Babe Ruth equals big bucks.
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Updated: 8:07 pm
Police say a teenage driver was attacked by a group of motorcyclists after he knocked down two bikers on a Northern California freeway.
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Published: 6:32 pm
Authorities say a child playing with a cigarette lighter ignited a fire that gutted a second-story apartment in Redlands.
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Published: 6:17 pm
Two people killed in a jet crash shortly after takeoff from the Boulder City airport have been identified as 65-year-old California men.
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Published: 6:07 pm
A 68-year-old Lake Forest woman is in stable condition and her 80-year-old husband is dead, following what police believe was an attempted murder and suicide.
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Published: 5:12 pm
A July hearing has been set on a motion to dismiss a lawsuit filed by five instructors of the "Stripper 101" class and show on the Las Vegas Strip.
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Published: 5:12 pm
A teenage driver is banged up after police say he was attacked by a group of motorcyclists after he knocked down two motorcyclists on Highway 101 Sunday morning.
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Published: 4:27 pm
Pacific Gas and Electric Co. has exceeded the designated maximum pressure on its natural gas pipelines more than 120 times since the 2010 deadly pipeline explosion in San Bruno, causing concerns among safety experts, according to company documents and a report in the San Francisco Chronicle.
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Updated: 3:48 pm
Nearly 1,200 bicyclists pedaled in single file on Lake Tahoe's south shore in an effort to set an offbeat world record.
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Published: 2:44 pm
The San Francisco Chronicle is reporting that Pacific Gas and Electric Co. has exceeded the designated maximum pressure on its natural gas pipelines more than 120 times since the 2010 deadly pipeline explosion in San Bruno.
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Published: 2:34 pm
Parts of eastern Asia were being treated to a solar spectacle as the moon slid across the sun, creating a "ring of fire." Sky-watchers in the western U.S. awaited their turns as the rare phenomenon was due to move over the Pacific and toward them later Sunday.
By RICHARD ROSENBLATT -
Updated: 4:07 pm
I'll Have Another poked his head out of his stall, started nibbling on his nameplate tacked to a wall and looked up at all the people watching his every move.
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Updated: 8:08 pm
A bus driver was shot to death Sunday by a passenger authorities say jumped out of the vehicle's window and attempted to flee down a street before he was captured.
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Updated: 2:00 pm
Officials say Oakland police plan on searching a commercial building where firefighters responding to a blaze found at least 100 marijuana plants.
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Published: 12:44 pm
Los Angeles is weathering a perfect storm of weekend sports that's bringing tens of thousands of hockey, basketball and cycling fans downtown.
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Published: 12:24 pm
A change in the weather is delaying what will probably be the final voyage of the U.S.S. Iowa.
By JOHN ROGERS -
Updated: 3:20 pm
On the surface, a big Wal-Mart store might seem out of place in the midst of the old-fashioned curio shops, the little dim sum eateries and the colorful lanterns and pagodas that make up one of the oldest Chinatowns in the United States.
By MARIA SUDEKUM -
Published: 12:09 pm
A group of California grade school students wants Crayola to start a recycling program for spent plastic markers, but the company doesn't appear ready to make such a move.
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Published: 11:29 am
The average U.S. price of a gallon of gasoline has dropped six cents over the past two weeks.
By HANNAH DREIER and DON THOMPSON -
Updated: 3:57 pm
Jeff Rutland was released from San Quentin State Prison nearly two years ago, ready to leave behind a 25-year criminal career.
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Updated: 10:00 am
Authorities found a stolen anti-tank gun in a San Bernardino County apartment after spotting a teenage boy on the building's roof with the weapon.
By DAVID GERMAIN -
Updated: 1:34 pm
"The Avengers" continues to muscle out everything else Hollywood throws at it, easily sinking naval rival "Battleship" and other new releases.