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Targeting California's bitter budget fights, Democratic legislative leaders proposed a wide-ranging overhaul Thursday that would allow lawmakers to pass budgets by a simple-majority vote and would require them to forfeit pay if they are late in passing a spending plan.

Lawyers for legendary music producer Phil Spector have asked an appellate court to throw out his second-degree murder conviction on grounds of judicial error and prosecutorial misconduct.

A member of the pop group Girlicious has been charged in California with drug possession with the intent to sell after Glendale police allegedly found a dozen plastic bags of cocaine in her Gucci purse.

A newA federal labor data show that California's unemployment rate remains the fifth highest in the nation.

Authorities say five of the six people killed in last week's bus crash in Arizona were California residents.

California salmon fishermen may not get much, if any, time on the ocean this year, while their counterparts in Washington and Oregon would fare better because salmon are more abundant there, under recommendations expected Thursday.

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A special agent for the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration has requested a warrant to search a California sushi restaurant where activists say they were served illegal whale meat.Federal prosecutors said Wednesday they plan to file charges against The Hump restaurant in Santa Monica for violating the Marine Mammal Protection Act.

A Southern California letter carrier who is a registered sex offender has been reassigned after concerns were raised that he was delivering mail in an area with many children.

Californians will be able to start getting federal stimulus rebates on new energy efficient models starting on Earth Day, April 22.

Published: Tuesday, March 9, 2010 at 3:00 a.m. Last Modified: Monday, March 8, 2010 at 5:19 p.m. When Darrell Steinberg, the president pro tem of the California Senate, outlined his priorities last month, he included "oversight." In Capitol jargon it means the Legislature's holding hearings or conducting investigations into how state programs are ...

"What in the h-e-double-hockey-sticks did California lawmakers think they were doing?" "Ah, yes, you speak of a resolution the California State Assembly passed recently to make the first week of March 'Cuss-Free Week.' It embraced the idea from a teenager who had formed a No Cussing Club in 2007 at his school." "But considering what California's ...

"Stop messing with Texas!" That was the message Gov. Rick Perry bellowed on election night as he celebrated his victory over Sen.

The California Legislature approved a Democratic bill Monday aimed at ending three-day-a-month furloughs for nearly 80,000 state employees.

Share + Mar 9, 2010 3:34 pm US/Pacific SACRAMENTO, Calif. Former eBay chief Meg Whitman's campaign for governor of California has a familiar ring to it: She's an outsider from the business world who promises to sweep the Capitol clean of politics-as-usual and deliver fiscal common sense.

Californians use about 1 million pounds of marijuana a year or nearly a half-ounce for every person in the state, according to a staff analysis from the Board of Equalization.

A Toyota Prius accelerated out of control on a busy California freeway on Monday before police intervened to bring the vehicle to a standstill, police said.

A United Airlines spokeswoman says a plane carrying 15 passengers and three crew members has arrived safely at Fresno Yosemite International Airport in central California after experiencing mechanical trouble.

California Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger has told an Ohio audience that adults who enjoy staying fit need to inspire young people, to help fight childhood obesity.

A California man has been charged with heading a ring that helped dozens of Middle Eastern nationals obtain U.S. student visas by passing English proficiency exams for them.