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Calif. state parks would be smoke-free (mostly) if Legislature passes landmark bill
California lawmakers on Thursday will consider what is believed to be the nation's most far-reaching smoking ban in state parks as a way to get unsightly cigarette butts off the beach, eliminate second-hand smoke and reduce the threat of wildfires.
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Hooters employees sue over work, wage violations
Three dozen current and former Hooters workers are suing over work and wage violations, saying they were forced to buy their own uniforms and work without pay.
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Calif. politics has short sellers facing big bills
Thousands of Californians who sold their homes in short sales or modified their mortgages last year are facing the prospect of huge state tax liabilities.
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Coast Guard station commander relieved of duty
The commanding officer of the Coast Guard Air Station in Sacramento has been temporarily relieved of duty, the Coast Guard announced Tuesday, five months after several crewmen died in a collision between one of the station's aircraft and a Marine Corps helicopter.
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Number of Californians without health plans soars
Nearly one in four Californians under age 65 lacked health insurance during all or part of last year, well above the latest national average, in a trend fueled by shrinking coverage due to mounting job layoffs, a new study on Tuesday found.
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Leonard Pitts Jr.: Why Saying 'I Am Gay' Can Be So Difficult
Three little words. That's what keeps bringing us back to this intersection of low comedy and pathos.
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State prison numbers drop for 1st time since 1972
Spurred by budget crises, California and Michigan together reduced their prison populations by more than 7,500 last year, contributing to what a new report says is the first nationwide decline in the number of state inmates since 1972.The overall drop was slight, according to the Pew Center on the States - just 0.4 percent - but its report suggests ...
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Calif prison receiver seeks release of ill inmates
The federal receiver who runs California's prison health care system said Tuesday he will ask state lawmakers to approve four bills to control spiraling costs including proposals to restrict prisons' use of prescription drugs and outside medical specialists and to parole the sickest and costliest inmates.
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Calif. lawmakers to receive JFK Courage award
Four California lawmakers who led a bipartisan effort to solve the state's budget crisis have been named to receive the annual John F. Kennedy Profile in Courage Award.
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Teachers to receive pink slips
California's budget crisis could cost nearly 22,000 teachers their jobs this year.
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Magnitude-4.4 earthquake shakes Southern California
An earthquake east of downtown Los Angeles rippled across Southern California before dawn Tuesday, jolting millions of people awake and putting first-responders on alert.
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UCLA Study: Nearly 1 In 4 Californians Uninsured
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Calif. Pension Fund Seeks To Boost Its Influence By Associated Press
Lifting the number of proposals its board can file each year means the fund's influence is likely to grow among publicly traded companies.
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Gov. seat a target of state GOP
California Republicans are leaving their weekend gathering enthusiastic about their prospects for retaining the governor's seat and replacing their most reviled target, three-term Democratic Sen.
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Runaway Prius story 'not feasible'
Tests on a runaway Toyota Prius car in California have been unable to replicate the uncontrollable acceleration reported by its driver.
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GOP Debate Monday Night
Arnold Schwarzenegger are facing off in their first debate Monday. State Insurance Commissioner Steve Poizner and former eBay CEO Meg Whitman will tangle in Costa Mesa in an hour-long event sponsored by a local Republican group.
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ACORN Branches Rebrand After Video Scandal
Affiliates of the once mighty liberal activist group ACORN are remaking themselves in a desperate bid to ditch the tarnished name of their parent organization and restore federal grants and other revenue streams that ran dry in the wake of a video scandal.
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Mortgage plan to assist 16 percent of borrowers
WASHINGTON - The Obama administration's mortgage relief plan has helped only about 16 percent of borrowers who signed up since its launch last year, while hundreds of thousands of homeowners remain in limbo.
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Attorney General: Corey Haim's Death Linked to "Massive Prescription Drug Ring"
Corey Haim 's death just crossed the county line. A prescription for the painkiller OxyContin made out to the actor was found during the course of an ongoing investigation into the purchase of bogus prescription pads from a San Diego vendor by people using stolen doctors' identities, California Attorney General Jerry Brown announced Friday.
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5 People Hurt in Calif. Apartment Complex Shooting
Authorities say five people were wounded in a shooting at an apartment complex in Southern California.
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