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Sex offender with letter carrier...
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.
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Calif. Appliance Rebate Program Starts April 22
Californians will be able to start getting federal stimulus rebates on new energy efficient models starting on Earth Day, April 22.
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California Legislature's 'oversight' unit falls short
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 ...
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Tom Purcell: Why is California's government fussing about cussing
"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 ...
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Low-Tax Texas Beats Big-Government California
"Stop messing with Texas!" That was the message Gov. Rick Perry bellowed on election night as he celebrated his victory over Sen.
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Legislature tries to end Calif employee furloughs
The California Legislature approved a Democratic bill Monday aimed at ending three-day-a-month furloughs for nearly 80,000 state employees.
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Whitman Defines Herself As The Un-Schwarzenegger
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.
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Californians Use 1M Pounds Of Pot Per Year
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.
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Runaway Prius halted by Calif. police
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.
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Plane with engine trouble lands at Calif. airport
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.
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Schwarzenegger: Adults Should Help Kids Get Fit
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.
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Feds: Calif. man ran student visa fraud ring
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.
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California Republican Senator Roy Ashburn Says he is Gay
Republican Sen. Roy Ashburn, who has been on leave from the Senate since his DUI arrest last week, confirmed today that he is gay.
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Intelligence officers say Pakistani agents arrested American-born al-Qaida spokesman
Adam Gadahn, seen in these undated file photos released by the FBI. The American-born Al-Qaida spokesman called on Muslims serving in the U.S. armed forces to emulate the Army major charged with killing 13 people in Fort Hood in a video posted on a radical Islamic web site on Sunday March 7, 2010.
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Cities not on track with California's plan for high-speed rail system
In this photo taken March 4, 2010, a man waits for a train at the Buena Park Metrolink station in Buena Park, Calif.
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Judge orders bus firm to stop interstate service
A federal judge has ordered a bus company involved in a crash that killed six people in Arizona to cease interstate operations, and the company's operator has signed a consent decree prohibiting it from hauling passengers without U.S. Department of Transportation Authority.U.S. District Judge George King of the Central District of California in Los ...
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Calif. police: 14-year-old girl's remains found
Authorities in Southern California say the skeletal remains of a 14-year-old girl who disappeared a year ago while walking to school have been found in a remote area of the Pala Indian Reservation.
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Bias incidents roil University of California
Swastikas, nooses, a KKK hood, graffiti, epithets and jeers. An ugly spate of bias incidents has crossed several University of California campuses over the past month, causing consternation, outcry and fear that bigotry is alive among the young and educated.
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California's university students protest fee hike
Oakland police officers arrest a group of protesters that attempted to block Interstate 880 following a rally for the national day of action against school funding cuts and tuition increases Students and faculty at California's public universities rallied across the state on Thursday to protest steep fee hikes that they say have damaged a system of ...
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Schwarzenegger, Shriver Paid For Calif. Commercial
Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger and first lady Maria Shriver received more than $235,000 for appearing in California tourism commercials but have repaid the money.
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