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Plastic ocean debris the target of new Calif. bill
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) -- It's a common sight on the nation's beaches: among the sand, sea foam and gnarled kelp lay plastic bottles, bags and other garbage....
5.7-magnitude quake widely felt across N. Calif.
GREENVILLE, Calif. (AP) -- An earthquake in far northeastern California was felt by thousands of people as far away as San Francisco and in two other states, but there have been no reports of injury or serious damage....
Brewers team up on beer to help military families
RICHMOND, Va. (AP) -- Craft breweries from around the country are toasting the troops with a beer aged with a unique ingredient that symbolizes America's pastime - baseball bats....
Sheriff: Beaten Bakersfield man's death accidental
BAKERSFIELD, Calif. (AP) -- Kern County Sheriff Donny Youngblood said the death of a Bakersfield man beaten by deputies was due to the man's heart disease, not baton blows from officers....
Emails show concern for Jackson deterioration
LOS ANGELES (AP) -- A stage manager working on Michael Jackson's ill-fated "This Is It" concert warned an AEG executive days before the star's death that he was in a physical and mental decline and needed help, according to an email shown to jurors Thursday in court....
Health reform plans, pricing released in Calif.
SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) -- Californians are finally getting to see what "Obamacare" means for them....
2-day worker walkout ends at UC hospitals
LOS ANGELES (AP) -- A two-day strike by hospital workers ended on Thursday, with both sides claiming victory even though there was no resolution to a contract dispute involving staffing and pensions....
Bill would protect Calif. reporters' phone records
SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) -- State agencies would be required to give journalists five days' notice before they issue subpoenas to a third-party company for telephone records under legislation announced Thursday by a state senator....
1,500-acre blaze burns in San Diego County
JULIAN, Calif. (AP) -- Firefighters are battling a 1,500-acre fire in rugged and remote eastern San Diego County....
Officers in Calif. police shooting called heroic
SANTA CRUZ, Calif. (AP) -- Four officers who fatally shot a man suspected of killing two Santa Cruz police detectives likely saved additional lives, the police chief said Thursday when new details of the deadly encounter were revealed....
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