State News

Tracy, Scioscia win Manager of the Year awards

NEW YORK (AP) -- Jim Tracy was out of baseball when Clint Hurdle called last October to talk to him about joining Hurdle's staff in Colorado. Tracy was focused on his duties as bench coach for the Rockies when he came to spring training....

'Call of Duty' setting entertainment records

NEW YORK (AP) -- The video game "Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2" is blasting its way into entertainment history....

UC Berkeley students protest student fee hike

BERKELEY, Calif. (AP) -- University of California Berkeley students protesting a 32 percent increase in student fees have barricaded themselves in part of a campus building....

Elderly Vegas man to plea guilty in wife's slaying

LAS VEGAS (AP) -- A lawyer says an 86-year-old Las Vegas man will plead guilty to fatally shooting his 80-year-old wife last September in a botched suicide pact....

Oscars choose MTV awards veteran to direct show

LOS ANGELES (AP) -- Academy Awards overseers have chosen an entertainment veteran to direct the next Oscar show....

Cal sales, median prices in October vs. year ago

Home sales, median prices in October compared to a year ago in selected California counties:...

Firm: SoCal median home price increases in October

LOS ANGELES (AP) -- The median home price in Southern California rose nearly 2 percent last month from September, as the inventory of homes for sale continued to shrink and lenders worked to avoid fresh foreclosures, a tracking firm said Tuesday....

Las Vegas to cut 19 workers to trim budget deficit

LAS VEGAS (AP) -- Las Vegas plans to lay off 19 employees, and City Council members are beginning to consider ways to deal with a projected budget shortfall of more than $400 million over the next five years....

Camp Pendleton Marines honor copter crash victims

CAMP PENDLETON, Calif. (AP) -- About 300 people gathered at Camp Pendleton's chapel to honor two Marines who were killed in a collision with a Coast Guard airplane off the San Diego coast....

Ohio plans execution method untried on prisoners

COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) -- Ohio waded into uncharted territory Friday when it announced plans to switch from the usual three-drug cocktail used to execute inmates to a one-drug method that death penalty opponents praised as a step forward - albeit one that has apparently never been tried on prisoners....