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Calif. gov. urges budget cuts amid $16B shortfall
California Gov. Jerry Brown called on state lawmakers to embrace austere cuts and urged voters to approve tax hikes in outlining a revised budget.
Governor eyes more cuts as Calif deficit swells
California's sputtering economic recovery is putting a heavier-than-expected drag on state tax revenue, leading Gov. Jerry Brown on Monday to propose ...
California facing higher $16 billion shortfall
California's budget deficit has swelled to a projected $16 billion — much larger than had been predicted just months ago — and will force severe cuts ...
Scientists use airship to look for meteorites
A group of scientists took to the skies in a slow-moving airship Thursday in search of meteorites that rained over California's gold country last ...
APNewsBreak: Protection sought for rare woodpecker
Smokey Bear has done such a good job stamping out forest fires the past half-century that a woodpecker that's survived for millions of years by eating ...
Meteorites found in Calif. along path of fireball
Robert Ward has been hunting and collecting meteorites for more than 20 years, so he knew he'd found something special in the Sierra foothills along ...
APNewsBreak: Fireball remnants likely in Calif.
Tiny meteorites found in the Sierra foothills of northern California were part of a giant fireball that exploded over the weekend with about one-third ...
Metta World Peace suspended 7 games for elbow
Metta World Peace harmed much more than his own tattered reputation when he viciously elbowed Oklahoma City's James Harden in the head. The Los ...
Email from wife's account shadows Calif. treasurer
California state treasurer Bill Lockyer is used to the public spotlight. Just not like this. After a political career spanning four decades, Lockyer ...
Arena deal crumbles, Sacramento's NBA future shaky
The Kings' future in Sacramento is uncertain again. A tentative deal for a new arena has fallen apart, leaving open the possibility the team's owners ...
Rail authority passes plan for Calif. bullet train
The authority overseeing efforts to build a high-speed rail system in California approved its revised business plan on Thursday, sending the ambitious ...
Prosecutors detain CA teen to solidify rape case
Prosecutors have taken the unusual step of detaining an alleged teenage rape victim who has a history of running away, saying she is a key witness ...
Financing still murky for revamped $68B rail plan
Supporters of California's ambitious high-speed rail project began their hard sell with lawmakers and the public Monday after releasing an updated ...
Candidates seek restitution after fraud plea
A California campaign treasurer pleaded guilty Friday to defrauding at least $7 million from a high-profile roster of politicians in the largest ...
House candidate can note astronaut past on ballot
A congressional candidate in California's Central Valley can note on ballots that he used to be an astronaut. A Sacramento County judge ruled Thursday ...
Calif. bill would punish student-teacher dating
A 41-year-old high school teacher exchanges a flood of text messages with his student, then leaves his wife and three children to date her. The couple ...
Calif. exec pleads guilty to tomato price-fixing
A former California food company owner pleaded guilty to racketeering Thursday in a tomato price-fixing plot that authorities said drove up costs to ...
McClatchy names finance chief as its next CEO
Patrick J. Talamantes will be the next chief executive of The McClatchy Co. after the current CEO Gary Pruitt leaves in May to become president and ...
Storm-weakened tree kills sleeping child in Calif
A storm-weakened tree crashed down on a house, killing a sleeping 8-year-old girl, as a fierce winter storm blew through California over the weekend, ...
AP Enterprise: States allow pols to change votes
Lawmakers in California's Assembly will hit the campaign trail this year, touting their votes on all manner of bills. Can we believe them? What they ...
Biologists project big Pacific salmon season
Pacific Coast fishermen can start gearing up for what's expected to be the best salmon fishing season in years. Federal fishery managers are ...
Sacramento approves arena plan to keep Kings
The only place the Sacramento Kings are moving to is a new downtown home in California's capital. A year after almost being wiped off the NBA map, ...
CHP releases dozens arrested at Capitol protest
Nearly all of the 72 people arrested during this week's protests over funding for higher education at the state Capitol have been released, the ...
Calif. troopers arrest dozens in state Capitol
California Highway Patrol officers arrested dozens of protesters who refused to leave the state Capitol Monday night after repeated warnings, capping ...