http://www.mail.com/locations/2980-california.html Mail.com - the best personalized free web-based Email en en http://sec-s.uicdn.com/mail.com/2.20/img/mailcom_logo_rss.png http://www.mail.com/locations/2980-california.html http://www.mail.com/news/us/1763308-calif-robbery-spurs-chase-long-campus-lockdown.html LOS ANGELES (AP) — What began as yet another car chase on Southern California freeways turned into a saga that spanned three counties, with one of five suspects arrested within sight of the Los Angeles police chief at a charity event and other suspects leaving students and staff stranded for up to eight hours as police searched the Cal State Fullerton campus. ... Thu, 13 Dec 2012 09:26:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/us/1763308-calif-robbery-spurs-chase-long-campus-lockdown.html 2012-12-13T09:26:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/us/1763232-ny-police-la-mans-killer-silent-cool-precise.html NEW YORK (AP) — The shooter in the daylight slaying of a Los Angeles man on a midtown Manhattan street was so cool and precise that New York City police officials believe he left no doubt that he's killed before, possibly as a professional hit man. A security video — not made public — shows the gunman walking up behind Brandon Lincoln Woodard and, without... Thu, 13 Dec 2012 08:19:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/us/1763232-ny-police-la-mans-killer-silent-cool-precise.html 2012-12-13T08:19:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/us/1762914-police-search-calif-campus-robbery-suspects.html LOS ANGELES (AP) — Students at Cal State Fullerton who barricaded themselves inside classrooms and dorm rooms Wednesday afternoon prepared to stay put into the night as police searched for two suspects in a jewelry store robbery, while another suspect was caught after a high-speed pursuit that spanned three counties and ended on a baseball field where Los Angeles' police chi... Thu, 13 Dec 2012 05:28:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/us/1762914-police-search-calif-campus-robbery-suspects.html 2012-12-13T05:28:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/politics/1763112-bank-repossessions-hit-9-month-high-november.html LOS ANGELES (AP) — U.S. home repossessions rose to a nine-month high in November, even as the number of homes starting on the path to foreclosure declined to the lowest level in six years. Banks completed foreclosure on 59,134 homes last month, an increase of 11 percent from October and up 5 percent from November last year, foreclosure listing firm Realty... Thu, 13 Dec 2012 04:52:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/politics/1763112-bank-repossessions-hit-9-month-high-november.html 2012-12-13T04:52:00Z http://www.mail.com/entertainment/lifestyle/1763056-familiar-names-up-golden-globe-noms.html BEVERLY HILLS, Calif. (AP) — A familiar lineup of Hollywood awards contenders are expected among Golden Globe nominations, whose prospects include past Oscar winners Daniel Day-Lewis, Helen Mirren, Robert De Niro and Sally Field. Nominations come out Thursday morning for the 70th Globes ceremony, Hollywood's second-biggest film honors after the Academy Aw... Thu, 13 Dec 2012 04:12:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/entertainment/lifestyle/1763056-familiar-names-up-golden-globe-noms.html 2012-12-13T04:12:00Z http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/1762940-epa-finds-contamination-rocket-test-site.html SIMI VALLEY, Calif. (AP) — Lingering radioactive contamination exists at a former rocket test lab outside of Los Angeles that was the site of a partial nuclear meltdown, federal environmental regulators said Wednesday. The Environmental Protection Agency launched a $42 million study to investigate radioactive pollution at the Santa Susana Field Laboratory... Thu, 13 Dec 2012 02:51:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/1762940-epa-finds-contamination-rocket-test-site.html 2012-12-13T02:51:00Z http://www.mail.com/entertainment/music/1762816-prosecutors-appeal-anti-paparazzi-charge-dismissal.html LOS ANGELES (AP) — Prosecutors Wednesday appealed the dismissal of anti-paparazzi driving charges against a photographer accused of recklessly chasing Justin Bieber on a Los Angeles freeway earlier this year. The appeal argues that Superior Court Judge Thomas Rubinson erred last month when he dismissed two counts filed under California's 2010 anti-paparaz... Thu, 13 Dec 2012 01:44:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/entertainment/music/1762816-prosecutors-appeal-anti-paparazzi-charge-dismissal.html 2012-12-13T01:44:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/politics/1762600-calif-gov-brown-treated-prostate-cancer.html SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — Gov. Jerry Brown is being treated for early stage prostate cancer but will stay on the job throughout his nearly four-week treatment, his office said Wednesday, calling the typically energetic 74-year-old chief executive's prognosis "excellent." Brown's office gave few details about his treatment or how Brown was found to be suff... Thu, 13 Dec 2012 01:08:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/politics/1762600-calif-gov-brown-treated-prostate-cancer.html 2012-12-13T01:08:00Z http://www.mail.com/sports/baseball/1762804-dodgers-track-to-pass-yanks-2013-payroll.html NEW YORK (AP) — The Los Angeles Dodgers are on track to become only the second major league team with a $200 million payroll and could end the New York Yankees' streak of 14 years as baseball's biggest spender. The Dodgers are at $214.8 million for 21 signed players next season, according to a study of their contracts by The Associated Press. That follows... Thu, 13 Dec 2012 00:20:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/sports/baseball/1762804-dodgers-track-to-pass-yanks-2013-payroll.html 2012-12-13T00:20:00Z http://www.mail.com/entertainment/lifestyle/1760186-indian-sitar-virtuoso-ravi-shankar-dies-92.html NEW YORK (AP) — The kids at first didn't seem to know how to respond as Ravi Shankar began his four-hour set on the final afternoon of the Monterey Pop Festival, in the fabled summer of 1967. As captured in D.A. Pennebaker's documentary, some nodded along and smiled; Jimi Hendrix listened carefully. Others dozed, or chatted. A few hippies danced wildly, a... Thu, 13 Dec 2012 00:04:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/entertainment/lifestyle/1760186-indian-sitar-virtuoso-ravi-shankar-dies-92.html 2012-12-13T00:04:00Z http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/1761916-distant-galaxy-regains-title-oldest-universe.html LOS ANGELES (AP) — A galaxy once considered the oldest has reclaimed its title, scientists reported Wednesday. Poring through Hubble Space Telescope photos, the team recalculated the galaxy's age and determined it is actually 13.3 billion years old — not a mere 13.2 billion. The dim galaxy filled with blue stars was first noticed last year by a different ... Wed, 12 Dec 2012 19:50:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/1761916-distant-galaxy-regains-title-oldest-universe.html 2012-12-12T19:50:00Z http://www.mail.com/entertainment/lifestyle/1760422-judge-revokes-lohans-probation-sets-hearing.html LOS ANGELES (AP) — A judge revoked Lindsay Lohan's probation on Wednesday and scheduled a hearing that could result in more jail time for the closely watched "Liz and Dick" star. The ruling in Los Angeles came as the 26-year-old actress — who did not appear in court — faces misdemeanor counts of reckless driving, lying to a police officer and obstructing... Wed, 12 Dec 2012 19:44:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/entertainment/lifestyle/1760422-judge-revokes-lohans-probation-sets-hearing.html 2012-12-12T19:44:00Z http://www.mail.com/entertainment/lifestyle/1760426-modern-family-stars-mom-cut-showbiz.html LOS ANGELES (AP) — The family of teenage actress Ariel Winter agreed Wednesday to undergo counseling to try to resolve issues that led to her mother losing custody and control of her daughter's already prolific career for the near future. The accord came shortly before a trial over who would raise the "Modern Family" star was scheduled to begin, with both... Wed, 12 Dec 2012 19:33:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/entertainment/lifestyle/1760426-modern-family-stars-mom-cut-showbiz.html 2012-12-12T19:33:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/us/1761154-nypd-getaway-car-slaying-calif-man.html NEW YORK (AP) — Police revealed Wednesday that they found a getaway car used in an execution-style daylight slaying of a Los Angeles man on a busy Manhattan street — a possible break in a case that has defied easy answers. No motive or suspects have been identified in the shooting of Brandon Lincoln Woodard. But New York Police Department officers located... Wed, 12 Dec 2012 18:39:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/us/1761154-nypd-getaway-car-slaying-calif-man.html 2012-12-12T18:39:00Z http://www.mail.com/entertainment/lifestyle/1761498-susan-sarandon-expands-ping-pong-empire-to-la.html LOS ANGELES (AP) — Ping pong is having a moment, thanks in no small part to Susan Sarandon. The Oscar-winning actress and self-described "ping pong propagandist" envisions a nation of table-tennis players. To that end, she's the famous name behind SPiN, a series of "ping pong social clubs" that opened its latest location in Los Angeles Wednesday. There ar... Wed, 12 Dec 2012 18:08:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/entertainment/lifestyle/1761498-susan-sarandon-expands-ping-pong-empire-to-la.html 2012-12-12T18:08:00Z http://www.mail.com/entertainment/lifestyle/1760992-lincoln-les-mis-playbook-lead-sag-awards.html LOS ANGELES (AP) — The Civil War saga "Lincoln," the musical "Les Miserables" and the comic drama "Silver Linings Playbook" boosted their Academy Awards prospects Wednesday with four nominations apiece for the Screen Actors Guild Awards. All three films were nominated for overall performance by their casts. Also nominated for best ensemble cast were the I... Wed, 12 Dec 2012 15:29:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/entertainment/lifestyle/1760992-lincoln-les-mis-playbook-lead-sag-awards.html 2012-12-12T15:29:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/us/1758664-police-suspect-la-man-was-lured-nyc-ambush.html NEW YORK (AP) — Someone wanted Brandon Lincoln Woodard dead — bad enough to apparently lure him to a midtown Manhattan block for what looked like a professional hit. But who shot Woodard in the back of the head and why remained a mystery on Tuesday as police studied security videotape of the unidentified gunman and delved into Woodard's checkered past for... Wed, 12 Dec 2012 04:25:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/us/1758664-police-suspect-la-man-was-lured-nyc-ambush.html 2012-12-12T04:25:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/us/1759814-mexico-riveras-plane-hit-with-terrible-impact.html MEXICO CITY (AP) — The plane carrying Mexican-American music superstar Jenni Rivera plunged almost vertically from more than 28,000 feet and hit the ground in a nose-dive at a speed that may have exceeded 600 miles per hour, Mexico's top transportation official said Tuesday. In the first detailed account of the moments leading up to the crash that killed ... Wed, 12 Dec 2012 01:23:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/us/1759814-mexico-riveras-plane-hit-with-terrible-impact.html 2012-12-12T01:23:00Z http://www.mail.com/entertainment/lifestyle/1759258-california-chefs-encourage-fresh-dining-cuba.html HAVANA (AP) — Rice, beans, pork — and lots of it. That's a typical restaurant meal in Cuba, widely regarded by travelers as a culinary wasteland where the variety and quality of raw ingredients leave much to be desired. But a delegation of chefs from Alice Waters' celebrated Chez Panisse restaurant in Berkeley, California, is in Havana on a mission to spa... Tue, 11 Dec 2012 21:16:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/entertainment/lifestyle/1759258-california-chefs-encourage-fresh-dining-cuba.html 2012-12-11T21:16:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/us/1759424-somali-woman-prison-terror-support.html SAN DIEGO (AP) — A Somali-born woman has been sentenced in San Diego to eight years in prison for routing money to a terrorist organization in her native country. U.S. District Court Judge Barry Ted Moskowitz sentenced 26-year-old Nima Ali Yusuf on Tuesday. She pleaded guilty last December to one count of conspiracy to provide material support to a foreig... Tue, 11 Dec 2012 20:47:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/us/1759424-somali-woman-prison-terror-support.html 2012-12-11T20:47:00Z http://www.mail.com/entertainment/lifestyle/1757460-mexico-tests-dna-jenni-rivera-plane-crash.html MONTERREY, Mexico (AP) — Mexican authorities were performing DNA tests Tuesday on remains believed to belong to Mexican-American music superstar Jenni Rivera and six other people killed when her plane went down in northern Mexico. Investigators said it would take days to piece together the wreckage of the plane carrying Rivera and find out why it went dow... Tue, 11 Dec 2012 18:32:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/entertainment/lifestyle/1757460-mexico-tests-dna-jenni-rivera-plane-crash.html 2012-12-11T18:32:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/us/1755948-tribe-prepares-to-bury-5-slain-members-calif.html PORTERVILLE, Calif. (AP) — Gravediggers work the old-fashioned way on the Tule River Indian Reservation, chipping away at the hard pan by hand with pickaxes and shoveling the dirt aside. They say it's a sign of respect not to use machinery, but never has the crew had to dig so many graves at one time. On Monday, the brothers who run the reservation cemete... Tue, 11 Dec 2012 03:42:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/us/1755948-tribe-prepares-to-bury-5-slain-members-calif.html 2012-12-11T03:42:00Z http://www.mail.com/entertainment/music/1755760-ntsb-singer-rivera-dead-mexican-plane-crash.html MONTERREY, Mexico (AP) — U.S. authorities confirmed Monday that Jenni Rivera, a U.S.-born singer whose soulful voice and openness about her personal troubles made her a Mexican-American superstar, was killed in a plane crash in northern Mexico. The National Transportation Safety Board said it was sending a team to help investigate the crash, and the board... Tue, 11 Dec 2012 01:47:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/entertainment/music/1755760-ntsb-singer-rivera-dead-mexican-plane-crash.html 2012-12-11T01:47:00Z http://www.mail.com/entertainment/lifestyle/1756552-jenni-rivera-soulful-troubled-mexican-music-star.html LOS ANGELES (AP) — Jenni Rivera launched her career hawking cassette recordings of her songs at flea markets, but a powerful voice, soulful singing style and frank discussion of personal troubles powered her to the heights of a male-dominated industry, transforming her into the one of the biggest stars of the genre known as grupero. Her life was cut short... Tue, 11 Dec 2012 00:19:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/entertainment/lifestyle/1756552-jenni-rivera-soulful-troubled-mexican-music-star.html 2012-12-11T00:19:00Z http://www.mail.com/entertainment/lifestyle/1756982-ariel-winters-mom-sues-actor-defamation.html LOS ANGELES (AP) — The mother of "Modern Family" actress Ariel Winter sued an associate of her adult daughter for defamation Monday, claiming he falsely labeled her an "abusive monster" in an online comment about an ongoing custody struggle for the teenage star. Chrisoula Workman filed the defamation and false light lawsuit against Matthew Borlenghi, clai... Mon, 10 Dec 2012 22:34:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/entertainment/lifestyle/1756982-ariel-winters-mom-sues-actor-defamation.html 2012-12-10T22:34:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/us/1755348-judge-turn-la-priest-files-to-court.html LOS ANGELES (AP) — A judge on Monday ordered the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Los Angeles to turn over to the court the top-secret files it has kept for decades on dozens of priests accused of sex abuse, bringing the documents closer to public scrutiny. The order by Superior Court Judge Emilie Elias came five years after more than 550 alleged victims rea... Mon, 10 Dec 2012 22:10:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/us/1755348-judge-turn-la-priest-files-to-court.html 2012-12-10T22:10:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/us/1755308-famed-architect-6-months-drug-smuggling.html SAN DIEGO (AP) — A highly acclaimed architect was sentenced Monday to six months in prison for trying to enter the U.S. with nearly 13 pounds of cocaine hidden in his minivan's battery. A federal judge ordered the unusually light punishment after Eugenio Velazquez claimed drug traffickers threatened to kill him if he refused to carry drugs for them. Velaz... Mon, 10 Dec 2012 21:53:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/us/1755308-famed-architect-6-months-drug-smuggling.html 2012-12-10T21:53:00Z http://www.mail.com/business/markets/1756420-fiscal-cliff-stalemate-spurs-anxiety.html JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) — A plunge over the federal "fiscal cliff" may sound like a terrifying risk for many state officials anxiously watching as Washington struggles to avert automatic tax hikes and spending cuts set to start with the new year. Yet their greatest angst may stem not from the potential loss of billions of dollars, but the confusion surrounding it all. ... Mon, 10 Dec 2012 19:16:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/business/markets/1756420-fiscal-cliff-stalemate-spurs-anxiety.html 2012-12-10T19:16:00Z http://www.mail.com/entertainment/lifestyle/1755844-millionaires-billboard-girlfriend-plea-removed.html SAN DIEGO (AP) — A billboard put up by a San Diego millionaire who's seeking a Latina girlfriend has been removed. La Jolla Real estate mogul Marc Paskin, who appeared on the ABC reality show "Secret Millionaire," had the sign posted last Thursday over a freeway in the mainly Latino area of Barrio Logan. It bore the message: "All I want for Christmas is a... Mon, 10 Dec 2012 14:02:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/entertainment/lifestyle/1755844-millionaires-billboard-girlfriend-plea-removed.html 2012-12-10T14:02:00Z