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Share + Dec 16, 2009 5:55 pm US/Pacific SAN FRANCISCO A federal judge in San Francisco saidA Wednesday he expects to keep a trial on California's ban on same-sex marriage on track for Jan.

Salinas Police Chief Louis Fetherolf and Sgt. John Lynn accepted a plaque on behalf of the 18 police agencies in Monterey County on Monday from the 2008 California Law Enforcement Challenge for Avoid the 18's third-place award.

The Contra Costa County Library is the recent recipient of 2 honors for the Library-a-Go-Go service, a book dispensing machine installed at 3 locations throughout the County.

Cities and public schools throughout the Coachella Valley on Thursday kicked off a five-month fitness challenge aimed at combating childhood obesity.

The Los Angeles Police Department faces one of the most daunting, nerve-wracking, and deadly challenges that any police force has faced: catching the Grim Sleeper serial killer.

Two couples who challenged California's ban on same-sex marriage have told a federal judge in San Francisco that they plan to prove at a January trial that the measure is "irrational, indefensible and unconstitutional." U.S. District Judge Vaughn Walker is scheduled to hold a nonjury trial beginning Jan.

An icy road and high speed are being blamed for a fatal car crash in Yuba County.

It's not easy feeding yourself on less than four dollars a day. Yet that's the challenge facing a growing number of families on food stamps.

THE LATEST report card on the fitness of California's youth is out, and while the numbers show slight improvement, it's certainly not good enough.

Students in Altadena, Sierra Madre, and Pasadena who attend Pasadena Unified schools improved in six categories on the California Physical Fitness Test, according to the state Department of Education.

Less than 40 percent of students in grades five, seven and nine achieved "healthy" levels in each of six fitness tests last year, but overall scores improved slightly.

Fifth, seventh and ninth grade California students scored higher this year than last on the state's Physical Fitness Test - Fitnessgram.

Tiger Woods has less than 48 hours to decide if he wants to face the world. If he is to play in this week's Chevron World Challenge in California, he will have little option but to give his traditional press conference, which is scheduled for tomorrow.

That's right folks! The deadline to have your Top Truck Challenge 2010 entry form into the Four Wheeler offices is next Saturday, December 5. We're only a few short weeks away from writing up the 2010 collection of Top Truck hopefuls.

The Network for a Healthy California - Sierra Cascade Region is encouraging local schools to participate in the Governor's Fitness Challenge and empower students in our community to be active and live healthier lifestyles.

If there's a lesson to be learned from the H1N1 influenza virus, it is that the nation's vaccine production must be modernized, a top public-health official said here Monday.

Before returning to The Bee in October, I worked for five months in the kitchen at Oliveto, an Italian restaurant in Oakland.

How many people can remember all their teachers by name from first to eighth grade? Well I can because they had a major influence on my life.

Three Santa Cruz skateboarders are headed to the state championships. Success at the California Amateur Skateboard League's Sk8 Championship in Marina last weekend led to state invitations for Camillo Arana, Justin Miller and Jack Doran.

Presidio Graduate School , the country's largest and fastest growing graduate school designed around the principles of sustainability, today heralded its sixth anniversary by announcing record growth in its enrollment and the appointment of four new members to its Board of Directors.