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Where there's 'Smoke,' there's fire: California's 'Bully' wildfire that so far has burned six square miles of forest was started by alleged marijuana farmer called Freddie Smoke III Freddie Smoke III is accused of starting the blaze when the exhaust from a truck he was driving ignited some dry grass A 27-year-old man who was allegedly at an illegal ... (more)

When heavyweights Nine Inch Nails and Outkast relaunch the Pemberton Music Festival this week on a pastoral mountain-side stage amid remote British Columbia farmland, devoted fans won't be the only ones judging the spectacle's second coming.

A 27-year-old man who was allegedly at an illegal marijuana plot is suspected of starting a wildfire that has burned about 6 square miles of forested land in Northern California.

John Izeal Smith, 35, opened fire on police officers with a rifle before barricading himself inside a home in the Los Angeles suburb of Pasadena, said police Lt.

July's supermoon happened Friday evening and peaked early Saturday morning, on July 12. But night owls, stargazers and early morning risers will be able to feast their eyes on more lunar showings soon.

A retired Kansas schoolteacher accused of pushing his wife off a cliff in Maine is going on trial on attempted murder charges.

California health officials on Friday reported 835 more whooping cough cases in the last two weeks, for a total of 5,393 since Jan. 1 -- and there's little sign of the epidemic abating.

Were California a nation, we learned last week, its $2.2 trillion economy could claim eighth place in international economic standings, having bypassed Italy and Russia in the last year.

In recent months, as California officials started to calculate the fire danger posed by the state's prolonged and historic drought, they tucked an extra $23 million into the Cal Fire emergency wildfire budget for the fiscal year that began July 1, bringing its total to $209 million.

The Sacramento Bee reports that legislation by Assemblyman Matt Dababneh, D-Los Angeles, would set guidelines for the largely unregulated industry.

Four summers ago, Carole Flaherty was training for a long-distance hike across the Teton Range of the Rocky Mountains.

Although a cause of death has yet to be determined, sheriff's officials said it appears his death was not the result of foul play.

Senate President Pro Tem Darrell Steinberg and several members of the Legislative Latino Caucus will go to El Salvador, Guatemala and Panama on a 10-day political, economic and social mission.

U.S. authorities have charged a Chinese businessman with hacking into the computer systems of U.S. companies with large defense contracts, including Boeing, and stealing data on military projects.

Investigators say a body found shot and burned June 30 in eastern New Orleans is that of a 28-year-old California woman.

John Perez seemed to have it all as he ran for state controller -- a bankroll far bigger than those of his rivals, the political clout after four years as Assembly speaker and the Democratic stronghold of Los Angeles as his home base.

A Republican assemblyman says he was refused membership in the California Latino Legislative Caucus and now the state attorney general has been asked to investigate the group and its policies.

Two are accused of slaughtering their families. One is a dangerous child molester who escaped from custody.

We're starting to hear a lot about hydrogen fuel-cell vehicles from Hyundai, Toyota, and Honda-and we're going to hear a great deal more about them in the years to come.

Furious after discovering that their longtime doctors weren't part of their new Anthem Blue Cross plans under the federal health care law, many Bay Area residents didn't just get mad.