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2 hrs ago | SFGate

Cancer killed Calif. serial killer Richard Ramirez

A form of cancer killed the serial killer known as the Night Stalker who terrorized Southern California in the mid-1980s, coroner's officials said Monday.

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6 hrs ago | National Public Radio

Calif. Wonders About Energy Future After Nuclear Plant Closes

Summer is almost here - and in California that means it's the season to worry about rolling blackouts.

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6 hrs ago | CBS Local

Bill Would Allow Cities And Counties To Delay Public Records Requests

Cities and counties could dramatically restrict the information they release to the public without explanation under a bill approved by the state Legislature and sent to Gov. Jerry Brown as part of the state budget package.

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Related Topix: US Governors, Jerry Brown, California

10 hrs ago | ABA Journal

Lawyer held in lieu of $2M bail, accused of shooting his wife in a domestic violence case

A southern California lawyer is being held in lieu of $2 million bail on attempted murder charges in a domestic violence case, accused of shooting his wife at his home last week.

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14 hrs ago | SFGate

Calif. man standing trial for slayings of 4 women

Opening statements are Monday in the trial of a 79-year-old man charged with the decades-old killing of four women in Northern California who had matching initials.

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15 hrs ago | Inside Bay Area

Judge considers effect of fungus on California inmates

A federal judge on Monday is scheduled to consider whether an airborne fungus that occurs naturally in the San Joaquin Valley presents enough of a public health danger that thousands of vulnerable state prison inmates should be moved to other locations.

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Related Topix: California, State Prisons, Prison, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

20 hrs ago | Brandon Sun

Field cut from 50 to 15 in Miss USA contest in Las Vegas; queens from Calif., Texas remain

The ranks of 51 beauty queens from every U.S. state and the District of Columbia competing for the Miss USA crown in Las Vegas was cut to 15 as the show got under way Sunday.

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Related Topix: Entertainment, Drama, Television, Documentary Movies, Drama Movies, Biography Movies, Lincoln, District of Columbia Government, Washington DC, California, Pennsylvania, Nick Jonas

Sun Jun 16, 2013

Holtville Tribune

Support for legalizing same-sex marriage in California continues to grow

A majority of California voters believe same-sex couples should be allowed to legally marry in the state, according to results from the latest USC Dornsife College of Letters, Arts and Sciences/Los Angeles Times Poll.

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Related Topix: California, Wedding, US News

Medical Daily

California Approves Obamacare To Expand Medicaid For 1.4 M Uninsured

California approved a major part of the federal Affordable Care Act on Saturday by expanding Medicaid to another 1.4 million of the state's poor as the deadline loomed for the state budget.

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KRMG-AM Tulsa

Highlights of California's 2013-14 state budget

Highlights of the budget the Legislature is sending to Gov. Jerry Brown for the fiscal year that begins July 1. - Projects the state will collect $97.1 billion in general fund revenue and adopts a $96.3 billion spending plan for the 2013-14-fiscal year starting July 1. It maintains a $1.1 billion reserve and pays down some of the debt accrued ... (more)

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Related Topix: California, Jerry Brown, US Governors, Education Etc.

Townhall

Marita Noon: Greenbacks Beat the Greens in Uber-Green California

If there is anyplace the gang green can expect to get its way, it would surely be California.

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Related Topix: California, Jerry Brown, US Governors, Opinion

KRMG-AM Tulsa

Jury awards $55M to Calif man in gang shooting

A jury has awarded $55 million to a Southern California man who lost his legs because he claims a private security firm's guard failed to protect him from gang members who shot him at an apartment building.

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Examiner.com

California man arrested for selling nurse sharks over the internet

A California man accused of selling approximately 74 juvenile nurse sharks over the Internet faces charges in South Florida reported KeysNews on June 15. The U.S. Attorney's Office in Miami reported that Dean Trinh, of Milpitas, Calif., has been arrested and made his initial court appearance in California.

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Sat Jun 15, 2013

My Mother Lode

Calif. lawmaker dashes from budget vote to wedding

The Legislature's Democratic leaders touted their passage of a state budget ahead of their constitutional deadline, but no one was happier about it than Assemblyman Roger Hernandez.

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Marin Independent Journal

California finances healthy now, but huge bills coming due

Let's say you were buried under an avalanche of debt for years and could only make the minimum payments on your credit card bills.

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Related Topix: California, Avalanche, Home, Mortgage, Personal Finance, Jerry Brown, US Governors, Arnold Schwarzenegger

KTVU Oakland

Lawmakers expand Medicaid in final budget voting

The Legislature passed a major piece of the federal Affordable Care Act on Saturday, opting to expand Medicaid to 1.4 million low-income Californians, as it rushed to meet its deadline to complete a state budget for the coming fiscal year.

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Related Topix: Healthcare Law, Law, Medicaid, Health, California, US Politics, US News, Barack Obama

11Alive

Man wanted since 2009 located in California

A man wanted by the Forsyth County Sheriff's Office for absconding from the county during his trial was arrested in California on Friday.

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KRMG-AM Tulsa

Husband pleads guilty in Hawaii-Calif. meth ring

The husband of a former Delta Air Lines employee who admitted using her security credentials to smuggle drug money has also pleaded guilty to his role in a meth trafficking ring that operated between California and Hawaii.

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Merced Sun-Star

Capitol Alert: AM Alert: California's state budget deadline approaches

Will California lawmakers have to work this weekend? We'll find out by the end of business today: The deadline for passing a budget beckons, so if legislators don't ratify the latest budget accord today, they will have to do so Saturday before midnight.

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Related Topix: California, US Governors, Jerry Brown, Sacramento, CA

Fri Jun 14, 2013

Inside Bay Area

California public records law 'eviscerated' in budget bill, critics charge

Legislation tucked into the state budget bill would "eviscerate" the public's ability to track tax dollars and hold local officials accountable, open government advocates charged Friday.

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Related Topix: California, US Governors, Jerry Brown, San Francisco, CA