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Date : Sat, 05 Jul 2008 23:11:30 -0700 Fresno Bee, CA Armenian student to attend Fresno City College By Vanessa Colón The Fresno Bee 07/04/08 23:07:31 The Bullard High School graduate and valedictorian who ...

With more than 1,000 fires burning in central and northern California, President Bush on Saturday designated a region stretching from Nevada to the Pacific Ocean a federal disaster area.

Charismatic and politically bold, San Francisco Mayor Gavin Newsom and his Southern California counterpart, Los Angeles Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa, seem like naturals to help Democrats reclaim the governor's ...

Fourth of July equals fireworks, parades and, if the Brazilian sugarcane growers - represented by UNICA, the Brazilian Sugarcane Industry Association - get their way, a reduced or eliminated ethanol import ...

Lawmakers in California expressed concern Thursday that the Supreme Court's decision to strike down Washington D.C.'s ban on hand guns could erode the state's gun control laws.

The Supreme Court recognized "that a lack of clarity in the lower courts on business issues causes a lack of predictability for American business," Mr.

Electronic-voting machines used in federal elections would have to produce an independent, voter-verified "paper trail" of each ballot cast, under a bill announced Tuesday by U.S. Sen.

NRA to take battle to states LaPierre said the NRA would use decision as "the opening salvo in a step-by-step process" to dismantle gun regulations in cities across the country.

There is a problem over where there is no "there." Homicides in Oakland are up 27 percent so far this year.

Today, Lung Cancer Alliance hailed the introduction of legislation that creates the first ever multi-agency, comprehensive program targeted at lung cancer and authorizes $75 million to start the first phase of ...

Some of the leading Democrats and Republicans who are in line to be vice presidential candidates.

The Supreme Court's decision striking down a longstanding handgun ban in Washington, D.C., was the talk of the day among York County gun owners.

Opponents and supporters of a compromise electronic surveillance bill squared off in the Senate on Wednesday.

Ending a months-long stalemate, the Senate voted Tuesday to fill four vacancies on the Federal Election Commission, putting the nation's election watchdog back in business.

In less than a day, an electrical storm unleashed nearly 8,000 lightning strikes that set more than 800 wildfires across Northern California - a rare example of "dry lightning" that brought little or no rain but plenty of sparks to the state's parched forests and grasslands.

The driest season in memory has turned the countryside into a tinderbox and it could be an historic fire season, reports CBS Correspondent Sandra Hughes from Chico, Calif. Record low rainfall, bone-dry brush and unseasonably high winds all coming together for a perfect firestorm.

Let me say a few words in defense of deporting illegal immigrants. I wouldn't have thought such a defense would be necessary, since being in the United States without proper documents is a crime and the penalty ...

Verizon, the nation's second-largest phone company, is sending jobs out of California to lower-paying job markets out of state and out of the country.

Dealing with a major safety concern at Los Angeles International Airport, Sen. Dianne Feinstein, D-Calif., announced Friday that the federal government will review the level of staffing for air traffic control ...

So is the glass half full or half empty? Or to pick a better metaphor, is the 'highest, hardest' glass ceiling now half shattered by the 18 million cracks or does it look as impermeable as ever after this ...

Judd Gregg touted his proposal to reduce the tariff on imported ethanol to help lower gas prices.