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Mom: Accused boy, 12, 'could never' hurt sister
A day before a 12-year-old boy was arrested for the stabbing death of his 8-year-old sister, his mother described him as "protective" of his younger sibling. Leila Fowler's killing last month shook the quiet community of Valley Springs, southeast of Sacramento, and set off an intense manhunt. Her brother was ...
Occupy the Farm continues on UC property in Albany
A group of Occupy Protesters were camping out on a disputed piece of farmland, owned by UC Berkeley, Sunday after taking it over the night before. Activists from Occupy the Farm took over a plot of land in Albany known as the Gill Tract Sunday. The tract is owned by ...
Report: Bridge base rods can't be easily inspected
More than 400 seismic safety rods that may be vulnerable to cracking or breaking are embedded in the base of the new San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge and may be difficult to inspect, remove or replace, according to a newspaper report. The 424 threaded rods are among more than 2,000 on ...
State struggles with experiment to shift inmates
In response to a federal court order, Gov. Jerry Brown pushed a novel approach through the Legislature two years ago to dramatically reduce California's prison population. People convicted of felonies that were considered non-violent, non-sexual and non-serious would serve their sentences in county jails rather than state prisons. Once released, ...
Crews extinguish small hillside brush fire in Belmont
Fire crews put out a small brush fire in Belmont Saturday morning, according to Belmont police. The fire on a hillside behind the 1100 block of Village Drive was reported around 10:50 a.m., police Sgt. James Christman said. Christman said the small fire grew to about 30 by 50 feet ...
Lawmakers debate how to spend $900M in new revenue
California schools are expecting a boost from the $900 million to be raised over the next year through the closure of a corporate tax loophole, but Gov. Jerry Brown is locked in a disagreement with state lawmakers over how to hand out that money. Half the money that will be ...
Humboldt-area police officers seek triple homicide suspect
SWAT teams from three counties and a team from the California Department of Corrections, as well as federal law enforcement officials and local police have joined the hunt for a Northern California man wanted in the killing of his wife and two young daughters. The extra help — which includes ...
BLM postpones oil, gas lease auctions in Calif.
Federal land managers have postponed all oil and gas lease auctions in California until October, citing budget problems and low staffing as well as the toll of environmental litigation. The U.S. Bureau of Land Management recently announced it would put off an auction planned for later this month for leases ...
UC, rights group agree to aid students with issues reading print
A disability rights group and the University of California at Berkeley Tuesday announced a pact to improve access to course materials for students who have difficulty reading printed publications. The university and Berkeley-based Disability Rights Advocates said they reached the agreement in a collaborative approach, after a year of negotiations ...
San Bruno wants PG&E fines to exceed $1B for blast
The California agency investigating a deadly pipeline explosion and the City of San Bruno are set to propose major fines they say PG&E should pay for its negligence leading up to the blast. The City of San Bruno says the utility's shareholders should pay no less than $1.25 billion for ...
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