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Forget the IRS — There’s an Olive-Oil Scandal Afoot
Credibility problems? Check. Overreach? Check. Finger-pointing? You betcha
Taco Bell Tests Out Waffle Tacos
Early reviews are rather dire.
Huge Drug Cost Disparities Seen in Health Overhaul
(WASHINGTON) -- Cancer patients could face high costs for medications under President Barack Obama's health care law, industry analysts and advocates warn. ...
Cause of California Wildfire Appears Accidental
Investigators have ruled out arson as the cause of a huge Southern California wildfire that was 75 percent contained Sunday after burning through coastal...
California Woman Buys Lotto Ticket by Mistake, Wins $14 Million
Now if only this could happen everyday.
Fever Hits Thousands in Parched West Farm Region
Valley fever, a potentially lethal but often misdiagnosed disease infecting more and more people around the nation, has been on the rise as warming climates and...
Calif. Crews Mop Up Wildfire As Rain Falls
Rains moved across Southern California on Monday, dousing remnants of a wildfire that blackened thousands of acres in coastal mountains and bringing much-needed...
California Kindling: A Dry Winter and Reduced Snowpack Means Wildfires for the Golden State
The wildfire season is starting early in southern California this year, thanks in part to an unusually dry winter and spring. As the climate warms, will drought...
Storming the Beach: Semper Fi, Dude
The last time the Marines fought over a beach was in 1950, at Inchon, Korea. Their victory there turned the tide in the Korean war. Now they’re battling surfers...
Cooler Weather Aids Fight Against Calif. Wildfire
Cool, moist air moving into Southern California on Sunday helped firefighters build containment lines around a huge wildfire burning through coastal mountains.
Calif Agency Says PG&E Should Pay $2.25B for Blast
(SAN FRANCISCO) — The California agency investigating the deadly 2010 gas pipeline explosion in a San Francisco Bay Area neighborhood says Pacific Gas & Electric...
California Wildfire Grows to 43 Square Miles
(CAMARILLO, Calif.) — It seemed that each time wind-driven embers sparked new blazes or a wall of fire leaped a Southern California hillside and came charging...
California Wildfire Burns 10-Mile Path to Pacific
(LOS ANGELES) -- A wildfire burned across a Southern California region, flaring up amid strong winds in the morning and cutting a 10-mile path to the Pacific by...
Internet Privacy: A New Bill Finally Offers Protections
California's Right to Know Act would force Google and Facebook to reveal what personal information they've collected and how it's being used
Japanese Invasion Fleet Heads For California — Then Where?
TOKYO – An unprecedented force of ships, troops and aircraft that Japan will send to southern California for amphibious warfare exercises next month represents...
Why is Texas Governor Rick Perry in Illinois?
Like an aging rocker, Texas Governor Rick Perry is currently on the 2013 I'm Coming For Your Jobs tour across America. His first stop: California a couple months...
Lawsuit Planned over Assaulted California Teen Suicide
(SAN JOSE, Calif.) — The family of a girl who committed suicide after she was sexually battered and then cyberbullied with a humiliating photo planned to file a...
California School Bans Leggings Because They Were Distracting To Boys
“When girls bend in leggings the threads spread and that’s really when it becomes a problem,” the school's principal said.
Should We Ban Handheld Smartphone Maps While Driving? California Court Thinks So
It’s weird out there and getting weirder: A California court just ruled that screwing around with your phone’s map app while driving ought to be as illegal as...
