Bill Raises Penalty For Pursuing Minor Prostitutes
The state Assembly has passed legislation doubling county jail sentences for those convicted of soliciting minor prostitutes, although it originally contained much harsher penalties.
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The state Assembly has passed legislation doubling county jail sentences for those convicted of soliciting minor prostitutes, although it originally contained much harsher penalties.
A former Southern California teacher who used the Internet to lure a 14-year-old boy into having sex has been sentenced to 23 ½ years in federal prison.
Franc Cano, 27, and Steven Dean Gordon, 45, are both charged with four counts of murder and rape stemming from the deaths of four women last fall and earlier this year.
Authorities are searching for a 20-year-old UC Berkeley sophomore who has been missing for a week.
A bill requiring mental health professionals to undergo suicide-prevention training is moving through the Legislature, with federal data showing adult suicides soaring since 1999.
Researchers say California's drought could cost the state's agricultural economy $1.7 billion this year and leave more than 14,000 farmworkers without work.
The state Senate has approved reducing the gift limit for lawmakers by more than half in an effort to improve the Legislature's image after a string of ethical lapses and criminal charges.
California is at the "epicenter" of global warming and other climate change, with the state experiencing longer fire seasons, rising sea levels and droughts that threaten agriculture, Gov. Jerry Brown said Monday.
AB2692 by Democratic Assemblyman Paul Fong of Cupertino passed Monday 69-0 and heads to the Senate.
A 3.8-magnitude earthquake struck the Big Bear area Monday afternoon, according to the U.S Geological Survey.
State lawmakers Monday voted to approve legislation aimed at curbing a sharp rise in the number of reported sexual assault cases in the military.
Seniors in Mission Viejo want permission to shoot bunnies in their communities with pellet guns.
Two Los Angeles city officials took a whirlwind tour of the Warner Center and other surrounding neighborhoods Monday to talk economic revitalization.
The NBA Monday initiated a charge seeking to terminate Donald Sterling's ownership of the Los Angeles Clippers.
NARS Makeup Stylist Kevianno Guerrero visited the KCAL9 studios Monday to demo this season's makeup trends.
