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In one case over the weekend, a gunman ripped a purse off of a woman in front of the AJ Mart on West Lane. When a man went to help the victim, he was pistol-whipped. The gun actually went off, but didn't hit anyone.
The 8.2-magnitude quake struck just over 60 miles off the coast of Iquique, Chile.
The indictment filed Tuesday charges the utility with 12 felonies and accuses the company of violating numerous federal pipeline safety laws.
B. Raymond Buxton, a Northern California retiree, claimed the prize at the California Lottery headquarters in Sacramento. Buxton was wearing a shirt that featured a picture of Yoda and read, "Luck of the Jedi I have," according to lottery officials.
The initial enrollment period for getting subsidized health coverage may have passed, but California's health insurance exchange is offering a two-week extension to accommodate the crush of last-minute applicants.
Results from the latest snow survey in the Sierra are in, and as expected, they are lower than average.
FBI agents have searched a legislative office across from the state Capitol, nearly a week after a lawmaker's arrest on corruption charges.
State surveyors will travel up the High Sierra on Tuesday to take their monthly measurements of the snowpack, learning if recent storms brought any relief to California's drought.
Rescuers are searching for a man who went missing in the northern Sierra.
Authorities in Contra Costa County are searching for an armed but courteous robber who made sure his victims were comfortable after tying them up.
More rain and snow are headed toward California after a dousing overnight
A blizzard, jammed phone lines and unreliable websites failed to stop throngs of procrastinating Americans from trying to sign up for health coverage by the midnight Monday deadline for President Barack Obama's signature domestic policy initiative.
