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SB589 by Democratic state Sen. Jerry Hill of San Mateo would require county officials to establish a system allowing vote-by-mail voters to learn if their ballot was counted and, if it was not, why that is.
A mechanical problem ignited a limousine fire that killed five nurses trapped in the back, the California Highway Patrol said Monday as it released results of its investigation and 911 calls filled with screams from those inside.
Perry makes frequent trips to California. Some of the earliest support for his 2012 presidential bid came from major Republican donors in California.
Lawyer Gloria Allred, who represents Mayor Bob Filner's former communications director, said a retired federal judge is mediating the negotiations. She added the talks are ongoing and she couldn't comment further.
But that is not what the state government appears to be doing. Small-business owners are getting hefty tax breaks for tax credits they already got five years ago.
About 50 people applied for the Sentinel program, with 16 making the cut and hitting the streets after their Monday graduation. Instead of complaining about the city's crime problems, this mother of three and daycare owner is becoming part of the solution.
A 70-year-old man seen as a grandfather figure in a neighborhood is accused of a sex crime against a child—and investigators fear there could be more victims.
Officials say they fear for the welfare of nearly 70 inmates who have refused all prison-issued meals since the strike began July 8 over the holding of gang leaders and other violent inmates in solitary confinement that can last for decades.
Gov. Jerry Brown said Monday that a judge's ruling that California's $68 billion high-speed rail plan has not followed the terms approved by voters will not stop construction of the project, which is among his top priorities.
A hunger strike involving several dozen inmates inside California's prison system evolved Monday into a semantic battle between their advocates and corrections officials over how to define such an action.
A spokesman for the family of a California man who abducted a 16-year-old girl and killed her mother and young brother says a member of the family is the beneficiary of his life insurance.
The California Republican Party says Texas Gov. Rick Perry will headline its fall convention in Anaheim.
Deputies recovered the body of a Lincoln man on Saturday believed to have drowned at Bullard's Bar Reservoir.
Smoke-filled skies in the Sierra are a grim reminder of the nearby threat and fire conditions that are only getting worse.
The California Highway Patrol is set to release on Monday its conclusions of its investigation into a limousine fire that killed five nurses who were trapped in the back.
