Governor Signs Bill To Speed Up Gun Seizures
Gov. Jerry Brown has signed legislation expanding the ability of state agents to seize firearms from nearly 20,000 Californians who are not allowed to have them.
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Gov. Jerry Brown has signed legislation expanding the ability of state agents to seize firearms from nearly 20,000 Californians who are not allowed to have them.
The state Finance Department reports that California's population grew by almost 300,000 last year to nearly 38 million people, with the San Francisco Bay Area leading the growth.
Investigators say a brazen kidnapping attempt not far from where an 8-year-old Calaveras County girl was stabbed to death in her home most likely is a bizarre coincidence.
The combined debt of California's state and local governments is at least $848 billion and could escalate past $1.1 trillion, according to a new report.
After quickly dismissing a question regarding the health and status of key defenseman Marc Staal, by saying there was no update regarding his eye injury, Tortorella became engaged when asked about rising star Derek Stepan.
The Nuggets slowed down Golden State's guards, jumpstarted their transition game and got under Andrew Bogut's skin in Game 5, jumping out to a 22-point lead before weathering the Warriors' frenetic fourth quarter rally.
The Celtics are talking like Wednesday night is Game 7 against the Knicks, but they have a lot of work to do if they want to see a Game 6.
Zach Randolph scored 10 of his 25 points in the fourth quarter and the Memphis Grizzlies capitalized on Blake Griffin's ankle injury to beat the Los Angeles Clippers 103-93 on Tuesday night, taking a 3-2 lead in their first-round playoff series.
Boston police say three additional suspects have been taken into custody in Boston Marathon bombings investigation.
Kenneth Faried brought the energy and the Denver Nuggets rediscovered their toughness in time to stave off elimination Tuesday night with a 107-100 win over the Golden State Warriors.
Had Smith been available for Game 4, perhaps this series would already be over. "It would've been," he said Tuesday. "I would've been playing golf today."
Firefighters are battling two small wildfires fueled by gusty winds in Northern California wine country.
Under federal court oversight, California's prison mental health system has been spending far more on anti-psychotic drugs than other states with large prison systems, raising questions about whether patients are receiving proper treatment.
Signs of life are finally showing in the housing market and some construction companies are hiring again. But the challenge now is finding skilled workers... workers that left the industry in the hundreds of thousands when the market crashed.
In the heart of Lodi's wine region, a cardroom is calling sour grapes. The city is telling its owners to take down all signs that refer to the business as a casino, even billboards outside city limits.
