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Their home is among the 32 that were destroyed by the unusual, out-of-season blaze that spread by gale force winds and ripped through the Sierra foothills. Gov. Brian Sandoval was among a number of leaders who opined on Saturday that it was a miracle that scores more homes weren't lost.
A suspect was killed and a passenger wounded after the driver who led police on a short pursuit through Stockton drove into a patrol cruiser Saturday morning.
A woman was struck and killed late Friday night in a traffic accident in north Modesto, according to authorities.
Fire investigators in Reno say arcing power lines likely caused the wind-fueled wild fire that destroyed 15 homes and damaged at least 40 more.
Law enforcement officials defended the tactics used Friday to dismantle an encampment set up by "Occupy Wall Street" sympathizers on the UC Davis quad, a raid that drew accusations of excessive force from students after sitting protesters were subjected to pepper spray at point-blank range.
Holiday shoppers may be wary to give gift receipts with presents this year, after seeing Call Kurtis investigations on Walmart. But was the problem of short-changing some customers isolated to just Walmart? We wanted to do a check-up not only on Walmart, but also on five other hot shopping spots.
The California State University chancellor has ruled out a new vote on a bitterly contested tuition increase, despite pressure to reconsider it because it might have sidestepped open-government laws.
A firefighter suffered first and second-degree burns and an elderly man died of a heart attack while trying to flee a sudden wildfire that spread through the Nevada Sierra foothills and roared into Reno on Friday, blanketing upscale houses, horse pastures and mountain roads in smoke plumes, amber flames and flying embers.
San Francisco's public health department has declared the Occupy San Francisco encampment in Justin Herman Plaza a public health nuisance.
Arnold Schwarzenegger has been banged around and bloodied while filming a contemporary Western movie in Albuquerque.
Protesters said they plan to reestablish camp in the middle of the UC Davis quad after officers in riot gear took down their tents and arrested a number of students who refused to leave.
