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The bill by Democratic state Sen. Alan Lowenthal, would prohibit restaurants, grocery stores and other vendors from dispensing food in expanded polystyrene containers, commonly known as Styrofoam, beginning in 2016.
Some people give back to their community. Then there's Fresno County School Superintendent Larry Powell, who's really giving back. As in $800,000 -- what would have been his compensation for the next three years.
Gov. Jerry Brown is a quirky Democrat known to break from convention, but in one way his young administration looks all too predictable: He is seeding state government with fellow Democrats, political supporters and appointees linked to powerful labor groups that helped install him in office, an Associated Press review found.
About 100 people have been ordered to leave their homes as a wildfire burns outside Yosemite National Park, fire officials said Sunday.
A federal judge has refused to dismiss most of a former prison inmate's allegations that the government was negligent in exposing him to a potentially deadly disease while he was incarcerated in California.
Solano County fire crews are responding to a major grass fire that flared up near Fairfield late Saturday afternoon.
More than 11,000 people were briefly without power after a collision on Highway 99 took out a power pole, authorities said.
The Tea Party Express kicked off its fifth annual national tour Saturday with a rally in California's wine country before heading east through 19 states.
San Francisco 49ers security will ask tailgaters to leave the parking lot at Candlestick Park after kickoff on Saturday under new security measures introduced by the team after fan violence marred a pre-season game with the Oakland Raiders.
A suspect in an armored car robbery in Pinole is facing murder charges in the death of his brother and suspected accomplice, even though he didn't fire the fatal shot.
A wildfire burning outside Yosemite National Park is keeping a main highway closed, with no word when the roadway will be open again.
There's usually a story behind the cars that show up at the Anderson Bros. Auto Body Shop.
An alleged shoplifter made a spectacular error that allowed deputies to easily identify her, authorities said.
Both houses of the state Legislature on Friday released more timely office budgets after weeks of pressure from good government groups and news organizations.
Barry Bonds' obstruction of justice conviction was upheld Friday by a federal judge, who denied the former baseball star's motion for a new trial or acquittal on the charge.
