King Fire Now At 76,376 Acres, 10% Containment
A wildfire that has driven some 2,800 people from their homes in Northern California is growing but not as substantially as in previous days.
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A wildfire that has driven some 2,800 people from their homes in Northern California is growing but not as substantially as in previous days.
San Diego Unified School District says parents have expressed discomfort with the armored vehicle.
The San Diego Democrat would have to accept the offer at his next court appearance on Nov. 6, two days after voters decide whether to re-elect him.
Hallie Yacknin, an administrative law judge with the California Public Utilities Commission, in an order late Wednesday directed PG&E officials to appear before her Oct. 7 to address whether the utility should be held in contempt of commission rules barring that kind of communication between the utility and the commission that regulates it.
The 1- to 2-year-old Maltese mix suffered a deep cut to a rear leg and a smashed hip Wednesday night. Vets planned to remove part of his hip joint and repair the damage during two to three hours of surgery.
The high school in the San Jose suburb of Morgan Hill issued the order during a celebration of the Mexican holiday Cinco de Mayo. The school had a history of problems between white and Latino students.
School police departments across the country have taken advantage of free military surplus gear, stocking up on mine resistant armored vehicles, grenade launchers and scores of M16 rifles.
Officials now say a wildfire that ripped through a Northern California town destroyed about 110 homes and damaged another 90.
In just a few hours, wind-driven flames destroyed or damaged 100 homes, the saw mill and a church. At times, the fire moved so fast that residents had only a few minutes to get out of the way.
California will no longer be the last Western state with a pump-as-you-please approach to groundwater.
Firefighters are gaining ground on a wildfire that raced through a far Northern California town, damaging or destroying 100 homes and a church.
A spokesman for Senate President Pro Tem Darrell Steinberg confirmed to CBS13 that the state senator who was sentenced in a voter fraud case last week as stepped down.
PG&E said its probe found improper emails last January between PG&E and the commission over the assignment of state officials to decide a rate case involving PG&E.
Rising income inequality has led to slowing tax revenue growth in California, but the state has responded by increasing its top marginal tax rate, causing its growth rate to accelerate after 2009, according to a new study released Monday by credit rating agency Standard & Poor's.
A small earthquake rattled parts of Northern California.
