California Drought Spurs Mini Gold Rush In Sierra
There's gold in them dry hills! Or gold seekers anyway. And they see a historic opportunity in California's historic drought.
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There's gold in them dry hills! Or gold seekers anyway. And they see a historic opportunity in California's historic drought.
Federal officials are accusing a California state senator of conspiracy to deal firearms and wire fraud.
Levi Strauss & Co. will eliminate about 800 jobs, almost 20 percent of its non-retail and non-manufacturing employees, over the next 12 to 18 months.
The snowpack atop mountain peaks in California and Colorado has a new set of eyes watching from high above to better gauge the amount of water that will rumble down rivers and streams each spring as runoff.
Spending by gamblers slowed at U.S. Indian casinos in 2012, as revenue growth fell behind non-tribal casinos for the first time in nearly two decades, according to a report released Wednesday.
30 dancers at Cheetahs Gentlemen's Club say officers photographed them nearly nude and made "arrogant" demands.
Billy James Hammett of Marysville was one of three men who pleaded guilty to the 2011 attack at a convenience store in Marysville, 40 miles north of Sacramento.
San Francisco requires handgun owners to secure weapons in their homes by storing them in a locker, keeping them on their bodies or applying trigger locks. The city also bans the sale of ammunition that expands on impact, has "no sporting purpose" and is commonly referred to as hollow-point bullets.
The Assembly Health Committee voted 15-0 Tuesday to repeal and revisit the regulation before enforcement begins this summer, following opposition from chefs and bartenders.
A firefighter who was handcuffed by a California Highway Patrol officer during a dispute at a crash scene has filed a claim against the CHP.
Republican gubernatorial candidate Neel Kashkari says he would offer a 10-year corporate tax credit for companies that move to California, ask voters to divert nearly $10 billion in high-speed rail bond money to water storage projects and promote fracking for oil and natural gas.
While blacks comprise 28 percent of Oakland's population, they accounted for 62 percent of nearly 15,000 police stops during an eight-month period, according to the preliminary report.
Sixty service members from the Marine Corps Air Ground Combat Center in Twentynine Palms have died in the Middle East since 2007, while 64 have died on American soil, the Desert Sun reported
California has agreed to mail voter registration cards to nearly 4 million people who signed up for insurance through the state's health care exchange.
A Yuba County Sheriff's deputy is suspected of beating an unconscious man in Chico and threatening a witness who called 911.
