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With nearly 30,000 acres charred already, California could be in for a severe wildfire season, U.S. Sen. Dianne Feinstein said Thursday as firefighters worked to contain blazes around the state.
Disneyland's "Pirates of the Caribbean" ride is losing a scene where a bound and tearful woman is on the auction block for pirates to buy as a wife.
California's efforts to strengthen what already are some of the nation's strictest gun laws took two blows this week, the latest coming when a federal judge blocked a law set to take effect Saturday that would have barred gun owners from possessing high-capacity ammunition magazines.
Jason Michael Rouswell, 46, of Los Angeles was indicted on a charge of violating the civil rights of a man on Oct. 20 in Pomona.
California's secretary of state and Virginia's governor, both Democrats, responded that they will not share the information and that attention would be better spent upgrading aging voting systems .
California law has prohibited buying or selling the magazines since 2000, but until now allowed those who had them to keep them.
It's just a few days before July, but Caltrans crews have only just reopened the back door to Yosemite known as Tioga Pass.
The majority of hate crimes experienced by U.S. residents over a 12-year period were not reported to police, according to a new federal report released Thursday that stoked advocates' concerns about ongoing tensions between law enforcement and black and Latino communities.
Other items up for sale included Luke Skywalker's lightsaber from the first two films, which sold for $450,000 and Darth Vader's helmet from the original film sold for $96,000.
His delay in transitioning to Washington initially was prompted by hopes he'd stay in Sacramento long enough to provide California Democrats with a vote on key issues, including extending the state's cap-and-trade program.
Californians will no longer face losing their driver's licenses because of unpaid traffic fines starting next month.
California officials say the state's budget could take a $30 billion annual hit if health care legislation proposed by U.S. Senate Republicans is passed.
A judge has set bail at $6.45 million for a Northern California brain surgeon charged with sexually abusing children.
The home of "Big Bang Theory" star Johnny Galecki has been destroyed in a wildfire in California.
With Tuesday's approval, plans are to break ground in Exposition Park, south of downtown, as early as this year and open the museum to the public in 2021.
