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Brown staked out a conservative opening position Tuesday, warning of a potential $1.6 billion budget deficit and proposing a spending plan that keeps general fund expenditures flat at $122.5 billion.
Gov. Jerry Brown proposed a $122.5 billion general fund budget and warned of a looming $1.6 billion budget deficit, absent spending cuts, because of slower than expected growth in tax revenues.
The paradoxical budget picture is a result of revenue growing more slowly than economists had predicted after years of rapid increases from a hard-charging economy.
California's recent rains have been very good to the state's reservoirs, and two pictures from the Lake Oroville Visitors Center show the dramatic rise.
Residents trapped in flooded homes are being rescued Wednesday in Northern California south of San Jose.
California Democratic Sen. Dianne Feinstein is resting at home after having a pacemaker installed this week.
Federal prosecutors say an airport worker at Los Angeles International Airport has been charged with trying to smuggle 13 pounds of heroin wrapped in Christmas paper.
Gov. Jerry Brown proposed a $122.5 billion state spending plan Tuesday and warned of a looming $2 billion deficit because of falling tax revenues.
Under "cause of death" it says "cardiac arrest/deferred." The "deferred" designation indicates that more investigation is needed, usually in the form of toxicology tests that can take several weeks to complete.
Prosecutors now say that it was the alleged victim in the case who was trying to frame her husband's ex by responding to the ads.
The Fresno County Sheriff's Department said Monday deputies were called to a Fresno home Saturday to investigate a burglary in progress.
The prankster was dressed in black and was recorded by security cameras in the area changing the sign early New Year's Day.
The company plans to change its name to Altaba Inc. after it turns over its email, websites, mobile apps and advertising tools to Verizon.
A tunnel was carved into the tree's trunk in the 1880s to allow tourists to pass through, though it weakened the giant. The tunnel had allowed cars to pass, but only pedestrians could cross in recent decades.
A federal judge says San Francisco cannot be held liable for the death of a woman who authorities say was shot and killed by a man who was in the country illegally.
