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A leader of the movement to exempt tampons from California's sales tax is now proposing to reinstate the tax on candy and snack foods.
An online complaint of animal cruelty led authorities to "Dog Whisperer" Cesar Millan's Los Angeles-area pet rehabilitation center Thursday, but Millan wasn't there and they took no further action.
Officials are investigating the beating death of a Southern California state prison inmate as a homicide.
California Highway 1 along the northern coast is closed indefinitely after overnight slides that nearly toppled a Caltrans dump truck with an employee inside.
Ernest Tschannen decided to give the money to UC Davis after receiving glaucoma treatment at one of its clinics, the university said Thursday.
Denis Flynn said he was living a fantasy when he first came to the couple's home in the tony city of Los Gatos after three years at an orphanage. He had his own bed and television and "fantastic food."
Officials believe P-22, a wild mountain lion that prowls Griffith Park, made a meal of a koala found mauled to death at the Los Angeles Zoo.
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Authorities say a fight on a Los Angeles-bound plane turned into a midair brawl over a noisy boom box.
An employee has been injured after an explosion and fire at a Northern California winery.
The Metropolitan Water District of Southern California voted to buy five islands that could potentially influence the state's water supply.
If the Senate approves Thursday and Gov. Jerry Brown signs off, California would become the second state to move the age to buy cigarettes from 18 to 21, and electronic cigarettes would face the same restrictions as tobacco products.
Sick of the social taboo, and frustrated by a lack of access for some to a staple, these women and others are talking very publicly about menstruation and gaining political traction that would have been impossible a generation ago.
Assemblywoman Lorena Gonzalez, D-San Diego, authored the California proposal to allow "gig" workers not formally recognized as employees to jointly negotiate their pay and working conditions.
