Woman Charged In Alleged Movie Studio Fraud
Federal prosecutors say a woman scammed investors out of more than $5 million with claims she had Hollywood backing to build a movie studio complex in Northern California.
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Federal prosecutors say a woman scammed investors out of more than $5 million with claims she had Hollywood backing to build a movie studio complex in Northern California.
The jets are taking part in North American Aerospace Defense Command (NORAD) training exercises, according to a statement from NORAD. The aircraft will be flying between Bishop and Sacramento between 9-11 a.m., practicing interception and identification procedures.
Tuition at the University of California's 10 campuses would rise by as much as 5 percent in each of the next five years under a plan UC President Janet Napolitano is expected to present to the system's governing board Thursday.
Facebook is stepping up its efforts to fight Ebola by adding a button designed to make it easier for its users to donate to charities battling the disease.
Police in Nevada have arrested a man suspected of tying a bowling ball to a dog and drowning it in Sacramento's American River.
"With Your Wings," is an inspirational story about a black pilot written in 1944 will be published in The Strand Magazine.
Gavin Smith was last seen alive May 1, 2012; he was an executive at 20th Century Fox.
Democratic Reps. Ami Bera and Scott Peters were narrowly trailing. The freshman lawmakers expected to be in extremely close races, and outside interest groups spent millions of dollars to sway the outcome. Indeed, the Sacramento-area race between Bera and Republican challenger Doug Ose was the House's most expensive in terms of outside spending.
Incumbent Tom Torlakson, a former high school teacher, is an ally of organized labor who spent 14 years in the state Legislature. He beat back an energetic and well-funded challenge by former charter schools executive and fellow Democrat Marshall Tuck in Tuesday's general election.
Measures to allow medical marijuana dispensaries in Encinitas and La Mesa, both in San Diego County, failed. Voters also rejected bids in four rural counties - Butte, Lake, Nevada and Shasta - to loosen cultivation rules for medical marijuana and favored more restrictive, city-backed regulations on marijuana dispensaries in Orange County's Santa Ana.
The agency raised the credit rating from "A'' to "A+" on California's general obligation debt Wednesday. Despite the upgrade, only New Jersey and Illinois have worse credit ratings than California.
The state Commission on Judicial Performance said Wednesday it determined Judge Daniel J. Healy demeaned litigants in several cases when he referred to them as "rotten," ''stupid and thuggish" and a "total human disaster."
A man accused of transporting or shipping over $1.5 million in drug trafficking money has pleaded guilty to federal drug and money laundering charges in Ohio.
Voters in two California coastal counties have approved a ban on fracking and other intensive oil production, while a third coastal county rejected such a ban.
Democrat Alex Padilla was elected California's next top elections official, as the outgoing state senator beat first-time candidate Pete Peterson in a race that was too close to call until Wednesday morning.
