Napa Farmer Wins Giant Pumpkin Contest In Elk Grove
A Napa farmer has won a California contest with a record-setting 1,806-pound pumpkin that judges nicknamed "The Flying Saucer" because of its wide and flat shape.
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A Napa farmer has won a California contest with a record-setting 1,806-pound pumpkin that judges nicknamed "The Flying Saucer" because of its wide and flat shape.
The third discovery of oriental fruit flies in Santa Clara County this year has prompted a treatment in San Jose and Monte Sereno that will last for eight weeks.
A veteran Alameda County prosecutor has returned to work after an investigation found that she didn't commit any ethical violations when she unsuccessfully ran for San Francisco District Attorney in 2011, the Alameda County District Attorney's Office said Friday.
Plaintiffs says the company behind American Spirit is misleading smokers into believing their products are healthier than other tobacco products by using words like 'additive free.'
Researchers at the University of California at Berkeley have found a link between body mass index and sleep.
A red flag warning for high fire danger went into affect at 6 p.m. Saturday evening and lasts until 10 a.m. Sunday.
Authorities said a plot to kill students and teachers at Summerville High School "included the names of victims, locations and methods."
Gov. Brown signed legislation changing California's definition of racial profiling and requiring that local law enforcement agencies collect demographic data on the people they stop.
Two KTOP-TV employees were wrapping up a shoot on the fringes of the city's Ghost Town neighborhood when am armed man took the camera and rode away on a bicycle.
Murder suspect Marcos Robles and his girlfriend Samantha Teran, both Watsonville residents, were arrested at a hotel in Guadalajara on Friday and were returned to the U.S.
San Francisco officials say they plan to double the number of walls coated with pee-repellent paint because the program to stop people from urinating in public places is working.
Authorities say the gunman who killed nine people at an Oregon community college killed himself as officers arrived.
The victim's son, Omar Malik Pettigen, has been named as a suspect in the homicide and detectives have obtained a warrant for his arrest.
The Vatican on Saturday fired a monsignor who came out as gay on the eve of a big meeting of the world's bishops to discuss church outreach to gays, divorcees and more traditional Catholic families.
A growing minority of California growers and winemakers believe that when it comes to wine grapes, the less irrigation, the better.
