SAN DIEGO - The California Democratic Party voted Sunday to back measures on the June ballot that would raise the tax on tobacco products to fund research into cancer and other smoking-related illness and loosen term limits as it concluded its three-day convention at the San Diego Convent…
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This weekend's gathering of California Democrats showcased two of the party's rising stars, with state Attorney General Kamala Harris and Lt. Gov. Gavin Newsom showing off their formidable political skills and contrasting approaches as the state's majority party prepares for an eventual c…
Feb 12, 2012 | 2:43 pm
Pet advocates are fighting like cats and dogs to stop a deficit-slashing proposal from Gov. Jerry Brown that aims to save $23 million by ending reimbursements to animal shelters for the cost of keeping strays alive.
Feb 12, 2012 | 12:54 pm
What are believed to be more human remains have been found as crews continue to search near a well on an abandoned cattle ranch in rural San Joaquin County, authorities said Sunday.
Feb 12, 2012 | 5:57 pm
Police have arrested two Occupy Oakland protesters and are looking for a third suspect after a confrontation between the protesters and police Saturday night.
Feb 12, 2012 | 2:08 pm
LOS ANGELES ---- Whitney Houston, who ruled as pop music's queen until her majestic voice and regal image were ravaged by drug use, erratic behavior and a tumultuous marriage to singer Bobby Brown, died Saturday. She was 48.
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Even with Democrats supporting higher taxes on the wealthy this November, Occupy protesters still found fault with California's majority party at their annual convention in San Diego on Saturday.
Feb 11, 2012 | 4:24 pm
Candles, flowers and notes lay at the spot where a 15-year-old boy fell to his death from a three-story school building in what authorities said appeared to be a suicide.
Feb 11, 2012 | 12:24 am
Santa Clara officials are expected to approve a construction contract for the San Francisco 49ers' new stadium that calls on the facility to open in 2014, a year earlier than originally projected.
Feb 11, 2012 | 1:01 pm
A major Southern California solar energy project could be delayed or even canceled following a deadly outbreak of distemper among kit foxes and the discovery of a prehistoric human settlement on the work site, according to a report Saturday.
Feb 11, 2012 | 2:15 pm
U.S. Sen. Dianne Feinstein said Saturday that she regretted that President Barack Obama had abandoned his insistence that religious organizations offer free birth control for their employees.
Feb 11, 2012 | 4:46 pm
Occupy Cal protesters are back on the University of California, Berkeley campus.
Feb 10, 2012 | 11:19 am
Prosecutors on Friday declined to file charges against a former Rose Parade volunteer who was arrested earlier this week on suspicion of killing another volunteer nearly a decade ago.
Feb 10, 2012 | 11:50 am
An endangered butterfly population in a preserve near Los Angeles International Airport grew about 8 percent last year, inching closer to a comeback.
Feb 10, 2012 | 12:30 pm
The late freezes and untimely rain impacted California's wine grape harvest just as vintners had predicted: The 2011 harvest was down 7 percent to 3.3 million tons.
Feb 10, 2012 | 3:24 pm
A Marine fatally shot by an Orange County sheriff's deputy in a high school parking lot was deeply religious and regularly took early morning prayer walks with his daughters, a supervisor said.
Feb 10, 2012 | 4:58 pm
Four San Quentin State Prison inmates were returned Friday to their cells after being treated in hospitals for injuries received during a large-scale riot, a prison spokesman said.
Feb 10, 2012 | 4:59 pm
A federal grand jury has indicted half a dozen Fresno men in an alleged medical marijuana scheme that saw weed shipped to at least eight other states.
Feb 10, 2012 | 6:11 pm
The driver of a stolen car has abandoned the vehicle during a pursuit by Los Angeles police and has taken refuge on rooftops in Westwood, taunting officers urging him to surrender.
Feb 09, 2012 | 8:39 am
Taking an optimistic approach, Oakland Mayor Jean Quan said Wednesday during her first State of the City address that while the troubled city has issues, it's still on the rise.
Feb 09, 2012 | 11:45 am
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