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January 11, 2019 at 5:07 pm

US judge recommends overturning California terror conviction

SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — A federal magistrate on Friday recommended overturning the controversial 2006 conviction of a California man accused of attending a terrorist training...

January 8, 2019 at 1:45 pm

California bill would require businesses to offer e-receipts

SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — California would become the first state to require businesses to offer electronic receipts unless customers ask for paper copies under legislation...

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January 5, 2019 at 10:13 am

Jerry Brown transformed California’s justice system – twice VIEW

SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — One of the advantages of being in government for 50 years, says California Gov. Jerry Brown, is "you get to make...

January 3, 2019 at 9:35 pm

California attorney general leads Trump resistance into 2019 VIEW

SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — Xavier Becerra became perhaps the nation's most influential attorney general when he was named California's top lawyer two years ago, and...

This July 1, 2016 photo from the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation shows Robert Kenneth Beausoleil. On Thursday, Jan. 3, 2019, a California parole panel has for the first time recommended that Charles Manson follower Beausoleil be freed after nearly a half-century in prison. The decision will be considered by California’s incoming governor, Gavin Newsom, who could block the release. Beausoleil was convicted in the 1969 slaying of musician Gary Hinman, and not involved in the most notorious killings of actress Sharon Tate and six others. (California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation via AP) LA420 LA420

January 3, 2019 at 5:44 pm

Charles Manson follower, serving time for murder, recommended for parole

Robert Beausoleil's 1970 death sentence was reduced to life in prison by an appeals court in 1973. But 18 times before, panels have refused to...

December 29, 2018 at 9:40 am

New laws are putting California further at odds with Trump VIEW

SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — California Gov. Jerry Brown is leaving office Jan. 7 after signing more than 1,000 laws in his last year, further positioning...

December 11, 2018 at 10:47 am

Official: California must mull home ban in fire-prone areas WATCH

SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — California's increasingly deadly and destructive wildfires have become so unpredictable that government officials should consider banning home construction in vulnerable areas,...

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December 5, 2018 at 10:11 pm

Residents head back into California town leveled by wildfire VIEW

PARADISE, Calif. (AP) — Nearly four weeks after the devastating blaze leveled her town, Jennifer Christensen was allowed back to return to her home in...

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Jean Uno searches for heirlooms at her parent’s Magalia, Calif., home, destroyed by the Camp Fire, on Tuesday, Dec. 4, 2018. Uno also lost her home in Paradise during the blaze. (AP Photo/Noah Berger) CANB102 CANB102

December 5, 2018 at 7:37 am

Residents return to California town leveled by wildfire VIEW

The communities will have very limited services for residents for the immediate future, and authorities urged residents to bring food, water and fuel for their...

December 2, 2018 at 8:18 am

California Democrats thank Trump for legislative majorities VIEW

SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — California lawmakers begin their new legislative session Monday with crushing Democratic supermajorities in both chambers to go with their sweep of...

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