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A Los Angeles woman who spent 23 years in prison after being convicted of setting a fatal 1985 fire in the Garment District was expected to be released from prison in the next few days, with Gov.

Despite having once laughed at the notion of running for California lieutenant governor, San Francisco Mayor Gavin Newsom confirmed Friday that hea s jumping into the race for the statea s No. 2 spot.

Mr. Newsom, who surprised many when he ended a gubernatorial bid last October, announced his candidacy in an early morning TV interview, ending weeks of speculation that he would enter the race for lieutenant governor.

a oeIf you told me two months ago wea d be sitting down having this conversation, I would say, a no way.a But enough people came to me and made a case for this office,a Newsom told CBS 5.

The feared release of a convicted child molester from a California prison was thwarted Friday by 11th-hour federal charges involving child porn and a woman's allegations that he bought her as a child in Asia and subjected her to years of sexual abuse while molesting her young friends.George Joseph England, 65, remained imprisoned instead of being ...

Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger wants a review of the way the state handled a molestation case involving a man who is now charged with murdering one California teenager and under investigation for another killing.

California residents who sell their homes in "short sales" would avoid a tax bite under a bill approved by the state Legislature.

Targeting California's bitter budget fights, Democratic legislative leaders proposed a wide-ranging overhaul Thursday that would allow lawmakers to pass budgets by a simple-majority vote and would require them to forfeit pay if they are late in passing a spending plan.

Lawyers for legendary music producer Phil Spector have asked an appellate court to throw out his second-degree murder conviction on grounds of judicial error and prosecutorial misconduct.

A member of the pop group Girlicious has been charged in California with drug possession with the intent to sell after Glendale police allegedly found a dozen plastic bags of cocaine in her Gucci purse.

A newA federal labor data show that California's unemployment rate remains the fifth highest in the nation.

Authorities say five of the six people killed in last week's bus crash in Arizona were California residents.

California salmon fishermen may not get much, if any, time on the ocean this year, while their counterparts in Washington and Oregon would fare better because salmon are more abundant there, under recommendations expected Thursday.

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A special agent for the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration has requested a warrant to search a California sushi restaurant where activists say they were served illegal whale meat.Federal prosecutors said Wednesday they plan to file charges against The Hump restaurant in Santa Monica for violating the Marine Mammal Protection Act.

A Southern California letter carrier who is a registered sex offender has been reassigned after concerns were raised that he was delivering mail in an area with many children.

Californians will be able to start getting federal stimulus rebates on new energy efficient models starting on Earth Day, April 22.

Published: Tuesday, March 9, 2010 at 3:00 a.m. Last Modified: Monday, March 8, 2010 at 5:19 p.m. When Darrell Steinberg, the president pro tem of the California Senate, outlined his priorities last month, he included "oversight." In Capitol jargon it means the Legislature's holding hearings or conducting investigations into how state programs are ...

"What in the h-e-double-hockey-sticks did California lawmakers think they were doing?" "Ah, yes, you speak of a resolution the California State Assembly passed recently to make the first week of March 'Cuss-Free Week.' It embraced the idea from a teenager who had formed a No Cussing Club in 2007 at his school." "But considering what California's ...

"Stop messing with Texas!" That was the message Gov. Rick Perry bellowed on election night as he celebrated his victory over Sen.

The California Legislature approved a Democratic bill Monday aimed at ending three-day-a-month furloughs for nearly 80,000 state employees.

Share + Mar 9, 2010 3:34 pm US/Pacific SACRAMENTO, Calif. Former eBay chief Meg Whitman's campaign for governor of California has a familiar ring to it: She's an outsider from the business world who promises to sweep the Capitol clean of politics-as-usual and deliver fiscal common sense.