Posted 3:25 PM 6/18/2013 by ASSOCIATED PRESS
LOS ANGELES (AP) - The Los Angeles City Council has given initial approval to an ordinance banning stores from providing customers single-use plastic bags. The council voted 11-to-1 Tuesday for the law, which would also require stores to charge 10 cents apiece for paper bags. (More)...
Posted 7:19 PM 6/17/2013 by ASSOCIATED PRESS
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) - Officials in San Francisco say a commuter train line shut down at rush hour as police had to talk down a man with a knife from an overpass. San Francisco police spokesman Gordon Shyy says officers found the man near the Caltrain station at 22nd street Monday. (More)...
Posted 8:50 PM 6/16/2013 by ASSOCIATED PRESS
BANNING, Calif. (AP) - Firefighters are making slow but steady progress against a wildfire that has been burning in a rugged wilderness area of the San Bernardino National Forest near Banning for a week. U.S. Forest Service spokesman John Miller said Sunday the fire that began June 9 (More)
Posted 10:32 PM 6/14/2013 by ASSOCIATED PRESS
RIVERSIDE, Calif. (AP) - Authorities say a juvenile has been held for questioning after a fire burned 40 acres of dry brush in Riverside. Riverside Deputy Fire Chief Mike Esparza tells the Press-Enterprise newspaper the blaze sparked Friday is "suspicious." Investigators (More)
Posted 3:53 PM 6/14/2013 by ASSOCIATED PRESS
SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) - California's Legislature has passed the state's massive spending plan amid sharp divisions over whether the Democratic budget will further the state's recovery or eventually return it to the multibillion-dollar deficits common during the recession. The Senate (More)
Posted 1:19 PM 6/13/2013 by ASSOCIATED PRESS
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) - A San Francisco Giants fan who suffered brain damage in a beating at Dodger Stadium has returned home after two years in hospitals and rehabilitation centers. Bryan Stow's family said on its website Wednesday that Stow will now live with them in the Santa Cruz (More)