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Most of Big Sur evacuated after wildfire spreads
Authorities ordered the remaining residents of this scenic coastal community to leave Wednesday because an out-of-control wildfire, one of hundreds in California, had jumped a fire line and was threatening more ...
Calif's hands-free cell law for drivers in effect
Millions of California motorists have had to put down their cell phones or risk a ticket as a new law takes effect requiring hands-free devices for those behind the wheel.
A low water year is a boon to safflower farmers
Having to make due with less water, California farmers are reassessing their planting of tomatoes, cotton, corn and other water-intensive crops.
Smoky air leaves Californians straining to breathe
California's raging wildfires have created a smoky haze so stifling that some doctors in the state's landlocked farm country say their waiting rooms have been crowding with patients struggling to breathe amid ...
Berkeley tree-sitters hanging on, 18 months in
In December 2006, protesters angry about campus expansion plans clambered into the branches of a threatened oak grove at the University of California, Berkeley.
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The sheriff must explain brothel visit
“A copy was given to me by the San Mateo County SOA (Sheriffs Office Association). SOL ...” — Larry Hefner