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UC students occupy buildings to protest fee hike

BERKELEY ---- Dozens of demonstrators who barricaded themselves inside a campus building at UC Berkeley in a protest over fee hikes and budget cuts were removed late Friday, bringing the daylong occupation to an end, university officials said.

Nov 21, 2009 | 12:20 am | Loading…

Murder trial's move to L.A. a setback for transit cop

SAN FRANCISCO ---- A judge's decision to move Johannes Mehserle's murder trial to Los Angeles County is a setback for the former transit police officer charged with gunning down an unarmed man on New Year's Day.

Nov 21, 2009 | 12:20 am | Loading…

Legislative analyst calls out after-school initiative

SACRAMENTO ---- With California facing another mammoth budget deficit, the state's nonpartisan legislative analyst says voters should reconsider some of the billions of dollars tied up in ballot measures they have approved in recent years.

Nov 19, 2009 | 10:20 pm | Loading…

UC regents vote to reopen troubled L.A. hospital

LOS ANGELES ---- California's public university system on Thursday agreed to fully reopen a troubled South Los Angeles hospital that was partially closed in 2007 after deadly lapses in care.

Nov 19, 2009 | 10:20 pm | Loading…

Trial of BART fatal shooting moved to L.A. County

OAKLAND ---- The trial of a white former San Francisco Bay Area transit officer charged in the killing of an unarmed black man will be moved to Los Angeles County because of extensive media coverage and other possible distractions to trial participants, a judge ruled Thursday.

Nov 19, 2009 | 10:20 pm | Loading…

Autopsies: Drowned students had no drugs in system

DICKINSON, N.D. (AP) ---- Authorities say final autopsy results show that three college softball players who drowned when their sport utility vehicle went into a North Dakota pond had not been drinking or using drugs.

Nov 19, 2009 | 10:20 pm | Loading…

Forecast: California faces $21B deficit next year

SACRAMENTO -- A new forecast says California is facing a $21 billion budget gap this year.

Nov 18, 2009 | 10:15 am | Loading…

Forest Service urged to allow night aerial firefighting

LOS ANGELES ---- The U.S. Forest Service should allow helicopters to fight fires during darkness, a tactic that could have been used in the critical first hours of the summer's gigantic and deadly wildfire in the Angeles National Forest, a Los Angeles County Fire Department report says.

Nov 18, 2009 | 9:40 pm | Loading…

L.A. council delays vote on marijuana ordinance

LOS ANGELES ---- The City Council will wait at least another week to decide whether to approve a long-awaited, oft-debated medical marijuana ordinance that could allow some cash transactions at dispensaries.

Nov 18, 2009 | 9:40 pm | Loading…

Schwarzenegger rules out another run for office

MILAN -- California Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger won't say what his plans are when his term expires next year, but he won't be running for another office.

Nov 18, 2009 | 10:15 am | Loading…

L.A. County prosecutor: Sell medical pot, get busted

LOS ANGELES ---- Los Angeles County's top prosecutor said Tuesday he will target owners of medical marijuana dispensaries that take cash for pot, even if the City Council does not ban sales of the drug.

Nov 17, 2009 | 10:00 pm | Loading…

Wildfire 95 percent contained

SAN JUAN CAPISTRANO (AP) ---- Cold weather and calm winds are helping firefighters in their battle against a wildfire in southern Orange County.

Nov 17, 2009 | 10:00 pm | Loading…

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