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Former ally accuses Ward Connerly of financial mismanagement

Ward Connerly, a businessman and former UC regent, is facing accusations that he mismanaged donations to the anti-affirmative action cause made by fellow conservatives. Read More »

High-speed rail to travel through Antelope Valley, not Grapevine

The California High Speed Rail Authority board announced that a Los Angeles-to-San Francisco high-speed train would run north to Bakersfield through the cities of Palmdale and Lancaster, and not along an alternate proposed route near the Grapevine. Read More »

Suspect in soldier's shooting pleads not guilty

A man accused of shooting and paralyzing a U.S. Army soldier at a homecoming party pleaded not guilty to all charges at his arraignment Thursday. Read More »

Suspect in soldier shooting surrenders to authorities

A man accused of shooting and paralyzing a U.S. Army soldier at a homecoming party in his honor surrendered to authorities Monday. Read More »

Occupy protesters disrupt West Coast ports

Protesters chanting, "Whose port? Our port!" protested at West Coast ports on Monday, temporarily shutting down some of the facilities in a protest against what they called corporate greed. Read More »

Police: Burglar sexually assaulted woman while husband slept next to her

A 35-year-old Huntington Beach man was charged Wednesday with breaking into a home on Halloween night and sexually assaulting a woman in her bed as her husband slept next to her. Read More »

PETA likens killer whales to slaves in SeaWorld suit

People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals filed a lawsuit Wednesday seeking to extend constitutional rights to captive whales on grounds that performers such as SeaWorld’s Shamu are essentially slaves. Read More »

Tear gas used on Occupy protesters in Oakland [Video]

Authorities made a series of arrests at Occupy Wall Street protests in California and Georgia Tuesday with clashes in one city that involved tear gas being used on demonstrators. Police said they sprayed protesters in Oakland, California, after the... Read More »

New attorney appointed for salon shooting defendant

The Orange County Public Defender's Office was appointed Monday to represent the man accused of murdering his ex-wife and seven other people in a Seal Beach beauty salon. Attorney Robert Curtis represented Scott Evans Dekraai... Read More »

Attorney: Seal Beach shooting suspect was involved in child custody battle

Details emerged Thursday about the escalating child custody battle between the suspect accused of going on a shooting rampage at a Seal Beach beauty salon and his ex-wife, who was among the eight people killed. Read More »

Undocumented immigrant students will be eligible for California aid

Undocumented immigrant students in California will be able to receive state-funded financial aid in 2013 to attend college under a new law signed Saturday by Gov. Jerry Brown. The law allows top students who are on a path... Read More »

Murder suspect gunned down in Mendicino County woods

Three law enforcement officers patrolling a remote stretch of northern California woods shot dead a double-murder suspect whom authorities had been hunting for 36 days, a sheriff said. Read More »

Policeman charged with murder makes $1 million bail

A Fullerton police officer charged with second-degree murder in the beating death of a mentally ill homeless man was released from jail Thursday after posting a bond in lieu of $1 million bail. Read More »

'Inherently racist' bake sale by UC Berkeley Republicans set for Tuesday

An open plaza at the University of California Berkeley will be an epicenter Tuesday in the debate over affirmative action and college admissions. Read More »

Without a job, OC woman forced to live a lie

Sukhraj Beasla's parents boast that their successful daughter works at a bank. The problem is that it's all a lie — she was laid off more than two years ago. Read More »

Charges filed against two Fullerton police officers in death of Kelly Thomas

Two Fullerton police officers were charged Wednesday in connection with the death of a schizophrenic homeless man who was left hospitalized after his violent July 5 arrest by six officers and taken off life support five days later. Read More »

Marines: 2 killed in helicopter training accident

Two people were killed Monday in a helicopter accident at Camp Pendleton Marine Corps base, according to a statement from the military. Read More »

Cesar Chavez's home placed on National Register

The former California home and headquarters of civil rights and labor leader Cesar E. Chavez was added to the National Register of Historic Places, U.S. Secretary of the Interior Ken Salazar announced Thursday. Read More »

Judge clears way for sale of Crystal Cathedral property

A federal bankruptcy judge Wednesday approved a plan that outlines the sale of the debt-ridden Crystal Cathedral mega-church in Garden Grove. Read More »

Massive power outage eases as attention turns to cause

The power was back on in almost all of Arizona and Southern California on Friday, the day after a massive power outage that left millions of people in the dark for hours. Read More »

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