California

Prosecutors probe possible criminal case in California oil spill

Government prosecutors are investigating the company at the center of the California oil spill for p...

May 22, 2015 09:46 PM EDT

Crews work to clean California beach fouled by oil pipeline spill

Cleanup crews fanned out across an oil-fouled California beach on Wednesday to scoop up gobs of petr...

May 21, 2015 10:03 AM EDT

California environmentalists ask court to halt oil industry water rules

California environmentalists on Thursday asked a Superior Court judge to vacate new regulations gove...

May 15, 2015 09:56 AM EDT

California Senate votes to end beliefs waiver for school vaccinations

California parents who do not vaccinate their children would have to home-school them under a bill p...

May 15, 2015 09:40 AM EDT

California approves first statewide seawater desalination rules

California regulators on Wednesday adopted the first statewide rules for the permitting of seawater ...

May 07, 2015 08:54 AM EDT

In drought-stricken California, cities push back against steep water cuts

Cities set to feel the brunt of California's mandated cutbacks in water use pushed back on Wednesday...

Apr 16, 2015 09:49 AM EDT

California bill banning child vaccine exemptions moves ahead

California lawmakers on Wednesday pushed forward a bill that would ban parents from citing their per...

Apr 09, 2015 06:26 PM EDT

Ex-NFL star Darren Sharper due in New Orleans court on rape charges

Disgraced former NFL star Darren Sharper, who last month pleaded guilty or no contest to rape or att...

Apr 07, 2015 10:07 AM EDT

Radiation from Fukushima disaster newly detected off Canada's coast

Radiation from Japan's 2011 Fukushima nuclear disaster has for the first time been detected along a ...

Apr 07, 2015 07:39 AM EDT

Robert Durst due in court in New Orleans on gun charges

Robert Durst, the real estate scion awaiting extradition to California to face a murder charge, is d...

Apr 02, 2015 09:34 AM EDT

California governor orders 25 percent reduction in water usage statewide

California Governor Jerry Brown, acting in the face of a devastating multiyear drought, ordered the ...

Apr 02, 2015 02:27 AM EDT

Smartphone theft drops in London, two U.S. cities as anti-theft 'kill switches' installed

Thefts involving smartphones have declined dramatically in three major cities since manufacturers be...

Feb 11, 2015 05:03 AM EST

California lawmakers introduce Oregon-style assisted suicide bill

California lawmakers introduced a bill on Wednesday to legalize assisted suicide in the most populou...

Jan 22, 2015 01:06 AM EST

Uber loses bid to withhold CEO emails in gratuity lawsuit

A federal judge rejected Uber Technologies Inc's bid that it not be required to disclose emails from...

Jan 02, 2015 07:01 PM EST

Gun deaths for U.S. officers rose by 56 percent in 2014: report

Gun related deaths of U.S. law enforcement officers rose by 56 percent in 2014 compared to the previ...

Dec 31, 2014 02:25 AM EST

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