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'Ponytail bandit' guilty of thefts in 3 states
- A Texas woman dubbed the "ponytail bandit" has pleaded guilty in California to robbing banks in three states.
Calif. says green cars need more noise pollution
- Electric and hybrid vehicles may be better for the environment, but the California Legislature says they're bad for the blind.
Calif. Dems kick rep out of Capitol for disloyalty
- A Democrat in the California legislature has been kicked out of her Capitol office for not supporting the party's state budget proposal.
- A Democrat in the California legislature has been kicked out of her Capitol office for not supporting the party's state budget proposal.
Judge orders Schwarzenegger to testify on prisons
- A federal judge on Thursday ordered Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger and two of his top aides to answer questions under oath in a lawsuit that seeks to shrink California's prison population.
Judge asked to seize $8B from Calif. treasury
- A federal court overseer asked a judge Wednesday to seize $8 billion from California's cash-strapped treasury to improve medical care at the state's overcrowded prisons.
Bigger, tougher fires bring Calif. to the brink
- Faced with hundreds of big, hard-to-control blazes, California is struggling with what could be its most expensive firefighting season ever, burning through $285 million in the last six weeks alone and up to $13 million a day.
- Faced with hundreds of big, hard-to-control blazes, California is struggling with what could be its most expensive firefighting season ever, burning through $285 million in the last six weeks alone and up to $13 million a day.
Calif. lawmakers support jet ban in Santa Monica
- California lawmakers are supporting Santa Monica's attempt to ban corporate jets from the city's airport - including the one used by Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger.
Schwarzenegger sues controller to force pay cuts
- Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger and California's top payroll official are headed for a court fight over the governor's attempt to cut the pay of about 175,000 state employees until lawmakers approve a budget.
Schwarzenegger plans lawsuit to force pay cuts
- Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger and California's top payroll official are headed for a court fight over the governor's attempt to cut the pay of about 175,000 state employees until lawmakers approve a budget.
Calif. lawmakers weigh chemical ban in baby items
- Responding to growing consumer anxiety, California lawmakers are considering enacting what could be the first statewide restrictions on a chemical found in plastic baby bottles and infant formula cans.
Police investigate body found in burned apartment
- Sacramento police are investigating what they are calling a suspicious death after firefighters called to an apartment fire found a woman's body inside.
Brewer says feds OK'd `Legal Weed' on bottle caps
- A Northern California brewer who tangled with federal regulators over the caps on his beer bottles said Tuesday officials have given him permission to keep the message "Try Legal Weed."
Judge: Reforms too slow in Calif.'s youth prisons
- A judge says state corrections officials are moving too slowly in correcting poor conditions throughout the state's juvenile prison system and is warning that he may step in to make sure changes get made soon.
