Powerful Westlands pushes water tunnel plan
FIVE POINTS — As a giant harvesting machine uprooted and sucked in hundreds of tomato plants a row at a time, Dan Errotabere contemplated massive strips of bare land on his farm. "Everything we have in...
View ArticleHealth and family: When autistic children wander, they’re lost, sometimes...
The 3-year-old girl wandered away from her grandmother's home in Wareham, Mass., in mid-April. A frantic search began almost immediately, and within an hour little Alyvia Navarro was found unresponsive...
View ArticleReform slow to materialize after financial fiasco
WASHINGTON (AP) — Three years after President Barack Obama signed a sweeping overhaul of lending and high-finance rules, execution of the law is behind schedule with scores of regulations yet to be...
View ArticleNaso found guilty of killing four women
SAN FRANCISCO – A jury on Tuesday found a former photographer guilty of murdering four young California women after a two-month trial in which prosecutors called him a remorseless serial killer who...
View ArticleNaso linked to possible sixth victim in Bay Area
SAN RAFAEL – Authorities say they've linked a sixth killing to a former photographer facing a possible death sentence for the murders of four Northern California women. Prosecutors say new evidence...
View ArticleBay Bridge set to reopen tonight
SAN FRANCISCO – The new, $6.4 billion eastern span of the San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge was praised as a dramatic safety upgrade over its predecessor and a beautiful example of public art at an...
View ArticleReports: Syria hiding weapons, moving troops
BEIRUT — As the Obama administration tries to prod Congress into backing armed action against Syria, the regime in Damascus is hiding military hardware and shifting troops out of bases into civilian...
View ArticleHunter caused huge Yosemite fire
SACRAMENTO — A gigantic wildfire in and around Yosemite National Park was caused by an illegal fire set by a hunter, the U.S. Forest Service said Thursday. The agency said there is no indication the...
View ArticleWhite House: Russian prestige at stake with Syria
WASHINGTON (AP) — The White House tried Wednesday to pin the success or failure of a diplomatic option to secure Syria's chemical weapons on Russia rather than the United States as Secretary of State...
View Article12 shot dead at Washington D.C. Navy yard
WASHINGTON — A defense contractor went on a shooting rampage Monday inside a building at the secured Washington Navy Yard, spraying bullets in the hallways and firing from a balcony onto workers in an...
View ArticleShooting reignites US debate over gun control
WASHINGTON — A deadly shooting in the heart of Washington has reignited the national debate about gun control, but it’s uncertain whether Monday’s tragedy will revive action in Congress that failed...
View ArticlePoverty stuck at 15 percent – record 46.5 million at mark
WASHINGTON — The nation's poverty rate remained stuck at 15 percent last year despite America's slowly reviving economy, a discouraging lack of improvement for the record 46.5 million poor and an...
View ArticleFed move signals there’s work left to do
WASHINGTON — The Federal Reserve isn't yet convinced that the U.S. economy is healthy enough for the Fed to ease its stimulus even slightly. The Fed's cautious message Wednesday surprised — and pleased...
View ArticleHere’s the truth: The government doesn’t shut down
WASHINGTON — Here's the truth about a government "shutdown." The government doesn't shut down. So the world won't end if a dysfunctional Washington can't find a way to pass a funding bill before the...
View ArticleCalif. doctor saves choking diner with knife
BAKERSFIELD, Calif. — A noted California doctor is being called a hero after he performed an emergency life-saving tracheotomy on a community leader who was choking on a piece of meat. Armed with just...
View ArticleLawmakers play blame game in government shutdown showdown
WASHINGTON — With the government teetering on the brink of partial shutdown, congressional Republicans vowed Sunday to keep using an otherwise routine federal funding bill to try to attack the...
View ArticleOnline health exchange returns after fix
SACRAMENTO — Online enrollment for California's new health insurance exchange resumed Wednesday after technical glitches on the system's opening day forced overnight upgrades. The enrollment portion of...
View ArticleFear stifling global economy
NEW YORK — Five years after U.S. investment bank Lehman Brothers collapsed, triggering a global financial crisis and shattering confidence worldwide, families in major countries around the world are...
View ArticleHealth law glitches: Fatal or fleeting?
WASHINGTON — The glitch-ridden rollout of President Barack Obama's health care law has opponents crowing "Told you so!" and insisting it should be paused, if not scrapped. But others, including...
View ArticleDid Obama swap controversial ’black’ detention sites for warships that sail...
WASHINGTON — Instead of sending suspected terrorists to Guantanamo Bay or secret CIA “black” sites for interrogation, the Obama administration is questioning terrorists for as long as it takes aboard...
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