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Oakland police arrest man in bogus inspector case

14 hours, 48 minutes ago

(AP) Oakland police have arrested a man they say was shaking down business owners by pretending to be a labor inspector.Police say Michael Bolanos was taken into custody after reports that a man with a badge was walking into small businesses, pretending to be a state or federal inspector and claiming ...

Neb. drops theft charges against auto executives

16 hours, 23 minutes ago

(AP) To clear the way for possible federal charges, western Nebraska prosecutors dropped all charges Wednesday against two car dealership executives accused of stealing more than 80 vehicles off their own Scottsbluff car lot.Scotts Bluff County's Chief Deputy County Attorney John Childress said he didn't want to proceed with next week's ...

More than 3,400 in NV seek foreclosure mediation

17 hours, 13 minutes ago

(AP) The Nevada Supreme Court says more than 3,400 homeowners who've received notices of default have requested mediation under a new program that took effect July 1.Under the program administered by the Supreme Court, homeowners who receive default notices have 30 days in which to seek mediation.Chief Justice James Hardesty on ...

Firefighters make progress on California wildfire

17 hours, 13 minutes ago

(AP) Firefighters have made progress against a wildfire that was spread through an area of undeveloped Southern California hills by gusty Santa Ana winds.The Orange County Fire Authority on Wednesday afternoon increased the estimated size of the burned area to 80 acres, but predicts it will be 90 percent surrounded by ...

Polanski wins $4.5M bail, house arrest likely

17 hours, 37 minutes ago

(AP) Roman Polanski has been granted $4.5 million bail, clearing the way for the fugitive director to move within days from a Swiss jail to house arrest and electronic monitoring at his Alpine resort chalet.The justice minister said Wednesday she saw no reason to appeal the surprise decision by the Swiss ...

Surf City? Santa Cruz says plaque boosts its case

17 hours, 37 minutes ago

(AP) The royal family of Hawaii has given Santa Cruz a plaque that some say boosts its claim as the real Surf City.Santa Cruz, along California's central coast, has unsuccessfully battled Huntington Beach, in the southern part of the state, over rights to the moniker.On Tuesday, the Santa Cruz City Council ...

Attorneys say grower wrongly fired 50 farmworkers

17 hours, 37 minutes ago

(AP) Farmworker advocates are accusing a grape grower of firing more than 50 farmworkers who sought higher pay after being paid less than the minimum wage.The nonprofit California Rural Legal Assistance filed a complaint against H&R Gundlund Ranches Inc. on Monday with the state Agricultural Labor Relations Board.Attorneys say some of ...

Hayward man shot when dog sniffs gunman's leg

18 hours, 4 minutes ago

(AP) Police say a Hayward man walking his dogs with his 13-year-old daughter was fatally shot after one of the dogs sniffed the gunman's leg.Thirty-eight-year-old Thomas Cunningham died at Eden Medical Center in Castro Valley after the shooting outside a Hayward liquor store Tuesday night.Police say the gunman asked Cunningham to ...

Man convicted in killing of East Palo Alto officer

18 hours, 28 minutes ago

(AP) A 26-year-old man is facing a possible death sentence after jurors convicted him in the fatal shooting of an East Palo Alto police officer.After deliberating for about eight hours over two days, jurors on Wednesday found Alberto Alvarez guilty of first-degree murder with a special circumstance in the killing of ...

LA suburb's rebirth rides on electric car plant

18 hours, 28 minutes ago

(AP) This blue-collar suburb on the edge of Los Angeles once helped send men to space. After the collapse of its aerospace industry, it ambitions are now more down-to-earth but still looking toward the future.The City Council on Wednesday unanimously approved an agreement aimed at luring Tesla Motors' electric car manufacturing ...

Neb. charges dropped against auto executives

18 hours, 52 minutes ago

(AP) Western Nebraska prosecutors have dropped all charges against two car dealership executives that stemmed from the disappearance of more than 80 vehicles off a Scottsbluff car lot in March because federal prosecutors might file charges.Scotts Bluff County's Chief Deputy County Attorney John Childress said Wednesday that he didn't want to ...

Moore, Kaepernick fluster foes in different ways

18 hours, 52 minutes ago

(AP) Boise State quarterback Kellen Moore flusters foes with his sniper-like arm, his knack for finding the open guy anywhere on the field and just plain outwitting defensive coordinators.His Nevada counterpart gives defenses fits in different ways.Colin Kaepernick is elusive, fast enough to beat linebackers around the edge and unafraid to ...

High school suicides up in Washoe school district

19 hours, 16 minutes ago

(AP) Results of a survey released Wednesday show an alarming increase in suicides among high school students in the Washoe County school district.The steady annual increase in high school suicides went from 8.6 percent in 2001 to 14.6 percent in 2009 was of special concern, said Katherine Loudon, director of the ...

Winning numbers drawn in CA 'Midday 3' game

19 hours, 16 minutes ago

(AP) The winning numbers in Wednesday afternoon's drawing of the California Lottery's "Midday 3" game were:0-2-7(zero, two, seven)

San Francisco woman sentenced in daughter death

19 hours, 40 minutes ago

(AP) A San Francisco woman convicted of killing her 3-year-old daughter in a murder-suicide attempt has been sentenced to 25 years to life in prison.A jury rejected claims that 43-year-old Linda Woo was insane at the time and found her guilty of first-degree murder in April.Prosecutors say Woo wanted to get ...

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