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Firefighters contain Fresno blaze FRESNO, Calif. (AP) -- Firefighters have contained a blaze in Fresno that destroyed one house, damaged another and forced residents of several more homes to evacuate....
LA police plan for huge crowd at Jackson memorial LOS ANGELES (AP) -- Los Angeles city officials are preparing for massive crowds downtown during Tuesday's public memorial for Michael Jackson at Staples Center, even though only 17,500 tickets are being offered to the public....
Sacramento firefighters agree to salary freeze SACRAMENTO (AP) -- Sacramento firefighters have agreed to freeze their salaries for two and a half years, averting layoffs for at least a year....
Search of woods on Calif. north coast called off CRESCENT CITY, Calif. (AP) -- Authorities have called off a search for any sign of human remains on land near Redwood National and State Parks....
Amtrak train strikes and kills 2 in Alameda County OAKLAND, Calif. (AP) -- Two people have been struck and killed by the same Amtrak train, one in Berkeley and the other about two hours later in Oakland....
Governor sets date for Congressional election SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) -- Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger has set Nov. 3 as the date of a special election for the Congressional seat vacated by former U.S. Rep. Ellen Tauscher....
Neverland to stay closed until after LA memorial LOS OLIVOS, Calif. (AP) -- Like an old Western boomtown, the funky little makeshift village that sprang up around the gates of Michael Jackson's Neverland Ranch was vanishing Friday, its residents and vendors packing up tents, tarps and piles of Jackson posters and CDs....
Calif prisons official to plead guilty to DUI SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) -- The undersecretary who oversees California parolees and adult and juvenile prisons says he will plead guilty to driving under the influence....
Air Force pilots relish tricky firefighting runs PETERSON AIR FORCE BASE, Colo. (AP) -- Lt. Col. Luke Thompson sometimes skims his C-130 cargo plane just 150 above the ground, battling smoke, shifting winds and rugged terrain on his way to blast thousands of gallons of gooey pink fire retardant onto the front lines of a wildfire....
Caltrain to increase fares and fees, cut service SAN FRANCISCO (AP) -- Facing a projected $2.6 million budget deficit, Caltrain plans to reduce service and increase fares....
