California

SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) - A 36-year-old woman has died after she was struck several times while retrieving boxes on a Sacramento freeway. California Highway Patrol spokeswoman Lizz Dutton says the woman walked onto eastbound Interstate 80...

In this article: Mitsubishi Eclipse

CHARLOTTE, N.C (AP) - Regulators on Friday shut banks in Georgia, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, and California, bringing the number of bank failures this year to 120 amid the struggling economy and a cascade of defaults on loans. The...

In this article: FDIC, Georgia, United Commercial Bank, Michigan, Minnesota, Illinois, Unemployment, FBOP Corp., and Alerus Financial

SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) - Thousands of family members, friends and colleagues said farewell Friday to seven Coast Guard members who died when their plane collided with a Marine helicopter off the San Diego coast. "No ceremony is as...

In this article: Marine and Thad Allen

...gasoline stations * Shell failed to maintain gasoline tanks properly -AG * Shell admits no liability, pleased to reach settlement California was awarded $19.5 million in a settlement against Royal Dutch Shell Plc's <RDSa. L> U.S. unit...

In this article: Shell, Attorney General, Hazardous waste, Jerry Brown, and Stride

SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) - California corrections officials say they're working to improve the monitoring of released sex offenders, responding to a scathing report that cited missed chances to catch the suspect accused of holding Jaycee...

In this article: Parole, Minnesota, and Rehabilitation

...Calif. (AP) - Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger and legislative leaders say their $11.1 billion water bond is an essential investment for California's future, but it may be a hard sell to voters. California already is saddled with debt,...

In this article: Arnold Schwarzenegger, Karen Bass, Los Angeles, and Revenue

* Plan makes human, environmental use equal priorities * $11 bln bond could fund dam, environmental restoration * California, environmental leader, lags in water Adds conservation plan, canal details, more comment) By Peter...

In this article: Los Angeles, Sierra Club, Climate change, Natural Resources Defense Council, and Arnold Schwarzenegger

Critics say the measures are filled with loopholes and the bond was a way to buy support. Water fights stretch back over a century in California. Here are some details about the water package and California's past: * The $11 billion bond,...

In this article: Cost estimates, Arnold Schwarzenegger, Climate change, and San Francisco Bay

...said Jeffrey Kightlinger, General Manager of the Metropolitan Water District of Southern California, which backed the bills and the so-called peripheral canal. LA has cut water use while growing, and now it supports the environment...

In this article: Arnold Schwarzenegger, Los Angeles, Climate change, Sierra Club, and Chinatown

...out where to build a practice, buy a home, raise my family and volunteer my time and energy, I chose California. I joined a small California firm -- Munger, Tolles & Olson -- and eventually became a partner. This year, American Lawyer...

In this article: California Master Plan for Higher Education, California State University, Sacramento, Democracy, Tax, American Lawyer, Munger, Tolles & Olson, and Barack Obama