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Wind keeps California fires raging on 2 fronts
A pair of out-of-control wildfires roared along California's central coast Friday, chewing through opposite ends of a parched forest and threatening a total of more than 4,500 homes.
As fire nears Big Sur, residents and beasts flee
Piles of charred rubble smoldered near California's scenic coastal highway Thursday as a ferocious wildfire descended on the storied tourist town of Big Sur, destroying vacation homes and sending forest ...
Most of Big Sur evacuated after wildfire spreads
Authorities ordered the remaining residents of this scenic coastal community to leave Wednesday because an out-of-control wildfire, one of hundreds in California, had jumped a fire line and was threatening more ...
Calif's hands-free cell law for drivers in effect
Millions of California motorists have had to put down their cell phones or risk a ticket as a new law takes effect requiring hands-free devices for those behind the wheel.
A low water year is a boon to safflower farmers
Having to make due with less water, California farmers are reassessing their planting of tomatoes, cotton, corn and other water-intensive crops.
Smoky air leaves Californians straining to breathe
California's raging wildfires have created a smoky haze so stifling that some doctors in the state's landlocked farm country say their waiting rooms have been crowding with patients struggling to breathe amid ...
Gay revelers celebrate pride, marriage rights
A lesbian motorcycle group dressed in bridal veils, wedding gowns and leather lent a matrimonial touch to San Francisco's gay pride parade Sunday as revelers celebrated their newfound freedom to marry.
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San Jose unit deployed to Kuwait, Iraq
“Like everyone else, I am very happy to see the 1113th return home from their mission. A...” — Morgan Williams