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Top 10 items found during 2012 coastal cleanup

(AP) – The Ocean Conservancy, a Washington D.C.-based environmental organization, released its 2012 list of trash collected during its International Coastal Cleanup. More than 10 million pounds of debris was collected globally, with more than […]

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Plastic ocean debris the target of new Calif. bill

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — It’s a common sight on the nation’s beaches: among the sand, sea foam and gnarled kelp lay plastic bottles, bags and other garbage. Each year cleanup crews throughout the U.S. collect […]

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California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection air tanker dropping fire retardant. (AP Photo)

1,500-acre blaze burns in San Diego County

JULIAN, Calif. (AP) — Firefighters are battling a 1,500-acre fire in rugged and remote eastern San Diego County. The California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection says the blaze began at 12:20 p.m. Thursday north […]

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5.7-magnitude earthquake shakes Northern Calif

GREENVILLE, Calif. (AP) — An earthquake has struck Northern California’s Plumas County with a preliminary magnitude of 5.7. Rafael Abreau, a geophysicist with the U.S. Geological Survey’s National Earthquake Center, says the temblor struck at […]

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Calif. bill would prohibit ticket-buying software

SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — Music and sports fans would have one less obstacle in buying tickets to popular events under a bill advancing through the California Legislature. Legislation by Democratic Assemblyman Richard Pan of Sacramento […]

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Calif. beach water quality mostly good last summer

LOS ANGELES (AP) — A new report finds visitors to California beaches encountered mostly clean waters last year. About 93 percent of beaches along the state’s coast that were tested for bacterial pollution last summer […]

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Yard in Glendora searched in case of woman missing since 1978

GLENDORA, Calif. (AP) — Cold-case investigators have returned to a Southern California backyard where they are searching clues in the disappearance of a woman 35 years ago. Los Angeles County sheriff’s Lt. Holly Francisco says […]

2013/05/23

Deputies arrest man they say posed as a Disney

SANTA CLARITA, Calif. (AP) — Authorities say a man has been arrested after claiming to be a member of the Walt Disney family and giving away invalid Disneyland passes. Los Angeles County sheriff’s officials say […]

2013/05/23

Fisher-Price eliminating 100 NY jobs; reassigning to El Segundo

EAST AURORA, N.Y. (AP) — Toy maker Fisher-Price says it’s moving or eliminating roughly 100 jobs from its New York operations. The company says Wednesday that a majority of affected jobs will be reassigned to […]

2013/05/22

Complaints filed against 4 colleges over rapes

NEW YORK (AP) — Women’s-rights attorney Gloria Allred says federal complaints have been filed against four U.S. colleges over how the colleges handle rape allegations. Allred joined students from the colleges at a New York […]

2013/05/22

UT, NV, CA get US water conservation grants

SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — The U.S. Interior Department has awarded more than $20 million to 44 water conservation projects in 11 Western states, including Utah, Nevada and California. Utah’s six projects funded with the […]

2013/05/22

Intercontinental missile test-launched in Calif.

VANDENBERG AIR FORCE BASE, Calif. (AP) — The U.S. Air Force launched an unarmed intercontinental ballistic missile from a California base on Wednesday, a month after the test flight was postponed because of tensions with […]

2013/05/22