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Cecil Williams, reverend who turned a church into a safe haven, dies aged 94
Longtime, legendary pastor of San Francisco’s Glide Memorial church was advocate for civil rights and social...
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Relief as San Francisco public toilet finally opens – and not for $1.7m after all
Bathroom in Noe Valley neighborhood, which became focus of ire for reported $1.7m cost, actually came...
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Daring, audacious – but who did it? LA $30m cash heist has it all except clues
The robbery from a GardaWorld warehouse on Easter Sunday was like something from a movie –...
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Los Angeles police officer who killed girl, 14, in department store will not face charges
Officer shot and killed both a man who was attacking customers and Valentina Orellana-Peralta, who was...
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Backlash as USC cancels valedictorian’s speech over support for Palestine
Asna Tabassum says university is ‘succumbing to a campaign of hate meant to silence my voice’...
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California pilot and his dog survive plane crash after swimming to shore
The Piper PA-32, a single engine plane, crashed off the coast across from Trump’s LA golf...
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US federal women’s prison plagued by rampant staff sexual abuse to close
Since 2021, eight employees of Federal Correctional Institution in Dublin, California, charged with assaulting female prisonersThe...
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Stockton to pay $6m to settle lawsuit over man who died during arrest
Shayne Sutherland, 29, died in California after being held face down, a year before a law...
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Mishka the missing dog mysteriously found safe 2,000 miles from California home
Dog that had gone missing was discovered in Michigan clean and well-fed: ‘Whoever had her took...
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California sheriff’s deputies kill 17-year-old boy with mental health issues
Boy, as yet unidentified, is third child killed by San Bernardino law enforcement in less than...
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Thunderstorms and tornadoes expected to sweep eastward across the US
After rainy California season, NWS warned of risk of storms from Missouri to Illinois, with some...
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Israeli tech entrepreneurs die in California plane crash
NTSB and FAA to look into crash that killed investors Naomi Petrushka and Liron Petrushka, an...
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Rural California county keeps ultra conservative official who pushed to upend voting system
Shasta county’s Kevin Crye fought off recall effort, but a far-right official who pushed election conspiracies...
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Lego tells California police: stop putting our heads on your mugshots
Toy company makes request after altered images – which hide suspects’ identities in line with state...
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Mountain lion kills California man in state’s first fatal attack in 20 years
Victim’s younger brother was badly wounded by animal before officials euthanized it in Georgetown area of...
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‘A talented, goofy kid’: family of Ryan Gainer, autistic teen killed by police, speak out
Shooting of 15-year-old ‘beautiful soul’ in California revives scrutiny on law enforcement abuse of youth with...
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California: two men plead guilty to killing wild burros in Mojave desert
John Feikema and Christopher Arnet, who prosecutors say used high-powered rifles to kill three wild burros,...
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Judge orders special master for California prison known for rampant sexual abuse
Several employees at the federal correctional institution in Dublin have pleaded guilty to abusing female inmatesA...
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California sheriff releases bodycam video of killing of boy, 15, holding gardening tool
Outrage over killing of Ryan Gainer, shot three times on Saturday, as sheriff denounced for defending...
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Landslide reduces LA home to rubble and leaves two other houses on edge
Slide occurred in the Sherman Oaks neighborhood, where the fire department evacuated several people from a...
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Officials investigating 2.5-mile long oil sheen off southern California coast
Unified command was formed to look in to the origin of the sheen, which did not...
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California Senate race: Adam Schiff and Republican Steve Garvey advance to November election
Congressman and ex-Dodgers player emerge as top two contenders, boxing out progressives Katie Porter and Barbara...
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On the brink: California’s luxe clifftop mansions in peril after record rain
Homeowners in wealthy towns watching anxiously in face of heavy storms that have caused flash floods...
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Police seek vehicle after masked men kill four at California party
Shooting on Sunday evening at outdoor gathering in King City left four dead and seven others...