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Sep 2009

Arson probe underway as firefighters honor fallen colleagues

More than 1,000 firefighters gathered at the Station fire command post at Hansen Dam this morning for a memorial service for two firefighters killed battling a blaze that officials have classified as arson. More than 1,000 firefighters...

03

Sep 2009

Manson follower Susan Atkins is denied parole

A panel votes to deny Atkins' request for release on compassionate grounds. She is terminally ill, and doctors say she has months to live. She is serving a life sentence for the murder of Sharon Tate. For the second time in as many years,...

03

Sep 2009

Federal judges refuse to delay California prison-overcrowding order

A three-judge federal court panel has refused California's bid to hold off on coming up with a plan to release more than 40,000 inmates from the state's prison system, forcing the state to keep working on clearing its prisons while...

02

Sep 2009

Donors to wildfire victims urged to avoid "sham charities"

State Atty. Gen. Jerry Brown today warned Californians who want to help wildfire victims to avoid "sham charities" that rip off good Samaritans after big disasters. "After virtually every disaster, scam artists come out of the woodwork to...