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The official stats won’t be available until Monday, but one reading was 128 — which would tie the June record — and another was 129.9.
DEATH VALLEY — Blame it on dueling thermometers.
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The alleged members of the Mara Salvatrucha gang are accused of targeting food truck operators in the Hollywood area over the last five years.
At least 20 reputed members of one of Los Angeles’ most notorious gangs have been indicted in connection with a violent extortion racket that targeted food-truck operators in the Hollywood area over at least five years, according to state grand jury records unsealed Monday in a downtown courtroom.
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New research challenges assumptions that the central part of the San Andreas fault would act as a barrier, preventing a big quake from traveling between the northern and southern parts of the state.
For decades, scientists have assumed the central portion of California’s San Andreas fault acts as a barrier that prevents a big quake in the southern part of the state from spreading to the north, and vice versa. As a result, a mega-quake that could be felt from San Diego to San Francisco was widely considered impossible.
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Nearly half of registered voters still back capital punishment, but the margin has shrunk to 3 percentage points. Voters also favor easing the three-strikes law.
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J. Christopher Stevens, is remembered in a ceremony in San Francisco as a prankster and a man of intelligence, humility and a friend of the Libyan people.
SAN FRANCISCO — In the weeks since Ambassador J. Christopher Stevens was slain at the U.S. consulate in Benghazi, many have lauded him as a model diplomat, skilled linguist and sincere friend to the Libyan people.
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In a ’60 Minutes’ interview, former California Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger says he realized he was the father of his housekeeper’s child when the boy was 7 or 8.
SACRAMENTO — Arnold Schwarzenegger said he realized he was the father of his housekeeper’s child when the boy reached age 7 or 8 and the resemblance became apparent.
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Richard White, 49, who was mauled to death Friday, was the first person to die in a bear attack in the history of Denali National Park, authorities say. Photos of the bear that mauled him were found in his camera.
A man killed by a grizzly bear in Alaska’s Denali National Park last week was identified Sunday as a 49-year-old San Diego photographer, who had been taking pictures of the animal for at least seven to eight minutes before the attack, park officials said.
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Mixed martial arts fighter and reality TV show host Jason “Mayhem” Miller was arrested Monday on suspicion of burglary after deputies found him dozing naked on a couch in an Orange County church.
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In 2004, Judge Spencer Letts gave Michael Banyard a new chance at life — and became his mentor. With Letts’ help, Banyard has found an unexpected source of strength.
Where was Michael Banyard?
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