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• Judge orders Calif water pumping limits lifted
• FRESNO, Calif. - A federal judge says pumping limits intended to protect native salmon can be lifted for two weeks in order to boost irrigation supplies for California's drought-addled farmers.
• Maldonado on Track to Become Lieutenant Governor
• SACRAMENTO, CA - Partisan politics is at play again in the state capitol over who is going to be second in command in the state.
• USGS: Magnitude 6.0 Quake off Northern Calif Coast
• PETROLIA, Calif. - Officials say a magnitude-6.0 earthquake has struck off the coast of Northern California's Humboldt County.
• Giant Humboldt Squid Has California Fishermen Excited
• California News - Anglers in Southern California are catching their share of squid ... while getting squirted. No one knows exactly why there's an invasion of "Humboldt Squid" in the waters off San Diego. But people are catching boat loads of the sea creature.
• White Pages Becoming Obsolete in Digital Age
• SACRAMENTO - Did you know the phone company is required by law to leave a phone book on your doorstep every year?
• City of Oakland considers ammunition restrictions
• OAKLAND, CA - The Oakland City Council will begin debate on a new policy that would increase restrictions on ammunition and gun sales.
• Robbery Suspect Hit By Glendale Police Car
• California News - The suspected robber stopped at a shopping center in Glendale -- but the action didn't end there. The passenger in the car jumped out -- before running past a police officer, falling and even getting hit by a police cruiser.
• Giant squid invade Calif. waters, entice anglers
• NEWPORT BEACH, CA - Giant squid weighing up to 60 pounds have invaded the California waters off Newport Beach.
• Air Force Intercept Missile Test Fails
• California News - The Air Force says a weekend missile test from California's Central Coast missed its target.
• 4.4-magnitude quake reported in Baja California
• California News - The U.S. Geological Survey has downsized its estimate of a morning earthquake in Baja California and is now calling it a magnitude-4.4 shaker.
• Ticket Cost for Cell Phone Use May Triple
• California News - A new push is underway to make current cell phone laws tougher--even though a new study shows hands-free rules aren't working.
• Governor Celebrates Fed Boost to High-Speed Rail Project
• FRESNO, Calif. - Governor Schwarzenegger was in Fresno on Friday to usher in the beginning of an ambitious new era. The goal is to make high-speed rail a reality by the year 2020.

• Stimulus adds $2-Billion to Calif High Speed Rail
• Owner claims dog who was rescued from LA River
• White House doles out $8 billion for fast trains
• Governor wants to send illegal inmates to Mexico
• Re-Drawing of California's Legislative Districts
• Famed 79-year-old jewel thief facing charges
• Calif. Gov: Pay Mexico to build prisons for illegals
• Dictionaries pulled from SoCal school district
• LA County tallies $20M in storm costs
• Bay Area students fall sick from 'pot brownies'
• Weather Makes Search for Missing Hiker Difficult
• Critical repairs begin on crumbling Pacifica cliff
• Lawmakers introduce more skier safety legislation
• Calif. high court strikes down medical pot limits
• Officials issue rare Bay area tornado warning
• Crumbling cliff causes evacuations in Pacifica
• Driving Conditions Treacherous Near Lake Tahoe
• Storm winds knock over car, trees in Seal Beach
• Siren near OC nuke plant was false alarm
• Bill to Protect Young Athletes Proposed
• Fresno Hosts Water Forum
• Series of quakes hits Calif. eastern desert
• About $50M of State IOUs Remain Uncashed
• Governor in Fresno Pushing Homebuyer Tax Credit Extension
• California Committee Passes Marijuana Measure
• 60 SoCal bikers plead guilty to racketeering
• Day Two of the Same-Sex Marriage Trial in San Francisco
• Prop 8 Trial Will Likely End Up In Appeals Court
• Same-Sex Marriage Federal Trial Begins in San Francisco
• Prop 8 Going to Federal Court