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  • Actress Halle Barry.
  • Halle Berry and Jennifer Garner urged California lawmakers to support legislation for protection against paparazzi.
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  • Actress Halle Barry.
  • Halle Berry and Jennifer Garner urged California lawmakers to support legislation for protection against paparazzi.
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  • Actor Jason Patric in Sacramento for legal fight over parental rights for sperm donors
  • A bill that would allow certain sperm donors to seek paternity rights in court is on hold.
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  • California Indian casinos are moving into new territory thanks to a new agreement signed off by lawmakers.
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  • Actor Jason Patric in Sacramento for legal fight over parental rights for sperm donors
  • An unusual battle is developing in the state capitol as a Hollywood father fights for parental rights.
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  • Actor Jason Patric in Sacramento for legal fight over parental rights for sperm donors
  • An unusual battle is developing in the state capitol as a Hollywood father fights for parental rights.
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  • people fishing in California
  • Assembly Speaker said he sees strong legislative interest for a bond package to pay for water infrastructure projects across California.
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  • people fishing in California
  • Assembly Speaker said he sees strong legislative interest for a bond package to pay for water infrastructure projects across California.
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  • A BART train at a station.
  • With another BART strike on the horizon, one state senator is considering a law to make transit strikes illegal.
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  • A BART train at a station.
  • With another BART strike on the horizon, one state senator is considering a law to make transit strikes illegal.
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  • Californias high speed rail
  • Calif. high-speed rail officials seeking to reassure the public about safety in the wake of deadly European train crashes this summer.
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  • California prison isolation protest
  • Celebrities including Jay Leno and Gloria Steinem have condemned the isolation of inmates to control gang violence at California prisons.
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  • California prison isolation protest
  • Celebrities including Jay Leno and Gloria Steinem have condemned the isolation of inmates to control gang violence at California prisons.
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  • A Megabus coach.
  • A discount bus service that's become popular on the East Coast has now made it to the Bay Area.
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  • Pressure mounts for $2 per pack tax on cigarettes
  • Health groups are ramping up their pressure on state lawmakers for a $2-per-pack cigarette tax in California.
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  • Environmentalists say a state ban on lead bullets for hunting is necessary, but gun rights advocates say it would be a virtual ban on hunting.
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  • Dip in Calif. unemployment rate bittersweet for some
  • California's latest look at employment shows slow but steady improvement, but the good news could be hard for some to take.
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  • map of Californias Monterey Shale fracking
  • The oil industry has its eye on what's underneath the Monterey Shale, so California is forced to take on the issue of fracking.
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  • People at the California unemployment office
  • Ten weeks of extended unemployment benefits will likely be chopped off in August, going form a maximum 73 weeks to 63.
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  • California Employment Development Department office
  • Gov. Brown wants to fix the state's unemployment insurance program and he wants state's employers to foot the bill.
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  • California Employment Development Department office
  • Gov. Brown wants to fix the state's unemployment insurance program and he wants state's employers to foot the bill.
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  • A Megabus pulling up to a curb in San Francisco.
  • A discount bus service that's become popular on the East Coast has now made it to the Bay Area.
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  • A Sacramento-area family is calling attention to a disturbing discovery they made in a Capri Sun drink pouch.
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  • Pressure mounts for $2 per pack tax on cigarettes
  • Health groups are ramping up their pressure on state lawmakers for a $2-per-pack cigarette tax in California.
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  • Environmentalists say a state ban on lead bullets is necessary, but gun rights advocates say it would be a virtual ban on hunting.
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guns, animal, animals in peril, sacramento, politics, nannette miranda
  • Dip in Calif. unemployment rate bittersweet for some
  • California's latest look at employment shows slow but steady improvement, but the good news could be hard for some to take.
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jobs, unemployment, california budget crisis, sacramento, politics, nannette miranda
  • map of Californias Monterey Shale fracking
  • The oil industry has its eye on what's underneath the Monterey Shale, so California is forced to take on the issue of fracking.
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sacramento, energy, politics, nannette miranda
  • People at the California unemployment office
  • Ten weeks of extended unemployment benefits will likely be chopped off in August, going form a maximum 73 weeks to 63.
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  • Nancy and Paul Pelosi.
  • Five players of the United Football League franchise in Sacramento are suing their owner.
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  • Californias prison re-alignment plan may not happen in time
  • Nearly 150 female prisoners have been sterilized over a five-year period without the required approval of a CA medical committee.
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  • Person looking through microscope in medical lab
  • Women in California will be able to sell their human eggs for research if Governor Jerry Brown signs a controversial bill.
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  • Person looking through microscope in medical lab
  • Women in California will be able to sell their human eggs for research if Governor Jerry Brown signs a controversial bill.
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  • There is a relatively new power concern in California related to the shutdown of the San Onofre Nuclear Generator Station.
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  • Lawmakers grill executives after nuclear station shuts down
  • There is a relatively new power concern in California related to the shutdown of the San Onofre Nuclear Generator Station.
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  • There was some emotional testimony at the State Capitol from a woman who lost loved ones in a crash.
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  • There was some emotional testimony at the State Capitol from a woman who lost loved ones in a crash.
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  • Gov. Jerry Brown signs sweeping education legislation
  • Gov. Brown has signed sweeping legislation that he hopes will help boost the academic achievement of disadvantaged students.
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  • Gov. Jerry Brown signs sweeping education legislation
  • Gov. Brown has signed sweeping legislation that he hopes will help boost the academic achievement of disadvantaged students.
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  • State demographers estimate that whites and Latinos are now an equal share of California's population.
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  • 93-year-old Navy vet Mickey Gantich
  • There was a huge salute for an East Bay veteran at this year's Veterans of the Year celebration in Sacramento.
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  • Actress Halle Berry testified in favor of legislation that would limit the ability of paparazzi to photograph the children of celebrities.
  • Actress Halle Berry testified in favor of legislation that would limit the ability of paparazzi to photograph the children of celebrities.
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  • Actress Halle Berry testified in favor of legislation that would limit the ability of paparazzi to photograph the children of celebrities.
  • Actress Halle Berry testified in favor of legislation that would limit the ability of paparazzi to photograph the children of celebrities.
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  • Governor Jerry Brown will see an increase of nearly $9,000 after a citizens panel voted Wednesday to restore some of the cuts it made during the recession.
  • State lawmakers will get a pay increase of nearly $5,000 after a citizen's panel voted to restore a pay cut it made to salaries.
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  • Zhi Liu
  • Authorities say a South SF husband and wife team are charged with bringing women from Sacramento to brothels in the Bay Area.
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  • California's Department of Motor Vehicles is trying to catch up with technology and has to create regulations for self-driving cars.
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  • limo
  • After two incidents involving limousine fires in the Bay Area, California lawmakers are looking to pass limo safety mandates.
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  • limo
  • After two incidents involving limousine fires in the Bay Area, California lawmakers are looking to pass limo safety mandates.
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  • Gov. Jerry Brown discusses the budget compromise reached with Democratic leaders, Senate President Pro Tem Darrell Steinberg, D-Sacramento left, and Assembly Speaker John Perez, D-Los Angeles, right, during a Capitol news conference in Sacramento, Calif.
  • The California Legislature on Saturday approved a budget bill expanding Medicaid to 1.4 million low-income residents.
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  • Middle-class families with college-aged students know the cost of California universities has been skyrocketing.
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  • Demonstrators fighting for the release of 12 prisoners have nearly completed a 700-mile protest march.
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