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  • He was big, hairy and stuck in a SUV.
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  • This photo released courtesy of the Catalina Island Marine Institute taken on Sunday Oct. 13, 2013 shows the crew of sailing school vessel Tole Mour and Catalina Island Marine Institute instructors holding an 18-foot-long oarfish that was found in the waters of Toyon Bay on Santa Catalina Island, Calif. A marine science instructor snorkeling off the Southern California coast spotted the silvery carcass of the 18-foot-long, serpent-like oarfish. (AP Photo/Catalina Island Marine Institute )
  • It happened after a marine science instructor snorkeling off the coast spotted something out of a fantasy novel.
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  • A marine science instructor snorkeling off the Southern California coast spotted something out of a fantasy novel.
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  • The man who grew it took home more than $12,000 in prize money.
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  • A 72-year-old hunter who got hurt in a Northern California forest was lost for 19 days before being rescued.
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  • A woman's body has been discovered in a stairwell at a hospital where a female patient went missing more than two weeks ago.
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  • Power was restored to most of the University of California, Berkeley, Tuesday morning, after an explosion left one person hospitalized for minor burns, campus officials said.
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  • A small jet ran off the runway and into a storage hangar at a Southern California airport on Sunday night.
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  • Fatal crash in Burbank, California
  • Five people were killed early Saturday morning after their car spun out and burst into flames in Burbank, trapping people inside, officials said.
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  • A burglar who tried to break into an ATM at a bank in San Francisco was arrested Friday after he hopped onto the roof of a nearby building to escape and fell into an apartment, police said.
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  • Car catches on fire with man inside
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  • It's a big fuss over a tiny door.
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  • Action News Online
  • A mother has been charged with killing her 13-year-old autistic son and 9-year-old daughter in California.
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  • It's a class for those who are scared of flying -- complete with Hollywood special effects.
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  • A final piece of safety hardware - a bearded, spindly legged troll - has been installed in the new eastern span of the San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge.
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  • Talk about a head trip!
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  • A football fan fell to his death from an elevated pedestrian walkway Sunday at Candlestick Park during the 49ers' final season opener at the San Francisco stadium, police said.
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  • UCLA receiver Nick Pasquale was hit by a car and killed while walking in San Clemente early Sunday morning. He was 20.
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  • The U.S. Forest Service says a gigantic wildfire near Yosemite National Park began when a hunter allowed an illegal fire to escape.
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  • Limes burn California girls after eating
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  • Their egg-laying days behind them, some 1,200 Northern California chickens are heading for a cozy retirement on the East Coast, where they will live outside of cages and have plenty of room to spread their wings.
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  • A relatively cool and humid Labor Day allowed fire crews to make major progress Monday toward corralling a massive wildfire searing the edge of Yosemite National Park.
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  • Central California air officials say a shift in wind has sent smoke from the massive forest fire burning in and around Yosemite National Park down into six San Joaquin Valley counties.
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  • Officials say fire crews aided by higher humidity overnight were able to increase containment of a giant wildfire burning at the edge of Yosemite National Park.
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  • Crews are finally gaining ground on a massive wildfire burning near Yosemite National Park as fire officials expressed optimism even as the blaze grew larger while containment jumped to 20 percent.
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  • Crews working to contain one of California's largest-ever wildfires gained some ground Monday.
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  • Action News Online
  • A 29-year-old man killed his mother, set her house on fire and then shot randomly at passers-by in a Southern California neighborhood.
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  • At Ike Bunney's dude ranch near the Sierra community of Tuolumne City, all creatures have been evacuated as firefighters brace for an intense battle.
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  • Matthew Greene
  • A California hiker has recovered a pair of glasses that might belong to a Pa. teacher who's been missing for more than a month.
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  • A wildfire raging along the northwest edge of Yosemite National Park gained strength Saturday morning as firefighters scrambled to protect nearby mountain communities.
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  • Mayor Bob Filner agreed Friday to resign on Aug. 30, bowing to enormous pressure after lurid sexual harassment allegations.
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  • San Diego mayor Filner agrees to resign
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  • Funds run low to fight wildfires
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  • California Gov. Jerry Brown has declared a state of emergency for a large and expanding wildfire burning near Yosemite National Park.
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  • Mayor Bob Filner, besieged by sexual harassment allegations, sat down to the negotiating table with a key bargaining chip: his refusal to resign.
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  • A California teen whose mother and brother were killed by a family friend said on national television Thursday that she once confided with the man about troubles with her mother and explained text messages exchanged on the day of the attack.
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  • A wildfire outside Yosemite National Park more than tripled in size overnight.
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  • Settlement talks in the sexual harassment lawsuit against Mayor Bob Filner are underway as petitions circulate to recall the former congressman who has been besieged by allegations from more than a dozen women.
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  • Fatal California limo fire
  • A mechanical problem ignited a limousine fire that killed five nurses trapped in the back, the California Highway Patrol said Monday.
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  • San Diego Mayor Bob Filner apologizes for his behavior in this frame from a video produced by the city of San Diego Thursday, July 11, 2013.
  • A campaign to oust embattled San Diego Mayor Bob Filner began Sunday.
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  • A 16-year-old girl who was rescued during an FBI shootout with her captor in the Idaho wilderness is resting at home with family and friends to begin what her father says will be a slow recovery.
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  • A harrowing weeklong search for a missing California teenager ended Saturday when FBI agents rescued the girl and shot her apparent kidnapper.
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  • Authorities say a car belonging to the suspect in the disappearance of a teenage girl in California has been found in Idaho.
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  • Matthew Greene
  • The search continues for a missing hiker from Bethlehem who vanished in California.
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  • Susana Medrano stood in her front yard, mesmerized by the orange and red flames creeping along the wind-swept mountain ridge behind her home, and struggled to leave.
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  • A growing wildfire chewed through a rugged Southern California mountain range on Thursday, damaging buildings, threatening as many as 600 homes and forcing some 1,500 people to flee.
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  • Action News Online
  • Police are investigating a Southern California woman after the body of her missing boyfriend was found in her storage unit's freezer.
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  • The husband of a woman whose body was found in a burned house near the U.S.-Mexico border pleaded Tuesday with his friend.
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