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NEWS ABOUT: California

California stories: 777 news summaries

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Calif. Budget Cuts Means Ax Falls Sooner for Strays

Holding period halved from 6 days to 3; may doom lost pets before owners can find them

Sep 8, 09 8:00 AM CDT
(Newser) - California's budget deal could mean lost family pets meet the Grim Reaper sooner rather than later, reports the San Francisco Chronicle. The deal cuts the time shelters are required to hold animals from six days to three, and officials fear the move could mean animals in shelters lacking resources will... More »

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pets • California • euthanasia • Humane Society • animal shelters • state budgets • recession depression

  California: Too Broke 
  for More Fires 

At least not without major help from Uncle Sam

Sep 8, 09 7:45 AM CDT
(Newser) - California’s wildfires haven’t just destroyed property and forestland, they’ve also scorched the state’s beleaguered budget, Time reports. Arnold Schwarzenegger didn't lay a finger on the state's forestry budget of $518 million, and more than doubled the state’s emergency fund for fighting wildfires this year... More »

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California • FEMA • wildfires • California wildfires • California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection • Station fire

 I Didn't Choke 
 Tila Tequila: Merriman 

Chargers linebacker says reality-show star was too drunk to leave safely

Sep 7, 09 3:55 PM CDT
(Newser) - Shawne Merriman denies choking Tila Tequila and says he was trying to keep her from leaving his home because she was so drunk he was worried she would hurt herself, the Los Angeles Times reports. The San Diego Chargers linebacker released a statement after being arrested yesterday when the reality-TV ... More »

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California • alcohol • assault • San Diego Chargers • drunk • Tila Tequila

(Newser) - Phillip Garrido picked out Jaycee Dugan as his next kidnap victim on a "child shopping" trip when he spotted the "cute" 11-year-old in a store with friends, his wife has told investigators. "That's the one I want," he told his wife, Nancy, but he decided to... More »

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California • kidnapping • abduction • child rape • child abduction • Jaycee Lee Dugard • Phillip Garrido • Nancy Garrido • Antioch, Calif.

 The World's 7 Most 
 Remote Destinations 

Now abandoned, these places were once home to humans

Sep 6, 09 12:46 PM CDT
(Newser) - Forget the Seven Wonders of the World. WebUrbanist takes a look at seven places that make you wonder why people ever settled there:
  • St. Kilda, Scotland: Although this archipelago is known for 16-foot waves and wind speeds up to 130mph, humans called it home for 2,000 years—
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California • Scotland • Siberia • seven wonders • Soviet gulag • abandonment

Calif. Bill Honoring Harvey Milk Prompts Backlash

Opponents fear day of 'special significance' will promote gay agenda

Sep 5, 09 5:50 AM CDT
(Newser) - A bill saluting California's first openly gay elected official has reignited the debate over gay rights in the state, the New York Times reports. The measure, passed by the state legislature this week, calls for a day of recognition for Harvey Milk, a member of the San Francisco Board of... More »

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gay rights • California • Arnold Schwarzenegger • Proposition 8 • Harvey Milk

(Newser) - The delightfully profane dad who's the unwitting star of the August Twitter sensation "shitmydadsays," where his recently-moved-back-home son posts his cranky rants about making messes and dodging chores, may not be quite as clueless as he's been made out to be. Sam Halperin is actually a 73-year-old with... More »

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social networking • Internet • California • parenting • father • Twitter • tweet • book deal • Justin Halpern

(Newser) - Kidnap victim Jaycee Dugard feels guilty about being snatched off the streets as a child and held captive for 18 years, her mother has told Jaycee's grandmother. She "feels guilty that she was kidnapped and for not having called her mom or dad or anyone—even though she was... More »

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California • crime • kidnapping • rape • kidnapper • child rape • Jaycee Lee Dugard • Phillip Garrido • Nancy Garrido • Antioch, Calif.

Garrido's Wife Worked as
'Well-Liked' Nursing Aide

Nancy Garrido worked with disabled adults during Dugard's captivity

Sep 3, 09 1:26 AM CDT
(Newser) - Nancy Garrido worked as a "well-liked" nursing aide helping disabled adults at the same time police say she was helping her husband hold Jaycee Dugard captive, the Contra Costa Times reports. She was hired in 1994, and had references stretching back to 1981. That's the same year she married... More »

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California • abduction • nursing • child abduction • Jaycee Lee Dugard • Phillip Garrido • Nancy Garrido

 Chimps, Lions 
 Saved From 
 Calif. Inferno 

Volunteers help evacuate exotic animals from threatened Wildlife Waystation

Sep 2, 09 3:59 AM CDT
(Newser) - Volunteers leaped to the rescue yesterday as the gigantic Station fire approached a home for exotic animals north of Los Angeles. Rescuers drove trucks, horse trailers, and an 18-wheeler Budweiser truck to the Wildlife Waystation to help evacuate its tigers, lions, bears, ostriches and other animals to the Los Angeles... More »

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California • lion • chimpanzees • Los Angeles Zoo • California wildfires • tiger • exotic animals • Station fire

 Garrido: 
 'I Stalked 
 Girls at 
 Schools' 

Jaycee's accused 'deviant' kidnapper not barred from kids after attack on woman

Sep 2, 09 3:02 AM CDT
(Newser) - Phillip Garrido was a "multiple sexual deviant" who took LSD daily, masturbated compulsively and stalked schoolgirls, according to court records after his 1976 arrest for kidnap and rape. Jaycee Dugard's accused abductor indulged in "sexual fantasies" watching "young females," he admitted in testimony obtained by the... More »

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California • kidnapping • rape • child rape • child abduction • Jaycee Lee Dugard • Phillip Garrido • Antioch, Calif.

 Calif. Firefighters See 
 First Sign of Progress 

Humidity, cooling temperatures aid struggle against Station fire

Sep 1, 09 2:49 PM CDT
(Newser) - Finally, some good news on the massive California wildfire: A break in the weather is helping considerably, the Los Angeles Times reports. Officially, the blaze is still only 5% contained, but that number is expected to rise substantially when re-evaluated later today. "We made progress last night, not just... More »

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California • firefighters • containment • firefight • Station fire

 Cops Seek 
 Garrido Link 
 to 3 Missing Girls 

All snatched off streets within hour of kidnapper's home

Sep 1, 09 4:19 AM CDT
(Newser) - Investigators are hunting for clues linking kidnap-rapist Phillip Garrido to the unsolved disappearances of three young girls near his home, reports the Independent. The three, ranging in age from 4 to 13, were all snatched off the street in broad daylight—just as Jaycee Dugard was at the age of... More »

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California • kidnapping • rape • sexual assault • kidnapper • child rape • Jaycee Lee Dugard • Phillip Garrido

(Newser) - The so-called Station Fire is closing in on Los Angeles residents who refused to evacuate with their neighbors over the weekend and are now trapped and in danger, KTLA reports. Five people are stranded in a canyon, according to the AP. "Those people were told to get out two... More »

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California • Los Angeles • evacuation • wildfires • California wildfires • disaster

 2 Firefighters 
 Killed in Calif. Blaze 

Pair drives off road as flames consume national forest

Aug 31, 09 3:04 AM CDT
(Newser) - Two California firefighters drove off a treacherous road to their death as they helped battle a 43,000-acre inferno in the Angeles National Forest, reports the Los Angeles Times. More than 2,800 firefighters, 12 helicopters and eight air tankers have converged on the area where the blaze now... More »

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California • Los Angeles • firefighters • wildfires • California wildfires • brush fires • brushfires • Los Angeles County • Acton • Angeles National Forest

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 'Treacherous' Calif. 
 Blaze Threatens Town 

Official cites 'perfect storm of fuels, weather, and topography'

Aug 30, 09 7:02 PM CDT
(Newser) - A growing California wildfire that has already scorched 35,000 acres and burned three people is bearing down on a small mountain community, the Los Angeles Times reports. Driven toward Acton, Calif., by wind and triple-digit heat, the blaze is "treacherous," said one fire chief. Firefighters plan “... More »

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California • firefighters • heat • evacuation • California wildfires

 Calif. Team Wins 
 Little League 
 World Series 

Chula Vista overcomes 3-0 deficit with 4th-inning single

Aug 30, 09 4:53 PM CDT
(AP) - California came up big late to win the Little League World Series. Bulla Graft's single scored the go-ahead run in the fourth inning and Chula Vista rallied to defeat Taoyuan, Taiwan, 6-3 today to take the Little League crown. Kiko Garcia pitched three-plus scoreless innings of relief to settle down... More »

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California • Taiwan • Little League World Series • baseball

 First Pics 
 Reveal Jaycee's 
 Trashy 'Prison Camp' 

Police find naked Barbie dolls, crude shrine to accused kidnapper

Aug 30, 09 7:44 AM CDT
(Newser) - The first photos of the junk-strewn California backyard "prison camp" where Jaycee Dugard and her two children were kept hidden for years reveal a chaotic hodge-podge of decrepit furniture, rumpled clothing, cat and sci-fi books, and a crude shrine to accused kidnapper Phillip Garrido, reports the New York Post.... More »

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California • kidnapping • rape • sexual assault • child rape • Jaycee Lee Dugard • Phillip Garrido

 Cops Probe 
 Garrido Link to 
 Murdered Hookers 

Victims found close to alleged workplace of Dugard suspect

Aug 28, 09 5:03 PM CDT
(Newser) - Police obtained a warrant today to search the Pittsburgh, Calif., house of Jaycee Dugard's alleged kidnapper in connection with the murders of several prostitutes in the 1990s, the Los Angeles Times reports. Garrido allegedly worked at an industrial site near where the victims’ bodies were found. He also served time... More »

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California • corpse • murder • prostitute • warrant • Jaycee Lee Dugard • Phillip Garrido

 Sheriff Sorry 
 for Missing 
 Jaycee Case 

911 caller warned of children living in Garrido's backyard

Aug 28, 09 4:21 PM CDT
(Newser) - The Sheriff of Contra Costa County apologized to Jaycee Lee Dugard’s family today for not investigating the case earlier, the Los Angeles Times reports. Sheriff Warren Rupf said a 911 caller warned years ago that children were living in tents in Phillip Garrido's backyard. But a deputy responding to... More »

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California • kidnapping • 911 call • sheriff • Jaycee Lee Dugard • Phillip Garrido

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