Archive for November 18th, 2009

San Diego County health officials say a 4-month-old girl has died from complications of swine flu. »

A California Watch survey of the state's 30 largest, K-12 school districts found that class sizes in kindergarten through third grade are increasing beyond 20 in many districts. »

Most of California's largest school districts are increasing class sizes in kindergarten through third grade, eroding the most expensive education reform in the state's history. »

How did the program start? »

A Louisiana man who was taken off a flight about to depart San Francisco International Airport when marijuana was found in his luggage will serve a lesser sentence after reaching a plea deal with prosecutors »

Firefighters have fully surrounded a 145-acre wildfire in southern Orange County. »

A federal judge has denied a request by the American Civil Liberties Union to block an injunction that forbids members of an Orange County street gang from associating in public. »

Gunfire erupted around 3:45 p.m. Wednesday on East 20th Street, across the street from Charles Wright Elementary School, Merced police reported. »

An Alameda County judge is scheduled to announce on Thursday where the murder trial will be held for a former transit officer charged in the killing of an unarmed man. »

The U.S. Forest Service should allow helicopters to fight fires during darkness, a tactic that could have been used in the critical first hours of the summer's gigantic and deadly wildfire in the Angeles National Forest, a Los Angeles County Fire Department report says. »

A Las Vegas judge has ruled that two men will stand trial on murder charges. »

A suspect in a double murder in Oakland was shot and killed this morning as police surrounded him in a Stockton residence. »

A deeply divided House of Representatives passed a health-care bill a little more than a week ago — but swing votes from the Valley are still being lobbied. Read comments »

A century-old anchor has been pulled up from the ocean floor off Santa Monica Pier in an area that was once a major shipping port. »

A parole agent who oversaw the man accused of kidnapping and raping Jaycee Dugard has been transferred for the safety of him and his family. »