Archive for January, 2010

A gunman fired several shots into a Chrysler sedan that had stopped in front of a home this afternoon, wounding two people in the car, Modesto police said. "We heard boom, boom, boom five times," said neighbor Norma Christian. "I sat there stunned." »

California's community colleges have joined the movement to award honorary degrees to Japanese-American students forced into internment camps during World War II. Read comments »

Roy Greenaway, who grew up in Fresno and became chief of staff to the late Sen. Alan Cranston, has died at his home near Sacramento. He was 80. Read comments »

The 16-year-old Southern California girl attempting to become the youngest person to sail around the world alone says she is stopping in Mexico with power problems. »

The Air Force says a missile-intercept test failed when a long-range missile launched from California missed a target missile launched from a Pacific island because of radar problems. »

Volunteers have found the body of a young girl near Border Field State Park in the San Diego area, and authorities are investigating whether she was one of two children swept away 11 days ago by a rain-swollen Tijuana creek. »

Authorities in San Bernardino County say a 25-year-old father and his 9-month-old son have died in what investigators believe is a murder-suicide. »

A 24-year-old man from Dominica has been arrested as a suspect in the killing of a San Francisco woman during a cruise stopover to celebrate her sister's wedding, police said Sunday. »

Cheese is the No. 1 use of California milk, soaking up nearly half of the state's top-grossing farm product. If dairy farmers are to recover from the sharp drop in milk prices last year, it will be in part because of renewed demand for mozzarella and Monterey jack and the like. »

Wylee is going to the Winter Games. »

A Kern County borax mine has locked out about 570 hourly workers after the two sides failed to reach a deal on a new labor contract. »

A Kern County borax mine has locked out about 570 hourly workers after the two sides failed to reach a deal on a new labor contract. »

Sacramento may soon have a stretch along one of the city's boulevards officially named "Little Saigon." »

Family, friends and community members have gathered on a Ventura County beach to remember the 88 people who died when an Alaska Airlines jet plunged into the Pacific Ocean a decade ago. »

Pacifica police say a Berkeley woman has died after being swept out to sea while walking along a beach. »