Wednesday, July 9, 2008

Border Patrol finds 2 bodies in desert heat

The Border Patrol says agents discovered two dead bodies in some of the most inhospitable terrain along the U.S.-Mexico border....(more)

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Probe in death of farmworker who collapsed in heat

California labor authorities are investigating the death of a 64-year-old farmworker who died last month while harvesting butternut squash in triple-digit heat....(more)

Flames force Calif. residents to flee _ again

For Clay and Nancy Henphill, running from raging wildfires has become a familiar routine....(more)

Air bag disabled before fatal crash with preacher

The daughter-in-law of a Hickman preacher charged with murder says she disabled an air bag before a wreck that left an 85-year-old elderly rancher crippled....(more)

Female inmates doing time on Calif. fire lines

Tracey Johnson wields a chain saw, tosses branches and rakes brush under the punishing sun and a heavy pack as smoke from a raging wildfire looms over the mountains nearby....(more)

New protections for delta smelt studied

The delta smelt could soon get new protections....(more)

Buyer surfaces for bankrupt resort

A bankrupt golf resort in Stanislaus County has a potential buyer, but the realty company is offering far less than the original asking price....(more)

Judge: Defendant was offered manslaughter plea

A judge says Oakland software programmer Hans Reiser, now facing up to life in prison, had been offered a pretrial deal that could have made him a free man by next May....(more)

Missing hiker sought in Sierra Nevada

Searchers combed part of the Sierra Nevada on Wednesday for a hiker reported missing last week....(more)

Widow of LA man killed by police sues city

The widow of a man killed in an officer-involved shooting has filed a wrongful death lawsuit against the city of Los Angeles claiming her husband was shot because he was black....(more)

Calif. senator proposes gas prizes for lottery

A state senator is suggesting that the California Lottery expand its prize offerings to include free gasoline....(more)

Ranchers ordered to keep manure out of Tomales Bay

State regulators have ordered ranchers in west Marin County to come up with plans to halt the flow of cow manure into Tomales Bay....(more)

Businessman ordered to pay $540,000

A businessman once profiled in a best-selling inspirational book has been ordered by a federal judge to pay $540,000 for defrauding investors....(more)

Selected recent California newspaper editorials

July 7...(more)

Major water ruling issued

A bid to pump more than 11 billion gallons of groundwater a year from three rural Nevada valleys to Las Vegas was cut to just over 6 billion gallons and approved Wednesday by the state's water engineer....(more)

Few Nevada executions

Only 8 percent of criminals sentenced to death in Nevada have been executed in the past 25 years, and almost as many condemned inmates die from natural causes as from execution, a state panel has been told....(more)

Severe budget cuts seen

The next round of budget cuts will make the past round seem mild, with Nevada Gov. Jim Gibbons' senior staff projecting a shortfall of more than $1 billion in the two-year budget cycle that starts next July....(more)

Human skull reburied at Oceano Dunes in ceremony

A human skull and jawbone discovered last week in the Oceano Dunes of San Luis Obispo County have been reburied in a private Native American religious ceremony....(more)

$23M worth of marijuana removed from mountains

Narcotics officials have removed almost 20,000 marijuana plants worth $23 million from public land in the Santa Cruz Mountains....(more)

Crash on Pomona Freeway kills 2 men

Two men were killed early Wednesday on the Pomona Freeway when a sport utility vehicle rammed into a stalled minivan and overturned, authorities said....(more)

San Bernardino assessor's employee resigns

One of the San Bernardino County assessor's top deputies has resigned a week after being charged with six felonies, including presenting false evidence to a county grand jury and destroying public records....(more)

Polygamist Warren Jeffs hospitalized in Las Vegas

Polygamist sect leader Warren Jeffs was being treated Wednesday under police guard and an assumed name at a Las Vegas hospital after authorities said he was transferred from a jail in Kingman, Ariz....(more)

SD mayor questions salaries of two city employees

San Diego Mayor Jerry Sanders is questioning why the president and finance director of one of the city's two nonprofit redevelopment arms were paid more than their approved salary range....(more)

More hot weather expected for Northern California

Forecasters are predicting another day of sizzling temperatures across Northern California....(more)

State to post report on San Diego fires online

A detailed report on the origin and causes of three devastating wildfires that swept across San Diego County in October will be released online....(more)

2 killed in collision on Pomona Freeway

Lanes have reopened on the Pomona Freeway in Los Angeles four hours after two people died in a crash involving at least two vehicles....(more)

Eagle Scout gets 60 days in Orange County jail

An Eagle Scout arrested hours after his high school graduation will spend 60 days in jail after admitting he broke into dozens of vehicles in Orange County....(more)

Former OC sheriff allegedly gave badges to donors

Former Orange County Sheriff Michael Carona gave out reserve deputy badges to 86 people who contributed $1,000 to his campaign, according to a former assistant sheriff....(more)

Boy, 5, wounded in San Jacinto drive-by shooting

Four teenagers have been arrested after a drive-by shooting in Riverside County left a 5-year-old boy wounded and his 65-year-old grandmother injured....(more)

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Tuesday, July 8, 2008

• Reward offered for man videotaped beating puppy

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