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Essential Politics: Lawmakers send Gov. Jerry Brown sweeping bills to extend climate change efforts Aug. 24, 2016, 3:17 p.m. Welcome to Essential Politics, our daily feed on California government and politics news. We've got a number of big stories that we're following: Lawmakers finished work...

Essential Politics: Lawmakers send Gov. Jerry Brown sweeping bills to extend climate change efforts Aug. 24, 2016, 3:17 p.m. Welcome to Essential Politics, our daily feed on California government and politics news. We've got a number of big stories that we're following: Lawmakers finished work...

A federal jury decision that absolved Anaheim police in a shooting of an unarmed man was influenced by inflammatory, graphic and irrelevant evidence and must be overturned, a federal appeals court decided unanimously Wednesday.

A lawsuit that accused Starbucks Corp. of misrepresenting the sizes of its iced drinks has been dismissed by a California judge, who issued a written tongue-lashing of the plaintiff's claims.

If the state’s revamped standardized tests are accurately measuring what they set out to measure, fewer than half of public school students in California are on track to be ready for college after graduation. 

Danskin has decided to step it up by signing actress and dancer Jenna Dewan Tatum as its latest spokeswoman. The 125-year-old dance label, owned by Iconix Brand Group Inc. since 2007, is in the midst of a brand reimagining that couldn’t come at a better time.

The U.S. Labor Department is accusing a garlic grower with violating worker safety and transportation laws in connection with a 2015 van crash that killed four farm laborers on a California Central Valley highway.

A powerful magnitude 6.8 earthquake shook central Myanmar on Wednesday, damaging scores of ancient Buddhist pagodas in the former capital of Bagan, a major tourist attraction, officials said.

Chase Utley made a brief appearance in the Dodgers’ rout of San Francisco on Tuesday night. He hit a single off the bench in the sixth inning and scored on a double by Andrew Toles. After an inning in the field, Manager Dave Roberts removed Utley because of soreness in one of his feet.

Gunmen stormed the American University of Afghanistan on Wednesday, according to eyewitnesses.

Jonathan Simkhai's signature fit-and-flare macramé lace dresses have gained a new fan. First Lady Michelle Obama, who graces the cover of the Aug. 23 issue of Variety on newsstands yesterday, wore a custom-fit style from Simkhai's pre-fall collection for the magazine's cover shoot, photographed...

A registered sex offender was arrested Monday on suspicion of recording cellphone video of a girl in a restroom at a San Diego County discount store, and authorities believe there may be others victimized in a similar way.

President Barack Obama on Wednesday declared a new national monument in Maine on 87,000 acres donated by the founder of Burt's Bees, fulfilling conservationist Roxanne Quimby's goal of gifting the land during the 100th anniversary of the National Park Service.

An American Film Institute screening of "The Birth of a Nation" has become a casualty of the Nate Parker controversy.

The National Park Service turns 100 on Thursday marking a century since Woodrow Wilson signed into law the act creating the agency. Celebrations begin with free entry Thursday through Sunday at the 124 parks that charge fees.

Germany's government on Wednesday approved new guidelines for protecting the population in case of emergencies such as attacks or long-term power outages, and the country's top security official pushed back against criticism of the timing and manner of its presentation.

Stocks are edging lower in early trading on Wall Street on Wednesday, led by declines in mining and materials companies, giving back a modest increase from the day before. The declines were light but broad as the market continues a late-summer pattern of drifting between small gains and losses.

Once upon a time...Ginnifer Goodwin made a killing on her home sale.

The television and film actress has sold her home in the Whitley Heights area of Los Angeles for $1.675 million. That’s $276,000 over the asking price and $600 more than what Goodwin paid for the property seven years ago.

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The collision of three tractor-trailers on the southbound 710 Freeway in Long Beach snarled morning traffic for hours Wednesday as crews worked to remove the mangled big rigs.

Jimmy Feigen signed a statement for Rio police in which he omitted key facts about an early morning incident at a gas station involving U.S. swimming teammate Ryan Lochte and two others during the Olympics earlier this month.

In summer 1991, a small movie about a group of young Dubliners who form a band to play American soul music opened with little fanfare. “The Commitments,” directed by Alan Parker and based on the novel by Roddy Doyle, braved the likes of “Terminator 2: Judgement Day” and “Freddy’s Dead: The Final...

Most Bay Area venture capital firms keep an eye on local colleges so they can fund campus start-ups before they take off.

Orbitz flipped through its summer travel data for some insights on what’s hot, and what’s hotter, as Labor Day approaches. Among the findings of the online travel agency’s Insider Index:

Campaign 2016 updates: Donald Trump says 'there could certainly be a softening' on deportations Aug. 24, 2016, 7:24 a.m. Donald Trump heads to Tampa, Fla., Wednesday as questions linger about where he stands on deporting 11 million illegal immigrants - he said he may soften his approach, but his...

Campaign 2016 updates: Donald Trump says 'there could certainly be a softening' on deportations Aug. 24, 2016, 7:24 a.m. Donald Trump heads to Tampa, Fla., Wednesday as questions linger about where he stands on deporting 11 million illegal immigrants - he said he may soften his approach, but his...