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A Wildfire Is Heading For Lake Tahoe, Sending Ash Raining Down On Tourists
NPR - Wed Aug 25, 2021
SOUTH LAKE TAHOE, California — A California fire that gutted hundreds of homes advanced toward Lake Tahoe on Wednesday as thousands of firefighters tried to box in the flames and tourists who hoped to boat or swim were enveloped in a thick yellow haze of the nations worst air. More»

'Completely white': Ash, smoke fall on Tahoe Basin
San Francisco Gate - Fri Aug 6, 2021
Winds pushed smoke from Northern Californias Dixie Fire to the south Friday, choking the Lake Tahoe Basin with toxic air. More»

Six Earthquakes Rattle Lake Tahoe, Carson City and Reno in a Day
New York Times - Fri May 28, 2021
At least six earthquakes, including one with a preliminary magnitude of 4.2, shook the Lake Tahoe, Reno and Carson City area early on Friday, according to the US Geological Survey. More»

California Passes Bill To Expunge Old Marijuana Convictions
Huffington Post - Tue Aug 28, 2018
California lawmakers passed a bill Wednesday that provides a legal framework to wipe out previous marijuana convictions. More»

Ex-Cop Arrested in Golden State Killer Cold Case: Updated
WNBC-TV - Tue Apr 24, 2018
The FBI said the killer is responsible for approximately 45 rapes, 12 homicides, and multiple residential burglaries between 1976 and 1986 in San Francisco, Sacramento and Los Angeles area. More»

Stephon Clark: Police shot unarmed man '7 times in back'
BBC - Sun Apr 1, 2018
Stephon Clark was shot a total of eight times in the confrontation on the night of 18 March in Sacramento, California, said a forensic pathologist. More»

California Bans Indefinite Detentions
Huffington Post - Thu Oct 3, 2013
Governor Jerry Brown (D) signed a statewide ban on indefinite detentions into law Tuesday, prohibiting compliance with provisions of federal law. More»

5-Year-Old Handcuffed, Charged With Battery On Officer
KCRA-TV - Fri Dec 2, 2011
STOCKTON, California - Earlier this year, a Stockton student was handcuffed with zip ties on his hands and feet, forced to go to the hospital for a psychiatric evaluation and was charged with battery on a police officer. More»

Man Buys House With Cash, Bank Of America Tries To Foreclose
Sacramento Bee - Thu Jun 30, 2011
Kamal Sharma almost lost his house in a foreclosure auction the other day. More»

SoCal "Family Values" Senator Gets DUI Leaving Gay Bar
KTLA-TV - Fri Mar 5, 2010
SACRAMENTO, California - The county district attorney says Republican state Senator Roy Ashburns blood-alcohol level was .14 percent when he was arrested on suspicion of drunken driving after leaving Faces, a gay bar and nightclub. More»

Folding dealers shock car buyers with unpaid liens
Associated Press - Sun Feb 1, 2009
SACRAMENTO, California - The national wave of auto dealership closures has come crashing down on thousands of people who are on the hook for used-car loans that dealers were supposed to absolve. More»

Northern Calif. man dies after police use Tasers
Associated Press - Wed May 28, 2008
WOODLAND, California - A Woodland man has died after police officers fired on him with a Taser stun gun. More»

CA: Suspect Dies After Deputies Use Taser
KCRA-TV - Tue Aug 14, 2007
WATERFORD, California - A man died Wednesday after a Taser gun was used by authorities in Stanislaus County to subdue a robbery suspect. More»

Girl, 14, Quizzed by Secret Service About MySpace Anti-Bush page
Ananova - Mon Oct 16, 2006
A US girl of 14 was dragged out of class by Secret Service agents for calling President Bush an idiot on her MySpace page. More»

Fourth Taser death since June in Sacramento
Sacramento Bee - Fri Sep 23, 2005
SACRAMENTO, California - For the fourth time since June, a Sacramento-area man has died after being shocked by a law enforcement officer with a Taser stun gun. More»

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