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San Diego State students in drug bust face long sentences
Friday, May 9, 2008
An honors student pleaded not guilty Thursday to charges that he sold cocaine in an undercover operation that culminated in massive drug busts at San Diego State University. Full story »
State Briefs: May 9
Friday, May 9, 2008
The state Attorney General's Office is appealing a federal ruling that barred the state from seeking payments from an American Indian tribe in exchange for allowing the tribe to add slot machines at its casino. Full story »
Developer preserving expanse of Tejon land
Friday, May 9, 2008
A vast expanse of California landscape north of Los Angeles would be preserved as wilderness under an agreement in which five major conservation groups will not oppose plans to build thousands of homes and develop commercial areas on other parts of sprawling Tejon Ranch. Full story »
Next UC president: homey image on a hefty mission
Friday, May 9, 2008
The first University of California president to be hired from outside the system since 1899, Mark Yudof does not fit the regal profile of past UC leaders. Full story »
State Briefs: May 8
Thursday, May 8, 2008
Agents use informants to take down drug culture
Thursday, May 8, 2008
SAN DIEGO — Undercover agents who posed as college students to bust more than 100 suspected drug dealers at San Diego State University never had to crack a book to gain acceptance on campus; all it took was cash.
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McClintock's foe making residence an election issue
Wednesday, May 7, 2008
During the great gubernatorial recall campaign of 2003, state Sen. Tom McClintock made a statewide name for himself by evoking his nostalgic vision for a return to California's Golden Age. He talked often about the home in Thousand Oaks his parents purchased in 1965.
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State Briefs: May 7
Wednesday, May 7, 2008
In one of his last acts as Assembly speaker, Fabian Nuñez on Tuesday proposed legislation to strip lawmakers of the power to draw their districts as a rival measure backed by Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger appeared to be headed for the November ballot. Full story »
Diet coach hired to arrest police officer obesity
Wednesday, May 7, 2008
Rana Parker tells pudgy police that they have the right to remain chubby, but it can and will be used against them on the streets of Los Angeles. Full story »
Drug-dealing probe at college nets 96 arrests
Wednesday, May 7, 2008
When a 19-year-old freshman sorority member died a year ago from a cocaine overdose at San Diego State University, campus investigators set out to find out who was dealing drugs to their 34,000 students. Full story »
Nation's honeybees dying at alarming rate
Wednesday, May 7, 2008
The first survey of bee health this year revealed a grim picture, with 36.1 percent of the nation's commercially managed hives collapsing — a 13.5 percent increase over 2007. Full story »
Boomers aim for brain fitness
Wednesday, May 7, 2008
Tens of millions of baby boomers are encountering the signs, by turns amusing and disconcerting, that accompany the decline of the brain's acuity: a good friend's name suddenly vanishing from memory; a frantic search for eyeglasses only to find them atop the head; milk taken from the refrigerator then put away in a cupboard. Full story »
State Briefs: May 6
Tuesday, May 6, 2008
The California Supreme Court threw out the death sentence of a convicted murderer Monday, ruling that Los Angeles County prosecutors failed to disclose a murder confession by a key witness who testified against the defendant. Full story »
Suspects sought in seal deaths
Tuesday, May 6, 2008
Wildlife investigators are searching for suspects in the shooting deaths this weekend of three elephant seals near San Simeon, an attack that may be connected to the shooting of six sea lions in Oregon along the Columbia River. Full story »
Gay, lesbian students rally over safety on campuses
Tuesday, May 6, 2008
Rick Griswold, a high school senior in a small town west of Fresno, used to wear makeup to school, an act that he says helped him to express his identity. He suffered harassment as a consequence, went to teachers for help and got none. Full story »
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