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RIVERSIDE, Calif. (AP) — A Southern California exotic pet breeder who had 20,000 dead and dying rats and reptiles in a warehouse has avoided jail time but was ordered to pay more than $190,000 in restitution. Mitchell Steven Behm, 55,

Hip-hop star Chris Brown will stand trial on Monday for an alleged assault outside a trendy hotel in Washington. If convicted, Brown could face up to six months in jail and a $1,000 fine. Brown, 24, appeared in court Friday

Nissan announced Wednesday that it will be significantly expanding a program that provides free charging stations for new buyers of its Leaf electrical vehicle. Nissan is not building a new network of charging stations, rather it is partnering with several

Here’s an interesting idea: floating nuclear power plants, out in the ocean. You want your nuke plant far away from people? Out of sight, even?  Check. You want the plant to be safe from earthquakes? Check. Even tsunamis are much less of

The lawyer who defended California’s Proposition 8, the 2008 referendum defining marriage as being between a man and a woman, is now planning his daughter’s lesbian wedding, the Associated Press’s Julie Pace reports. “My daughter Ashley’s path in life has

On Thursday, April 17, known as Maundy Thursday or Holy Thursday on the 2014 Christian calendar, House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) and Pope Francis both participated in a foot-washing ritual, but apparently with very different goals. The pope stressed

The Associated Press reports that U.S. Customs and Border Protection has approved plans for “the nation’s first cross-border airport terminal.” The terminal, run by Otay Tijuana Venture, would include a pedestrian bridge connecting Tijuana, Mexico and San Diego, California. The company would

A 24-year old woman, identified as Kimchi Truong of Oakland, has died of a suspected overdose after attending the Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival in Indio last weekend, reports the Los Angeles Times. According to Sgt. Curt James of

Two Democratic Party candidates in the primary race for California’s 33rd congressional district in West Los Angeles have accused local party officials of using an arbitrary fundraising minimum to favor established insiders–then raising that minimum at the last moment to

The California Public Employees Retirement System (CalPERS) just admitted that the state-managed pension plan, that provides retirement for the state and almost 1,600 local government agencies, is 52% underfunded and will be forced to jack up taxpayer-funded contribution rates by about

Los Angeles Dodgers superstar Yasiel Puig was smuggled out of Cuba, and baseball officials and authorities are concerned that those who may have been threatening his life could also endanger his teammates and baseball fans.  Los Angeles Times columnist Bill

Reports that San Francisco quarterback Colin Kaepernick is being investigated for an incident that may have been sexual in nature may cost the star quarterback a huge payday.  According to NFL.com, the 49ers have put a hold on contract negotiations until

According to the FBI, William Bradford Bishop Jr., 77, who allegedly murdered his wife, mother, and three sons in Maryland in 1976 by beating them to death with a hammer, may be at large in Southern California.  The Los Angeles

Brad Cohen is the current leader of one of the nation’s oldest andlargest fraternities. SAE has 240 chapters nationwide with over 14,000members. Last month Cohen announced an abrupt end to one of the bestknown fraternity traditions, the pledge process prior

The Los Angeles Times reports that the entertainment industry is again out begging any state that will listen, including of course California, for more Reganomics. Tax cuts! Hollywood wants Big, fat slices of tax cuts! Tax cuts for the for

Billy Crystal and Ralph Lawler, an underrated announcer who had the impossible and unenviable task of announcing in city that belonged to Vin Scully and Chick Hearn, have been the Clippers’ biggest stars — and constants — until recently. The

The Los Angeles Times reports that on March 17th, the relatively new Perry Rubinstein Gallery in Hollywood filed for Chapter 7 bankruptcy, leaving a slew of upset creditors and unresolved lawsuits in its wake. According to papers filed in California

Shouts were reportedly heard from outside a closed-door San Diego Opera board of directors meeting that lasted four-and-a-half hours Thursday afternoon. In an eruption of emotions, some board members exited the meeting prematurely with anger, shouting and dramatic flair.  Members

On Wednesday, Gov. Jerry Brown of California, unused to dealing with the minority GOP faction in his state house, asked for a special session of the legislature to consider his proposal to create a rainy-day fund, the Sacramento Bee reports.  Brown

The landmark Proposition 13, passed in California in 1978, may be in for some revision. A whopping 69% of respondents surveyed in a new Field Poll state that they would approve reassessing business properties after they are sold or transferred, which

With Wall Street concerned that Disney’s sports network goliath, ESPN, may be negatively impacted from increasing operating costs and competition from Fox Sports 1, Disney CEO Bob Igor unleashed a barrage of upbeat statements about it during Thursday’s investor meeting

Maybe the reason California officials have such a tough time stopping their uncontrolled spending is that they don’t know how to spell “STOP,” reports local ABC News affiliate KGO.  While a city worker was painting traffic control commands on a road

The Associated Press reports that a man robbed a bank in the East Bay city of Hayward, CA wearing a t-shirt that said, “I Have Issues.”  According to the AP: Hayward Police Department Sgt. Eric Melendez said Thursday that the