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Jerry Brown Inserts Fuel Provision into Budget Bill

Gov. Jerry Brown has decided to avoid another legislative fight over his desire to cut petroleum use 50 percent by 2030, instead choosing to attain his goal by inserting a provision into the state budget.

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Mets Fans Angry Beyonce to Play Citi Field

After the New York Mets announced that Citi Field would feature a second concert by Beyonce in addition to the first one already scheduled, some Mets fans expressed their outrage, angry over Beyonce’s Super Bowl act that paid homage to the Black Panthers.

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North Korea Flew Satellite over Super Bowl

According to the editor of a North Korea tech blog, the rogue nation launched its Kwangmyongsong-4 satellite on Sunday, which flew a path over Levi’s Stadium roughly an hour after Super Bowl 50 ended.

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Gas Below $2 in California

In the Bay Area, gas prices have dropped under $2 a gallon–a low price not seen in years.

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Criminal Kicks Chihuahua–in Police Station

On Saturday morning, a 48-year-man with a lengthy criminal record chose an unusual place to abuse his dog: the lobby of the South Pasadena police station.

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Beyoncé Dancers: ‘Justice 4 Mario Woods’

Beyoncé’s Super Bowl backup dancers decided to make a political statement about the Mario Woods case after the Super Bowl, and paid tribute to the Black Panthers as the dancers posed for a video outside Levi’s Stadium.

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12 Arrested in Denver after Super Bowl Victory

On Sunday night, Denver police, better prepared for possible rioting than the last time the Broncos won the Super Bowl back in 1999, wound up arresting 12 people during postgame celebrations.

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Scandal! S.F. Actually Hands Illegal Alien to ICE

San Francisco police officers are being slammed for violating the city’s stringent “sanctuary city” policy by taking a car-theft victim wanted for deportation into custody and handing him over to federal immigration authorities.

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Democrat Ethics Chief Faces Ethics Lawsuit

A woman who formerly worked for Rep. Linda Sanchez (D-CA) is suing her, claiming that she was fired for reporting that Sanchez and her staffers were guilty of unethical and illegal conduct.

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X Games Legend Dave Mirra Dead at 41

On Thursday, Dave Mirra, 41, the BMX freestyle rider who held the record for the most X Games medals in history until it was broken by Bob Burnquist in 2013, was found dead in an apparent suicide.

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NFL Establishes ‘Rooney Rule’ for Women

NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell wants to burnish the image of his league by embracing feminism; promising an expansion of the 2003 “Rooney Rule” that required teams to consider minorities in their executive hiring to now include women.

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Out-of-Control Lexus Lands on Roof

It’s a bird! It’s a plane! No, it’s a car flying through the sky that landed atop a Palos Verdes Estates home on Wednesday.

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Man Sues California for Trashing Winning $63 Million Lottery Ticket

On Wednesday, a California man claiming he had submitted a missing, winning ticket to state lottery officials for a $63 million jackpot filed suit, asserting that officials had destroyed the evidence. Brandy Milliner’s suit, filed in Los Angeles County Superior

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LAPD Arrests Man for Impersonating Priest

On Tuesday, Erwin Mena, 59, was arrested by the Los Angeles Police Department (LAPD) for impersonating a Catholic priest–while allegedly swindling parishioners out of several thousands of dollars for years.

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Broncos Player in Prostitution Bust Sent Home from Super Bowl

If only Eugene Robinson, the former Atlanta Falcons safety, had spoken to the Denver Broncos instead of the Carolina Panthers, safety Ryan Murphy might not have been sent home for getting caught up, but not ultimately arrested, in a prostitution sting.

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6 Zika Cases in California in Last 3 Years

On Monday, California health officials admitted that six people in California who contracted the disease abroad have been diagnosed with the Zika virus since 2013.

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Aaron Hernandez Loves Tom Brady, Hates Bob Kraft

Former New England Patriots tight end Aaron Hernandez, spending a life sentence in Souza-Baranowski Correctional Center for murder, penned a vicious letter to a female pen pal in which he lauded Patriots quarterback Tom Brady but ripped owner Robert Kraft.

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Occupy Wall Street Supports Bernie Sanders

Members of the Occupy Wall Street movement have surfaced in Iowa in support of “democratic socialist” Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-VT) and his proposed “political revolution” in pursuit of the Democratic presidential nomination.

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CA Considers “All-Gender” Bathroom Bill

A new bill proposed by Assemblyman Phil Ting (D-San Francisco) AB 1732, would force businesses, government buildings and other public venues to stop identifying single-use restrooms as either male or female and identify themselves as “all-gender” instead.

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SF Police Must Take Anti-Intolerance Pledge

In response to perceived intolerance in the ranks of San Francisco police officers, officers will be asked to take a pledge promising they will not tolerate racism, sexism, or homophobic behavior and will report any evidence of such among their fellow officers.

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Virgin America CEO: Trump Could Defeat Hillary

Speaking in San Francisco Wednesday night, Virgin America CEO David Cush said he thought Donald Trump would defeat Hillary Clinton in a 2016 presidential race.

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