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18K California Nurses Have Decided to Go on Strike

Nov 10, 2014 8:18 AM CST

18K California Nurses Have Decided to Go on Strike

Nurses union says Kaiser Permanente hospitals unprepared for Ebola

(Newser) - Kaiser Permanente hospitals aren't ready for Ebola, say its nurses, and tomorrow 18,000 of them are set to begin a two-day strike over that and other issues. Their union claims Kaiser has "refused to address [their] concerns … about Ebola safety protocols and protective equipment, refusing even...

Body of Fox Exec Missing Since 2012 Found

Nov 6, 2014 1:11 PM CST

Body of Fox Exec Missing Since 2012 Found

Gavin Smith's remains discovered in Angeles National Forest last week

(Newser) - The worst fears of Gavin Smith's family have been confirmed. The body of the 20th Century Fox executive, who went missing on May 1, 2012, was discovered by hikers in California on Oct. 26 and has been positively identified as Smith's, the AP reports. The body was found...

Alleged Meth Smuggler Chooses Wrong Parking Lot

Nov 5, 2014 1:23 PM CST

Alleged Meth Smuggler Chooses Wrong Parking Lot

Sylvia Mashiah busted with 27 pounds of meth after parking in federal 'search' lot

(Newser) - You just had one job, suspected drug smuggler: to get across the US-Mexico border with 27 pounds of meth. And technically, Sylvia Mashiah allegedly did that—until she screwed it all up, according to Customs and Border Protection agents. The 33-year-old California woman allegedly drove up to the Otay Mesa...

Native American
Language Could
Soon Disappear

Nov 3, 2014 5:02 PM CST

Native American Language Could Soon Disappear

And California tribe members may very well want it that way

(Newser) - The Maidu are Native Americans residing in California, with estimates of just 4,000 people of Maidu descent still in existence, Encyclopaedia Britannica reports. In her article about the Maidu for the BBC , Caroline Davies visited a distant relative in the Maidu town of Taylorsville, a frontier village that houses...

Cops Make Arrests
in Halloween
Hit-and-Run

Nov 2, 2014 5:00 PM CST

Cops Make Arrests in Halloween Hit-and-Run

Neighbors mistook girls for dolls, they flew so far

(Newser) - Police today made multiple arrests in a Halloween hit-and-run that killed three teenage girls and left a California neighborhood reeling, the AP reports. Police in Santa Ana, Calif., gave no details on the arrests but had tracked the black Honda SUV to the registered owner's home. Meanwhile, about 70...

Wave Flips Fishing Boat,
Kills 4 Off Sonoma

Nov 2, 2014 5:56 AM CST

Wave Flips Fishing Boat, Kills 4 Off Sonoma

Boat overturns amid conditions reported as 'fairly decent'

(Newser) - A crabbing trip went horribly awry yesterday morning off the coast of California's Sonoma County, when a wave hit a fishing boat upon its return to Bodega Bay, flipping it over and killing four of those aboard. As the LA Times reports, a sheriff's helicopter plucked the lone...

Widower's Dinner Date:
Photo of Late Wife

Oct 30, 2014 10:46 AM CDT

Widower's Dinner Date: Photo of Late Wife

Man in viral photos is happy to talk to anyone who asks about love of his life

(Newser) - Determined not to forget his true love after her death five years ago, an elderly man has been bringing along a photo of her during his outings to a California burger joint. Multiple patrons have spotted the widower at an In-N-Out Burger, seated with a photo of his deceased wife...

Off-Duty Cop Finds $120K, Returns It to Owner

Oct 29, 2014 6:35 PM CDT

Off-Duty Cop Finds $120K, Returns It to Owner

She was driving home from work, found two bags on road

(Newser) - It could have been easy money. But when an off-duty sergeant with the California Highway Patrol found two bags stuffed with $120,000 in cash, she reported the find instead, reports UPI . The unidentified 20-year veteran says she had to swerve to avoid hitting the bank-deposit bags while driving in...

Cops: We Busted Crook.
Her Name Is 'Crook'

Oct 28, 2014 2:17 PM CDT

Cops: We Busted Crook. Her Name Is 'Crook'

Josephine Crook charged with stealing ladies' undies from Kohl's

(Newser) - Much like a guy named "John Pirate" probably shouldn't try to make a living terrorizing the high seas, someone with the surname "Crook" raises eyebrows when they turn to a life of crime. California cops say they arrested one Josephine Crook on Friday on suspicion of commercial...

Deputy Killed 26 Years
to the Day His Father Was

Oct 25, 2014 12:59 PM CDT

Deputy Killed 26 Years to the Day His Father Was

Both deputies died in the line of duty

(Newser) - The one-man rampage yesterday that left two California deputies dead has a sad side note: One of the deputies was killed 26 years to the day that his father, also a deputy, died in the line of duty, reports the Los Angeles Times . Placer County detective Michael David Davis Jr....

Fist-Sized Gold Nugget
Goes Up for Sale

Oct 23, 2014 9:42 AM CDT

Fist-Sized Gold Nugget Goes Up for Sale

Unidentified owner selling nugget found in Butte County in July

(Newser) - Is $11 million in rare gold coins too much for your pocketbook? Perhaps dealer Don Kagin can interest you in his newest treasure up for sale: a giant, 6.07-pound gold nugget. Found on public land in California's Butte County mountains this summer, the "Butte Nugget" is believed...

Lawyer:
Slain Mayor
Abused His
Wife for Years

Oct 22, 2014 1:14 PM CDT

Lawyer: Slain Mayor Abused His Wife for Years

Pics, voicemail show Levette Crespo endured violent marriage: lawyer

(Newser) - The wife accused of murdering the mayor of an LA County town last month is beginning to fill in some of the blanks in the fatal shooting of Daniel Crespo: Levette Crespo's attorney has given NBC4 photos that show Levette "about two years ago" with lacerated lips and...

Django Actress Charged
With Lewd Conduct

Oct 22, 2014 10:30 AM CDT

Django Actress Charged With Lewd Conduct

Daniele Watts and boyfriend Brian James Lucas could face $1K fine, 6 months in jail

(Newser) - Daniele Watts said racism drove LA police to handcuff her after she was caught "showing affection" toward her boyfriend in a car last month; one of the officers has said that was a lie and that the Django Unchained actress and Brian James Lucas were reported for having full-on...

Archaeologists Uncover
Giant Sphinx in Calif. Dunes

Archaeologists Uncover Giant Sphinx in Calif. Dunes

Cecil B. DeMille buried 'Ten Commandments' set in the Guadalupe-Nipomo Dunes

(Newser) - Archaeologists parted the sands in California to excavate one of the last remnants of old-time Hollywood: a giant plaster sphinx from the set of Cecil B. DeMille's The Ten Commandments. The director buried props from the epic movie (the 1923 silent black-and-white version, not the 1956 Charlton Heston blockbuster)...

Weak iPad Password May Have Saved Woman's Life

Oct 16, 2014 8:18 AM CDT

Weak iPad Password May Have Saved Woman's Life

'Tech geek' cop guessed it, allowing him to track Melissa Vasquez's iPhone

(Newser) - A California woman can credit her iPhone and a police force's "tech geek" with saving her life after a car crash left her stuck hundreds of feet down a ravine. Though OnStar alerted police that Melissa Vasquez's car was involved in a rollover accident Monday afternoon, the...

87-Year-Old Who
Doesn't Drive Gets
$1.5K in Tickets

Oct 15, 2014 2:04 PM CDT

87-Year-Old Who Doesn't Drive Gets $1.5K in Tickets

California's Joyce Silva doesn't even own the Acura that got ticketed

(Newser) - Joyce S. Silva of Manteca, Calif., doesn't drive, nor does she own a white Acura. So it's understandable why the 87-year-old woman with arthritis was scratching her head after receiving a total of 18 traffic tickets costing $1,475 for a white Acura, CBS Sacramento reports. For the...

California Drought
Perk: Better Wine

Oct 11, 2014 3:39 PM CDT

California Drought Perk: Better Wine

A vintage 'for the ages': winemaker

(Newser) - The long drought in California is, of course, bad news for most in the agriculture business—but winemakers are seeing some real benefits. The lack of rain is actually leading to some of the best wine Napa and Sonoma counties have seen in a while, the Wall Street Journal reports....

Hot Air Balloon
Proposal Goes
Quite Awry

Oct 6, 2014 11:18 AM CDT

Hot Air Balloon Proposal Goes Quite Awry

Balloon ends up in the ocean

(Newser) - A romantic ride in a hot air balloon turned into a rescue operation, with lifeguards and surfers saving three people after the basket dipped into the ocean off a Southern California beach. A man was proposing to his girlfriend during their sunset ride yesterday when the balloon drifted off course...

California Gets
Statewide Plastic Bag Ban

Oct 1, 2014 2:30 AM CDT

California Gets Statewide Plastic Bag Ban

Bag-makers say they want a referendum

(Newser) - After some will-he-or-won't-he speculation, California Gov. Jerry Brown has signed America's first statewide ban on single-use plastic bags into law . "This bill is a step in the right direction—it reduces the torrent of plastic polluting our beaches, parks, and even the vast ocean itself," the...

California Spells Out
When 'Yes Means Yes'

Sep 29, 2014 7:49 AM CDT

California Spells Out When 'Yes Means Yes'

Gov. Jerry Brown signs bill about sexual consent

(Newser) - A busy weekend for California Gov. Jerry Brown culminated in several signed bills designed to assist students across his state. Chief among the legislation is SB-967 , which seeks to combat sexual assault on campus by flipping the traditional "no means no" mantra on its head: Colleges and universities will...