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Amazon to California: Ditch Tax, Get 7K Jobs

State senate, local retailers hostile to offer

(Newser) - Amazon has got a tempting offer for California, which is battling the nation’s second-highest unemployment rate: If the state delays a new online sales tax for two years, the Internet retailer will bring 7,000 new jobs to the Golden State. Amazon would also halt its push for a...

Giant Waves Pound California Coast

Swimmer missing; smugglers' boat crashes

(Newser) - A high surf advisory is in effect until 5pm along the central California coast, as the damaging impact of the huge waves pounding the area comes to light: A body-boarder has gone missing, and a marijuana-smuggling boat crashed on shore, likely a victim of the powerful surf, the AP reports....

California Bill Would Require Benefits for Babysitters

...they'd get perks like lunch breaks

(Newser) - Ahh, babysitting: That rite of passage in which you get paid $3 an hour to take care of kids with no breaks, paid vacation, or worker’s comp. All that could soon change, however, if an Assembly bill quickly making its way through the California legislature becomes law. The measure,...

Yosemite Fire Scorches 5K Acres

Skies still blue over park despite huge blaze

(Newser) - After five days of hard work, firefighters are making good progress against a wildfire raging near Yosemite National Park. The fire—started when a propane tank on a motor home traveling on one the main roads into the park exploded—has burned more than 5,000 acres and forced the...

Sea Lion Bites Couple Off of Venice Beach

Lifeguards call it a first

(Newser) - A sea lion bit a pair of swimmers in Venice Beach last night, in what lifeguards say may be the first case of such an event occurring in the area. KTLA reports that a woman was bit on the leg around 6:30pm; her husband came to her aid, only...

Calif. Dream Act Takes Another Step

College aid for illegals passes panel, heads to legislature

(Newser) - A California state Senate panel has approved a measure that would allow illegal immigrant college students to receive public aid. The panel’s approval of the bill, the second part of a pair of bills known as the California Dream Act, means the measure will head to the full Senate...

95-Year-Old Survives 400 Bee Stings

'Most men would have died, but he's taking it in his stride'

(Newser) - An apparently indestructible 95-year-old man is doing well after being stung more than 400 times by a swarm of bees in Redondo Beach, California. Police say the man was walking near his home yesterday when he was attacked by the bees, which had been agitated by a fumigator trying to...

Heat Kills Tourist Couple in Joshua Tree Park

European couple dies after car becomes stuck on dirt road

(Newser) - Authorities in California have stepped up heat warnings after a couple died of exposure in Joshua Tree National Park. The bodies of Dutch music promoter Augustinus Van Hove, 44, and his German girlfriend, Helena Nuellett, 38, were found along a park road after a day in which temperatures soared as...

Burning Propane Tanker Threatens 5K Homes

Firefighters will drain it to prevent explosion

(Newser) - Firefighters took a bold step today to drain a burning propane tanker and prevent the rail car from blowing up as thousands of people were forced from their homes for a second day in the Sacramento suburb of Lincoln, California. Officials are trying to head off a potentially catastrophic failure...

East Coasters to West: Let Us Wallow in Terror, OK?

Let us keep feeling sorry for ourselves after earthquake: East Coasters

(Newser) - Dudes, get over yourselves. You East Coasters think you're all that with your 5.8 shakers, but we eat those for breakfast, man. Like, "welcome to our world," tweeted San Francisco traffic guy Sal Castaneda, representing a horde of more-earthquake-than-thou Californians. But as Gawker responded: "Hey,...

Plunging Hiker Is 15th Yosemite Death

Man slipped or jumped

(Newser) - Yet another hiker has fallen from a Yosemite peak, making him the 15th death in the national park this year. The unidentified climber plunged from Half Dome peak in the park, as did a woman last month . The body of the man, wearing hiking gear, was recovered yesterday. Witnesses reported...

Cop Shot in Dad's Deadly Attack on Family

Baby girl found killed in father's truck at Calif. home

(Newser) - A California cop is hit in the neck in a dramatic video of a shootout outside a family home where a suicidal father killed his baby daughter and mother-in-law, according to investigators. Police officer Jarred Slocum can be seen sprinting to safety, clutching his neck, before collapsing on an El...

Romney Quadrupling Size of Beach Mansion

Life's a beach: 6,500-square-foot pad 'not nearly big enough'

(Newser) - When the going gets tough some of the tough apparently quadruple the size of their mansions. That's what Mitt Romney is doing with his $12 million palatial California beachfront pad. He plans to bulldoze the 3,000-square-foot mansion and replace it with an 11,000-square-foot home. The Romneys want...

Capybara Rodent Roams Paso Robles, California

 California Water 
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California Water Worker Snaps Pics of Giant Rodent

Turns out to be a capybara, the world's biggest rodent

(Newser) - Turns out that a giant 100-pound rodent recently spotted in California is ... well, a giant 100-pound rodent. Called a capybara, it was photographed by a water treatment plant worker who posted the pics—which quickly went viral, the Los Angeles Times reports. "He seemed pretty content," said one...

Cops Using Math to Predict Crime

Algorithm anticipates where and when a crime might occur

(Newser) - Didn't anyone pay attention to how things went for Tom Cruise in Minority Report? Cops in Santa Cruz, California, are using a computer math algorithm to anticipate when and where crimes are most likely to be committed, reports ABC News . Based on earthquake prediction technology, the system uses years...

Meth Bust Turns Up Ripped Off Tombstones

Calif. tomb raiders puzzle cops

(Newser) - Police raiding a suspected meth lab 70 miles east of Los Angeles found the drugs and guns they were expecting, plus a surprise: Two dozen stolen granite tombstones. Police believe the home's residents ripped the tombstones from the ground in several local cemeteries, but they have no idea why....

Man Busted Trying to Break In to Prison

Marvin Ussery was paroled in 2009, but came back for more

(Newser) - Most inmates are trying to get out of prison, but authorities say they caught a California parolee trying to sneak back in. Marvin Ussery was spotted late Wednesday night scaling the 7-foot tall, barbed wire-topped fence that encircles a large wooded area behind the California State Prison in Sacramento, a...

How Rich Divorcées Do the Garage Sale

When a glamorous lifestyle takes a turn toward reality, cue the Divorcée Sale

(Newser) - When ordinary folks have unwanted stuff and a need for cash, they have a garage sale—but when a recently divorced socialite is in that situation, a simple garage sale just won't do. And thus we have Southern California's new trend: divorcée sales held in upscale hotels,...

Arnie Gives First Speech Since Scandal

And the tan former 'governator' gets a standing ovation

(Newser) - Arnold Schwarzenegger is making a comeback … for the second time? Or is it the third? We've lost track, but the former California governor made his first speech in the state yesterday since confirming in May that he fathered an out-of-wedlock son , the latest sign he's gradually maneuvering...

Dad Threatens Daughter's Boyfriend, Gets 7 Years

He hung up 'dead or alive' wanted posters

(Newser) - A California father who put a bounty on the head of his daughter's boyfriend has been sentenced to seven years and four months in prison. Domingos Oliveira—who put up "dead or alive" wanted posters offering a $3,000 reward for the body of the boyfriend, a registered...

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