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Two suspects were arrested Friday morning in an incident police say is connected to a shooting Sunday that left one teenager dead and another injured.
Johnny Orosco, 22, and a 16-year-old were arrested on charges of assault with a deadly weapon, negligent discharge of a firearm and conspiracy stemming from the related incident, said Livingston police Sgt. Ray Fong. The juvenile has ties to a criminal street gang, Fong added.After the driest December in 22 years, and a January that was merely damp, California weather-watchers are hungry for any whiff of change in the air.
So when news seeped out that this winter's cursed La Niña conditions may at last be weakening, some of those eager observers began to pine for a repeat of the legendary "Miracle March" scenario of 1991 that helped California break a long drought.
Scattered around the globe, 24 elite surfers -- and thousands of surf fans -- are keenly aware that the infamous waves off Pillar Point at Half Moon Bay recently topped 30 feet.
With a chance of rain this weekend, conditions are not quite perfect for the Mavericks Invitational surf contest. When they are, those surfers will be summoned with 24 hours' notice to get to Half Moon Bay to ride Mavericks' legend-making waves.
Rodolfo "Rudy" Antonio Romero, who is accused of killing his schoolteacher wife, on Friday was found mentally competent to stand trial.
When most of us think about economic development hereabouts, we recite a familiar rosary. But in Delhi, a young minister is thinking about a bead on that economic rosary that's much more modest and basic: A thrift store.
WASHINGTON -- President Barack Obama expects the federal budget deficit to reach $1.33 trillion this year, administration officials said Friday evening, the fourth straight year of trillion-dollar deficits.
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Rodolfo "Rudy" Antonio Romero, who is accused of killing his schoolteacher wife, on Friday was found mentally competent to stand trial.
‘ Reporters Ameera Butt and Mike North are joined by Gateway Community Church Pastor Al Schaap and Prop. 8 opponent Jamie Shaw for a look at the most recent developments regarding California’s controversial gay marriage law.
dressbarn (NASDAQ:ASNA) said it is teaming up with the nonprofit organization, Dress for Success, to gather more than 60,000 articles of clothing, as part of its S.O.S. - Send One Suit – Weekend donation drive, March 1-4.
LIVINGSTON -- With a new police chief in place, Livingston officials expect their community's public safety to benefit from a man who spent several years working in law enforcement in the Bay Area.
WASHINGTON -- The House of Representatives on Tuesday approved a bill that would speed the disposal of surplus federal property, a mundane-sounding but potentially significant money saver that's also a notable freshman-year success for its California sponsor.
