Merced Sun-Star

Associated Press Writer

A state panel voted Tuesday to pay the Nevada Highway Patrol's top female trooper $480,000 to settle a federal civil rights case alleging sexual harassment and misconduct by former patrol officials.

The Board of Examiners, chaired by Gov. Jim Gibbons, approved the payment to Capt. Jacquelyn Sandage, who filed a lawsuit in U.S. District Court in late 2006 alleging sexual harassment, hostile work environment, retaliation and other claims.

The Associated Press

A Maricopa police officer has pleaded not guilty to 12 counts of having sex with several minors in Kings County.

Thirty-year-old Garry Ferguson was arrested May 3 in Bakersfield and is being held on $500,000 bail.

The Associated Press

A wildfire burned through thick chaparral on towering Mount Baldy in the Angeles National Forest on Tuesday, prompting an evacuation order covering a handful of homes in a remote canyon.

The fire had burned 30 to 35 acres of brush, Los Angeles County fire Inspector Sam Padilla said.

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