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By CHRISTOPHER WEBER Associated Press LOS ANGELES (AP) — California is making it easier for school districts to hire teachers and other employees…

By JOSH DUBOW AP Sports Writer STANFORD, Calif. (AP) — Harrison Ingram and Spencer Jones scored 21 points apiece and Stanford beat No. 5 Southern…

By DOUG FERGUSON AP Golf Writer KAPALUA, Hawaii (AP) — Adam Scott is no longer planning to play the Saudi International the same week as Pebble…

By BARBARA ORTUTAY AP Technology Writer A federal judge has ruled that the Federal Trade Commission’s revised antitrust suit against Meta,…

NEW YORK (AP) — MLS Cup champion New York City FC will cross the country for a “home” match in the CONCACAF Champions League. NYCFC plays Costa…

By WILL GRAVES AP Sports Writer American freestyle skier David Wise heads to the Winter Olympics eyeing a three-peat on the halfpipe. Wise won gold…

SAN DIEGO (AP) — Seven years after purchasing San Diego’s Saint Archer Brewery, Molson Coors has discontinued the brand and sold the brewery and…

CLACKAMAS, Ore. (AP) — A meat distributor based in Oregon, is recalling more than 28,300 pounds of ground beef because of concerns the meat may be…

SANTA CRUZ, Calif. (AP) — Authorities say a woman rear-ended a pickup truck on Highway 1 in Santa Cruz and after both vehicles pulled over to the…

By JOSH DUBOW AP Pro Football Writer SANTA CLARA, Calif. (AP) — Kyle Shanahan was a teenager watching on the sideline when the heated playoff…

By RONALD BLUM AP Sports Writer The head of the U.S. Soccer Federation says the unions for the women’s and men’s national teams have not…

By STEPHEN WHYNO AP Hockey Writer USA Hockey and Hockey Canada are eyeing several college players to play at the Olympics after the NHL decided not…

By KIM TONG-HYUNG Associated Press SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — South Korea and Japan say North Korea has fired what appeared to be a ballistic…

BARSTOW, Calif. (AP) — Gov. Gavin Newsom has ordered state Capitol flags to be flown at half-staff in honor of a Southern California firefighter…

By JOHN ANTCZAK Associated Press LOS ANGELES (AP) — Authorities say an off-duty Los Angeles police officer has been killed in a shootout with…

By LEANNE ITALIE Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Who will take your pet when you die? The question often doesn’t have an easy answer.…

By AARON BEARD AP Basketball Writer Defense has been a big factor in the Big 12 Conference’s standing with five AP Top 25 teams. The…

By DAN GREENSPAN Associated Press LOS ANGELES (AP) — Phillip Danault, Blake Lizotte and Adrian Kempe scored and the Los Angeles Kings defeated the…

By MICHAEL WAGAMAN Associated Press SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — Jarret Allen had 18 points and 17 rebounds, Darius Garland also had a double-double…

MALIBU, Calif. — Marcellus Earlington had 16 points off the bench to lift San Diego to a 72-62 win over Pepperdine. Jade’ Smith led the Waves…

By ADAM BEAM Associated Press SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — California Democrats have taken their first step toward creating a universal health care…

RANCHO CUCAMONGA, Calif. (AP) — Authorities say a man wanted by the U.S. Marshals Service was shot and killed Monday as he charged law enforcement…

SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — A California appellate court has ruled that two Los Angeles police officers were properly fired for playing Pokémon Go…

LOS ANGELES (AP) — UCLA quarterback Dorian Thompson-Robinson, who led the Pac-12 in total offense this season, will return for a fifth year with…

By JOE REEDY AP Sports Writer Brandon Staley vowed to be aggressive after being hired by the Los Angeles Chargers last January. The first-year coach…

SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — California Gov. Gavin Newsom is proposing a $286 billion budget. Newsom’s presentation Monday sets off months of…

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Michael Parks, who spent 25 years as a foreign correspondent and won a Pulitzer Prize for his reporting on the struggle to end…

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Betty White died from a stroke she had six days before her Dec. 31 death at age 99, according to her death certificate. The Los…

FOLSOM, Calif. (AP) — Authorities say two men serving life sentences in Northern California prisons are suspected of killing their cellmates over…

SAN DIEGO (AP) — San Diego police have shot and killed a robbery suspect they said he pulled a gun during a confrontation in an alley. It happened…

By HOWARD FENDRICH AP Tennis Writer Robert “Bob” Falkenburg, who won the 1948 Wimbledon men’s singles final at age 22, has died. He was 95.…

ANAHEIM, Calif. (AP) — Pittsburgh center Evgeni Malkin could make his season debut when the Penguins face the Anaheim Ducks. Coach Mike Sullivan…

By GREG BEACHAM AP Sports Writer LOS ANGELES (AP) — While the Rams shook hands with the 49ers on the field, a celebratory graphic blared from the…

By KEN RITTER Associated Press LAS VEGAS (AP) — A judge characterized two California men as criminal predators and a danger to the community as she…

By MICHAEL MAROT AP Sports Writer INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — Late Heisman Trophy winner Rashaan Salaam of Colorado and two-time runner-up Andrew Luck of…

MACON, Ga. (AP) — A Georgia mayor is urging an industrial development board to refuse to help a plastics recycling plant borrow money. Macon-Bibb…

By CHRISTOPHER WEBER Associated Press LOS ANGELES (AP) — Family, friends, civil rights activists and community members memorialized a 14-year-old…

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Southern California coach Lincoln Riley has confirmed his full coaching staff for his debut season with the Trojans. The 10-man…

By ADRIANA GOMEZ LICON and JENNIFER McDERMOTT Associated Press Health authorities around the U.S. are increasingly taking the extraordinary step of…

SANTA FE, N.M. (AP) — A damaged Georgia O’Keeffe painting is back on display after conservators spent 1,250 hours and $145,000 restoring the…

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — A 58-story luxury apartment building in San Francisco continues to sink and is tilting about 3 inches per year. The engineer…

By ANDREW DALTON and BRIAN MELLEY Associated Press LOS ANGELES (AP) — Robert Durst, the New York real estate heir sentenced to life in prison for…

STOCKTON, Calif. (AP) — Robert Durst, wealthy real estate heir convicted of murdering friend and suspected in other deaths, dies at…

SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — Gov. Gavin Newsom wants California to be first state to provide health coverage to all immigrants in country…

By AARON BEARD AP Basketball Writer Baylor is once again the unanimous No. 1 in The Associated Press men’s college basketball poll, and…

NEW YORK (AP) — POLL ALERT: Baylor remains unanimous No. 1 in AP Top 25; No. 5 USC reaches highest ranking since December…

By JOHN WAWROW AP Hockey Writer A person with direct knowledge of the decision tells The Associated Press that the NHL Players’ Association has…

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Police body-camera video shows a harrowing rescue in California, where a small plane crashed on railroad tracks shortly after…

By MICHELLE CHAPMAN AP Business Writer Take-Two Interactive, maker of Grand Theft Auto and Red Dead Redemption, is buying Zynga, maker of FarmVille…