FRESNO COUNTY, CA - According to the U.S. Geological Survey, a preliminary 2.3 magnitude quake shook close to Avenal on Friday around midday. The tremor struck the area at 1:55 p.m. It occurred at a ...

Kamiali Abdulsalam, Kami for short, has already been in the kitchen for several hours baking a batch of 100 sugar cookies when he pulls out chilled dough for another round — which will be cut into the ...

VACAVILLE, Calif. (AP) — Kamiali Abdulsalam, Kami for short, has already been in the kitchen for several hours baking a batch of 100 sugar cookies when he pulls out chilled dough for another round — ...

California’s troubled Employment Development Department squandered millions on cell phone plans for devices that were shoved in closets and left unused, according to an investigation released Friday.

Patients at the Central Coast’s Atascadero State Hospital walk the halls in 2006. Due to COVID, patients have at times been confined to their units, but still mingle in bathrooms, the dining hall and ...

A California man who was sentenced to six years in prison for a rape he did not commit has been exonerated after 40 years. On Nov. 8, 1982, a young woman was riding her bicycle in Simi Valley when she ...

The state’s Employment Development Department wasted at least $4.6 million buying more than 6,200 cellphones amid the COVID-19 pandemic that the department didn’t use for months, the California State ...

When Ballard High School in Louisville, Ky., restricted the use of cellphones, principal Jason Neuss expected student interaction to improve. He also hoped students would engage more with their ...

Joran Van der Sloot, the man who murdered Natalee Holloway, reportedly attempted suicide in prison on Saturday, December 13. The convicted killer — who is currently serving his 28-year prison sentence ...

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