Posted 7:26 AM 5/22/2013 by ASSOCIATED PRESS
LOS ANGELES (AP) - Workers at University of California hospitals around the state are picketing for a second day over staffing and pension issues. Hospital pharmacists, nursing assistants, operating room scrubs and other health care workers are observing the 48-hour walkout Wednesday (More)
Posted 5:46 AM 5/21/2013 by ASSOCIATED PRESS
LOS ANGELES (AP) - University of California medical center workers have begun a two-day strike that could involve thousands of employees and prompted postponement of some surgeries. A union representing some 13,000 pharmacists, nursing assistants and other workers struck at 4 (More)
Posted 11:21 PM 5/19/2013 by ASSOCIATED PRESS
SANTA CLARITA, Calif. (AP) - Crews continue to build containment lines around a wildfire burning for a fourth day in the hills and mountains around Interstate 5 north of Los Angeles. State fire officials say the blaze near Frazier Park along the border of Kern and Ventura counties is (More)
Posted 7:22 AM 5/17/2013 by ASSOCIATED PRESS
ORANGE, Calif. (AP) - A body has been found in a remote part of Orange County and authorities are trying to determine if it is a 36-year-old former Army sergeant who has been missing for the past two weeks. The body was found late Thursday in an unincorporated area near Modjeska (More)
Posted 6:55 AM 5/16/2013 by ASSOCIATED PRESS
FRAZIER PARK, Calif. (AP) - Cooler temperatures and lighter winds are helping hundreds of firefighters combat a 3,000-acre wildfire that has blackened rugged terrain in the Los Padres National Forest. The fire that broke out Wednesday quickly charred 3,000 acres of dry, thick trees (More)
Posted 7:10 AM 5/15/2013 by ASSOCIATED PRESS
SANTA ANA, Calif. (AP) - Two hikers lost for days in the Southern California wilderness won't be charged the $160,000 it took to find them. The Orange County Register reports county supervisors made that decision in closed session on Tuesday. Board of Supervisors Chairman Shawn (More)