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This March 20, 2016, photo shows the Hart family of Woodland, Wash., at a Bernie Sanders rally in Vancouver, Wash.

National

Family In SUV May Have Intentionally Driven Off Cliff, Police Say

11:13am April 02, 2018

by Scott Neuman

Authorities believe the Hart family — two married women and six adopted children — was in the vehicle when it plunged off a cliff along California's scenic Highway 1.

Reacquired Volkswagen and Audi diesel cars sit in a desert graveyard near Victorville, Calif., on Wednesday. Volkswagen AG has paid more than $7.4 billion to buy back about 350,000 vehicles, the automaker said in a recent court filing.

National

Why 300,000 Volkswagens Are Being Stored In These Massive Auto Boneyards

6:33pm March 29, 2018

by Laurel Wamsley

Dramatic photos show thousands of the cars awaiting their fate. Volkswagen says it has paid more than $7.4 billion to buy back diesel cars in the U.S.

The city council in Los Alamitos, Calif., has given its preliminary approval to a measure exempting the city from a state law that limits cooperation between local police and federal immigration agents. Mayor Troy Edgar is seen here on Monday outside Los

Small City Moves To Opt Out Of California Sanctuary Law

3:15pm March 20, 2018

by Laurel Wamsley

Los Alamitos, an Orange County city of fewer than 12,000, is aligning itself with a harder line on immigration than the more liberal policies adopted elsewhere in the state.

Scientists are finding that, just as with secondhand smoke from tobacco, inhaling secondhand smoke from marijuana can make it harder for arteries to expand to allow a healthy flow of blood.

Are There Risks From Secondhand Marijuana Smoke? Early Science Says Yes

11:09pm March 19, 2018

by Marissa Ortega-Welch

Now that marijuana is legal in more than 20 states, we all may be exposed to more marijuana on the street. Researchers warn that secondhand smoke from pot poses risks to the heart, lungs and arteries.

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Wendy Root Askew with her husband Dominick Askew and their son. When the little boy (now 6) was born, Root Askew struggled with postpartum depression. She likes California's bill, she says, because it goes beyond mandatory screening; it would also require

Lawmakers Weigh Pros And Cons Of Mandatory Screening For Postpartum Depression

7:38am March 19, 2018

by April Dembosky

California's legislature will soon take up a bill requiring doctors to screen new mothers. Many doctors oppose the idea, and similar laws elsewhere haven't increased the number of moms treated.

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Vanessa Flores (right) embraces another woman Friday after she leaves the locked-down Veterans Home of California in Yountville, Calif., during a hostage situation. Law enforcement officers found a gunman and three hostages dead after a lengthy standoff.

National

Gunman, 3 Hostages Dead At Veterans Home North Of San Francisco

11:35pm March 09, 2018

by Christopher Dean Hopkins

The three women held hostage in the lengthy standoff Friday reportedly were employees of a mental health program operating out of the Napa, Calif., area home for elderly or disabled veterans.

The U.S. Capitol is seen here on March 7, 2018.

Politics & Government

Too Many Candidates? Democrats Grapple With Oversupply In Southern California

8:09am March 09, 2018

by Scott Detrow

A big, blue wave of candidates in California could actually wipe out Democrats' hope of winning a House majority by eliminating the party's chances flipping some key GOP seats in the state.

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Jacob Katz, with California Trout, says growing bugs in rice fields could be part of the solution for boosting salmon populations in rivers statewide.

A 'Floating Fillet': Rice Farmers Grow Bugs To Replenish California's Salmon

8:00am March 07, 2018

by Ezra David Romero

Insect-rich floodplain water once supported the threatened fish, but it has been diverted. The project's end goal is to improve the likelihood that Chinook survive the trek to the ocean and back.

An image from a dashboard camera provided by the California Highway Patrol shows a closed section of Interstate 80 at Donner Summit on Thursday, near Truckee, Calif. Parts of the Sierra Nevada remained under a blizzard warning on Friday.

National

East And West, Both Coasts Weather Major Winter Storms

5:18pm March 02, 2018

by Scott Neuman

A nor'easter pounded the East Coast Friday. In California, a storm likely will drop feet of snow in the mountains, but a threat of major mudslides seems to have passed.

Visitors walk toward Sleeping Beauty's Castle at Disneyland in Anaheim, Calif.

Economy

Some Disneyland Employees Struggle To Pay For Food, Shelter, Survey Finds

6:10pm February 28, 2018

by Merrit Kennedy

More than two-thirds of unionized workers at Disneyland in California tell surveyors that they are food insecure at the place advertised as the "happiest place on earth."