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By Chris Richard Health activists call for a new push focusing on allergens such as black mold and cockroach waste that they hold partially to blame for high asthma rates among children in some of the city’s poorest neighborhoods.

The exploding number of older adults in the United States – over 8,000 people turn 65 each day according to the U.S. Census Bureau – means Baby Boomers are staring into a terrifying abyss as a faltering economy wreaks havoc with retirement funds an...

ROSEVILLE–

Roseville Police officers took part in training exercises at several school campuses Tuesday so they could better respond to shooting incidents.  An important goal was to get officers accustomed to the layout of the schools where they were training.…

HOLLYWOOD, Calif. (KTLA) — A man killed Tuesday in a fiery car crash in Hollywood was journalist Michael Hastings, his employer said.

The wreck happened near the intersection of Highland and Melrose avenues around 4:15 a.m., according to LAPD Officer …

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A “rainbow” around the sun seemed to have gotten everyone’s attention Tuesday afternoon throughout the Sacramento Valley.

Apparently, the sight is caused by light reflecting through ice crystals inside high, thin cirrus clouds tens of thousands of feet …

Digital have-nots in very rural or remote locations in New Zealand, Africa, South America and Australia, take heart!  Google has been experimenting with a technology that uses high altitude balloons... Read more »

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MARIPOSA COUNTY-

The Carstens Fire, burning less than 40 miles from the Yosemite National Park, has burned about 1,600 acres, according to Cal Fire.

Twenty-two firefighters from Sacramento County arrived at the fire Tuesday morning, and are said to be …

WASHINGTON, June 17, 2013 - This morning, the Consumer Federation of America (CFA) released a report demonstrating that children from low-income families are at greater risk for unintentional injuries and foodborne illnesses than children from higher-i...

June 17, 2013 - Search efforts have continued for 53 year old, Lawrence Conn from Pacific Palisades who went missing last October during one of winter's first snow storms. Conn failed to return from his solo hiking/camping trip into Sequoia National Pa...

By Genevieve Bookwalter Last fall, California listed acupuncture as an essential benefit that insurers must include in new plans when the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, known informally as Obamacare, takes effect Jan. 1. Like clinics an...