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California passes landmark rules to curb auto emissions

Air Resources Board rules will require 15 percent of new vehicles sold statewide by 2025 to be electric, plug-in-hybrid or hydrogen-fuel-cell and are expected to dramatically cut tailpipe pollution from gasoline engines

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Alameda County weathers storm of cuts and realignment

Even in these tough times the county avoided layoffs and dipping into the $172 million reserve fund, District 1 Supervisor Scott Haggerty said during a State of the County address sponsored by the Fremont Chamber of Commerce at the Marriott Hotel.

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Suspect in SJSU dorm gropings arrested

The suspect is also a San Jose State student, but does not live in one of the campus residence halls.

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Anguished 4-year-old 49ers fan's video goes viral, gets team owner's attention

Video on YouTube shows child bawling over the 49ers' loss

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California's Catholic hierarchy takes stand against illegal-immigration dragnet

The Bay Area's biggest religious institution, the Catholic Church, is throwing its weight against a federal immigration dragnet that in the past two years deported more than 6,500 people from the region.

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Actress' claim to be gay by choice riles activists

Magazine interview with lesbian actress sets off backlash

State Supreme Court spurns Republican request to keep old maps

The state Supreme Court ruled Friday that Senate districts drawn by a citizens' panel must be used this year, even if the Republican Party's referendum to overturn the panel's maps gets enough signatures to reach the November ballot.

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Hercules father of five killed near Berkeley workplace

The man had just left his uncle's barbershop when he was gunned down.

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Citywise: Lease approved for historic Hayward airport site

Plans to renovate the Air National Guard site at the Hayward Executive Airport took wing this week, when the city approved a lease agreement that will include an upgrade of a historic hangar as well as a museum dedicated to the Tuskegee Airmen.

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Justice unit to probe mortgage-backed securities

Investment bundles triggered meltdown in financial sector

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North America boosts Ford in 4Q

DEARBORN, Mich. -- Ford has shown it can make money even with U.S. car sales at depressed levels. Now it needs to show it can manage myriad challenges outside its home region.

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Fourth-quarter economy grew slightly faster

Improvement considered OK but less than what's needed.

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PG&E fined $16.8 million for missed inspections

Pacific Gas and Electric Co.s failure to conduct required gas leak surveys on nearly 14 miles of its distribution system in eastern Contra Costa County - including one Danville neighborhood ignored for two decades -...

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Paul denies report that he approved newsletters

(01-27) 16:35 PST WASHINGTON, (AP) -- Republican presidential candidate Ron Paul on Friday flatly denied a Washington Post report that he was deeply involved in the company that produced provocative, racially charged...

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San Jose State student arrested in dorm gropings

A San Jose State University student who broke into four female students dorm rooms and groped them early Friday has been arrested, campus officials said. Michael Escobar, 21, is being held at Santa Clara County Jail on...

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Berkeley barber mourns slain nephew

Kenneth Warren gave his uncle a playful tap on the leg Thursday night as the two men finished a shift at Dons Headquarters barbershop in south Berkeley. Ill see you tomorrow, Uncle Donnie, Warren, 35, said before he...

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Oscar nominations: Surprises and snubs

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US cybersecurity efforts trigger privacy concerns

(01-27) 07:33 PST WASHINGTON (AP) -- The federal governments plan to expand computer security protections into critical parts of private industry is raising concerns that the move will threaten Americans civil...