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Django Unchained actor Danièle Watts charged with lewd conduct

21 Oct 2014: Danièle Watts and chef Brian Lucas accused of having sex in a car outside CBS studios in LA after high-profile arrest that prompted accusations of racism
Man rescues resident from burning home in California

20 Oct 2014: Witness says ‘I was so relieved, I just wanted to cry’ after unidentified man carries trapped victim out of blaze
Weatherwatch: The greatest droughts in a thousand years

19 Oct 2014: Kate Ravilious on a study showing that California’s current crippling three-year drought may be caused by the same atmospheric conditions as triggered the “Dust Bowl” of the 1930s
Mystery of the Hollywood sphinx: dig unearths Cecil B DeMille's lost treasures

19 Oct 2014: Archaeologists in California close to uncovering plasterwork sphinx left on a beach after filming of The Ten Commandments
Alleged fraudster accused of plotting to kill witnesses is 'Steve Jobs-like figure'

18 Oct 2014: Lawyer says California man Charles Wondo, allegedly had hit list of nine witnesses, like Jobs, ‘didn’t make a lot of friends’
Release of thousands of immigrants a threat to public safety, officials say

17 Oct 2014: Local law enforcement agencies at odds with federal officials and claim ‘detainers’ breed distrust in communities and are in violation of the law
Secret space plane lands at US air force base after unknown two-year mission

17 Oct 2014: Resembling a small space shuttle, the X-37B landed in southern California after 674 days in orbit on a secret mission
Missing parrot turns up minus British accent and speaking Spanish

17 Oct 2014: Bird rediscovered after four-year absence in California but original owner lets parrot stay with adoptive family
Malibu divided over claims of toxic chemicals in public schools

17 Oct 2014: In star-studded LA outpost, one side suspects corruption and cover-up while the other sees only needless rabble-rousing
Dogged by troubled iPad scheme, Los Angeles schools chief resigns

16 Oct 2014: John Deasy had clashed with union and faced questions over iPad scheme and will be replaced by former superintendent Ray Cortines
California city rejects shelter for unaccompanied child migrants

16 Oct 2014: Nonprofit group wanted to convert former nursing home but Escondido city council votes 4-1 against new facility
California's drought creates an unexpected casualty: sports

16 Oct 2014: As a result of the recent California drought, schools struggle to provide outdoor sports for students
California school settles transgender student discrimination claim

15 Oct 2014: Student filed complaint in elementary school, having been diagnosed with gender dysphoria before starting kindergarten
Supreme court backs California's foie gras ban

14 Oct 2014: Restaurants and producers fail in challenge to law banning force-feeding to enlarge bird’s liver
Menacing clowns cause a stir in California

12 Oct 2014: Latest sighting of clown holding a gun comes after numerous calls to police about scary or mischievous clowns