California
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‘Rapist’ was written three times across the 30-year-old sidewalk tribute to the comedian as accusations of sex abuse proliferate
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Oregon officer withheld and destroyed evidence, nearly allowing confessed white supremacist mass murderers to go free and tainting image of local police
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Police order people living in flimsy tents and plywood shelters to clear out of largest US homeless camp or face arrest; social workers seek shelter for evacuees
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Five vehicles stuck during third straight day of rain in southern California but no injuries reported
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100 jobs to go in new ‘restructure’
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Kate Ravilious Fire and ice creators of Yosemite’s plains and canyons
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The San Diego rapper charged with conspiracy over an album reflecting gang culture is just the latest hip-hop artist to have his words used against him in court
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Los Angeles could see heaviest rainfall in two years but storm will make only minor dent in three-year drought
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Noe Iniguez sentenced to one year in jail after he was found guilty of posting topless photos of his ex-girlfriend on her employer’s Facebook page
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Pacific Coast highway near Malibu already blocked by downpour-induced mudflows from hillsides denuded of vegetation by earlier wildfires
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Matthew and Grace Huang had been held over adopted daughter’s death but were stopped at airport in Doha hours after court verdict clearing them
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Demonstrators disrupt suburban St Louis shopping for second day while NAACP organises 120-mile march to Missouri state capital
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Driven by the memory of his murdered daughter, Mike Reynolds says voters will come to regret reversing the tough ‘three strikes’ law he helped promote
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Ferguson protesters shut down St Louis Galleria mall while Walmart workers demonstrate on busiest shopping day
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After 338 arrests, chief praises LAPD’s ‘extreme restraint’ – but some demonstrators say they were held illegally
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Public defenders applaud ballot initiative’s passage this month after decades under harsh three-strikes law
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America’s job growth is a polite fiction. The fastest-growing jobs are part-time, low-paid, forcing workers to rely on food banks. We talked to some of the faces behind Black Friday
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In Los Angeles and Oakland, demonstrators took to the streets for a third night to show solidarity with the family of Michael Brown
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Demonstrations in more than 150 cities around country – from New York to Los Angeles via Ferguson – remain largely peaceful
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Unnamed 58-year-old fell on to moving car in San Francisco described as ‘a stubborn, strong man, and he is fighting for his life’
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Michael Hanline released from sentence for killing man in Ventura as prosecutors say ‘we don’t have confidence in the conviction at this point’
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Driver fatigue believed to be factor in crash on interstate highway that killed 33-year-old. It was tour bus’s second of the day
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State follows California, New York and New Hampshire over national pattern of increased reports of sexual offences
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Taylor Farms, the world’s largest supplier of ‘healthy, wholesome’ cut vegetables and salad, denies claims it threatened to call immigration officials to keep workers on ‘temporary’ status, exposing them to dangerous working conditions
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The man who was conscious at the scene of the accident was on the roof and not on a washing platform when he fell
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Settlement involving 82 students puts legal end to the saga that began when Miramonte Elementary School teacher Mark Berndt was arrested in 2012
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An Australian television reporter is hit in the head while recording a news item at Venice Beach in California
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Facebook rejects much-‘liked’ union’s petition detailing feudal treatment of drivers at the company’s headquarters in Menlo Park, California
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County sheriffs call in a helicopter to the scene as no injuries reported but a video appears to show school security officer punching a girl
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New DNA evidence contradicts prosecution case against Michael Hanline who is serving life without parole for killing JT McGarry
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The portable showers will be set up in a church parking lot and cost $30,000 a month, after wells in the Central Valley town started running dry early this year
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The 80-year-old would be allowed to wed in prison a 26-year-old woman who visits him and maintains several websites advocating for his innocence
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Heat and drought blamed for delay in famous annual migration from Pacific Ocean to inland spawning grounds
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Judge rebukes Javier Bolden for smiling during victim’s father’s statement; Bolden and Bryan Barnes shot University of Southern California pair in their car
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