Storm grounds Reno flights; I-80 crash stalls cars
RENO, Nev. (AP) -- A winter storm with winds gusting to more than 80 mph Friday knocked out power for thousands of people in northern Nevada, grounded flights and kicked up dust storms that contributed to a fatal pile-up that shut down a stretch of U.S. Interstate 80....

Storm grounds Reno flights; I-80 crash stalls cars
RENO, Nev. (AP) -- A winter storm packing wind gusts more than 80 mph knocked out power to thousands of northern Nevadans, grounded flights and contributed to a fatal pile-up that shut down a stretch of U.S. Interstate 80....

LAPD arrests man for 1982 Koreatown killing
LOS ANGELES (AP) -- Los Angeles cold-case detectives have arrested a man charged with murdering a 65-year-old woman nearly three decades ago....

Teen pleads guilty in Border Patrol slaying
SAN DIEGO (AP) -- A 17-year-old Mexican immigrant has pleaded guilty in San Diego to murdering a Border Patrol agent who was shot eight times in July....

State AG's office launches probe into church scam
LOS ANGELES (AP) -- California is investigating whether 30 Southern California churches were bilked out of tens of thousands of dollars by companies that leased them computer equipment....

California unemployment rate hits 12.5 percent
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) -- California's unemployment rate rose to 12.5 percent in October to set another modern record, even though more than 25,000 Californians found jobs, the state Employment Development Department reported Friday....

LA-area fire suspect sent to mental institution
PASADENA, Calif. (AP) -- A homeless man charged with setting a small wildfire days before a massive blaze erupted in the Angeles National Forest has been sent to a mental institution....

UC Berkeley students protest student fee hike
BERKELEY, Calif. (AP) -- University of California Berkeley students protesting a 32 percent increase in student fees have barricaded themselves in part of a campus building....

Camp Pendleton Marines honor copter crash victims
CAMP PENDLETON, Calif. (AP) -- About 300 people gathered at Camp Pendleton's chapel to honor two Marines who were killed in a collision with a Coast Guard airplane off the San Diego coast....

Former California Assemblyman Nao Takasugi dies
SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) -- Former state Assemblyman Nao Takasugi (NAH'-oh tah-kah-SOO'-gee), who was sent to a Japanese internment camp during World War II, has died. He was 87....