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In the closing days of the legislative year, California lawmakers sent Gov. Gavin Newsom a bill that is meant to toughen scrutiny of the state’s embattled fire insurer of last resort by insisting that two of their leaders join its governing committee.
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Emergency personnel searching for an 18-year-old man along the shoreline of Lake Murray for a second day discovered a body Friday afternoon. -
Los Angeles County prosecutors have charged a woman and man with kidnapping and murder in a scheme to steal babies. One baby in the case was found dead in Imperial Beach. -
A deputy investigating an emergency call in Olivenhain fatally shot a man who emerged from a home carrying a long-barreled gun, authorities said. -
A woman accused of masterminding a scheme to kidnap two babies — including one who was found dead in Imperial Beach — and pass them off as her own is a self-styled business mogul and motivational speaker. -
The Navy said that no evidence of an operational plan has been uncovered since a list of personnel — including four aboard a San Diego-based warship — was posted on a website believed to be friendly to the Islamic State. -
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Emergency personnel searched in and around Lake Murray Thursday for a man whose wallet, cell phone, backpack and pieces of clothing were found abandoned on the shore of the reservoir.
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Distractions — especially talking with passengers and using cellphones — play a far greater role in car crashes involving teen drivers than has been previously understood, according to compelling new evidence cited by safety researchers. -
Four people were arrested in connection with the kidnapping and death of a 3-week-old Long Beach girl whose body was found in an Imperial Beach trash bin. -
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