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Five people were shot dead in a gunfight with Mexican police in the Sonora beach resort of Puerto Peñasco, or Rocky Point, early Wednesday.

Day 10 of the partial government shutdown brought a flurry of excitement -- enough to get Wall Street's animal spirits going as investors were optimistic that the U.S. might avoid a default.

Gov. Jerry Brown and Democratic legislative leaders announced Wednesday that they're supporting legislation to raise the minimum wage to $10 an hour by 2016.

As the June primary nears, candidates running for federal office in the 52nd and 51st Congressional Districts are drumming up support for their campaigns.

President Obama said Tuesday that he has told the Environmental Protection Agency to work with the Department of Transportation on a second round of regulations to improve the fuel efficiency of medium- and heavy-duty trucks. The goal: reduce the amount of greenhouse gas emissions they contribute to the environment.

Latinos make up nearly half of California’s 7 million uninsured population but Latino enrollment on the online Covered California web site has been dismal.

Now that the U.S. Supreme Court has ruled on two cases dealing with gay marriage, here's a look at how the debate has touched American life over the past four decades:

Efforts in San Diego County to restore Mexican gray wolves in the southwest are paying off. The California Wolf Center is also working to pave the way for the return of gray wolves to California.

South of Florida's Lake Okeechobee, hundreds of thousands of acres of sugar cane thrive in the heart of one of the world's largest wetlands. The Everglades stretches from the tip of the peninsula to central Florida, north of Lake Okeechobee.

The Senate’s immigration reform proposal offers a fast track to citizenship for agricultural workers so that they can “continue to do the vital work of growing and harvesting food.” A look at the dairy industry in Wisconsin, where at least half the workers are undocumented.