Las Vegas Strip performer Danny Gans dead at 52 - Associated Press
KEN RITTER
(05-01) 21:55 PDT Las Vegas, NV (AP) -- Singer, actor and impressionist Danny Gans, a one-time minor league baseball player who spent more than a decade as one of the most popular entertainers in Las...

LA teachers union authorizes 1-day work stoppage - Associated Press
(05-01) 21:44 PDT Los Angeles, CA (AP) -- The union representing Los Angeles teachers on Friday approved a one-day work stoppage on May 15 to protest plans to lay off thousands of teachers and...

US gov. sues SoCal slaughterhouse over beef recall - Associated Press
DAISY NGUYEN
(05-01) 21:23 PDT Los Angeles, CA (AP) -- The federal government said Friday it is suing a Southern California slaughterhouse whose workers were caught on videotape abusing cattle, leading to the...

OC pastor dismissed after arrest for child porn - Associated Press
(05-01) 21:14 PDT Santa Ana, Calif. (AP) -- The senior pastor of a Santa Ana church has been dismissed following his arrest for investigation of possessing child pornography. Robert Bowman was...

San Diego County confirms 3 new cases of swine flu - Associated Press
(05-01) 21:11 PDT San Diego, CA (AP) -- San Diego County authorities say they confirmed three cases of swine flu, bringing the county's total to 11 since the outbreak began. Three public schools...

SoCal company recalls lead-contaminated candy - Associated Press
(05-01) 20:38 PDT CALEXICO, Calif. (AP) -- A food distribution company in Calexico is recalling candy imported from Mexico because it contains high levels of lead. King Midas Inc. said Friday it is...

'Big brother' bills debated in Nevada - Associated Press
CATHY BUSSEWITZ
(05-01) 20:09 PDT Carson City, Nev. (AP) -- In a state where citizens value small government and little intervention in their private lives, the Nevada Legislature is considering several bills that...

Anti-discrimination bill approved - Associated Press
(05-01) 19:47 PDT Carson City, Nev. (AP) -- A bill barring discrimination in Nevada based on sexual orientation won approval Friday in the Assembly Commerce and Labor Committee. The panel's vote...

LA judge orders widows' green card cases reopened - Associated Press
AMY TAXIN
(05-01) 19:39 PDT Los Angeles, CA (AP) -- A federal judge on Friday ordered the government to reopen the immigration cases of dozens of foreign widows whose American citizen spouses died before they...

Nevada budget hole gets deeper - Associated Press
BRENDAN RILEY
(05-01) 19:34 PDT Carson City, Nev. (AP) -- Nevada lawmakers trying to produce a balanced budget for the next two fiscal years were told Friday the existing tax structure will net them only $5.5...

Judge: SoCal teacher violated First Amendment - Associated Press
(05-01) 19:26 PDT Santa Ana, Calif. (AP) -- A federal judge has ruled that a Mission Viejo history teacher violated the First Amendment by telling students that creationism is "superstitious...

Trustee in Madoff scandal sues LA money manager - Associated Press
(05-01) 19:24 PDT New York, NY (AP) -- A court-appointed New York trustee is suing a Los Angeles money manager he says directed hundreds of millions of dollars in investments to financier Bernard...

3 more probable swine flu cases in Orange County - Associated Press
(05-01) 18:59 PDT Santa Ana, Calif. (AP) -- Orange County officials say they've identified three more probable cases of swine flu. That brings to five the total number of probable cases in Orange...

Immigration reform advocates march in California - Associated Press
AMY TAXIN
(05-01) 18:55 PDT Los Angeles, CA (AP) -- Several thousand immigration rights advocates marched in Los Angeles and hundreds gathered in the rain in San Francisco on Friday, but crowds in California...

Fire managers predict busy season in West - Associated Press
JESSIE L. BONNER
(05-01) 18:48 PDT Boise, Idaho (AP) -- Federal fire managers predict relentless drought and low snowpack in northern California will bring a busy wildfire season this summer, a troubling outlook for a...

Minor earthquake hits west of Los Angeles - Associated Press
(05-01) 18:36 PDT Malibu, Calif. (AP) -- A minor earthquake struck west of Los Angeles in the Santa Monica Mountains on Friday. No major injuries or damage were immediately reported. A preliminary...

Grants to study Japanese-American internment sites - Associated Press
(05-01) 18:31 PDT Honolulu, HI (AP) -- The National Park Service is hosting meetings next week about grants it will award to promote the study of World War II Japanese-American internment sites. The...

LA man sentenced for trying to drown pet Shih Tzu - Associated Press
(05-01) 18:12 PDT Los Angeles, CA (AP) -- A man who pleaded no contest to trying to drown his dog has been sentenced in Los Angeles Superior Court to five years of probation. Casey Purser was ordered...

Bomber's son takes plea in motorcycle theft case - Associated Press
(05-01) 17:43 PDT Las Vegas, NV (AP) -- The 26-year-old son of convicted Oklahoma City bombing coconspirator Terry Nichols has taken a plea deal and will avoid trial next week on a felony motorcycle...

Hundreds of dead birds wash up on Calif. beaches - Associated Press
(05-01) 17:22 PDT San Francisco, CA (AP) -- Wildlife officials say hundreds of dead sea birds are washing up on beaches from Marin to Monterey, and suspect a problem with their food supply may be to...

Calif. motorcyclist killed in crash in Lyon County - Associated Press
(05-01) 17:17 PDT Smith, Nev. (AP) -- A 68-year-old California man has been killed in a crash on a Nevada state highway in Lyon County. State trooper Chuck Allen says Wallace Moore Jr. of Santa Rosa...

LA police get new tips in serial killer probe - Associated Press
THOMAS WATKINS
(05-01) 17:05 PDT Los Angeles, CA (AP) -- Cold case detectives were flooded with calls Friday from members of the public claiming they or long-dead relatives were victims of a man police believe is a...

Judge to rule on motions in Reno murder case - Associated Press
SCOTT SONNER
(05-01) 17:02 PDT Reno, Nev. (AP) -- The Reno man accused of raping and killing a young woman and sexually assaulting two other college coeds told his boss he wanted to leave for a new job in...

Probable swine flu case shuts down Marin school - Associated Press
(05-01) 16:36 PDT San Rafael, Calif. (AP) -- Marin County officials have shut down a San Rafael elementary school and community center after a student was diagnosed with a probable case of swine flu...

Why swine flu numbers differ - Associated Press
(05-01) 16:34 PDT Los Angeles, CA (AP) -- How many confirmed cases of swine flu are in California? The answer depends on who you ask. The federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's Web site...

Kidnap survivor injured in Vallejo car crash - Associated Press
(05-01) 16:33 PDT Vallejo, Calif. (AP) -- A Vallejo girl who grabbed headlines in 2000 for her daring escape from a convicted pedophile and child killer has been seriously injured in a car crash...

Nevada lawmakers start 14th week - Associated Press
BRENDAN RILEY
(05-01) 16:16 PDT Carson City, Nev. (AP) -- With a vital revenue report in hand, Nevada legislators start the 14th week of the 2009 session on Monday with a joint meeting of Senate and Assembly budget...

Police: 2 SoCal teens considered campus shooting - Associated Press
THOMAS WATKINS
(05-01) 16:12 PDT Los Angeles, CA (AP) -- Police say two suburban high school students had a pair of loaded handguns, a spooky drawing depicting a killing and the intention of randomly shooting people...

Girl sentenced in San Jose high school stabbing - Associated Press
(05-01) 15:58 PDT San Jose, Calif. (AP) -- A 17-year-old girl has been sentenced to 18 years in prison for stabbing a classmate at a San Jose high school last year. Claudia Montalbo, who was 16 at the...