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California lawmakers, state officials to receive 5 percent pay hikes

Citizens Compensation Committee member John Stites, center, cast the only no vote on restoring last year's 5 percent cut in the pay of California lawmakers and constitutional officials. The panel also restored part of a cut in officeholders' medical benefits.

Gov. Jerry Brown received an $8,699 pay increase Wednesday. 1 hour ago

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Actor James Gandolfini dies in Italy at age 51

James Gandolfini's lumbering, brutish mob boss with the tortured psyche will endure as one of TV's indelible characters.
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Actor James Gandolfini dies in Italy at age 51

James Gandolfini, whose portrayal of a brutal, emotionally delicate crime boss in HBO's "The Sopranos" was the brilliant center of one of TV's greatest drama series and turned the mobster stereotype on its head, died Wednesday in Italy. He was 51.
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Legislature creates confusion over records bill

The Legislature's Democratic leaders on Wednesday pledged to address a budget bill that threatens public access to information held by local governments, but to do so in different ways.
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Panel restores some pay for lawmakers, governor

California lawmakers will get a pay raise of nearly $5,000 this year while the governor will see an increase of nearly $9,000 after a citizens' panel voted Wednesday to restore some of the cuts it made during the recession.
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One of US FBI's most wanted nabbed in Mexico

Mexican authorities have arrested a former University of Southern California professor who was on the FBI's Ten Most Wanted Fugitives list in the resort city of Playa del Carmen.
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Homes evacuated as wildfire flares near Denver

Dozens of homes were evacuated near Denver as a wind-driven wildfire flared, one of many in the western states where hot and windy conditions were making it easy for the wild land blazes to start and spread.
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Legislature plots new course following Public Records Act controversy

Gov. Jerry Brown and Senate leaders appeared Wednesday to reject an Assembly proposal to uphold key provisions of the California Public Records Act, instead saying the issue should go before voters as a constitutional amendment next year.

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UC Davis professor earns prestigious prize for environmental work

UC Davis professor Daniel Sperling, one of the nation's most influential transportation thinkers and policymakers, is the recipient of the 2013 Blue Planet Prize, sometime called the Nobel Prize for environmental science.

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California appeals court overturns governor, orders parole for baby killer

A state appellate court, brushing aside Gov. Jerry Brown's decision to keep Yolo County baby killer Chris Michael Fowler in prison, has ordered him released on parole.

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They're making a happy meal

Assemblyman Brian Dahle, R-Bieber, left, shares a laugh with Assembly Majority Leader Toni Atkins, D-San Diego, in a competition Wednesday at the Sheraton Grand in Sacramento.

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