Fast-moving technology and slow-moving bureaucracies may stop them from ever becoming widely adopted, but electronic license plates aren’t as far-fetched as they might sound
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Firefighters ‘Stop’ 3,700 Acre Blaze in Northern California
The flames leapt up the face of Mount Diablo on Monday, engulfing it in a plume of smoke
California Counters National Abortion Trend
As many states crack down on the procedure, a new bill may expand access
Police Still Unclear on Motive Behind Deadly Orange County, Calif. Shootings
A chaotic shooting spree through Orange County, Calif. left four dead, including the gunman, Tuesday morning, police say.
Charred Remains Discovered in Cabin, Believed to be Fugitive Ex-Cop
Police are hoping the discovery of a burned corpse in a remote cabin in the California woods will put an end to a weeklong saga that has claimed four lives.
Million-Dollar Manhunt: Los Angeles Search Seems to be Over for Fugitive Ex-Cop
The police have said that charred remains have been found in the rubble of a burnt-down cabin where murder suspect Christophe Dorner had been hiding. “We have reason to believe that it is him,” San Bernardino County sheriff’s …
Suspected L.A. Gunman Calls Killing Spree His ‘Last Resort’ in Online Manifesto
Considered “armed and dangerous,” Christopher Jordan Dorner writes in an online posting that he is justified in targeting his former colleagues in the Los Angeles Police Department and their families.
California Saves Its Schools: Can the State Now Save Itself?
Voters in the Golden State have averted disaster, and now, with Democrats holding a rare supermajority, politicians have a window of opportunity to end the fiscal crisis for good
Harvesting Labor Rights: Chavez’s UFW At 50
On September 30, 1962, legendary Chicano civil rights activist Cesar Chavez founded what would become the United Farm Workers of America—and with migrant labor a focus of the U.S. political debate, the UFW’s 50th anniversary is …
Crimes and Misdemeanors: Why a DUI Charge Isn’t Detouring a Rising Catholic Church Star
The new archbishop of San Francisco is contrite and popular — and he was driving his mother home