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Such waste: Two tries at composting with worms yields dead wigglers and an education

I killed Elmo and Slimey first, then the Wiggles. Before you dial 9-1-1, I did not bump off the Australian kiddie-pop band – or the Muppets. I did, however, knock off a slew of worms. I think that makes me a vermicidal maniac.

Schwarzenegger caught parking Porsche in red zone

Just weeks after California first lady Maria Shriver apologized for parking in a red zone, her husband appears to have violated the same law.

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Artist Paints Intuit, Aztec and Mexican Mythology

"The Inuit people believed that the Pleiades that we see in our skies is actually the polar bear followed by seven wolves, and that the snow they kick up becomes the Milky Way," De la Sota says, explaining each of the faint hieroglyphics seen throughout the painting.

Religious, homophobic hate surges in L.A. county

Partially fueled by the election of President Barack Obama and the statewide controversy over gay marriage, hate crimes based on sexual orientation shot up 21 percent in Los Angeles County last year, while religious crimes increased 14 percent, according to a county report releas …

Viewpoints: There's still time to specialize in happiness

My 14-year-old has discovered the Who, courtesy of the television show "CSI." From her iTunes playlist comes the question written by Roger Daltrey and put to music by Pete Townshend way back in 1978. Whoooo are you? Who? Who? Who? Who?

Judge to feds: She's our employee, stay out of it - Latest News - sacbee.com

SAN FRANCISCO -- For the second time in two days, a federal judge has ruled that the government can't refuse to authorize health coverage for the same-sex spouse of a court employee.

UC regents approve fee increase

As University of California regents approved a 32 percent fee increase today, UC Irvine students began to describe the impact the fee will have on their education.

Judge rules same-sex couple must be repaid after denial of benefits

A judge ruled Wednesday an assistant federal public defender's spouse must be compensated for health care benefits withheld since July 2008 because the couple are gay.

Showdown over medical marijuana heads to court - San Diego, California News Station - KFMB Channel 8 - cbs8.com

Medical marijuana manager goes to trial over allegations of selling pot illegally to undercover police officer...

Water still divides the state

Years ago, pundits and pols began redrawing the California political map with an east-west divide, erasing the historic north-south split. Now they can partition it north-south again, at least in mapping the reignited water war.

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