Three police officers in the Portland, Ore. suburb of Beaverton went the extra mile for a hamster found riding in...
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The eastern New Mexico town of Portales is preparing for its 39th annual peanut festival this weekend. But the festivities...
A building permit consultant in California has been hired as San Francisco’s first earthquake safety czar. The San Francisco Chronicle...
Edgewood Partners Insurance Center named Joe Dunn vice president of workers’ compensation claims in its Fresno, Calif. office. Dunn will...
The city of Fresno, Calif., will be the first municipality in the United States to see whether “social impact bonds,”...
A day before more than 9 million people in California took part in a massive nationwide earthquake drill on Thursday,...
A judge has dismissed a widow’s lawsuit against the federal government over her husband’s death in a mountain goat attack...
Conservation groups are suing California’s oil and gas drilling regulators over hydraulic fracturing, charging officials with failing to properly study...
California regulators are investigating reports that CVS Caremark Corp. refilled prescriptions without patient consent, or insurance approval. The Los Angeles...
A law firm that helped reach an $816 million settlement for first-responders to the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks has filed...