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• Rare island fox rebounds on California island

  fox is on the verge of making a comeback from near-extinction on Santa Cruz Island, the largest of the Channel Islands off Southern California.Biologists and other officials with the National Parks Service and The Nature Conservancy on Monday showcased their   Read more »

• Study: Older Whooping Cough Vaccine More Effective

  before they were 2 years old were significantly less likely to become infected with whooping cough during a recent outbreak in California, compared to children who received all of their immunizations with the new vaccines, called the acellular vaccine. "Teens   Read more »

• Tim Lambesis, As I Lay Dying singer accused of murder-for-hire, altered by steroids, laywer says

  lawyer for a California heavy metal singer accused of trying to hire someone to kill his estranged wife says the singer's mind has been ravaged by steroid use.U-T San Diego reports that the detail came to light during a Friday hearing for 32-year-old Timothy   Read more »

• Feds: Bath salt shipping hub operated from Nyack hotel; Strak Babikyan, Haider Rabeh Al-Khafaji arrested

  allegedly using a Nyack hotel room as a shipping hub to forward so-called "bath salts" from senders in China to addresses in California, federal authorities said in a criminal complaint.Police and the FBI got wind of the operation after a U.S. Postal Service   Read more »

• Cops: 2 shot dead in house rented by Hofstra students

  police spokesman said four people were in the house, which is just south of the Hofstra campus and across the street from the California Avenue Elementary School, when a masked man, armed with a gun, forced his way into the home just after 2 a.m.One woman   Read more »

Around the web

• GED testing enters the computer age in California

  they're already living," said Ed Colby, spokesman for ACT Inc. "They're already used to tapping on tablet screens." More than 20% of California's adults — 5.5 million people — lack a high school diploma or a GED credential, and testing officials hope to appeal 18 m ago from Los Angeles Times Read more »

• The polls are closed—let the counting begin!

  government and public life for Southern California Wendy Greuel's campaign is settled at the Exchange in downtown L.A., to watch the evening's returns. Wendy Greuel is spending election night at The Exchange, a downtown club that opened in 1931 as the Los 29 m ago from Southern California Public Radio Read more »

• Super Bowl's return to California renews Chargers stadium talk

  by me. How could I not scour social media Tuesday to see what football fans, San Diegans and others thought of the news that California would finally host its first Super Bowl since the 2003 game was played in -- wait for it -- San Diego. You remember that 45 m ago from San Diego Union-Tribune Read more »

• Murrieta Water Main Breaks, Creating 20-Foot Sinkhole

  Water District said the pavement collapsed when a leaky air valve caused a water main to break and the asphalt to buckle at California Oaks Rd between Jackson and Monroe Ave. The incident took place early Tuesday morning. Officials said they were able to intervene 58 m ago from CBS Los Angeles Read more »

• Women's golf tied for 15th at NCAAs

  as the hilly Georgia golf course didn't yield many birdies for all teams. Former champions, San Jose State and Southern California lead the way after day one with a four-under (284), while SJSU also holds on to the individual leader, Regan De Guzman, who shot 5/21/13 from GatorSports.com Read more »