Worm Wranglers to the Rescue: California Environmental Protection Agency Officials Have Turned to Some Unlikely Allies  
By Edie Lau, The Sacramento Bee, Calif. Nov. 26–In his office on the 22nd floor of the California Environmental Protection Agency building in downtown Sacramento, lawyer Erik Spiess is never alone — not even when his door is closed.
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Woman may be jailed for pot use 
Her California medical marijuana card will not protect a Hayward woman from going to jail for a marijuana charge in Washington state, the Washington State Supreme Court ruled Wednesday.
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Lawyer: Death of California Marine’s baby an accident 
Lawyer: Death of California Marine’s baby an accident
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Cop Shooting Video Raises Questions 
A grainy video that shows a sheriff’s deputy shoot a man who appears to be unarmed and obeying orders is raising questions with experts who say it is unclear if it tells the entire story of what transpired after a high-speed chase.
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NEW: Temporary ban extended on part of sex offender law 
SAN FRANCISCO - A federal judge in San Francisco said today he will extend a temporary halt on part of a sex offender control law while he considers what he called “a new and different position” from state attorneys on whether it is retroactive.
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Lawyer: Death of California Marine’s baby an accident 
FRESNO, Calif. The attorney for a Marine accused of murdering his infant son says his client admits some responsibility, but insists the death was accidental. Lawyer Ernest…
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`Tweens’ becoming teens quicker 
Zach Plante is close with his parents - he plays baseball with them and, on weekends, helps with work in the small vineyard they keep at their Northern California home.
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Landlords challenge zoning ordinance 
The constitutionality of a Milledgeville ordinance that limits the number of unrelated people who may live together in a single-family home has entered the heart of the debate about the new rule.
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