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LOS ANGELES - Wildfires near Los Angeles are close enough for Southern California Edison workers to keep a watchful eye on high-voltage powerlines, but through Friday morning only about 1,000 customers were without power, a spokesman for the utility said.

Jaycee Lee Dugard,29, reunited with her mother, sister and another relative on Thursday after her family had struggled 18 years without knowing if they would see her alive again.

The Great California Garage Sale is happening Friday August 28 and Saturday August 29, an effort from California's government to sell surplus and unclaimed property at a warehouse in Sacramento.

Toyota Motor Corp will end production at a California plant it has shared with General Motors for 25 years, prompting regret and criticism from labor and politicians facing more job losses in an industry and a state pummeled by recession.

A free birthday bash for the public celebration of Michael Jackson's birthday will be held on Saturday and is expected to draw a crowd of more than 10,000, the New York Times reported.

Swine flu infected 14 times as many children as adults over 60 in Chicago, city health department officials reported on Thursday in one of the first detailed looks at the new pandemic virus.

California police in a press conference on Wednesday revealed a detail timeline of the events surrounding the murder playboy model and suicide of Ryan Jenkins.

Phillip Garrido, 58 the kidnapper of Jaycee Lee Dugard, 29 who kept her isolated for 18 years, asked people to wait for the entire story at what happened at the house before making judgments, during an interview with KCRA3 Thursday night.

California police said blood stains were found inside the abandoned Mercedes belonging to Jasmine Fiore on Wednesday in a press conference where a detailed timeline of the events was revealed.

A California girl who was kidnapped at the age of 11 in 1991 has been found alive, having spent 18 years living in sheds and tents behind the home of her accused abductor, a convicted rapist who fathered two children with her, police said on Thursday.

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Jaycee Lee Dugard, 29, lived captive in a backyard for almost two decades, separated from her family and gave birth at age 14 to the first child with her kidnapper, Phillip Garrido, 58.

Toyota Motor Corp has decided to end production at a California plant it has shared with General Motors for 25 years, industry sources said on Thursday.

Actress Lindsay Lohan is pictured in this police booking photograph released July 24, 2007. California officials, on August 23, 2007, charged Lohan with seven misdemeanor counts of cocaine possession, drunken driving and reckless driving stemming from two arrests.

The U.S. economy shrank less than expected in the second quarter, despite a record drop in inventories, and fewer workers filed new claims for jobless benefits last week, a sign the economy was starting to heal.

Jaycee Lee Dugard, who was kidnapped 18 years ago at age 11, was found alive and well and police has contacted her family to arrange a meeting.

A little girl kidnapped in 1991 from South Lake Tahoe has been found alive and in good health in Concord, California, according to the CBS News report.

PG&E Corp's (PCG.N) 1,150-megawatt Diablo Canyon 2 nuclear power unit in California was at 77 percent power early Thursday, down from full power on Wednesday, the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission said in its power reactor status report.

The missing Mercedes belonging to murdered model, Jasmine Fiore, has been located and confirmed by the Buena Park police department that it is definitely her car according to reports from TMZ.

We all know someone who has done it - hopped in the car, filled up the tank and took off on an epic road trip of days, weeks, or even months spent cruising the roads of America.

Two men who worked for Michael Jackson and were at his house the day the pop star died want to be interviewed by the Los Angeles Police Department to contribute to the singer's death probe, the L.A. Times reported.