... Sunnyvale, Calif., plans to lay off nearly 700 workers in its third round of job cuts in a little over a year. Other California-based employers, including Google Inc. and Northrop Grumman Corp., announced hundreds of layoffs each in March ...

... in octopus traps. It was a decidedly minor catch for decades and was only officially recognized as separate from other California shrimp in 1979 (a measly 38 tons that year brought fishermen only a bit more than $2 a pound). Back then, most ...

... to help fires, which were not burning in that easternmost corner of California. And no rain fell on most of the other California fires. The California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection said 288 blazes were still burning around the state ...

... Phillips says it's twice as much as the California Kiwifruit Commission received last year to develop new markets. Other California recipients of the bill include producers of wine, table grapes, prunes, walnuts and raisins. California produces ...

... inmates -- death-row inmates are classified as grades A or B, depending on their security risk and behavior with others, California Department of Corrections spokeswoman Terry Thornton said. All are handcuffed when transported from their cells ...

... they're interested in going off on their own with a California conference," Conroy said. "They might add a few other California schools." So New Mexico St., Idaho, Boise State, Utah State and North Texas are looking for other schools they ...

... key Gore aides, and he also shared a dais with Gore at a Washington speech where the two lavished praise on each other. California Gov. Gray Davis once again reiterated that he doesn't want the job, but governing the nation's largest state ...

... to get his marijuana. But he's had to look elsewhere since the federal government sued the cooperative and five other California pot clubs in 1998 to prevent them from distributing the drug. A federal judge sided with the government. But last ...

... September 1989, 101 churches in Bakersfield, Calif., built the second Life Chain with 7,500 participants. Soon other California cities followed. By February 1991, about 170 chains had been built nationwide in more than 40 states and in other ...

... and they have. San Francisco has banned Segways from sidewalks, though they are allowed on streets, and several other California cities are studying similar bans. The San Francisco action was based on the dangers that the scooter, with a 12 ...