California's Public Records Act came under assault last week in a cost-cutting move. Now lawmakers are split over restoring the law's funding, and it appears voters will have to decide who should pay to make public records available -- local governments or Sacramento.  
 
 
A Stockton man convicted of killing his 25-year-old girlfriend and stuffing her in a Pleasanton trash can was described Wednesday by one prosecutor as "the closest thing to a serial killer" he's seen in his career.  
 
 
California's new Salary Surfer website shows how much community college graduates make after they enter the workforce.  
 
 
 
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John Muir's tree may see new life through cloning

A dying sequoia was a seedling in the early 1880s when John Muir carried it home from the Sierra Nevada to his East Bay home in Martinez. Cloning may save its presence at the John Muir National Historic Site.

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A's lose 9-4 to Texas Rangers

The A's long streak of quality starting pitching may be beginning to fray. Coming into this week's series against the Rangers, the A's had gone 22 games without any starting pitcher having allowed more than four runs.

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Cassidy: Yep, workers hate their jobs, even -- gasp! -- in Silicon Valley

Gallup says 70 percent of workers hate their jobs or have pretty much checked out. Silicon Valley doesn't seem to fit the mold on the surface, but when I think about it for 33 seconds, the pollsters might have a point. 

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