Grandma gets 8 years for kidnapping to fulfill her fake pregnancy

Ericka Gallego, 60, took her son's baby from Knightsen home and was planning to pass off the child off as her own. Suspicious friends called the police.


	Swarm of denim thieves at Paragon A group of people allegedly stormed jeans shops at outlet mall and grabbed stacks of True Religion.

Livermore: Truck plunges into yard

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A Madera County woman escaped uninjured from a wild ride that started on the shoulder of Concannon Boulevard.


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Oakland museum's new natural science wing tells the story of seven Californias, complete with roadkill and a crawl-through cave.

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