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Wild horse management will be among the topics scheduled for discussion when two citizens advisory councils for the federal Bureau of Land Management meet in a three-day session scheduled to start Wednesday. Two wild horses battle after a roundup for the U.S. Bureau of Land Management in August 2010 on the high desert near Susanville in Lassen County. […]

West Lake Tahoe residents and visitors can expect to see smoke from a prescribed fire operation the next few days. […]

Fourteen construction companies are on the short list of firms poised to bid for contracts to begin building California's high-speed rail system in the Fresno area later this year. California high-speed rail supporters rally outside a board meeting on Thursday in Sacramento. The California High-Speed Rail Authority on Thursday appoints Dan Richard, cent […]

Beginning Monday and throughout the week, Lake Tahoe residents and visitors can expect to see smoke from prescribed fire operations in various areas. […]

A Sacramento federal judge is scheduled to hear arguments today on a Bee challenge to sealing documents in a legal slugfest between the government and Sierra Pacific Industries over the origin of a monster wildfire in 2007 and who should pay for the devastation it wrought. The Moonlight fire left trees bare in Plumas County. A logger says the U.S. overestima […]

A Sacramento federal judge heard arguments Thursday and will rule later on The Bee's objections to sealing documents that allegedly contain evidence of misconduct and fraud on the part of U.S. Forest Service employees. […]

How a dispute between a local logger and the U.S. Forest Service is resolved could affect the economic future of the timber-dependent Greenville, and local leaders are waiting on the outcome of a meeting today between the logger and the agency's regional forester to try to resolve the issue. The Moonlight fire left trees bare in Plumas County. A logger […]

An hourlong meeting Monday between Randy Pew, a Plumas County logger, and Randy Moore, regional forester for the U.S. Forest Service, resulted in no specific solutions. […]

The Supreme Court on Monday struck down California's ban on the slaughter of downed swine, saying the law strayed too far into federal territory. […]

One person was arrested and nine others received notices to appear in court during a Contractors State License Board sting operation in Amador County. […]

SHIPPENSBURG, Pa. — Students at a Pennsylvania university can obtain the "morning-after" pill from an unusual source — a vending machine at the campus health center. The vending machine at Shippensburg University's Etter Health Center provides the Plan B emergency contraceptive along with condoms, decongestants and pregnancy tests. Vice Presid […]

CHICAGO (AP) — Good news for budget-minded travelers: There's no proof that flying economy class increases your chances of dangerous blood clots, according to new guidelines from medical specialists. Travelers' blood clots have been nicknamed "economy-class syndrome," but the new advice suggests this is a misnomer. The real risk is not ge […]

WASHINGTON — The number of available jobs in the United States jumped in December to near a three-year high, supporting other data that show a brighter outlook for hiring. Companies and governments posted 3.38 million jobs in December, the Labor Department said Tuesday. That's up from the 3.12 million advertised ... […]

ATLANTA — A high-ranking official resigned Tuesday from the Susan G. Komen for the Cure breast-cancer charity after a dispute over whether the group should give funding to Planned Parenthood, according to a letter obtained by the Associated Press. Karen Handel, the charity's vice president for public policy, told Komen ... […]

GRAHAM, Wash. — Before setting his house ablaze and killing himself and his two young sons, Josh Powell left a voice mail for family members saying he couldn't live without the boys and didn't want to go on anymore. ABC News obtained what it says was a voice mail Powell ... […]

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Supporters and opponents of California's ban on same-sex marriage anxiously were awaiting a federal appeals court decision Tuesday on whether the voter-approved measure violates the civil rights of gay men and lesbians. A three-judge panel of the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals that considered the ... […]

LOS ANGELES — The entire staff at a Los Angeles elementary school is being removed while authorities investigate horrific allegations of sexual abuse by two of the school's teachers, one of whom is accused of blindfolding children, taping their mouths and photographing them in a classroom. Los Angeles Unified School ... […]

ANALYSIS/OPINION: There are no East Carolinas in the National Football League, as a wise man (John Madden? Pat Summerall?) famously put it, but the field in the Republican presidential primaries this year is studded with cupcakes. Mitt Romney, who if he were a football team might have been an East ... […]

GRAHAM, Wash. — Josh Powell's boys were coming for a visit, and he had preparations to make. He boxed up their books and toys and brought them to a charity. He carried heavy cans of gasoline inside his house. He thought about what to write in the final emails he'd send ... […]

Disgraced former lobbyist Jack Abramoff, who says he once made $20 million in a year before going to federal prison on public corruption charges, wants to produce movies and a reality television show. And he would like to help reform the political system he exploited for years. Abramoff, at the ... […]

They have served a combined 46 years in the House of Representatives, ethnic Catholic liberals born four months apart representing districts along their state's northern border. But now, redistricting in Ohio, drawn up by a Republican-led General Assembly, has left two powerhouse liberal Democrats, Rep. Dennis J. Kucinich and Rep. ... […]

PENNSYLVANIA Official says bankruptcy possible for state capital HARRISBURG — The state official in charge of figuring out how to fix an enormous financial shortfall in Pennsylvania's capital city said in a proposed recovery plan released Monday that "significant and difficult" steps lie ahead, and that Harrisburg may end up ... […]