LOS ANGELES — Students and activists joined together Wednesday to file complaints against colleges and universities nationwide alleging that the schools have failed to follow federal laws, including those involving the reporting of sexual assault crimes and discrimination.

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Voters approved a law limiting the number of medical pot shops in Los Angeles after politicians failed for years to corral the blossoming industry.

Sacramento police have surrounded a south Sacramento home where an armed person is believed to be barricaded.

NEW YORK (AP) — Women's-rights attorney Gloria Allred says federal complaints have been filed against four U.S. colleges over how the colleges handle rape allegations.

RENO, Nev. (AP) — Gustavo Alvizar, 26, drove his car to a residential neighborhood in southeast Reno on Feb. 8 and ordered his 18-year-old passenger to fire shots at a 16-year-old boy in broad daylight, according to a Washoe County District Attorney's Office criminal complaint.

A South Lake Tahoe police officer pleaded guilty today to witness tampering and obstruction, according to the U.S. Attorney in Sacramento.

RAMALLAH, West Bank (AP) — Palestinians believe the U.S. effort to restart peace talks is doomed, and they're preparing instead to resume their campaign of seeking membership in key international organizations as soon as next month, officials told The Associated Press on Wednesday.

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Two people were found shot to death in a car in Citrus Heights last night.

Sacramento police said no foul play is suspected in the death of a woman whose body was found in a Natomas canal.

A Sacramento man was sentenced in federal court for selling crack cocaine near an Oakland elementary school.

A man in a wheelchair died when he was struck by a car early this morning in Sacramento.

Sacramento police said no foul play is suspected in the death of a woman whose body was found in a Natomas canal.

Clayton Garzon will face trial on assault and hate crime allegations connected to the March 10 beating of a gay Davis man, a Yolo Superior Court judge ruled Tuesday.

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Councilman Eric Garcetti, who jammed with pop star Moby and fashioned himself as a voice for a new generation of city leaders, has opened a growing lead in the race for Los Angeles mayor with the pool of uncounted ballots steadily shrinking.

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Councilman Eric Garcetti held a slender edge Tuesday in early returns over city Controller Wendy Greuel to become the next Los Angeles mayor, while slow-coming returns suggested it could take a day or more until a winner emerges.

Clayton Garzon will face trial on assault and hate crime allegations connected to the March 10 beating of a gay Davis man, a Yolo Superior Court judge ruled Tuesday.

The defense attorney for accused hate attacker Clayton Garzon asserted Monday that the March beating of another Davis man was not fueled by anti-gay sentiment.

After more than four days of searching, police said they arrested a registered sex offender Monday after he was accused of sexually assaulting a 13-year-old girl at knifepoint in a Lodi hotel room on May 15.

Yolo County Sheriff's officials say that an inmate died Saturday after being found in his cell with labored breathing.

Richard Welker, who is accused of killing a man in Lodi last week, was arraigned on several charges including voluntary manslaughter on Monday.

Between the hours of 8 a.m. Thursday and 8 a.m. Monday, The Lodi Police Department received 580 calls for service. Below is a sample of those calls:

The two people killed when their single-engine airplane crashed in Placer County over the weekend have been identified as a couple from Lassen County.

Woodland police said that a Catholic church hall was vandalized with graffiti, including a threat against officers.

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