FresnoBee.com: California http://www.fresnobee.com/384/index.xml News, sports and entertainment from FresnoBee.com in California's Central Valley en-us Copyright 2006 FresnoBee.com California 60 Fri, 18 Jul 2008 21:23:30 PDT http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss McClatchy's PubSys jward@fresnobee.com Brush burns in LA after Pasadena blaze put out http://www.fresnobee.com/384/story/738872.html http://www.fresnobee.com/384/story/738872.html Fri, 18 Jul 2008 21:23:01 PDT A wildfire burned slowly uphill Friday evening and consumed 4 acres of dense brush near the Verdugo Mountains in Los Angeles. Man who stabbed police dog gets 5 years in prison http://www.fresnobee.com/384/story/739048.html http://www.fresnobee.com/384/story/739048.html Fri, 18 Jul 2008 20:13:07 PDT A man who stabbed a Redondo Beach police dog has been sentenced to more than 5 1/2 years in prison. Judge: water delivery system harms Calif salmon http://www.fresnobee.com/384/story/738887.html http://www.fresnobee.com/384/story/738887.html Fri, 18 Jul 2008 19:32:56 PDT A federal judge ruled Friday that California's water systems threaten to push native, wild salmon into extinction, but stopped short of ordering any immediate water cutbacks farmers said would have cost them millions in lost crops. U.S. missile defense sensor test called successful http://www.fresnobee.com/384/story/739013.html http://www.fresnobee.com/384/story/739013.html Fri, 18 Jul 2008 19:07:54 PDT A missile launched from Alaska was successfully tracked Friday by land-, sea- and space-based sensors in a test of the Ground-based Midcourse Defense system, the U.S. Missile Defense Agency and the Boeing Co. said. Bomb threat grounds Qantas flight at LAX http://www.fresnobee.com/384/story/738849.html http://www.fresnobee.com/384/story/738849.html Fri, 18 Jul 2008 18:57:58 PDT A bomb threat at Los Angeles International Airport has grounded a Qantas jetliner bound for Australia. FBI: Soccer team members help subdue man on flight http://www.fresnobee.com/384/story/738796.html http://www.fresnobee.com/384/story/738796.html Fri, 18 Jul 2008 18:42:56 PDT An American Airlines flight from Boston to Los Angeles was diverted to Oklahoma City Friday after a passenger stripped, put his clothes back on and then tried to open an emergency exit door before being subdued by members of a Major League Soccer team and others, the FBI said. Gay-rights activists target Hyatt on marriage ban http://www.fresnobee.com/384/story/738948.html http://www.fresnobee.com/384/story/738948.html Fri, 18 Jul 2008 17:47:57 PDT Same-sex marriage advocates demanded Friday that Hyatt Hotels Corp. end its relationship with a business partner who is financially backing a California ballot initiative to ban gay marriage. Troops bust 13.5 tons of pot in Tijuana http://www.fresnobee.com/384/story/738942.html http://www.fresnobee.com/384/story/738942.html Fri, 18 Jul 2008 17:43:04 PDT Mexican soldiers have seized 13.5 tons of marijuana along in two raids in the border city of Tijuana. 2 people hospitalized in OC with West Nile virus http://www.fresnobee.com/384/story/737416.html http://www.fresnobee.com/384/story/737416.html Fri, 18 Jul 2008 17:37:57 PDT Two people with the West Nile virus have been hospitalized in Orange County. Detained Chinese crew members facing longer stay http://www.fresnobee.com/384/story/738599.html http://www.fresnobee.com/384/story/738599.html Fri, 18 Jul 2008 17:08:03 PDT Lawyers for the pilot of the ship that struck the San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge say there is new evidence raising doubts about the Chinese crew's truthfulness after the incident, but say the crew should be detained as witnesses for several more months.