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By DAVID SHARP Associated Press The IRS announced Friday that most relief checks issued by states last year aren’t subject to federal taxes, providing 11th hour guidance as tax returns start to pour in. A week after telling payment recipients to delay filing returns, the IRS said it won’t challenge the taxability of payments related

REDWOOD CITY, Calif. (AP) — A judge on Friday barred attorneys from talking to the press about the criminal case of a farmworker accused of killing seven people last month in back-to-back shootings at two Northern California mushroom farms. San Mateo County Judge Elizabeth K. Lee on Friday issued a gag order prohibiting prosecuting and

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — San Francisco District Attorney Brooke Jenkins said she plans to drop manslaughter charges against a former police officer who became the first ever to be charged for an on-duty killing in the city because the charges were politically motivated. Jenkins said in a letter sent Wednesday to Attorney General Rob Bonta

LA HABRA, Calif. (AP) — A Southern California armed robbery suspect fleeing police was involved in a violent collision with another motorist and then was fatally shot by an officer early Friday, authorities said. The pursuit began in Orange County shortly after 1 a.m. when Fullerton officers spotted a Ford Explorer connected to the armed

By BERNIE WILSON AP Sports Writer SAN DIEGO (AP) — After Yu Darvish finished answering a question about his new $108 million, six-year contract, the 36-year-old San Diego Padres ace turned to his interpreter, Shingo Horie, and added a thought. “He still doesn’t believe if this is true or not; if it’s a prank,” Horie

NEW YORK (AP) — Free agent pitcher Sonny Vargas was suspended for 110 games on Friday following a positive test for Boldenone, his second positive test for a performance-enhancing substance under baseball’s minor league drug program. Then in the San Francisco Giants organization, Vargas was suspended for 60 games last March 4 for a positive

By ANTHONY IZAGUIRRE Associated Press TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) — Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis will soon take control of Walt Disney World’s self-governing district after Senate Republicans approved a bill Friday punishing the company over its opposition to the law critics call “Don’t Say Gay.” The legislation, which now awaits the governor’s signature, would require DeSantis

SEQUOIA NATIONAL PARK, Calif. (AP) — The public will be able to visit the Giant Forest in Sequoia National Park starting this weekend following repair of storm damage to the Generals Highway. The famous grove of massive sequoias was closed in early January as damaging storms pounded California. Public access was scheduled to be restored

SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — California Attorney General Rob Bonta’s wife will lead a legislative subcommittee that oversees his budget. KCRA reports Assemblymember Mia Bonta, a Democrat, will lead Assembly Budget Subcommittee 5, which oversees public safety spending. That includes the California Department of Justice, which is led by Rob Bonta. University of Pacific law professor

HEMET, Calif. (AP) — A city claims in a lawsuit that Southern California Edison equipment ignited a damaging wildfire last fall. The lawsuit filed on behalf of the city of Hemet claims that the utility did not manage its electrical power lines and failed to keep landscape trimmed, Southern California News Group reported Friday. The

By SCOTT SONNER Associated Press RENO, Nev. (AP) — Don’t feed the bears! Wildlife biologists and forest rangers have preached the mantra for nearly a century at national parks like Yellowstone and Yosemite, and for decades in areas where urban development increasingly invaded native wildlife habitat. But don’t feed the birds? That may be a

VANDENBERG SPACE FORCE BASE, Calif. (AP) — An unarmed intercontinental ballistic missile has been launched from California to test the defense system, the U.S. Air Force Global Strike Command said. The Minuteman III missile lifted off from Vandenberg Space Force Base at 11:01 p.m. Thursday and its reentry vehicle traveled about 4,200 miles (6,800 kilometers)