State News

	L.A. pool hall owner gets life for killings The owner of a Los Angeles pool hall will spend life in prison without chance of parole for shooting two people who sold him the business.
	Teen boy fires shotgun at car carrying toddler A 15-year-old boy is facing child endangerment charges after he tried to shoot his dog and ended up firing a gun at a car carrying a toddler.
	Rock threat danger closes part of Yosemite lodging Officials with the National Park Service say they will close part of a popular lodging complex at Yosemite National Park because an unstable cliff has created the potential for deadly rockfall.
	Calif. unemployment rate rises to 8.2 percent State officials say California's unemployment rate jumped to 8.2 percent in October from 7.7 percent in September.
	SoCal's atheist billboard taken down Complaints have led to removal of an atheist group's "Imagine No Religion" billboard in Rancho Cucamonga.
	Washington Mutual to cut about 1,600 Bay Area jobs About 1,600 Bay Area employees of Washington Mutual will be out of work after the bank announced it would close two area operation centers.
	President Bush OKs new border crossing President Bush has given final approval for a new border crossing east of the Otay Mesa Port of Entry.
	Appeals court rules on sex offender restriction A state appeals court says a California ballot measure that prevents sex offenders from living within 2,000 feet of a school or park amounts to an additional punishment for the original crime.
	ICE: Woman arranged sham marriages Immigration officials have arrested a woman suspected of arranging fake marriages for non-citizens who wanted to become legalized by wedding U.S. citizens.
	Palo Alto police chief retiring over comments Palo Alto's police chief is retiring after she sparked anger when she said she had ordered officers to stop African Americans following a rash of robberies.