California City News

A man known as the "Explosives Threat Bandit" for threatening tellers with a bomb device was charged last week in a string of bank heists he allegedly pulled off in the Los Angeles area.

It's hard to know which tidbit from the state Department of Finance's demographic report this week was more surprising: That Winters was the third-fastest-growing city in California in 2011, that Solano County hardly grew at all last year or that Vacaville actually lost population, dropping by 219 residents to 92,092. Winters saw a 3.48 percent ... (more)

California saw modest population growth last year, and the biggest boomtowns by percentage were two prison cities, according to a new release from the state Department of Finance .

Two hikers have been rescued from red rock canyon east of Bakersfield. Search and Rescue located them overnight at Last Chance Canyon near Highway 14, just north of California City.

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