Top California News  Girl's suicide after alleged attack troubles townMay 25, 20139:57 AM ET SARATOGA, Calif. (AP) — One evening last Labor Day weekend, 15-year-old Audrie Pott walked up the driveway of a classmate's home alongside other teenagers. She'd told her parents she was spending the night with a friend. The friend claimed she was sleeping at Audrie's. Instead, the girls were having a party. A classic teenage ploy.  Police: Suspect dies after struggle with officersMay 25, 20131:30 PM ET SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — Authorities are investigating the death of a suspect who died after what's being described as a violent struggle with Sacramento police officers who were called to a retail store by a clerk who told a 911 dispatcher that she feared for her safety.  Damage reported from magnitude-5.7 quake in Calif.May 24, 20134:17 PM ET GREENVILLE, Calif. (AP) — Residents in rural northeastern California assessed damage to their homes and businesses Friday from a magnitude-5.7 earthquake, one of the strongest temblors to hit the densely forested region in decades.  LA sanitation ends plans for dump near Joshua TreeMay 24, 20135:32 PM ET LOS ANGELES (AP) — A regional garbage collection agency has tossed out plans to build a mega-landfill for Los Angeles' trash less than two miles from Joshua Tree National Park in the remote Southern California desert.  Calif. plastic ocean debris bill dies in committeeMay 24, 20136:43 PM ET SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — A California bill that would have required manufacturers to figure out how to keep the most common plastic junk out of state waterways died in the state Assembly without a vote Friday.  PG&E calls $2.25B fine for deadly blast excessiveMay 24, 201310:47 PM ET SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — The utility responsible for a deadly pipeline explosion in Northern California said Friday that the record $2.25 billion in fines being sought by state regulators is illegally excessive, but did not offer a specific dollar figure it considers reasonable.  Bill would treat e-cigarettes like other tobaccoMay 24, 20137:59 PM ET SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — California would treat electronic cigarettes like any other tobacco product by restricting where people can use them in public under a bill approved by the state Senate on Friday.  Parolee indicted in theft of Gold Rush jewelry boxMay 24, 20137:11 PM ET OAKLAND, Calif. (AP) — A parolee was indicted by a federal grand jury in the theft of a valuable Gold Rush-era jewelry box from the Oakland Museum of California, authorities said Friday.  Arellano Felix drug cartel leader pleads guiltyMay 24, 20138:24 PM ET SAN DIEGO (AP) — The last of the brothers accused of creating an infamous Mexican drug cartel pleaded guilty Friday to helping send hundreds of millions of dollars in proceeds from the United States, marking one of the final milestones in an investigation that began two decades ago. 
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