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The Internet search giant's efforts could help California regain its status as the world's wind power capital, industry experts say. Google Inc. is investing $55 million in a large Mojave Desert wind farm, pumping fresh air into California's struggling wind power industry.

Dozens of municipalities still have not provided date; they could be fined. The state launched a website Monday on which Californians can see how much money cities and counties pay their workers, but dozens of municipalities have failed to file the information and could face fines of up to $5,000 unless they comply.

The online dating service eHarmony has agreed to settle a California lawsuit that claimed it discriminated against homosexuals.

In the next few years, Yahoo wants to build a huge new campus in Santa Clara, California. Marketwatch broke the story yesterday. Since then, we've landed photos and video of the proposed project.

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Yahoo proposed the project at a May 5 Santa Clara city council meeting.

The Los Angeles City Council voted unanimously to outsource its e-mail system to Google Inc, a making it the largest city in the nation to have made such a move. Welcome to the cloud.

GM and eBay will launch a pilot program Tuesday that will allow consumers to place online bids for new vehicles from GM dealers in California.

A plane carrying California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger has made an emergency landing in Los Angeles because of smoke in the cockpit.

Carrie Prejean says racy photos posted on Internet meant to "belittle" her faith.

More than 100 years ago, J.A. Loring had his eyes on the California sky and his hand on a pen.

A woman has been arrested and a man is being sought by investigators after the pair robbed a man who solicited sex on the Internet and met the woman at a local hotel, police said.