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SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) - California's independent legislative analyst is forecasting a rosy economic future, assuming the state's income levels continue and there are no major spending increases.

SAINT-DENIS, France (AP) - Heavily armed French SWAT teams swooped in Wednesday and neutralized a cell that was ready to launch new attacks, leaving at least two people dead after firing 5,000 rounds during an hourslong siege, a prosecutor said. Eight people were arrested.

LOS ANGELES (AP) - Los Angeles' proposed Olympic village might need a new address.

A plan to contract with a promoter to bring approximately 17 events a year to the Libbey Bowl collapsed after the Ojai City Council decided the issue needs more discussion.

U.S. authorities said Wednesday that they have returned $11.7 million to roughly 1,000 victims who invested with e-Bullion.com, an e-currency business once operated by a Moorpark man convicted of arranging his wife's murder.

October home sales in Ventura County increased 11.5 percent from the same month a year ago,.

A hillside housing project near Adams Canyon was put on hold by the Santa Paula City Council, whic delayed a decision until January.

Michelle Singletary and her husband may be a decade away from retirement but they have a plan in place. The financial columnist says you should, too.

The Wall That Heals, a half-scale replica of the black granite Vietnam Veterans Memorial in Washington, D.C., arrived Wednesday morning at the Ronald Reagan Presidential Library & Museum in Simi Valley.

SEATTLE (AP) — Cleanup began Wednesday in Washington state after a powerful storm killed three people, cut power to more than 300,000 residents and flooded rivers.