BOSTON — There's not much good news for investors. The outlook for the global economy is worsening and U.S. corporate profits are starting to shrink.

IRVINE, Calif. (AP) — Money to develop a signature park that was to rival New York City's Central Park is running low and city officials are contemplating selling public land to raise funds or asking private business to help complete the job.

An appeals court may strike down a deal approved by the Los Angeles City Council in 2006 to allow about 100 digital billboards in Hollywood and other neighborhoods.

San Luis Obispo County supervisors are opposed to high-energy offshore seismic testing near a California central coast nuclear power plant.

Thousands of registered nurses are expected to join a one-day walkout on Thursday at Northern California's Sutter Health hospitals.

Authorities in Los Angeles say a woman has been found dead in the trunk of a car in Azusa.

Hospital officials were expected to release more information Wednesday after a 25-year-old surfer was apparently bitten by a shark off the coast of Eureka, the latest in a string of shark attacks in California this year.

Police in San Francisco have arrested a 22-year-old man on charges of vandalism related to a public transit bus that was destroyed after the Giants won the World Series.

Los Angeles police say a patrol officer has shot at a man after he tried to run over another officer in a suburban supermarket parking lot.

West Covina police have turned over a domestic violence investigation involving a state assemblyman to the Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department.

Authorities are scaling back the search for a Southern California man missing in the Sierra Nevada.

Authorities say the Contra Costa County jail is on lockdown after an inmate died in the facility.

A San Bernardino County high school principal has been arrested on accusations that he engaged in a sexual relationship with a former student and has resigned his position.

Federal prosecutors have arrested a Los Angeles County man on charges he ran a $49 million fraudulent investment scheme.

Authorities say two people have been displaced by an explosion and fire that spread to three San Diego homes, causing an estimated $450,000 in damage.

Some $61 million in wrongful death claims have been filed by the family of a man shot to death in April by a Stanislaus County sheriff's deputy.

El Cajon police will undergo fire safety lessons after they sparked a brushfire during SWAT training.

The University of California is banning smoking on its 10 campuses in 2014, but UCLA has decided to go tobacco free this spring.

A Los Angeles man has pleaded guilty to pointing a laser at aircraft.

San Francisco police have arrested a man in connection with the vandalism of a city bus during celebrations following the Giants World Series victory.

A Southern California mother has been sentenced to 27 years in prison for a drunken driving crash that killed her teenage daughter.

The Coast Guard and other agencies conducted extensive inspections of cargo containers and trucks Wednesday to ensure that hazardous materials moving through the giant twin ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach are being safely transported.

The San Diego Stock Exchange Index closed higher Wednesday at 120.67, up 0.79 percent from Friday. Advancing issues beat decliners 47 to 39, and 54 issues were unchanged.
Pricesmart Inc. (Nasdaq: PSMT) was the top dollar gainer, up $4.90 to $82.87.
Maxlinear Inc. (NYSE: MXL) was the top dollar loser, down 58 cents to $5.68.
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