The San Diego Stock Exchange Index closed higher Tuesday at 85.53, up 1.33 percent from Monday. Advancing issues beat decliners 66 to 25, and 67 issues were unchanged.

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) -- The state's high court is considering whether to block the San Francisco 49ers from patting down fans before they enter the team's home stadium.

LOS ANGELES (AP) -- Movie director Roman Polanski's bid to have a 31-year-old rape charge against him dismissed was challenged Tuesday by prosecutors in documents that included the most graphic account yet of his sexual activity with a 13-year-old girl.

STOCKTON, Calif. (AP) -- State officials say dry weather is credited in part for an overall decline in pesticide use statewide.

LOS ANGELES (AP) -- An evacuation of a Los Angeles bank has ended after police checked a suspicious package found outside.

NEWMAN, Calif. (AP) -- After 70 people packed the Newman-Crows Landing Unified School District meeting Monday to hear discussions about a banned book, trustees said they will decide next week whether to return it to the curriculum.

SAN BERNARDINO, Calif. (AP) -- An activist is suing San Bernardino County for refusing to issue state-mandated medical marijuana cards.

SANTA ANA, Calif. (AP) -- After two months of trial, a federal prosecutor wrapped up a public corruption case against former Orange County sheriff Michael Carona on Tuesday by using the accused's own words.

SACRAMENTO (AP) -- Republican lawmakers and anti-tax groups on Tuesday sued to block an $18 billion Democratic budget package, claiming it included tax increases that were not passed by the required two-thirds majority in the Legislature.

LOS ANGELES (AP) -- Lawyers for more than a dozen victims in a commuter rail crash that killed 25 people alleged Tuesday that the engineer's employer received complaints that he regularly used his cell phone while operating trains but did nothing about it.

LOS ANGELES (AP) -- The green thumbs who keep lawns lush and flora flourishing in the city have found a new foe among the aphids, white flies and other yard pests -- the water police.

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) -- Apple Inc. is cutting the price of some songs in its market-leading iTunes online store to as little as 69 cents and plans to make every track available without copy protection.

RAMONA, Calif. (AP) -- A small plane that reported engine trouble after taking off from the Ramona Airport made an emergency landing in a field on Monday, ending a two-hour search that authorities feared would end tragically.

SAN LUIS OBISPO, Calif. (AP) -- One of three men convicted of kidnapping a busload of Chowchilla school children in 1976 has been denied parole once again.

SANTA ANA, Calif. (AP) -- An Anaheim pastor who videotaped himself molesting a 13-year-old girl in a church office cried and clutched a Bible after being sentenced Monday to 90 years in prison for sexually abusing five children.

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) -- The sponsors of California's voter-approved gay marriage ban accused Attorney General Jerry Brown on Monday of advancing a far-fetched legal theory to justify overturning Proposition 8.

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) -- A federal judge on Monday reinstated an Islamic charity's lawsuit challenging a Bush administration surveillance program.

CARSON CITY, Nev. (AP) -- Las Vegas lawyer Kris Pickering, who spent nearly $1 million in her successful campaign for a Nevada Supreme Court seat, was sworn in Monday as the newest member of the high court.