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Winning numbers drawn in 'Mega Millions' game

The winning numbers in Tuesday evening's drawing of the "Mega Millions" game were: 06-17-34-40-48, Mega Ball: 30 (six, seventeen, thirty-four, forty, forty-eight; Mega Ball: thirty) Estimated jackpot: $36 million

  • Updated: 1:23 a.m. Wednesday, June 19, 2013
Dave McCrea of Stanislaus National Forest SDF points to the hot spots while fighting the Carstens Fire in the Sierra National Forest near Jerseydale, Calif., in the Mariposa area on Monday, June 17, 2013. More than 700 firefighters are battling the Carstens fire which began Sunday afternoon and has burned about 1 1/2 square miles or 900 acres, California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection spokesman Daniel Berlant said. With more than 140 engines and two helicopters on the scene, the crews have contained about 15 percent of the blaze so far that's burning in an area about six miles northeast of Mariposa off Highway 140, Berlant added. (AP Photo/The Merced Sun-Star, Christopher Winterfeldt)

Officials: Unattended campfire caused Calif. fire

An unattended campfire near a main route into Yosemite National Park grew into a blaze that led to the evacuations of 1,500 people from 800 homes, but nearly half were allowed to return as firefighters gained ground late Tuesday. California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection officials released the cause ...

  • Updated: 10:53 p.m. Tuesday, June 18, 2013
FILE - In this Oct. 27, 2011 file photo, actress Selma Blair arrives at amfAR's Inspiration Gala in Los Angeles. In a brief statement Tuesday, June 18, 2013, series producer Lionsgate said that Blair won't be returning to "Anger Management," the FX sitcom starring Charlie Sheen. The company said it wished her "the very best" but had no further comment. (AP Photo/Matt Sayles, File)

Selma Blair abruptly exits 'Anger Management'

Selma Blair is making a sudden exit from the Charlie Sheen sitcom "Anger Management." In a statement Tuesday, producer Lionsgate says the actress won't be returning to the FX comedy. The company says it wishes her "the very best" but has no further comment. Blair's departure comes while the comedy ...

  • Updated: 10:18 p.m. Tuesday, June 18, 2013

LA school board OKs $30 million for Apple iPads

The Los Angeles Board of Education has voted unanimously to approve the purchase of $30 million worth of iPads. The Los Angeles Times says (http://lat.ms/16GWbCv ) under the contract approved Tuesday Apple will provide every student with a tablet computer in the nation's second-largest school system. The vote came after ...

  • Updated: 10:04 p.m. Tuesday, June 18, 2013

Giants sign first-round pick SS Arroyo

The San Francisco Giants have signed first-round draft pick Christian Arroyo. Arroyo was the 25th overall selection in the June 6 draft. He batted .524 with 11 home runs and 35 RBIs for Hernando High School in Brooksville, Fla. The 18-year-old also had 13 doubles and a 1.019 slugging percentage ...

  • Updated: 9:39 p.m. Tuesday, June 18, 2013

Sentencing in theft of 'Idol' contestant's iPhone

A woman has been sentenced to eight days in jail for stealing a former "American Idol" contestant's iPhone while the singer was performing at a California elementary school. City News Service reports 47-year-old Bertha Alicia Avalos, of Santa Ana, pleaded guilty to misdemeanor theft charges Monday and was sentenced immediately. ...

  • Updated: 9:23 p.m. Tuesday, June 18, 2013

Edward Furlong charged with assault in LA

'Terminator 2' star Edward Furlong has been charged with assault after a May 21 incident in which his girlfriend called police and reported he attacked her. Deputy District Attorney Linda Loftfield says Furlong pleaded not guilty at his arraignment Tuesday. Furlong already has two pending misdemeanor battery cases. He allegedly ...

  • Updated: 8:20 p.m. Tuesday, June 18, 2013
NASCAR auto racing driver Jimmie Johnson smiles during a visit to Chase Avenue Elementary Tuesday, June 18, 2013, in El Cajon, Calif. Ready to thrill a few hundred school kids as part of a visit tied to his Jimmie Johnson Foundation/Lowe's Toolbox for Education Champions Grant, the hometown hero hopped into the car to fire up the engine, but the battery was dead. (AP Photo/Gregory Bull)

Car won't start but Johnson still wows school kids

Ready to thrill a few hundred school kids, Jimmie Johnson hopped into a replica of his No. 48 car to fire up the engine. The battery was dead. He and some members of his group tried to bump start the car. That just bashed in the show car's bumper, led ...

  • Updated: 8:18 p.m. Tuesday, June 18, 2013
FILE - This Jan. 27, 2012 file photo shows, from left, Blanket Jackson, Paris Jackson, and Prince Michael Jackson at the opening night of the Michael Jackson The Immortal World Tour in Los Angeles. Michael Jackson's personal chef, Kai Chase, testified on Tuesday, June 18, 2013, about the home lives of the singer's children including an 11th birthday party that she says was Paris Jackson's last birthday celebration. Chase is testifying in a negligent hiring lawsuit filed by Jackson's mother against AEG Live LLC, claiming the company failed to properly investigate the doctor convicted of causing her son's 2009 death. (AP Photo/Dan Steinberg, file)

Chef describes kids' grief over Jackson's death

Michael Jackson's personal chef described for jurors the home lives of the children during the final months of the singer's life and their ongoing grief over their father's death nearly four years ago. Gone are the freewheeling days when the children, Prince, Paris and Blanket Jackson played with their father ...

  • Updated: 8:10 p.m. Tuesday, June 18, 2013

N. Calif. teacher charged with classroom sex abuse

A decade after a conviction for possession of child pornography, a former elementary school teacher from Northern California has been charged with the classroom sexual abuse of a second-grade boy 15 years ago. The San Francisco Chronicle reports Tuesday (bit.ly/13RdPSY) that Alameda County prosecutors have charged 63-year-old Michael Schoop with ...

  • Updated: 7:28 p.m. Tuesday, June 18, 2013
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