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SoCal Man Gets Life For Girlfriend's Severed Tongue Death Last Updated: 1:58 PM 05/09/08 - A man who cut out his girlfriend's tongue and let her bleed to death has been given a life sentence without chance of parole. (Full Story)

San Francisco Denies Claims Filed By Tiger Attack Victims Last Updated: 1:49 PM 05/09/08 - San Francisco officials say an investigation has found there is no indication the city is liable for injuries suffered by two brothers who were attacked by an escaped zoo tiger. (Full Story)

San Diego Airport Pledges To Reduce Greenhouse Gas Emissions Last Updated: 1:07 PM 05/09/08 - San Diego's main airport has adopted measures to reduce greenhouse gas emissions. (Full Story)

Schwarzenegger Orders Fines For Overgrown Properties Last Updated: 12:33 PM 05/09/08 - Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger is instructing state fire officials to begin fining rural homeowners who fail to clear their properties of brush, trees and dry grass. (Full Story)

Ship Pilot Will Seek To Have Federal Charges Thrown Out Last Updated: 12:28 PM 05/09/08 - The lawyer for the ship pilot who struck the San Francisco Bay Bridge in November says Captain John Cota will seek to have the charges thrown out. (Full Story)

Dig For Human Remains To Begin At Ranch Where Manson Hid Last Updated: 12:24 PM 05/09/08 - The sheriff of the remote region where Charles Manson hid after a killing spree in the summer of 1969 said Friday he would allow researchers to begin digging into the sandy soil in search of possible human remains. (Full Story)

Arcata Police Looking For Pepper Spray Robber Last Updated: 11:27 AM 05/09/08 - Police in the Humboldt County community of Arcata are trying to determine if the same person is behind a recent rash of pepper spray robberies. (Full Story)

Former NBA Star's Opposition To Gay Marriage Stirs Anger Last Updated: 11:04 AM 05/09/08 - Sacramento mayoral candidate Kevin Johnson upset local gay and lesbian leaders after saying he believes marriage is between a man and a woman. (Full Story)

Tolls As High As $7 Being Considered For Golden Gate Bridge Last Updated: 10:59 AM 05/09/08 - Drivers could be paying as much as $7 to cross the Golden Gate Bridge if officials approve a new toll plan designed to cut down on traffic during peak hours. (Full Story)

Dead Whale Found Stuck Under San Francisco Pier Last Updated: 10:50 AM 05/09/08 - The Coast Guard and San Francisco officials are monitoring a body of a dead whale that is stuck under a pier along San Francisco's waterfront. (Full Story)

NorCal Woman, Baby Rescued From Car Sinking In Canal Last Updated: 10:44 AM 05/09/08 - A Fairfield woman and her 1-year-old daughter were pulled from their sinking car after it ran off the road and landed in an irrigation canal. (Full Story)

Vallejo to Become Largest CA City to File for Bankruptcy Last Updated: 11:22 AM 05/07/08 - Vallejo is set to become the largest California city to declare bankruptcy after leaders voted in favor of the solution to its spiraling budget crisis. (Full Story)

Drug Probe at San Diego State University Nets 75 Students Last Updated: 5:44 PM 05/06/08 - When a 19-year-old sophomore sorority member died a year ago from a cocaine overdose at San Diego State University, campus investigators set out to find out who was dealing drugs to their 34,000 students. (Full Story)

Rising Price of Food: Pork & Chicken Prices May Be Next Last Updated: 1:25 PM 05/05/08 - Americans may be getting another helping of food inflation, and it seems likely to come from higher prices for chicken and pork. (Full Story)

Yahoo Shares Plummet After Refusing Microsoft Buyout Last Updated: 7:29 AM 05/05/08 - Yahoo shares are spiraling downward, after word that the company will not accept Microsoft's buyout bid. (Full Story)

Sheriff: Dentist Shot Wife In Self Defense Last Updated: 5:34 PM 05/04/08 - Authorities say a dentist was defending himself when he shot and wounded his estranged wife who had attacked him with a pickax. (Full Story)

Animal Control Takes Livestock From Watsonville Ranch Last Updated: 2:24 PM 05/04/08 - Animal control officers are accusing a slaughterhouse owner of animal neglect after seizing sick livestock from his Watsonville ranch. (Full Story)

National Survey Finds Gas Prices Up About 15 Cents Last Updated: 2:14 PM 05/04/08 - A survey says the national average price for regular gasoline rose about 15 cents in the last two weeks. (Full Story)

Small Quake Shakes Area Northeast Of San Diego Last Updated: 12:33 PM 05/04/08 - A small earthquake has rattled an area northeast of San Diego but there are no reports of any damage or injuries. (Full Story)

Dead Surfer Found Off Santa Cruz Island Identified Last Updated: 11:13 AM 05/04/08 - Authorities have found the body of a 43-year-old San Diego man who disappeared while surfing with friends off Santa Cruz Island. (Full Story)

Marin County Bills Ship Owners $600K For Oil Spill Cleanup Last Updated: 10:51 AM 05/04/08 - Marin County is sending a $600,000 cleanup bill to the owners of a cargo ship that spilled thousands of gallons of oil into San Francisco Bay after clipping the Bay Bridge. (Full Story)

Explosion Rattles San Diego Federal Courthouse Last Updated: 10:32 AM 05/04/08 - A suspected pipe bomb exploded at the federal courthouse in downtown San Diego early Sunday, damaging a door and blowing out a window. (Full Story)

Exhibits At California Trail Center Near Elko To Be Considered Last Updated: 4:54 PM 05/03/08 - With work on the building itself is all but completed, officials now are considering exhibits for the California Trail Interpretive Center near Elko. (Full Story)

Report: Kobe Bryant Wins First MVP Award Last Updated: 4:33 PM 05/03/08 - Kobe Bryant has won the NBA's MVP award for the first time, the Los Angeles Times reported on its Web site Friday night, citing anonymous sources familiar with the outcome of voting by media members. (Full Story)

Berkeley Engineering Student Fatally Stabbed Near Campus Last Updated: 2:55 PM 05/03/08 - Police are investigating the fatal stabbing of a 21-year-old engineering student at the University of California, Berkeley. (Full Story)

Woman Held Captive For 16 Days In LA Is Rescued Last Updated: 2:36 PM 05/03/08 - Police say a Maywood woman has been rescued after she was kidnapped and brutalized for 16 days. (Full Story)

Long Beach Teen Gives Birth, Walks To Hospital Last Updated: 1:55 PM 05/03/08 - A 17-year-old Long Beach girl who gave birth at home walked four blocks to a hospital with the baby still attached by its umbilical cord. (Full Story)

Survey Finds College Students Worried About Jobs, Economy Last Updated: 1:46 PM 05/03/08 - A new survey finds that most American college students are worried about the economy and believe the country is headed in the wrong direction. (Full Story)

Police Seek Man Suspected Of Robbing 10 Adult Bookstores Last Updated: 12:29 PM 05/03/08 - Police are offering $10,000 for information leading to the arrest of a man suspected of robbing at least 10 adult bookstores in the East Bay. (Full Story)

Federal Agents Arrest 63 Immigrants In Bay Area Raids Last Updated: 12:25 PM 05/03/08 - Immigrant rights groups say they're outraged that federal agents arrested more than 60 people in raids on 11 Bay Area restaurants. (Full Story)

Man Killed, 2 Others Wounded In Shooting At East LA Party Last Updated: 12:23 PM 05/03/08 - An 18-year-old man has been shot to death and two others are wounded after a gunman opened fire at a party in East Los Angeles. (Full Story)

Man Sentenced To Death For Killing Cal Poly Pomona Student Last Updated: 12:20 PM 05/03/08 - A man convicted of slashing the throat of a Cal Poly Pomona student has been sentenced to death. (Full Story)

Pasta Sauce Triggers Hazmat Probe At SoCal Hospital Last Updated: 10:44 AM 05/03/08 - A bag of powdered alfredo sauce triggered the partial shutdown of a hospital emergency room Friday. (Full Story)

Quakes Continue To Rattle Kern County Mountains Last Updated: 10:39 AM 05/03/08 - More tiny earthquakes rattled under mountains at the southern end of the San Joaquin Valley on Friday, but authorities said earthen dams that hold Lake Isabella were safe. (Full Story)

Californians Urged to Conserve Water Amid Drought Worries Last Updated: 4:43 PM 05/02/08 - Californians are being asked to water their lawns less, plant native shrubs and install more-efficient irrigation systems to stave off water shortages and mandatory rationing amid growing worries about a possible long-term drought. (Full Story)

State Declines To File Charges In De Anza College Rape Case Last Updated: 1:10 PM 05/02/08 - California Attorney General Jerry Brown has declined to file charges against De Anza College baseball players accused of raping a 17-year-old girl last year. (Full Story)

Man Fleeing Police Drives Car Into LA Harbor Last Updated: 1:01 PM 05/02/08 - A motorist fleeing police drove off a jetty into harbor waters and then tried to swim away from pursuers before finally giving up early Friday. (Full Story)

Police: Man Jumps From 14th Floor Of Disneyland Hotel Last Updated: 12:57 PM 05/02/08 - Police say a man is dead after jumping from the 14th floor of the Disneyland Hotel in Anaheim. (Full Story)

Man Reports Gun, Marijuana Stolen, Gets Arrested On Warrants Last Updated: 12:49 PM 05/02/08 - Humboldt County authorities are holding a Eureka man with outstanding felony warrants in Virginia after he reported being robbed of marijuana and a shotgun. (Full Story)

Caltrans Starts Work On Bridges To Bypass Yosemite Rockslide Last Updated: 12:45 PM 05/02/08 - The California Department of Transportation has begun building two temporary bridges to bypass a rockslide blocking one of the main routes into Yosemite National Park. (Full Story)