A Yosemite park spokeswoman says 38-year-old Mason Robison was killed after a rock dislodged and severed his rope as he and a partner were about 2,300 feet above the Yosemite Valley floor.

A Los Angeles police officer has been arrested for allegedly committing lewd acts on two girls under 10 years old while off duty.

The state Senate has approved legislation making it clear that counties can use money from a special tax on millionaires for programs that provide court-ordered mental health treatment for those who refuse to get help on their own.

A coroner says the five people killed and six hospitalized after a van careened off of a southern Illinois freeway were men returning from a California religious event.

Police say a man has died after falling off a building during a Bay to Breakers party in San Francisco.

Authorities say a central California homeowner killed a robbery suspect with a samurai sword during a home invasion.

A devastated father says he has no idea why gunmen targeted his Northern California home over the weekend, killing his 10-year-old daughter as she watched TV.

California Gov. Jerry Brown says he doesn't know if the San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge will open over Labor Day weekend because of safety concerns.

Federal investigators probing the hantavirus outbreak blamed for three deaths at Yosemite National Park recommend that design changes to tent cabins and other lodging run by private concessionaires first be reviewed by National Park Service officials.

A brush fire in the San Francisco Bay Area has been contained after coming close to homes, and authorities are investigating whether it was set intentionally.

Sheriff's officials say a 10-year-old girl is dead and her parents are hospitalized after gunmen walked up to the front door of a home in the North Highlands area of Sacramento County and started shooting.

Authorities say two people are dead after a small plane crashed near Auburn Municipal Airport late Saturday.

A rock climber is dead after falling 150 feet while scaling a rock face in the San Jacinto Wilderness near Idyllwild.

An Inglewood police spokeswoman says an officer fatally shot a man who was using a sword or machete to damage police cars.

Los Angeles politicians have struggled for more than five years to regulate medical marijuana, trying to balance the needs of the sick against concerns that pot shops attract crime.

Thousands of steel tendons used to strengthen the skyway portion of the new eastern span of the San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge were exposed during construction to rainfall and salty bay mist, leading to corrosion concerns.

California Lottery officials say two Powerball tickets sold in California have five of the six winning numbers.

Officials say the search for a man suspected of killing his wife and their two young daughters continues, but is being scaled back.

Redlands police are looking for a man who pulled over a school bus, flashed a badge and told the driver he was a police officer.

In a busy factory, machinists move sheets of aluminum roll in the back door to be molded, stamped, twisted and notched into high-tech electric cars that sell for more than $60,000 each.

Officials say 17 bodies have been removed from a Modesto funeral home after complaints the home was taking too long to cremate the bodies.

With the unofficial kickoff to summer looming, the issue of parking at California state beaches is heating up.

Newsroom employees at the Santa Barbara News-Press have voted to cut ties with the Teamsters, the union that has represented them through years of legal struggles with management over control of the newspaper.

Gov. Jerry Brown is blocking parole for an inmate who is serving a life sentence for executing a prison guard 36 years ago during a series of armed robberies.

The owner of the Italian entry in the America's Cup sailing races says his boat will compete this summer, but he's seeking new safety measures after the death of a sailor on another crew during a training run last week.