San Francisco's police chief is withdrawing his request to equip officers with stun guns as part of a pilot program, saying suggestions to limit use of the guns would have increased the risk to officers and the public.
Federal authorities have charged seven people for allegedly participating in a conspiracy to sell more than $3 million worth of stolen goods over the eBay online auction website.
The voice of Charlie Brown in the first "Peanuts" television specials has pleaded guilty to threatening and stalking his ex-girlfriend and a plastic surgeon who gave her a breast enhancement he paid for.
Police say three Orange County seventh graders had to be hospitalized for stomachaches after eating what was likely a marijuana-laced brownie at school, and the boy who brought it is under arrest.
Officials say a 16-year-old boy in San Diego County has died after being hit in the chest with a softball during his high school physical education class.
Riverside County authorities say a man charged with stealing a big-rig truck then causing several collisions that left seven people injured told investigators he had to do it because he was fleeing from zombies.
Attorneys and a Los Angeles judge have selected 81 people to remain in the jury pool for a case between Michael Jackson's mother and concert giant AEG Live.
A California transportation official says it could take weeks or even months to find a solution for bolts that snapped on the new eastern span of the San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge.
The first Powerball drawing for California takes place Monday night about 8:00pm. Record breaking ticket sales started in the Golden State on Monday. California can thank Nevadans for helping break the previous record by nearly double
Officials say a 78-year-old man tied a puppy to train tracks in the California desert, and an engineer had to use emergency brakes to keep from crushing it.
Authorities have released audio of a 911 call from a California couple tied up by fugitive ex-police officer Christopher Dorner, who would die during a shootout with deputies hours later.
Officials at Vandenberg Air Force Base on California's Central Coast say they're closing one of the base's beaches for three weeks because of beach access violations during the breeding season of a threatened species of bird.
Police say a sex offender who worked as a neighborhood handyman has been charged with sexually assaulting and killing a 76-year-old woman in San Bernardino.
A court hearing in California has been postponed to next month for a former Las Vegas-area lawmaker jailed on felony charges following a freeway chase and violent struggle with police the same day he was expelled from the Nevada state Assembly.
The McStays disappeared in February 2010, when investigators found rotten eggs on the kitchen counter and two cereal bowls full of popcorn in the living room of the family's Fallbrook home.
The Los Angeles Times reports the city has filed a motion to put Gary Klein's federal civil rights suit on hold pending resolution of the criminal case.
The Fresno Bee reported on Monday that Mark Borba used the term last month in an email exchange with Westlands Water District Manager Tom Birmingham that was copied to other farmers.
