Democratic Assemblyman Das Williams of Santa Barbara says no harm would be done under his AB131 because applicants also must swear under penalty of perjury that they are United States citizens.

Clauder says he was left destitute after being falsely accused in 2009 by his son Trey Stancher.

U-T San Diego says Thaddeus "TJ" Brown could face up to 2 ½ years in federal prison at his scheduled sentencing Thursday, although he's requested probation.

Sheriff's officials say one of two hikers missing for three days in Southern California's Cleveland National Forest has been found alive.

A crowd of protesters estimated by organizers to include more than 1,000 people from various environmental groups has gathered outside the Getty mansion in San Francisco where they're calling on President Obama to reject construction of a pipeline that would transport oil from Canada to the Texas Gulf Coast.

Authorities say a 22-year-old car wash worker was injured after accidentally leaving a limousine in reverse at a Southern California car wash.

Farmers and biologists collaborated this winter to place young salmon in winter-flooded rice fields to mimic the vast marshlands that originally lined the rivers of the Central Valley.

A port statement Wednesday says the 45-foot-deep Main Channel, West Basin Channel and East Basin Channel were deepened to 53 feet during the $370 million project.

So far, nothing has been found in the area where mountain bikers glimpsed what they believed to be a light in heavy brush Tuesday night off of a trail.

Among the 278 cases of alleged misconduct was that of a prison guard suspect of carousing regularly with prisoners, even joining them as they drank a form of inmate-made booze.

The Los Angeles County district attorney's office revealed the charges against 32-year-old Tobias Summers after earlier announcing charges against co-defendant Daniel Martinez, who is in custody.

Police say the suspect, who has not been identified, matched the description of the man who robbed a Yuba City Burger King and a Marysville Taco Bell.

Coroner's spokeswoman Cheryl MacWillie said Wednesday that 33-year-old Lorna Valle was found dead Feb. 23 at the Century Regional Detention Facility in Lynwood.

Stanford University is collaborating with Harvard and MIT on a computer system that allows colleges to offer free online courses.

Coast Guard officials intercepted a boat carrying more than 3.3 tons of marijuana off the coast of Southern California. Cmdr. Daniel Pickles says the smugglers' vessel was discovered during routine patrol, and suspects began tossing bales of pot overboard as the boat sped south on Sunday.

Pacific Health Corporation officials say they will close their three remaining hospitals, in part because of legal costs associated with allegations hospital administrators recruited homeless people to charge Medicare and Medi-Cal for care.

Authorities say they're looking for a man who may be a transient who kidnapped and raped a 6-year-old girl. KBAK/KBFX News reports the child was playing in her yard Tuesday afternoon when the man forced her to an isolated area and sexually assaulted her before fleeing on foot.

Prosecutors say a former port employee has been sentenced in connection to a bomb hoax that forced the evacuation of a tugboat facility and shipping terminal at the Port of Los Angeles for several hours.

Camp Pendleton Marines are practicing how to deal with boarding pirate ships in training aboard a ship moored in the port of Long Beach.

The district attorney contacted the sheriff's office a few days after the incident fearing that it was his son after not hearing from him since March 25.

The Sacramento County coroner identified the body Tuesday but lists the cause of death as undetermined because an autopsy has not been performed.

The Press-Enterprise reports that Fontana police officers noticed Robert Steven Romero deleting items from his cell phone's memory.

The Riverside Press-Enterprise reports a Yucaipa businessman staged an elaborate April Fool's joke on Monday.

The Costa Mesa teens called authorities Sunday night saying they were lost about a mile from their car in Holy Jim Canyon, but their cellphone lost power soon after.

The rods that snapped last month after they were tightened connect steel earthquake safety devices called shear keys to the bridge's deck and a large concrete cap.