Environmentalists are protesting in San Francisco as they urge President Barack Obama to take action on climate change and reject a pipeline that would carry oil from Canada to Texas.

Soledad, the Salinas Valley farm town that hugs Highway 101, is hoping for a much-needed economic boost now that the nearby protected mountain area called the Pinnacles has been designated a national park.

A Southern California woman who never knew her father is about to receive his Purple Heart, Silver Star and other military medals he earned before he died in World War II.

Bruce Willis remains a die-hard at the box office.

Shadow Morton, a 1960s pop-song writer and producer whose biggest credits include "Leader of the Pack" and "Remember (Walking in the Sand)," has died. He was 71.

An attorney for Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus says jurors needed less than two hours to decide in favor of the circus after two animal rights activists had claimed they were harassed.

A convicted rapist Fresno County authorities say fled to Mexico has been captured and his father - a California Highway Patrol assistant chief - has been arrested for allegedly helping in the escape.

A Glendale police officer is suing the city and the police department, claiming he was the victim of repeated retaliation after he reported alleged work-related health violations.

The Luiseño language is back from the brink of extinction, thanks to the efforts of tribal leaders on the Pechanga Indian reservation in Southern California.

The U.S. Coast Guard says a Golden Gate Ferry has crashed with a 22-foot-long pleasure boat in San Francisco Bay, leaving two people injured.

City News Service reports a father rescued his wife, three children and a dog from the flames.

San Francisco fire officials say a 10-year-old girl has died in a fire that raced through a Treasure Island apartment complex early Saturday.

Geography is going to play a larger role in how much some Californians will pay for insurance under the federal health overhaul.

A racing yacht named after one of the world's fastest cars has sailed into San Francisco Bay in what organizers say is the fastest passage of a single-hulled sailing vessel from New York to San Francisco.

There are signs of a recovery in California after one of the West Coast's most valuable commercial fisheries was declared an economic disaster in 2000.

A California man has been arrested in southwest Florida on an outstanding murder warrant in the death of his ex-wife.

A dolphin that got entangled in a discarded fishing line has been freed after an hour-long rescue effort off San Diego.

Santa Clara County prosecutors say two former officials of a longtime Latino community organization in San Jose have pleaded guilty to diverting thousands of dollars in workers' retirement funds.

Authorities are applauding a cab driver for helping two Riverside police officers who were shot by Christopher Dorner in an ambush.

Authorities say fugitive former cop Christopher Dorner died of a single gunshot wound to the head as authorities were pumping tear gas into a mountain cabin during a deadly gun battle with sheriff's deputies.

Alpine Meadows has opened up the longest terrain park at Tahoe, just in time for the President's Day holiday weekend.

A 22-year-old man has been charged with vehicular manslaughter in a crash that killed a passenger in South Lake Tahoe last month.

U.S. Sens. Harry Reid of Nevada and Dianne Feinstein of California urged the Sierra Club not to delay implementation of a new plan to guide future development at Lake Tahoe before the environmental group sued over it earlier this week.

San Francisco police say an officer opened fire at a vehicle after its driver went onto a city sidewalk to avoid police spike strips.

The Alameda County Sheriff's Office says they will go back to the drawing board in its pursuit of being among the few local law enforcement agencies to use unmanned aerial drones.