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.

Police say a former couple were found shot to death at their house in East San Jose during an apparent Valentine's Day murder-suicide.

Oakland's lawsuit claiming federal officials are illegally trying to shut down a medical marijuana dispensary has been tossed by a federal magistrate judge.

Authorities have identified a Riverside police officer they believe was wounded by Christopher Dorner in an ambush that killed his partner.

A Northern California high school student has been arrested for showing up on campus wearing camouflage and a gas mask.

Sacramento County elections officials say they have found 407 uncounted ballots cast in the Nov. 6 election.

Officials say burned remains found in a California mountain cabin have been positively identified as fugitive former police officer Christopher Dorner.

Oil tankers and other large vessels will be restricted from sailing beneath the San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge in dense fog under new rules passed by shipping officials.

Former San Diego mayor Maureen O'Connor has admitted in federal court that she misappropriated $2 million from her late husband's charitable foundation due to a gambling addiction in which won more than $1 billion but lost even more over nearly a decade.

A research firm says Southern California posted its strongest home sales for a January in six years amid heavy interest from investors.

State transportation officials are laying out two new proposals to reduce delays on Highway 140 into Yosemite National Park.

The man accused in the killing of a 13-year-old Suisun City girl appeared in court Wednesday, but did not enter a plea.

Orange County prosecutors say a man in prison for life without parole has been charged with killing his friend three decades ago.

South Lake Tahoe Police are warning against possible identity theft. According to police, a credit card “skimmer” device was used at the Safeway gas station at the corner of U.S. Highway 50 and Takela Ave. During their investigation they found more than one victim of identity theft.

Authorities say one person is dead after a small plane lost a wing and crashed just feet from a Northern California freeway.

State Insurance Commissioner Dave Jones says just eight of the 1,300 insurance companies doing business in California have holdings in Iran's energy, military and nuclear industries.

The Los Angeles Police Department is returning largely to normal operations after the apparent fiery end to the hunt for Christopher Dorner.

The mother and sisters of a girl whom authorities think was killed more than 27 years ago by California's notorious "Speed Freak Killers" are suing San Joaquin County officials over the handling of the 16-year-old's exhumed remains.

Highway 395 is back open after a crash that led to power lines in the road.

An official briefed on the investigation tells The Associated Press that a wallet with a California driver's license with the name Christopher Dorner has been found in the rubble of a cabin.

Barry Bonds is asking a federal court to toss out his felony obstruction of conviction.