A jury has been discharged in in the federal criminal trial of four Fresno police officers accused of using excessive force after jurors said they were hopelessly deadlocked on all charges.
NASA is set to launch a new Earth-observing satellite designed to carry on the tradition of documenting changes to the planet's glaciers, forests and coastlines.
Southern California authorities hunting a triple-murder suspect plan to search through the weekend in snow-covered mountains where the former Los Angeles police officer torched and abandoned his pickup truck.
The state transportation department says it has determined that the foundations underpinning thousands of bridges, overcrossings and other structures are safe.
Student journalists at a Central Valley high school are getting a lesson in the First Amendment after administrators confiscated their newspaper over concerns about a campus safety article.
Weeks after New York enacted the nation's toughest gun laws, California lawmakers want the state to do even more in response to recent mass shootings, particularly the Newtown, Conn., school massacre.
The search for a former Los Angeles police officer accused of killing three people, including a cop, extends to the Las Vegas area, where he has a home.
The most feared predator in the ocean received new protections today when a California commission decided the great white shark should be studied as a potential endangered species.
The utility that runs the troubled San Onofre (oh-NOH'-fray) nuclear power plant in California is pushing back against allegations that the company took engineering shortcuts that compromised safety.
Officials believe a camel that escaped its enclosure twice Tuesday before being clipped by a minivan probably just wanted to be around some other animals.
Seven Los Angeles County sheriff's deputies from an anti-gang unit were notified earlier this week that the department intends to fire them for being members of a secret law enforcement clique that allegedly encouraged unethical conduct.
A judge has declined to reconsider his ruling dismissing charges filed under California's anti-paparazzi law, triggering a full appeal before a panel of judges who have indicated that they believe the law is constitutional.
Police say a former Los Angeles officer suspected in the killings of a college basketball coach and her fiance was represented by the coach's father when he lost his job.
Officials believe a camel that escaped its enclosure twice Tuesday before being clipped by a minivan probably just wanted to be around some other animals.
NBA Commissioner David Stern says the group that has reached agreement to purchase the Sacramento Kings has formally filed to relocate the franchise to Seattle.
San Francisco police are asking for the public's help in the decades-old disappearance of a 10-year-old boy that garnered national attention at the time.
