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.

Five people were injured Wednesday when a San Francisco cable car came to a sudden stop in the city's Nob Hill neighborhood, authorities said.

San Francisco police plan to provide an update on the investigation into the high-profile disappearance of 10-year-old Kevin Collins in 1984.

A California jury has convicted a man for the shotgun killing of his mother.

Authorities have evacuated an Emeryville office building used by Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory after a reported bomb threat.

California authorities say the death toll from last weekend's tour bus collision has risen to eight with the death of the driver of a pickup truck struck by the bus.

California is abandoning an algebra requirement for eighth graders, a move already adopted by most states.

Authorities say three men have been found dead in a rural Sonoma County home.

Federal and state investigators are searching the mangled wreckage of a tour bus for the cause of a weekend crash that left seven people dead and injured dozens of others.

Authorities have identified the last of seven people killed in a weekend tour bus crash in Southern California.

Los Angeles police are reviewing recently released clergy abuse files to see if there's evidence of criminal activity by members of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Los Angeles, including the failure to report child abuse to authorities.

Deputies are searching for the young killer of two women who were stabbed to death in a rural Southern California community.

Authorities in Southern California say a boy and a girl had fingers torn off during a game of tug-of-war at their high school.

Another California city is suing the state Finance Department for refusing to return former redevelopment agency funds.

San Diego is struggling with a stinky problem - the smell from bird poop at a scenic cove

A Los Angeles middle school teacher has been arrested and charged for allegedly molesting three teenage girls.

The California Highway Patrol says a bus that careened out of control down a mountain before crashing and killing seven people has been towed from the highway nearly 24 hours later.

Court documents reveal that a Los Angeles County Sheriff's deputy who shot and killed a mentally ill woman won't face criminal charges.

Authorities in Merced County, Calif., say no charges are expected to be filed after a two-year-old boy died from drinking cleaning fluid.

Authorities in Southern California say a boy and a girl had fingers torn off during a game of tug-of-war at their high school.

Los Angeles County authorities say two pedestrians have been struck by a Metropolitan Transit Authority bus.

Federal authorities say three illegal immigrants have been charged with operating five Central Valley brothels that used other illegal immigrants as prostitutes.

The remains of a Vietnam War naval fighter pilot who was shot down in 1966 have been identified, allowing the military to remove him from its list of servicemen missing in action.

A Central California farmworker whose arm was mangled in a watermelon harvesting machine is getting a $1 million settlement.

A narrowly divided California Supreme Court has refused to block Apple Inc. and other online retailers from requiring customers using credit cards to provide their home addresses and phone numbers.