Oakland officials have introduced a municipal identification card that will double as full-fledged debit card.

A Central California man has pleaded guilty to throwing his girlfriend under his sport utility vehicle and running her over, killing the woman.

A Marine Corps survey shows 17 percent of male Marine respondents say they would likely leave the Corps if women move into combat positions.

Authorities say the man wanted in connection with an alleged toddler abduction in Oakland has surrendered and tells investigators the child doesn't exist.

The San Francisco Bay estuary has been added to a list of protected wetlands under a 1971 international treaty among 163 countries meant to limit damaging development along ecologically important waterways.

Los Angeles Archbishop Jose Gomez has relieved retired Cardinal Roger Mahony of his remaining duties, on the same night the church released thousands of pages of personnel files of priests accused of sexual abuse.

Los Angeles Archbishop Jose Gomez has relieved retired Cardinal Roger Mahony of his remaining duties, on the same night the church released thousands of pages of personnel files of priests accused of sexual abuse.

Federal officials say they have recovered five rock carvings that were hacked off and stolen by thieves last year from a sacred American Indian site in California's Sierra Nevada.

A federal court monitor says that the Oakland police department's decade-old reform effort continues to backslide.

Prosecutors have charged a Chico physician assistant with assaults on two women who were forced into vehicles, injected with a substance that made them drowsy and had their hands and feet bound.

Police say the shooting deaths of two women and a man in Oxnard may be a murder-suicide.

Officials say a woman is hospitalized after she tumbled down a side of a cliff while trying to rescue her dog.

A Berkeley man is in custody after police say he stabbed two people, barricaded himself inside a home and set it on fire.

A retired barber accused of fatally shooting his California doctor in an exam room says he can't afford an attorney.

A group of seven California Republican state legislators wants to allow school districts to use state funds to train staff to use guns to ward off campus attackers.

Authorities say five men are facing multiple criminal charges in the shootings of two Oakland police officers within a week.

Authorities say an explosion at a hotel near SeaWorld San Diego has injured three people, one seriously.

California jobs records show many full-time state workers are moonlighting with second jobs in the same department.

A California prison gang leader has been indicted for murder, conspiracy and racketeering in connection with the Oakland stabbing deaths of a couple.

Toll takers collecting cash from drivers is set to become a thing of the past at the Golden Gate Bridge.

A Northern California man is suing the regional Boy Scouts council he was involved with as a teenager over sexual abuse he alleges occurred at the hands of his troop leader.

Drug pilfering charges won't be filed against a California jailhouse nurse, but a second nurse has pleaded guilty to narcotics possession.

California snow surveyors have confirmed what many feared after a relatively dry January - the water content of snow that has accumulated in the Sierra is slightly below average for this time of year.

A 50-year-old Northern California woman is in critical condition after authorities say her boyfriend accidentally ran over her with a truck.

State regulators have ordered a Southern California warehouse operator who handles merchandise for big-box stores like Walmart to pay employees more than $1 million in unpaid overtime.