A convicted hit man has been sentenced to 25 years to life in prison for using a machete to chop off an Orange County man's fingers and fracture his nose.
Traffic is flowing again on a major Southern California traffic artery that was severed for the second time in three days because of ice and snow from a winter storm that brought very unseasonable freezing temperatures to much of the state.
Police are checking surveillance cameras as they try to identify two armed men who took 14 employees hostage at a Nordstrom's Rack near Los Angeles International Airport.
California authorities are investigating allegations that a 16-year-old boy held in a classroom shooting that wounded a classmate had been suspended from school last year for having a hit list.
California authorities have reopened a 40-mile stretch of a major highway north of Los Angeles, some 17 hours after snow shut the route and forced hundreds of truckers to spend the night in their rigs.
A Southern California woman has pleaded not guilty to murder and assault charges stemming from the death of a 2-year-old girl who died from complications after eating chili powder.
The California Highway Patrol says the San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge needs a $31 million security camera system, a much higher price tag than previously estimated.
A Northern California park being built on land donated by filmmaker George Lucas will feature statues of Indiana Jones and Yoda, two of his most popular characters.
The lawyer for the pilot of an empty oil tanker that clipped the San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge says any speculation about "pilot error" being the cause is "highly premature."
Forecasters say a combination of astronomical high tides, high surf and strong winds will bring minor flooding to low-lying areas of the Southern California coast this week.
The county has dropped a proposal to replace federal Transportation Safety Administration screeners at Sacramento International Airport with private security officers.