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.

A computer glitch that left nearly 40,000 Californians unable to use their electronic food stamp cards has been fixed.

The county has dropped a proposal to replace federal Transportation Safety Administration screeners at Sacramento International Airport with private security officers.

A California soccer coach is in jail on a charge of raping a 16-year-old girl while she slept in his Oakdale home after a party.

The Coast Guard says an empty oil tanker that crashed into the San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge was warned prior to striking the bridge tower.

The parents of a 15-year-old student who leapt to his death at Crescenta Valley High School north of Los Angeles are suing the school district alleging they turned a blind eye to bullying that brought on their son's death.

Prosecutors have filed special charges against the suspected gunman in a New Year's Eve bar shooting in Sacramento that left two people dead, making him eligible for the death penalty, if convicted.

Authorities say the pilot of a crop-dusting helicopter suffered moderate injuries when his helicopter crashed in a field outside of Fresno Tuesday afternoon.

California Gov. Jerry Brown says he feels great after concluding treatment for early-stage prostate cancer.

Prosecutors say they won't be filing charges against a 67-year-old Northern California man who was arrested in September on suspicion of attempting to kill his girlfriend by giving her water containing chlorine.

Authorities say a California teen who was found dead in South Lake Tahoe after going missing appears to have taken off her ski jacket and become disoriented while walking.

Federal transportation authorities say they are investigating the crash of an empty tanker that struck a tower in the middle of the San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge.

Federal transportation officials have given Sacramento $135 million to expand its light rail as the region seeks to increase the reach of its system.

A draft plan to limit crowding in Yosemite National Park to protect a river that runs through it would limit the number of daily visitors to roughly current levels.

Authorities have identified the victims of a plane that crashed in the Central Valley en route from San Diego to Fresno.

A San Francisco Bay area Boy Scouts review board has challenged the Boy Scouts of America's prohibition on gay members by approving a local teenager's application for Eagle Scout status.

A San Francisco Bay area Boy Scouts review board has challenged the Boy Scouts of America's prohibition on gay members by approving a local teenager's application for Eagle Scout status.

San Bernardino police are offering $30,000 to help find the killers of three elderly women.

A computer glitch that inadvertently cancelled food stamp cards has left tens of thousands of Californians unable to use them to buy food.

Los Angeles county prosecutors say a man has been sentenced to 15 years to life in prison after being convicted of murdering his wife in 1981.

A medical marijuana dispensary that bills itself as the nation's largest has won another round in its fight to stay open amid a federal crackdown.

Authorities in California's Central Valley say that two people are dead after a small airplane crashed en route from San Diego to Fresno.

A man accused of killing seven people at a small California Christian college has been deemed mentally unfit for trial.