The federal government has approved California's plan to run its own health insurance market, a milestone in the state's effort to meet the national health care reform law.
For the first time in decades, a river otter has made San Francisco its home, taking up residence in the ruins of a 19th Century seaside bath near the Golden Gate Bridge.
California Attorney General Kamala Harris is suing ConocoPhillips and its spinoff, Phillips 66, over underground tanks used to store gasoline at more than 500 gas stations in the state.
Police in San Francisco say two people were killed and a third critically injured when a shooting suspect fleeing police slammed into another vehicle that then hit a pedestrian.
A new elementary school being built in California is embroiled in controversy after the school board decided to name it after one of the state's most notorious Old West bandidos.
Police have arrested a 35-year-old man in connection with a body that was discovered encased in newly poured concrete inside a Southern California heating and air conditioning business.
California's alcohol sales enforcers have gotten $70,000 worth of bullet-resistant vests, helmets and gas masks to protect them during undercover stings at bars, restaurants and retail establishments.
The California Supreme Court has ruled that amusement parks are not financially responsible for injuries suffered on bumper cars or other thrill rides.
The Defense Department for the first time will put a float in Pasadena's Tournament of Roses to commemorate the veterans from a conflict that still casts a shadow over the world.
The family of a 23-year-old man who disappeared on the morning of Christmas Eve after police say he jumped into a Marin County creek to evade a sobriety test is offering a $5,000 reward for help in finding him.
Thunderstorms, lightning, snow, massive waves and generally odd weather are all being reported across California as yet another storm moves through the region.
San Francisco police are asking for the public's help in finding a mugger they say robbed a woman and killed her little dog when he grabbed the animal and threw it onto a city street.