A snowboarder is dead after an avalanche Monday morning.

It's an early Christmas present for skiers and riders. Thanks to the weekend storms, Heavenly Mountain Resort is able to open up all of its remaining terrain today.

Taxpayers save thousands of dollars when California lawmakers use personal cars for legislative business rather than state-leased vehicles.

State fish and game officials are vowing to learn from the shooting of two mountain lion cubs in Half Moon Bay - a decision that was criticized by wildlife advocates.

They may look tasty but a California official warns people to stay away from the 'shrooms.

James Comisar has collected some 10,000 items of TV memorabilia and would like to put them in a museum. But that's not as easy as it sounds.

San Francisco is trying to solve a problem in its popular Union Square: pushy panhandlers.

As many as seven crayfish harvesters may soon be trolling the waters of Lake Tahoe, seeking to make a buck while ridding the lake of an invasive species.

An analysis of a federal investigation of the UC Davis Medical Center -that was conducted after the deaths of three brain surgery patients at the facility - found that hospital policies and federal regulations were violated.

Tiny hobbit Bilbo Baggins is running circles around some of the biggest names in Hollywood.

San Bernardino County deputies looking for two vicious pit bulls instead found nearly 2,000 marijuana plants, two suspects, three rifles and two shotguns.

Police say that the man killed in the home invasion robbery in Sacramento was one of the intruders, and the homeowner was among the three people wounded.

Police in riot gear flooded the field of a youth football game in Southern California to stop a brawl that involved dozens and possibly hundreds of adult spectators.

California Highway Patrol is letting westbound travelers on Interstate 80 over Donner Pass. The freeway is still closed to trucks.

International fishing authorities say a Dana Point man has broken a world record with a 427-pound yellowfin tuna caught earlier this year off the Mexican coast.

Officials at grocery chain Raley's say union workers have ratified a new labor contract.

Highway 50 is open over Spooner Summit. Traffic is now moving again over Echo Summit.

California's state controller's office says a $371 million overhaul of the government payroll system is heading for collapse.

Heavy rain, pounding waves and plenty of snow in the mountains are all in the forecast as Northern Californians brace for a weekend of wintry weather.

A jury has ordered the city of San Diego to pay $6.7 million to a man who was maimed by a giant palm tree that fell on him after cutbacks on yearly inspections and maintenance.

A 71-year-old man was killed Friday morning in an accident at Squaw Valley ski resort.

Law enforcement officers have halted traffic on a Los Angeles freeway to search for fleeing robbery suspects.

California's jobless rate has dipped below 10 percent for the first time since the recession began, signaling that California's economy may have finally turned the corner.

California regulators are set to decide how much Pacific Gas and Electric Co. customers should pay to upgrade the utility's gas pipelines in the wake of a deadly explosion in the San Francisco Bay area city of San Bruno.

The leader of the state Senate says California's approach to treating mental illness should serve as a national model in response to last week's massacre of schoolchildren in Newtown, Conn.