A sheriff's deputy was struck and critically injured by a car as he investigated an abandoned vehicle along railroad tracks in an unincorporated area of East Los Angeles.
Scientists measuring California's giant sequoias to assess their role in fighting climate change have discovered that the tree thought to be the world's second largest is actually third.
An animal rights group has filed a lawsuit claiming a Hermosa Beach restaurant is ducking the state's foie gras sales ban by offering the duck liver delicacy as a complimentary side dish.
Sacramento County officials say an animal control officer was fatally shot at a home where he was assisting a bank employee with business related to an eviction.
A judge has sentenced a former Democratic campaign treasurer to eight years in federal prison for defrauding high-profile clients, including U.S. Sen. Dianne Feinstein, of at least $7 million.
Labor Department officials say San Francisco-based First Republic Bank had paid a little more than $1 million in back wages to settle an overtime case involving hundreds of workers in five states.
Authorities say a baby girl nearly drowned in a Sun Valley toilet after falling in while she and an older sibling were playing alone in a locked bathroom.
San Francisco officials are seeking $1.2 million from the Los Angeles Dodgers to cover the unpaid medical costs for Bryan Stow, a San Francisco Giants fan who was brutally beaten in the parking lot of Dodger Stadium.
An austerity plan approved by leaders of bankrupt San Bernardino slashes more than $26 million in spending and freezes debt payments as the Southern California city struggles to survive.