The state Assembly has narrowly approved a compact authorizing the North Fork Rancheria of Mono Indians to build an off-reservation casino north of Fresno.

A California Department of Transportation employee has been killed on a freeway while on his way to a workers memorial ceremony in Sacramento.

An independent hospital accreditation agency has made an unannounced visit to the Nevada psychiatric facility at the center of a "patient dumping" investigation.

Crews battling a growing wildfire in Northern California's Tehama County are bracing for another day of gusty winds and low humidity.

A sheriff's spokesman says a potential witness in the killing of an 8-year-old Calaveras County girl has recanted her statements about seeing a possible suspect running from the girl's home and "is no longer credible."

A third-grade teacher at an Alameda County school has been arrested on charges that he molested a number of female pupils.

The board overseeing California's high-speed rail project has voted to give its largest private contractor another $96 million and two more years to perform architectural and engineering work, but warned that it will exercise rigorous oversight.

Professional athletes who spent most of their careers with teams in other states would no longer be able to file workers' compensation claims in California under a bill headed to the state Senate.

A wind-driven wildfire is raging close to homes in communities 50 miles west of Los Angeles and residents are evacuating.

California's last snow survey of the season is bad news for the millions of state residents who rely on the snowpack for their water.

Southern California fire officials say a fast-moving wildfire has whipped through about 200 acres of Riverside County near Banning, where winds are blowing at 29 mph.

Commercial salmon fishermen are heading to sea from San Francisco and other area ports in what is expected to be a strong fishing season.

More than 150 pro-union demonstrators gathered on the steps of San Francisco's City Hall in the first of at least two protests planned in the city on May Day.

The first Chinese-owned vehicle manufacturer in the United States has unveiled ambitious plans to build as many as 1,000 electric buses a year at a refurbished RV manufacturing plant in the Mojave Desert.

Investigators say a brazen kidnapping attempt not far from where an 8-year-old Calaveras County girl was stabbed to death in her home most likely is a bizarre coincidence.

Police are trying to determine if there's a link between a man arrested after he allegedly broke into an apartment in Placerville and tried to kidnap a toddler, and the killing of an 8-year-old girl about 45 miles away in Calaveras County.

The Sacramento Bee is reporting 21 California lawmakers are asking for a federal investigation into Nevada’s practices on patient dumping.

Authorities in Northern California say the slaying of an 8-year-old girl at her home does not appear to have stemmed from a botched robbery or other crime gone wrong.

An Oregon resident has been arrested on suspicion of carjacking and kidnapping a man at gunpoint in Northern California and then trying to carjack a woman hours later nearby.

Investigators have found a second body at the Southern California site where a small plane crashed after a midair collision with another small plane that managed to make a belly landing on a golf course.

Starting next week, unruly passengers on Bay Area Rapid Transit trains won't just get the boot, they'll get the ban.

A woman has been arrested after she allegedly tried to sneak tainted bottles of orange juice into a refrigerator at a San Jose coffee shop.

Authorities have identified the parents of the 8-year-old girl who was killed in her rural Northern California home Saturday.

The bills call for an advisory committee to review health effects and for lawmakers to approve rules for how fracking can occur. All three bills are carried by Los Angeles-area Democrats.

Frank Bittar, Kieu's public defender, told jurors his client has mental health issues caused by a childhood full of molestation and other trauma in war-torn Vietnam.