A Northern California sheriff says a fourth person has died from eating a soup made with poisonous mushrooms earlier this month at senior care facility.

A Fremont man is in custody on suspicion of trying to hang his girlfriend from a backyard tree.

Residents are being allowed back onto and off a San Francisco island after police say a suspect in a standoff with officers there shot and killed himself.

Democratic Assemblywoman Cathleen Galgiani has won an open seat in the state Senate while election officials say a special election runoff will be needed for another Senate seat.

A group of California prosecutors say they've reached a settlement with a weight loss company that claimed people could lose weight by spreading a so-called "sprinkle diet" over their food.

Military officials say a Northern California sailor assigned to a naval special warfare unit has died in Afghanistan.

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.

A couple is dead and their 16-year-old son missing after being swept into the sea in Northern California while trying to save their dog.

Rules allowing the shooting of birds at San Jose's airport are getting revised.

Two children were among four people killed when a car collided with a minivan on a rural Northern California highway, authorities said.

Like a lot of newlyweds, Karen Golinski was eager to enjoy the financial fruits of marriage. Within weeks of her wedding, she applied to add her spouse to her employer-sponsored health care plan, a move that would save the couple thousands of dollars a year.

Family members trying to rescue their dog from powerful surf in Northern California were swept out to sea, leaving a couple dead and their 16-year-old son missing, authorities said.

Jeremy Jones is one of the top snowboarders in the world. He's powered his career to new levels without the use of helicopters or snowmobiles in some of the gnarliest terrain on earth.

Bella Swan, James Bond and Abe Lincoln have combined to lift Hollywood to record Thanksgiving revenue at the box office.

A pilot killed in a small plane crash in Northern California has been identified.

A San Francisco couple is waiting to find out if the U.S. Supreme Court will take their case challenging the 1996 law that prohibits the federal government from recognizing same-sex marriages.

Authorities say a crash near Placerville has killed four people and injured five others.

The pen may not be as mighty as the keyboard these days, but California and a handful of states are not giving up on handwriting entirely.

A man described as a transient suffered only minor injuries after spending several hours stuck in a storm drain Friday night.

San Francisco city leaders are calling for more public awareness within the Asian community to prevent older women from being scammed out of their valuables.

A Ventura County supervisor is accusing the county's top elections official of violating campaign finance law.

California is celebrating 100 years of commercial rice production this year, marking the anniversary of a commodity that has evolved to become one of the state's most important agricultural exports.

An earthquake was recorded in a rural area of Monterey County Saturday morning, but it apparently didn't cause much of a disturbance.

Actor Larry Hagman, who is best known for playing J-R Ewing on the long-running 80s T-V show "Dallas" has died. Hagman was 81-years-old.

A University of California Santa Barbara student has died after she and a 22-year-old man fell together from a second-story apartment railing.