The ex-convict accused of shooting a handful of his co-workers execution-style at a Fresno chicken-processing plant and killing one was described by his boss as a model employee who was given an award for his punctuality.
A boy who was 10 when he was charged with fatally shooting his neo-Nazi father is having his trial interrupted for two months because of a conflict over a witness.
Detectives are trying to determine if anything was stolen during a break-in at House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi's Northern California wine country home.
Two registered nurses in San Diego could lose their licenses because of videos that allegedly show the men engaging in sex acts at the bedside of a 98-year-old stroke patient.
Voters have decisively endorsed long-serving U.S. Sen. Dianne Feinstein, sending the powerful Democrat back to the nation's capital for a fourth full term.
Police say a parolee clearly targeted co-workers at a chicken processing plant in Fresno, killing two people and wounding two others before killing himself.
The California Highway Patrol says three big-rig drivers were killed when their trucks burst into flames after one veered into the path of the other two on Interstate 5 near Bakersfield.
A reputed gang member has been charged with four counts of attempted murder for allegedly opening fire outside a Halloween party on the University Southern California campus.
Officials say several miles of Interstate 15 in Southern California have been closed as a wildfire has grown to 200 acres amid Santa Ana winds and some evacuations have been ordered.
California's political watchdog agency is charging that an $11 million campaign contribution represents the largest case of campaign "money laundering" in state history.
A 50-year-old California woman has been arrested for allegedly violating a restraining order that required her to be at least 100 yards away from actor Jeff Goldblum.