Longtime Republican Rep. Mary Bono Mack has lost her seat to Democrat Raul Ruiz, a Harvard-educated physician who mobilized the district's growing swath of Hispanic voters.

Authorities have used DNA technology to make an arrest in a nearly decade-old series of Sacramento-area rapes.

A local author, teacher and hiking enthusiast is encouraging people to get out on the trails and see what nature has to offer in her new book.

Rail passengers now have extra space to securely store bikes that previously spilled into aisle-ways, as Caltrans nearly doubles the bicycle capacity on Capitol Corridor and San Joaquin trains.

Southern California police have arrested the husband of an Iraqi-American woman whose beating death last March initially raised fears of a hate crime.

Second Early Season Storm Brings a Foot of Snow to Squaw Valley and Alpine Meadows

Los Angeles County sheriff's officials say they're looking for a man accused of raping a mentally disabled woman on a city bus.

A California woman has been fired and reported to the Secret Service for her President Barack Obama racial slur and assassination comment on Facebook.

A TV news cameraman is back at work after a group of young men punched him and stole his camera while he was on assignment on a busy Oakland street.

Its been a busy off season for the family resort, as they announce what new changes visitors will see when they hit the slopes this winter.

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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.

Sacramento County authorities say they have arrested a homeowner who fatally shot a suspected burglar and wounded another intruder.

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.

Truckee asking residents and visitors to support their bid to be named as Powder Magazines Best Ski Town.

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.

Los Angeles County voters have approved a measure requiring porn performers to use condoms while filming sex scenes.

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.

Authorities say that among the wounded victims, two are in critical condition. The other is in serious condition.

In its report released Tuesday, Field also estimated that 1 million fewer Californians will vote in this year's presidential contest than did in 2008.

A severely autistic Southern California teenager was left inside a school bus alone for nearly seven hours.

A fall heat wave is starting to ease after setting record highs throughout California.