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.

County Executive Jeff Smith says Scottsdale, Ariz.-based Rural Metro has been put on notice about possible termination.

State and federal laws require Caltrans to protect the birds and their nests.

Residents of nearby Newport Beach want the rings removed, arguing that drifting smoke is a health hazard.

Valley fever is spreading so quickly through two Central California prisons that a medical expert is recommending the state act quickly to stem the outbreak or shut the institutions down.

SANTA ROSA, Calif. (AP) - Authorities say three abalone divers died in separate incidents over the weekend in Northern California, where powerful rip currents were reported.

A newspaper investigation finds continuing neglect of children and dubious financial practices at a private foster care agency, a decade after it was singled out for similar problems by Los Angeles County auditors.

A newspaper is reporting that the new eastern span of the San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge has more than 1,200 bolts made from galvanized steel that is virtually identical to a high-strength alloy that a nationwide group of transportation officials banned for use on bridges because the bolts can crack.

Authorities have identified a man fatally shot during a confrontation with sheriff's deputies investigating a domestic violence case in South Los Angeles.

"Iron Man 3" is the heavy-lifter at theaters with a colossal overseas debut that overshadows a sleepy pre-summer weekend at the domestic box office.

Authorities in the Northern California town of Valley Springs are searching for an intruder who killed a 8-year-old girl at her house.

A World War II veteran who provided the flag in the famous flag-raising on Iwo Jima has died. Alan Wood was 90.

A classroom breakfast program serving nearly 200,000 Los Angeles Unified School District students is at the center of a dispute over funding priorities between two of the district's most influential unions.

Before they kick off their "50 and Counting" tour, the Rolling Stones are playing a warm-up date in a small club in Los Angeles.

It was a sale fit for a princess on Saturday as a Southern California man who's collected 55,000 dresses and ballgowns put some up for sale in a flourish of taffeta and silk.

The nation's eighth-largest city is moving ahead with efforts to use recycled wastewater for drinking supplies - a project that critics had long blasted as "toilet to tap."

The legal proceedings following the murder of Raveesh "Ravi" Kumra - a wealthy Silicon Valley killed in his mansion - are taking an odd twist, with a former exotic dancer from Nevada asking a court for monthly support and a petition with the court seeking half his estate.

Chevron has resumed operations in a unit at its Richmond refinery that was shut down after a massive fire last year.

California's medical board is backing measures to combat prescription drug abuse.

Authorities say a man who was trying to clean graffiti off of a sign on a freeway overpass in Sacramento has died in a fall.

San Diego police have shot and killed a knife-wielding woman who charged an officer after stabbing her son and boyfriend.

An Orange County man who got his stepdaughter pregnant when she was 11 has been sentenced to 61 years to life in prison rape and other sex crimes.

Dave Gold, who founded the 99 Cents Only Stores chain that offers everything from apples to school supplies for under a buck, has died. He was 80.