"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.

Authorities say the classic Chevrolet convertible featured in the film "Pulp Fiction" has been found nearly two decades after it was stolen.

A mild earthquake has struck along the coast west of downtown Los Angeles, but there are no immediate reports of damages or injuries.

Auburn police say the 53-year-old man died on Tuesday, a day after he was pinned under the SUV when it crashed into the restaurant. His name has not been released.

A spokeswoman for Secretary of State Debra Bowen, said Friday that making the entire campaign finance database available for download on one spreadsheet every day would involve "writing new code on a system that is very old."

The Los Angeles Times reports Disney officials have no estimate when Space Mountain will reopen.

A man has been arrested for investigation of attempted murder after he allegedly shot at the father of a player in a Little League T-ball game following an argument.

The Fresno County Sheriff's Department has concluded that a volunteer who was killed by a lion at a Central California animal park accidentally caused her own death by failing to secure the door to a feeding cage where the lion was sitting while she cleaned an adjacent enclosure.

A Roseville, California fertility clinic is giving one family an In-vitro fertilization treatment cycle. Enter here.

Brown's office confirms the two leaders met Thursday morning, though details of the meeting were not released.

The groups say they have not found any minority-owned companies among the contractors and subcontractors that have been hired to work on the $1.2 billion stadium.

If the bill is signed into law, California would become the first state in the nation to regular trampoline centers, which have been growing in popularity.