
Plastic ocean debris the target of new Calif. bill
It's a common sight on the nation's beaches: among the sand, sea foam and gnarled kelp lay plastic bottles, bags and other garbage. Each year cleanup ...
Calif. man who said he fled zombies pleads guilty
A Tennessee man who stole a big-rig truck in California, caused several accidents and told investigators he was fleeing zombies when he did it has ...
Calif. sues JPMorgan Chase over debt collection
California's attorney general sued one of the nation's largest banks Thursday, alleging that JPMorgan Chase & Co. used illegal tactics in its efforts ...
AP Exclusive: Calif. exchange granted secrecy
A California law that created an agency to oversee national health care reforms granted it broad authority to conceal spending on the contractors that ...

Lives on the edge are part of Golden Gate beat
As he shivered on a narrow iron bar 220 feet above San Francisco Bay, 22-year-old Kevin Berthia heard a voice. It did not belong to the old wounds, ...

Court: Calif. cities can ban medical pot shops
The California Supreme Court ruled Monday that cities and counties can ban medical marijuana dispensaries, a decision likely to further diminish the ...

California prison crowding plan still falls short
Underlying California's attempts to meet a federal court order for reducing its prison population is an unsettling question: Will the public be in ...

APNewsBreak: Judge axes federal suit over lake
A federal judge has thrown out a lawsuit filed by Los Angeles against air quality regulators who are requiring the city to do more to control dust on ...

Rural Calif community on lockdown as killer sought
A region of oak-studded hills in California, where big-city dwellers come to get away from crime, was on lockdown Monday, two days after a mysterious ...
Inmate-removal order complicates Calif prison plan
Already facing a potential contempt order, Gov. Jerry Brown now must leap another hurdle to meet a court-ordered deadline this week to say how he will ...

Daycare owners arraigned in Calif. swaddling case
Two sisters facing charges that they endangered the lives of infants at their Northern California daycare center by binding them too tightly in ...

Calif. families want chance at 9/11 scholarships
Many of the relatives of Californians killed in the Sept. 11 attacks say they never knew that millions of dollars were raised in their name for ...
Settlement reached in Calif. bullet train lawsuit
The California agency overseeing the state's effort to build the nation's first high-speed rail line received a boost Thursday when a judge approved ...
N. California bridge bolt trouble noted years ago
Officials in charge of building a new eastern span of the San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge repeatedly questioned the work and quality control of ...
Space Mountain closed as Disney reviews safety
Three rides at Disneyland, including the famous Space Mountain roller coaster, were temporarily closed over the weekend as the company reviewed its ...
CHP: Bus at 'unsafe' speed before Yosemite wreck
A tour bus carrying visitors from Yosemite National Park was traveling at an unsafe speed when the driver lost control and crashed on a mountain road, ...
Judges deny Calif. bid to end prison oversight
A federal judicial panel on Thursday denied Gov. Jerry Brown's request to lift a court-ordered prison population cap and threatened him and other ...
Calif. bill aimed at Scouts' gay ban passes hurdle
A bill aimed at pressuring the Boy Scouts of America to lift its ban on gay members by making the organization ineligible for nonprofit tax breaks ...
Calif. tax bill seeks to punish Scouts for gay ban
California lawmakers are considering taking some tax exemptions away from youth groups that do not accept gay, transgender or atheist members — a move ...

China and California sign deal to boost investment
California and China signed an agreement Wednesday to look for ways to boost trade and investment, even as Gov. Jerry Brown acknowledged the state's ...
Virginia, Utah mount joint raid on Calif. jobs
California sends tomorrow's technology, Hollywood blockbusters and terrific pinot noir to the world. Now, the governors of Utah and Virginia want the ...

Calif. governor looks to China for investments
California Gov. Jerry Brown has designs on building some of the most expensive public works projects in the nation and wants to keep the state moving ...

Feds retain control of Calif. prison mental health
A federal judge on Friday rejected Gov. Jerry Brown's bid to regain state control of inmates' mental health care, citing systematic failures to reduce ...

Obama apologizes to Calif. AG for comment on looks
President Barack Obama has apologized to California Attorney General Kamala Harris for causing a stir when he called her "the best-looking attorney ...