Hotel heiress and media personality Paris Hilton is backing California legislation that aims to bring more transparency to discipline used at facilities for troubled teens.
State Highway 9 will be shut down all day Saturday near Ben Lomond in Santa Cruz County after a vehicle crashed into a power pole, according to the California Highway Patrol.
Authorities say Paul Flores, the convicted killer of college student Kristin Smart, has been stabbed at a California prison, the second time he has been attacked by a fellow inmate in the past year.
When O.J. Simpson’s death from prostate cancer was announced, the University of Southern California made no public acknowledgment of it. The silence is atypical for the school, but it’s an obvious statement in itself about the complicated relationship with one of the most accomplished athletes in USC history.
Federal fishery managers have voted to cancel all commercial and recreational salmon fishing off the coast of California for the second year in a row, and only the fourth time in state history, because of dwindling stocks.
A massive fire Thursday morning at a pallet recycling yard near Tracy caused power outages and prompted evacuations, according to the South County Fire Department in San Joaquin County.
More startups are leaving the Bay Area for Denver and Boulder and they are thriving as venture billions flow into the Colorado metro region.
The three-way race for California’s 16th Congressional District is heating up again because of two late requests for a recount.
Rescuers on Wednesday were searching for a 30-foot-long gray whale with its tail entangled in a massive gill net last spotted off Northern California’s coast.
More than half of the foreign-born population in the United States lives in just four states — California, Texas, Florida and New York. That’s according to a new report released Tuesday by the U.S. Census Bureau.
A bill to increase transparency when state hospitals attempt to place sexually violent predators in California communities unanimously passed the state Senate’s Public Safety Committee Tuesday.
California leaders have announced a new package of seven bills to crack down on shoplifting and theft.
State Farm, California’s largest homeowner’s insurance provider, has indicated where it will not be renewing policies, and some Bay Area residents are affected, according to a document provided by the California Department of Insurance.
A section of Highway 1 in Capitola — between Porter Street/Bay Avenue and Park Avenue — was reopened several hours ahead of schedule Sunday, Caltrans said.
Fishing regulators are poised to potentially shut down California’s king salmon season for the second time in two years, and just the third time in history.
Plumas County was shaken by two earthquakes on Thursday evening.
