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Harvard University's alumni association says it regrets including the Unabomber's references to his convictions in a directory for his 50th class reunion this week.

Chris Stalinski was in bed when she heard screams and couldn't imagine what was happening in the mobile home next door, where a mother lived with her teen daughter.

A mixed-martial artist accused of ripping out his friend's still-beating heart and removing the man's tongue and skin while he was alive is competent to stand trial on murder, mayhem and torture charges, a Northern California judge has ruled.

A wildfire that destroyed two homes in a rural neighborhood near the California-Nevada line may have been caused by an illegal burn that had been smoldering at a private residence since the weekend, investigators said Wednesday.

Authorities have identified a 28-year-old skydiver who died after landing in the waters of Lake Tahoe.

A doctor who helped the CIA hunt down Osama bin Laden was convicted Wednesday of conspiring against the state and sentenced to 33 years in prison, adding new strains to an already deeply troubled relationship between the U.S. and Pakistan.

President Barack Obama's re-election campaign is beginning to express some confidence that the president's historic, yet politically risky, embrace of gay marriage may not hurt him in the November election.

Max Hirsh says he sensed something wasn't quite right when the psychiatrist focused on his failures with sports and teenage girls, as well as his deficient relationships with older men, particularly his father.

George Zimmerman accused the Sanford police department of corruption more than a year before he shot Trayvon Martin, saying at a public forum the agency covered up the beating of a black homeless man by the son of a white officer.

Following up our editorial on Tuesday, the City Council did endorse a "lifeline" program to soften the financial pinch Sacramentans will feel from higher water and sewer rates come July 1.

Hewlett-Packard Co. is cutting 27,000 jobs in an effort to recover from management missteps that hobbled the Silicon Valley pioneer as its rivals raced ahead with more innovative products and services.

The city of Sacramento has been ranked second in the nation on public access to urban parks and government investment in those parks, behind only San Francisco.

Almost four years after the financial crisis, Wall Street still can't get it right.

Robert Van Handel was a 15-year-old seminarian at St. Anthony's, a prestigious Franciscan boarding school, when, he said, a priest slipped into the infirmary where he was recovering from a fever and began to molest him. The priest told him it would help draw the fever out.

Aramis Ramirez hit a three-run double in a six-run first inning, Jonathan Lucroy added a two-run homer in the second and the Milwaukee Brewers rocked Barry Zito again at Miller Park in an 8-5 win over the San Francisco Giants on Wednesday.

Originally planning to focus on education, Mitt Romney instead reignited the debate over his business credentials on Wednesday, welcoming scrutiny of the private equity firm he co-founded and declaring he's a far more qualified steward of the economy than President Barack Obama.

A teenage songbird or a bluesy guitar man will claim the 11th "American Idol" crown Wednesday.

The judge in the Davis "sweethearts" murder trial today put a limit on defense lawyers on how much evidence they can bring in about a group of suspects previously charged but later cleared in the killings of John Riggins and Sabrina Gonsalves.

The chain reaction accident this morning on the Yolo Causeway that backed up traffic for at least an hour began when a driver didn't notice in time that vehicles had suddenly slowed, according to the CHP.

A person with an active case of tuberculosis who visited two Northern California neonatal intensive care units had a valid reason to be there and had not been diagnosed at the time, officials said Wednesday.

A former private school principal who has been charged with six felony counts of child molestation pleaded not guilty today.

Americans bought more new homes last month, the latest evidence that the U.S. housing market could be starting to recover.

U.S. residential property values are up for the first time since July 2011, according to a new report released today by Oxford, Miss.-based real estate tracker FNC Inc.

Authorities say it was a special delivery indeed: 13 illegal immigrants stuffed in a phony UPS van.

The state has followed through on its threat to battle U.S. Army Corps of Engineers rules that could require millions of trees to be cut down from California levees, including some in Sacramento.

It's been a long, strange trip for what appears to be several tiny chips of lunar rock that found their way into a casino mogul's hands after being collected by the first men on the moon.

The saga of lunar rock traveling from the first moon landing in 1969 to the Las Vegas Strip in 1987 and back to NASA in 2012 recalls other moon rock stories. Here are a few:

The three-day Memorial Day weekend looks warm and sunny, but today will feature strong breezes. On Friday, look for a 10-degree drop in temperatures.

A roundup of area events this weekend in honor of Memorial Day.

Festering tensions between a grieving mother and a former day care operator facing criminal charges in the death of a baby boy prompted a Sacramento judge to issue stern warnings Wednesday to both sides in the bitter case.

The Sacramento Bee will test charging some online readers to access stories on its website.

Dickey's Barbecue Pit will open a new restaurant Thursday in Folsom.

Dallas-based Comerica Bank's California Economic Activity Index broke a streak of flat readings in March, rising nearly two points to 101.

CalPERS joined the chorus of shareholders promising to vote against Wal-Mart Stores Inc.'s board of directors because of the bribery scandal involving the retailer's Mexico subsidiary.

Punter Andy Lee is due for a raise. A league source confirmed a contract extension this morning, although the details of the contract still are unavailable.

San Francisco-based solar project developer Recurrent Energy said today that three of its photovoltaic projects in Sacramento County are now in commercial operation.

Roseville police are warning of calls from phony "Microsoft support technicians" who are interested in credit card fraud - not solving computer problems.

Sacramento County is having a garage sale on Thursday - cash only accepted.

Competing radio ads spotlight wealthy Stanford physicist Charles T. Munger Jr.'s deep-pockets support for incumbent Assemblywoman Beth Gaines against challenger Andy Pugno in a Placer County-based Assembly district.

An oceanographer who tracks flotsam says West Coast beachcombers may find floating athletic shoes with human remains as more debris from last year's Japanese tsunami finally washes ashore.

A strong earthquake has struck off the coast of northeastern Japan, but no tsunami is expected.

A San Francisco supervisor says he consulted a Ouija board before city leaders voted on whether to recommend naming a Navy ship after slain gay rights activist Harvey Milk.

The name of the 27-year-old man who was fatally shot in Arden Arcade was released today by the Sacramento County Coroner's office.

Police are intensifying their search for a Northern California teen missing for more than two months after arresting a man on suspicion of her murder and kidnapping.

A Massachusetts woman says she was angry when she got an email from her son's fourth-grade teacher telling her that school personnel had pulled a loose baby tooth he had been playing with.

StudentsFirst, the education advocacy group formed by former Washington D.C. public schools chancellor Michelle Rhee, has poured $2 million into a campaign committee created to influence state legislative races ahead of the June 5 primary.

Out-of-state libertarians are trying to defeat a term limits measure on the June ballot, but so far, they haven't been able to match the financial heft of the coalition of unions and business interests backing it.

Dr. Thomas Gill's forensic pathology career already was scarred by numerous autopsy mistakes before he started ruling on causes of death for the Solano County sheriff-coroner in 2007.

With Celine Dion crooning, Leonardo DiCaprio proclaiming himself "king of the world" and the Titanic taking on water - all in 3-D - the perfect scene for a date was set.