The Associated Press -
Published: 11:32 pm
The son of a late San Francisco pornography mogul will stand trial on accusations that he crushed his ex-girlfriend's skull with a baseball bat.
The Associated Press -
Updated: 10:37 pm
The Securities and Exchange Commission has charged a San Diego County man with securities fraud, saying he targeted Somali immigrants in San Diego and Seattle.
The Associated Press -
Published: 10:32 pm
A Sacramento police officer has been arrested on suspicion of abusing his girlfriend.
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Published: 8:47 pm
Federal prosecutors on Friday said they would not appeal a judge's dismissal of a Missouri mother's convictions for her role in a MySpace hoax directed at a 13-year-old girl who committed suicide.
The Associated Press -
Published: 7:52 pm
Federal prosecutors will not appeal a judge's dismissal of a Missouri mother's convictions for her role in a MySpace hoax directed at a 13-year-old girl who committed suicide.
The Associated Press -
Published: 7:37 pm
A Princess Cruises crew member has been acquitted of the sexual assault of a female passenger.
The Associated Press -
Published: 7:07 pm
Former state Assemblyman Nao Takasugi (NAH'-oh tah-kah-SOO'-gee), who was sent to a Japanese internment camp during World War II, has died. He was 87.
The Associated Press -
Published: 5:57 pm
The son of a late San Francisco pornography mogul accused of crushing his girlfriend's skull with a baseball bat will stand trial in her death.
The Associated Press -
Published: 5:47 pm
Federal officials say they arrested a man who strapped 15 live lizards to his chest to get through customs at Los Angeles International Airport.
The Associated Press -
Published: 5:07 pm
Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger has declared a state of emergency in Santa Cruz County to help communities affected by storms that battered the area in October.
The Associated Press -
Published: 4:57 pm
Police say they have arrested a third person in connection with the shooting death of an off-duty Las Vegas police officer in his garage.
The Associated Press -
Updated: 4:57 pm
The 27-year-old son of a veteran Los Angeles police officer has pleaded guilty to possessing child pornography and the officer is facing similar charges.
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Published: 4:47 pm
A winter storm with winds gusting to more than 80 mph Friday knocked out power for thousands of people in northern Nevada, grounded flights and kicked up dust storms that contributed to a fatal pile-up that shut down a stretch of U.S. Interstate 80.
The Associated Press -
Updated: 4:37 pm
Two men face charges in connection with a street race in San Jose that killed a 20-year-old woman.
The Associated Press -
Updated: 4:37 pm
A recall effort against a Republican state lawmaker who voted to raise taxes earlier this year has failed.
The Associated Press -
Published: 3:57 pm
Oakland police say an Oakland teenager who was shot and killed while answering his front door may have been an unintended victim.
By JULIET WILLIAMS -
Updated: 6:47 pm
Two congressional Republicans say federal prosecutors rushed into a settlement with a nonprofit operated by Sacramento Mayor Kevin Johnson that had been accused of misspending government grants.
The Associated Press -
Published: 3:52 pm
Prosecutors have decided not to seek the death penalty for a former Sacramento County sheriff's deputy accuse of murdering a state correctional officer.
The Associated Press -
Published: 3:32 pm
Authorities say a pilot was killed when his small plane crashed in Northern California near the Nevada border.
The Associated Press -
Published: 3:07 pm
A woman has pleaded no contest in a head-on crash that killed a man on U.S. Highway 50 in March.
The Associated Press -
Updated: 2:57 pm
A Minneapolis nonprofit group best known as a video game watchdog is closing its doors at the end of the year due to a lack of funding.
The Associated Press -
Updated: 2:37 pm
A woman who drove the getaway car after a robbery and murder at an ATM in Los Angeles last year will spend 25 years to life in prison.
The Associated Press -
Updated: 1:57 pm
A federal appeals court in San Francisco has rejected three grape growers' challenge to a mandatory advertising campaign for California table grapes.
The Associated Press -
Published: 1:47 pm
Los Angeles cold-case detectives have arrested a man charged with murdering a 65-year-old woman nearly three decades ago.
By ROBERT JABLON -
Updated: 7:57 pm
California is investigating several companies suspected of bilking churches nationwide of hundreds of thousands of dollars through fraudulent computer leasing schemes, authorities said Friday.
The Associated Press -
Published: 1:32 pm
Nevada game wardens are seeking information about two elk poached in northern Elko County near the Idaho line.
By PAUL ELIAS -
Updated: 2:57 pm
A judge's decision to move Johannes Mehserle's murder trial to Los Angeles County is a setback for the former transit police officer charged with gunning down an unarmed man on New Year's Day.
The Associated Press -
Updated: 1:17 pm
A grand jury has indicted an alleged Bakersfield gang member in the shooting deaths of three men.