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PG&E Corp. CEO Bill Johnson blamed negligence by the company's past management for a cascade of catastrophes that killed nearly 140 people as he tried to persuade California regulators Tuesday that he is steering the utility to make safety its top priority.
The southbound lanes of Interstate 5 are closed in Stockton at Highway 4 due to police activity.
Stockton's request to improve McKinley Park has been approved.
San Francisco Mayor London Breed declared a local emergency Tuesday to prepare the response to what health officials believe is the likely appearance of the coronavirus in the city.
A special needs puppy has a new forever family.
An audit of an Alabama school district shows administrators misused more than $700,000 of public money on strip clubs, liquor stores, nonexistent vendors and scholarships for an administrator's children.
The California lottery skimped on giving $36 million in revenue to fund public education and spent $720,000 on food and travel expenses without considering cheaper options, the state auditor said in a report.
Officers are investigating after more than a dozen cars were broken into in a South Natomas neighborhood overnight on Monday.
The mother of an Ohio high school student says she didn't know her son helps a blind woman cross the street until an image of them was shared on social media.
The FDA has issued a warning letter to the Jimmy John's sandwich chain, saying certain vegetables it served were implicated in five outbreaks of E. coli or salmonella in the past seven years.
Both directions of Highway 120 are closed after a deadly fiery crash involving a big rig and two other vehicles Tuesday morning.
Roy Lewis Norris one of the so-called "Tool Box Killers" who preyed on teenage girls in Southern California more than 40 years ago has died, state corrections officials said Tuesday.
Officials worried that an earthquake could collapse a big dam south of San Francisco have ordered its reservoir to be completely drained by October to reduce the risk of the dam failing and sending floodwaters into communities.
Folsom High School was put on a precautionary lockdown as officers searched for a man who ran from a crash on Highway 50 on Tuesday morning.
A Rancho Cordova man has been sentenced to 250 years to life in prison after being convicted of sexual assault against young children.
