Falcons Cut Player Attempting Comeback After Overturned Rape Conviction
Brian Banks had his rape and kidnapping charges dropped after the woman who made the charge when Banks was 16 recanted her accusation.
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Brian Banks had his rape and kidnapping charges dropped after the woman who made the charge when Banks was 16 recanted her accusation.
Nearly a dozen Galt High School students experienced flu-like symptoms and were sent home from school on Friday.
A federal appeals court has ruled California can keep in place its ban on selling foie gras.
Sacramento investigators pulled the body of a missing Citrus Heights man out of the American River Friday morning.
A bill heading to Gov. Jerry Brown would allow nurse practitioners, certified nurse midwives and physician assistants to perform a type of early abortion.
Senate President Pro Tem Darrell Steinberg is California's acting governor, with the state's two top chief executives out of state over the holiday weekend.
After burning nearly 30,000 acres over the past three weeks, the American Fire is now 100 percent contained.
With the last big travel weekend of the summer arriving, some nervous tourists are keeping an eye on the huge Sierra Nevada wildfire, wondering whether it will interfere with their travel plans to destinations like Yosemite National Park.
More than $3.5 million the state Department of Forestry and Fire Protection spent on training and new equipment should have gone into California's cash-strapped general fund, according to a new audit.
Evacuation advisories for some communities north of the giant fire burning near Yosemite National Park are no longer in place, as crews make progress against the blaze.
More than a day after the San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge was shut down, work on the new eastern stretch was on pace to be completed as planned early next week and commuters found alternate routes between the two cities.
For Dan Bunz, who wore No. 57 on two Super Bowl champion teams, the NFL's decision to settle a head-injury lawsuit means he could one day receive money to pay for treatment for his career of hard hits.
In most sexual-assault cases, there are other charges the state can tack on so the rapist spends more time behind bars. But because he didn't kidnap, or use a weapon to commit the crime, he will only serve 11 years.
Burning now for nearly two weeks, the 199,000-acre Rim Fire has forced many to change their lives, including hundreds of student athletes.
Three young teens are accused of murdering a man who surprised them during a burglary leaving many asking how three teens no older than 14 kill a man in cold blood.
