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California high school students improved their performance during the last academic year on an exit exam required for graduation, while fewer public schools at all grade levels met state and federal benchmarks that are used to evaluate how well schools educate youngsters, according to results released Thursday.
A federal appeals court on Thursday upheld the nation's first-of-its-kind law in California prohibiting health practitioners from offering psychotherapy aimed at making gay youth straight.
Deputies in Calaveras County are investigating a Mountain Ranch house fire after two deceased people were found in the charred remains.
Officials say there were no problems during the first hours of construction to put finishing touches on the new eastern portion of the San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge.
Commuters faced their first morning on Thursday without the workhouse San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge, but there weren't major traffic snarls as day broke across the Bay Area.
Officials say a giant wildfire around Yosemite National Park grew by several hundred acres overnight, a relatively small increase compared to recent days.
A Kentucky man recently discharged from the Marine Corps has been arrested after he tried to board a flight from John Wayne Airport to Denver with military artillery in his checked bag.
Students in Elk Grove didn't know the man, but they can identify with his message.
She was also known as Kimmie—just 21 years old when she disappeared. Her car was found off of Highway 65.
Sacramento detectives say they finally got a break in a case with the discovery of bones in a Rio Linda backyard. They're working to determine if it's someone who went missing months ago.
It's the Best in the West Nugget Rib Cook-off in Sparks, Nevada! It's a must-attend culinary, craft, and family end-of-summer affair plus live music and entertainment.
State of the art lighting from and LED video scoreboard is part of the biggest high-school video scoreboard in the region.
Former Sacramento Kings star and assistant coach Bobby Jackson has taken a new job with the Minnesota Timberwolves.
The burger joint announced its closure on its Facebook page:
We can't see the particles floating in the air, but professor Jerold Last says they travel far distances, especially in California because the winds bring them to the valley where they settle.
