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A white former San Francisco Bay area transit officer convicted in the fatal shooting of an unarmed black man that has drawn continuing protest was released from jail early Monday after serving 11 months of a two-year sentence, officials said.
The weather is finally showing some signs of summer, but even though temperatures are climbing high, local waterways are running much colder and faster than many swimmers expect.
Relatives and friends of missing nursing student Michelle Le will be handing out fliers Sunday as they continue to hope for her safe return.
Now that Republican lawmakers have voted against a renewal of expiring tax hikes, Democrats are turning to another, more complex way to generate revenue.
Lt. Gov. Gavin Newsom and his wife, Jennifer Siebel, are the proud parents of a baby boy.
Authorities shot a man who allegedly led police on a pursuit to his South Sacramento home and then tried to back into a patrol car when he was surrounded.
A retired Stockton police captain is facing charges that he flashed a gun at another driver during what authorities say was a road rage incident on a Central Valley highway.
Sheriff's officials say an 18-year-old pregnant woman was hospitalized in critical condition after she was shot in Modesto.
Critics of Nevada's first black bear hunt are worried that with hunters and hikers near Lake Tahoe sharing the same woods, it won't only be bears that get shot.
Just days ahead of their deadline to pass a balanced budget, state lawmakers struggled on Saturday to compromise on the most contentious issue to close California's remaining $9.6 billion deficit -- whether to renew expiring tax increases.
Prosecutors are challenging a Northern California man who says he arrived at the scene of the gruesome stabbing of his underage girlfriend's mother only after the victim was dead.
Months of debate about how to close California's budget deficit shifted Friday to the first substantive talks on the possibility of renewing temporary tax increases through a vote of the Legislature or a special election.
California congressional members are asking Gov. Jerry Brown to suspend the state's participation in a Homeland Security program that aims to deport dangerous criminals.
