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Fred Santos, the father of the victim who was killed by former assembly speaker Fabian Nunez's son, Esteban, wasn't surprised by the former governor's action to reduce Esteban's sentence.
A former official at the University of California, Davis will most likely avoid prison time after pleading no contest to embezzlement.
Education officials are warning lawmakers that a shorter school year, larger class sizes and teacher layoffs are ahead if the Legislature resorts to an all-cuts budget to close a deficit that once stood at nearly $27 billion.
More than 100 students at California State University, Sacramento are occupying a campus building for a second day to protest state budget cuts to higher education.
The San Francisco Bay Area's median home price dipped 5.3 percent last month to $360,000 from $380,000 in March 2010, as low-priced foreclosures and other distressed properties continued to dominate the market, a tracking firm reported Thursday.
Mayor Kevin Johnson made a surprise announce at the NBA Board of Governors meeting in New York City Thursday identifying Pittsburgh Penguins owner Ron Burkle as an interested Sacramento NBA owner.
Police say a man is hospitalized with life-threatening injuries after he apparently caught on fire inside a San Francisco adult bookstore.
A state panel has slashed the amount of money California taxpayers will spend to keep legislators on the road.
The state Senate has approved legislation that would require California's public schools to include gay history in social studies lessons.
A suspect who may have fired gunshots in a Sacramento neighborhood Thursday morning has been detained.
A California woman is suing a popular Internet dating site, saying she was sexually assaulted by a man she met on Match.com.
The battle for the Kings moves from California to New York where the NBA Board of Governors is meeting today.
The parents of a Natomas school district student were furious after learning school officials didn't call 911 after their son cut his throat at school.
