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Health officials are set to draw blood from hundreds of Yosemite National Park employees as part of a research project that aims to help scientists better understand a potentially deadly virus carried by deer mice.
A federal appeals court hearing a case seeking to stop California's first-in-the-nation mandate requiring fuel producers to reduce greenhouse gas emissions is focusing on whether the law discriminates against out-of-state businesses.
A federal appeals court decision striking down restrictions on the distribution of Yellow Pages in Seattle is raising doubts about San Francisco's own Yellow Page ban.
Home prices in the San Francisco Bay area have risen to their highest level in four years.
A Bay Area Boy Scout who was denied the opportunity to become an Eagle Scout and kicked out of his troop after he came out as gay has secured a considerable consolation prize: a $20,000 check for college and a national television audience.
A four-alarm blaze in San Francisco's West Portal neighborhood has forced the closure of a municipal transportation tunnel.
In a massive feat of parallel parking, the space shuttle Endeavour has been backed into a Los Angeles parking lot for a pause on its final journey to a museum.
It flew over the skies of Sacramento on its farewell flight, and now with much fanfare and a huge crowd of onlookers expected, the space shuttle Endeavour is about to start its two-day parade through the streets of Los Angeles.
Officials are warning people visiting South Lake Tahoe of a possible health risk.
A construction worker was killed early Thursday morning in West L.A. while working on the 405 Freeway widening project.
California's reign of pump pain is easing as prices drop for the second day in a row.
A professional clown has been sentenced to 10 years in prison after DNA evidence tied him to the 2002 rape of a 12-year-old girl he abducted while in full costume.
A 25-year-old California man is going to prison for two to 5 years for a botched grab-and-run casino chip heist last May at the Bellagio resort on the Las Vegas Strip.
California gas prices finally have begun to fall after a month that saw them surging by nearly 50 cents a gallon -- but a continuing refinery shutdown may keep supplies short.
Authorities are trying to determine what caused a grass fire that destroyed a three-story commercial building near a Hollywood freeway.
