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An inmate in solitary confinement at a California jail was refusing to leave his cell. The jailers' usual response: Send an "extraction team" of corrections officers to burst into the cell and drag him out.
A California law that makes it harder for companies to treat workers as independent contractors takes effect next week, forcing small businesses in and outside the state to rethink their staffing.
Three teens were killed, two of them brothers, and two others taken to the hospital with major injuries after their vehicle careened into a power pole.
A 9-year-old pit bull mix got the gift of his lifetime this holiday season.
The mountainous regions of California should expect the brunt of the storm with some locales slated to see whiteout conditions, blowing snow and icy roads through Thursday morning.
Former New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg's presidential campaign on Tuesday said it ended a relationship with a call center company that used prison labor to make calls for the campaign.
The big crowd that Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders attracted to a beachfront rally here last Saturday was exactly what California Democratic officials envisioned when they backed legislation to move up the state's presidential primary to next March, on what's known as "Super Tuesday."
Kent Michitsch seemed to be running out of traditional options to insure the home he's lived in for more than 30 years northeast of San Diego as California's massive property insurance market reels from three consecutive years of destructive wildfires.
A college professor who has accused the lieutenant governor of Virginia of sexual assault announced Tuesday she is running for an open California Assembly seat being sought by a dozen mostly Democratic candidates.
A study released this week has found that a law aimed at boosting vaccination rates across California had the greatest effect in high-risk areas where the vaccination rates were the lowest.
Did dinner slip your mind in the midst of Christmas prep? Forget to pick up milk and cookies for Santa? Good news -- you can still visit some of your favorite chains this Christmas.
Four California correctional officers were injured while subduing an inmate who pulled a weapon on them at Kern Valley State Prison last weekend.
What started as a small trend among neighborhood cafes to reduce waste is gaining support from some big names in the city's food and coffee world.
Police have shot and killed a man they say drove his car head-on into a patrol vehicle in Northern California.
California is proposing to restrict auto insurance practices that regulators say benefit those who have more money, more education and are white.
