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California is calling in the National Guard for the first time next month to help protect communities from devastating fires like the one that largely destroyed the city of Paradise last fall.
Authorities say a woman is in custody after deputies discovered her 96-year-old father living in a home stinking of feces and filled with up to 700 rats.
Fantasies of buying 423 castles or 2,143 Ferraris could become reality this week now that the Powerball jackpot has topped half a billion dollars.
A state building in Downtown Sacramento now has a "riot button" installed in its elevators and it's getting the attention of employees who wonder what it does.
A man who spent more than six years in prison after police framed him for murder is expected to receive a $13.1 million settlement from city of San Francisco on Tuesday.
Starbucks is changing its Rewards program and now customers can earn merchandise, in addition to drinks and food.
San Diego lifeguards are reminding beachgoers entering the ocean to shuffle their feet to avoid painful encounters with stingrays.
California's chief justice is praising the racial and gender diversity of judges appointed to the state courts by former Gov. Jerry Brown.
A Vallejo family was robbed, and later, shocked when their home surveillance camera caught the prowler looking in on their sleeping baby.
Former Peruvian President Alejandro Toledo, wanted in his home country in connection with Latin America's biggest graft scandal, was arrested in California on suspicion of public intoxication and spent the night in jail before being released Monday, authorities said.
Stephon Clark's fiancée Salena Manni renewed her call for action and pushed for the passage of AB 392, on the anniversary of his death.
The Mountain View Fire Department is making history by allowing three women to work together for the first time ever.
For another year, the Stockton and Modesto areas on the outskirts of the Bay Area once again lead the country in the percentage of "super commuters."
A Sacramento State graduate died after driving off a road and crashed into the Sacramento River Saturday evening. Family and friends identified the driver of the vehicle as Aaron Huang from Antioch.
A man was shot multiple times early Sunday morning while driving along I-80 in Roseville.The shooting was reported shortly after 1:15 a.m. on Westbound I-80 near Douglas Boulevard. CHP responded and located a white Chevy Corvette on the right shoulder that had been shot.
