'Star Wars'-Themed Land Planned For Disneyland, Other Parks
Disney CEO Bob Iger says "Star Wars" is getting its own themed land at Disney parks.
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Disney CEO Bob Iger says "Star Wars" is getting its own themed land at Disney parks.
Lovers of the furry creatures have been lobbying for years to legalize ferret ownership in California, but have suffered repeated rejections at the statehouse.
California lawmakers will try to strike a balance between protecting civil liberties and aiding crime-fighting when the Legislature reconvenes Monday and faces a Sept. 11 deadline to pass several bills related to drones.
Pinell survived repeated assassination attempts over the years even while he was kept isolated from other prisoners, first in administrative segregation cells and later in Pelican Bay State Prison's security housing unit with other purported gang leaders.
California's 150-year-old Iron Mountain mine discharged six tons of toxic sludge a day before a clean-up by the EPA, which declared it a Superfund site in 1983, 20 years after it shut down.
A 67-year-old man fought off a black bear that attacked him on his porch Thursday as the state sees an uptick in encounters, likely a result of California's relentless drought that's sending bears into populated areas to forage for food, officials said.
Authorities say a man wanted for attempted murder drove the wrong way on a Los Angeles-area highway and then was struck by a car as he attempted to sprint across lanes to elude police.
A new study finds an increase in marijuana-related hospitalizations in California neighborhoods with at least one pot shop.
Public urination has gotten so bad in San Francisco that the city has painted nine walls with a repellent paint that makes pee spray back on the offender.
City officials this week dumped the last 20,000 of 96 million black balls into the Los Angeles Reservoir in Sylmar, 25 miles northwest of downtown.
They each face maximum sentences of 20 years in prison when they are sentenced Oct. 20 for possession of heroin with intent to distribute.
The state says her release ends her attempt to have the prison-funded sex reassignment surgery.
Authorities are searching the waters off the Bay Bridge for a woman who either jumped or fell off the guardrail as she was trying to evade the California Highway Patrol.
A San Jose, California man accused of dealing large quantities of methamphetamine in North Dakota has pleaded guilty in federal court.
The state began using the term "alien" in 1937 to describe people who are not born or naturalized citizens in the United States.
