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Persistence paid off in a decades-old cold case in Monterey County Monday as the suspect in the vicious 1990 murder of 14-year-old Christy Sue Piña at last appeared in a Salinas courtroom.
The city of Oakland is expanding its Tuff Shed program for the homeless.
U.S. Attorney General Jeff Sessions said Monday that the Department of Homeland Security had agreed to refer anyone who enters the United States illegally on the Mexican border to his office for prosecution.
The NFL players' union has filed a non-injury grievance on behalf of free agent safety Eric Reid.
Democrat Gavin Newsom is widely viewed as the front-runner, better known and better funded than his rivals looking for one of two tickets to the general election.
Thousands of custodians, security guards, gardeners and other service workers at University of California campuses started a three-day strike Monday to address pay inequalities and demand higher wages.
Party delegates on Sunday withheld an endorsement in the governor's race after neither candidate was able to reach a 60-percent threshold of delegate's votes to claim the prize.
House Democratic leader Nancy Pelosi said Sunday that House Democrats have the fundraising, the issues and the political atmosphere on their side to win back the majority in November.
President Donald Trump's new attorney Rudy Giuliani is delivering confounding and at times contradictory statements as he tries to lessen the legal burdens on his client from an investigation into Russian interference in the 2016 election and a $130,000 hush payment to a porn actress.
Gina Haspel, chosen by Pres. Trump to lead the CIA, offered to withdraw her nomination amid concerns that a debate over a harsh interrogation program would tarnish her reputation and that of the intelligence agency.
Pres. Trump's new attorney, Rudy Giuliani, won't rule out the possibility that the president would assert his Fifth Amendment right against self-incrimination in the swirling Russia investigation.
San Francisco could make history by electing for mayor the first African-American woman, Asian-American woman or openly gay man in a contest that is also the city's first competitive mayoral race in 15 years.
The non-emergency system for the Central Marin Police Authority is out of service and residents should use a temporary number.
Mail ballots for the June election going out next week will feature a familiar item for voters: Prop G, a parcel tax to increase pay for teachers.
A judge approved a $1 million settlement of a lawsuit filed on behalf of tenants of a SRO hotel in Oakland's Chinatown that alleged the owner tried to force them out.
