Heavy Rains Dampen California Wildfire Season
The California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection says this year's above average rainfall helped to tamp down the number of acres burnt in wildfires.
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The California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection says this year's above average rainfall helped to tamp down the number of acres burnt in wildfires.
The season for recreational fishermen begins Saturday, when crabbers can begin setting their traps and nets after midnight.
Government lawyers on Wednesday agreed to resume their court battle with inmate lawyers no earlier than September, which will push back any scheduled executions into 2013.
A federal judge released the town from bankruptcy Tuesday, putting an end to Vallejo's three-year bout as one of the nation's first and largest bankrupt cities.
The report estimates the actual cost at $98.5 billion if the route between San Francisco and Anaheim is completed in 2033. But the plan also said the system would be profitable even at the lowest ridership estimates.
California voters and the Obama administration have committed nearly $13 billion to the state's high-speed rail project, but the ambitious plan to link California's biggest cities by rail faces increasing questions about whether it will ever become reality.
Millions of dollars in federal stimulus money remains unspent in California, but before that cash goes back to Washington, some state lawmakers want to make sure it gets spent.
Opponents of the death penalty gathered in San Jose Thursday to kick off a state-wide campaign to replace capital punishment with life without parole.
The California Supreme Court on Wednesday unanimously rejected two Republican challenges to the state's new electoral maps.
California's unemployment rate dropped slightly in September, but remains above the national rate. Bay Area counties were all below the state average.
California quarterback Zach Maynard spent a lot of time trying to keep his brother Keenan Allen out of trouble while the two were growing up together.
California regulators have approved a new telephone area code for Santa Clara County.
California formally adopted the nation's most comprehensive so-called "cap-and-trade" system Thursday, an experiment designed to provide financial incentives for polluters to reduce greenhouse gas emissions.
The state treasurer is calling California's tax break program for clean energy companies a "wise and needed one" despite the failure of its most high-profile recipient—the solar startup Solyndra.
The FBI has arrested a man suspected in 12 "Mr. Magoo" bank robberies in California and Nevada.
The bank robber law enforcement officials have dubbed the "Mr. Magoo Bandit" has struck again.
California has halted an alternative energy program following the bankruptcy of Solyndra, a Fremont solar company that received $25 million in state tax breaks.
A new California Field Poll shows that while ballot propositions are declining in popularity, most voters still don't want to turn their initiative power over to politicians.
Opponents of a California law requiring that the contributions of gays and lesbians be taught in public schools have failed in their attempt to qualify a ballot referendum to repeal the law.
Gov. Jerry Brown's has signed a measure that bans the open carrying of handguns in California.
One day before the Oct. 9 deadline to approve or veto a bill that would allow undocumented students to receive public financial aid for higher education, Gov. Jerry Brown announced Saturday that he signed the California DREAM Act.
A federal judge has ruled that Taco Bell violated federal and California laws protecting the disabled from discrimination.
After decades of kicking foster children out of the system when they turn 18, California is phasing in a new law that will extend benefits until age 21.
The U.S. Geological Survey is reporting that an earthquake with a preliminary magnitude of 3.3 struck the East Bay Thursday afternoon.
California's correctional system is about to undergo an overhaul that could save money and reduce recidivism but also might lead to thousands of criminals spending significantly less time behind bars or in the parole office.
