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State and county officials cannot show how billions of dollars collected through a voter-approved tax on millionaires are being spent or whether the related programs have helped people with mental illness as voters intended, a state watchdog commission reported Tuesday.
State water officials say they may dam parts of the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta in an emergency measure to protect freshwater used by millions of Californians.
Across much of Northern and Central California there has been little if any rain this month, and monthly totals will wind up at or near long-term records.
Uber has allegedly been under fire for suspending some of its drivers after complying with advice from California officials. But the app-based, commercial ride-booking service says that's not the case.
Firefighters are calling it a miracle: A Sacramento-area man became stuck in the back of a garbage truck for hours, while it's compacting trash, and survives.
State Attorney General Kamala Harris has formally announced plans on Tuesday that she will run for the Senate seat being vacated by Barbara Boxer in 2016.
A Sacramento Fire Department spokesman said two firefighters suffered burns and one suffered smoke inhalation and heat exhaustion. All three were hospitalized Monday.
Here's a look at nearby destinations to visit over the three-day Martin Luther King Day holiday.
A possible bird strike forced the emergency landing of a United flight bound for Denver early Friday morning in Sacramento.
A Stockton police dog stabbed by a man eventually killed by officers is recovering at a Sacramento emergency vet clinic, police said Wednesday.
One Bay Area Amtrak rail corridor nearly set a record for ridership and revenue in November, despite lower gas prices, Amtrak officials have announced.
The law would call for ignition interlocking devices. If the breathalyzers detect alcohol on your breath, the car just won't start.
Security had to break up two brawls among shoppers at a the Arden Fair Mall in Sacramento on the day after Christmas.
Two vehicles collided head on in a fiery crash near Sacramento, California, leaving four people dead and two more seriously injured.
A Sacramento man's dog somehow survived a 15-story plunge from an apartment complex balcony.
A flight traveling to Hawaii from Sacramento has been diverted to Oakland International Airport Wednesday morning,
A Santa Clara woman made her first court appearance Tuesday after a road rage incident was captured in a dramatic cellphone video that showed a vehicle forcing a car off a mountain highway.
Authorities are crediting a chocolate Labrador with saving the life of a Sacramento man after it alerted him to a fire inside a home that appeared not to have a smoke detector.
A Sacramento woman who is about nine months pregnant has been missing for over a week.
California's attorney general has filed court papers defending the constitutionality of the state's death penalty.
As California's drought lingers on and reservoirs dry up, small planes are trying to coax the water to come down.
Former bar president and current business lawyer Jon Streeter, 58, of Berkeley, and Judge Marla Miller, 59, of San Francisco, were named by Brown to the First District Court of Appeal.
The state of California has released figures that say Bay Area residents are conserving the most water during this drought tan any other part of the state. People also happen to be getting rid of the turf on their lawns.
State officials have shut down a Sacramento casino after it allegedly failed to pay off tens of thousands in winnings it owed customers.
California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation made 62 arrests during the 21st Annual Operation Boo Child Safety Project on Halloween night.
