Swift Wins Opening Stage In Tour Of California
Ben Swift of Britain emerged from a massive sprint finish and took the lead Monday after winning the 76.3-mile, weather-shortened and rainy opening stage of the Tour of California.
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Ben Swift of Britain emerged from a massive sprint finish and took the lead Monday after winning the 76.3-mile, weather-shortened and rainy opening stage of the Tour of California.
Government officials inched closer Thursday to removing a racial slur on the headstones of Gold Rush-era graves, even as a leading advocate refused to support their plans.
State schools Superintendent Tom Torlakson joined dozens of teachers, nurses and firefighters at a state Capitol rally Wednesday.
Parent groups joined California teachers Tuesday on the front lines of a weeklong series of rallies against the possibility of deep budget cuts to education.
Teachers marched in downtown San Francisco Monday and rallied at the state Capitol to launch a week of protests over the threat of deep budget cuts to public education.
Some of California's top business and education leaders planned to gather in Silicon Valley Friday morning to talk about the impact of state budget cuts on schools.
Time has not erased the bigotry of a bygone era carved into 36 concrete gravestones in a dusty, half-century-old cemetery tucked away in California's former gold fields.
The legislative committees that oversee the offices of California's 120 state senators and Assembly members refused formal requests to release lawmakers' daily calendars.
California Democrats are feeling optimistic and poised for next year's presidential battle as party leaders rallied their base at the annual convention in Sacramento.
Celebrity chef Guy Fieri wants parents to prepare meals with their children every week, even if they don't cook like a Food Network star...
Three people were stabbed, one fatally, outside a medical marijuana dispensary in Sacramento on the day pot users around the nation celebrate the drug's unofficial holiday.
The Los Angeles Lakers regrouped to hand Sacramento a 116-108 loss Wednesday night in what might have been the Kings' last game ever in Sacramento.
A Hawaii-bound Alaska Airlines flight safely returned to Sacramento International Airport after a bird struck one of its engines.
The National Transportation Safety Board said an "in-flight fuselage rupture" apparently forced a Southwest Airlines flight from Phoenix to Sacramento to make an emergency landing.
Jerry Brown won the governor's race last year by arguing that California needed a seasoned negotiator with an independent streak to cut through the political gridlock.
Hailie Eackles had 31 points and nine rebounds to lead Pinewood of Los Altos Hills past St. Bernard of Playa del Rey 67-56.
Vallejo police are asking the public's help in locating a high-risk convicted sex offender wanted on a felony arrest warrant for violating his registration requirements.
St. Joseph Notre Dame of Alameda defeated St. Bernard of Playa del Rey, 47-44, in the Division V boys' state championship game Friday.
Gov. Jerry Brown and Democratic legislative leaders began a new week of budget negotiations Monday with optimism, even as they admitted little progress on how to address the remainder of California's $26.6 billion shortfall.
California Republicans meet in Sacramento this weekend at a time of high tension within the party.
Hundreds of people attended the funeral for a Sacramento-area man who was gunned down as he took an afternoon stroll last week.
Financial disclosure forms released Thursday show Gov. Jerry Brown and his wife, former Gap Inc. executive Anne Gust Brown, have real estate and stock holdings potentially worth millions of dollars.
Police have detained a skinhead friend of slain white supremacist David Lynch, but they have not yet charged him in Wednesday's killing in a Sacramento suburb.
A well-known white supremacist leader was apparently killed in a shooting at his home near Sacramento Wednesday morning.
It's being called the Walmart of weed: a 10,000-square-foot Sacramento gardening emporium that opens Saturday with how-to experts and merchandise to help medical marijuana patients grow pot.
