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The Sacramento County Sheriff's Department has identified a suspect in a strip mall gunbattle that left two people dead, including a mother who police say was trying to protect her 2-year-old son.
A mother loading her 2-year-old son into an SUV was killed Tuesday and six others were wounded in a gunbattle at a strip mall in south Sacramento, authorities said.
The FBI says it recently issued an alert about a popular Barbie doll with a hidden video camera that could be used to produce child pornography, but stressed that the toy has not been linked with any reported crimes.
Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger is leaving office just as he came in — with a party paid for by outside interest groups.
California lawmakers enjoy a perk that seems like a luxurious amenity in a state that has been slashing billions of dollars from its budget: taxpayer-provided cars.
Authorities say half a dozen students have reported being sexually assaulted on the California State University, Sacramento campus since the start of the school year.
A dog that fell into a 30-foot hole appears to be in good condition after being rescued by firefighters.
Bay Area residents are hoping for a warmer weekend after a Thanksgiving cold snap broke or tied cold-temperature records -- some more than a century old -- up and down the state.
Governor-elect Jerry Brown returned to Sacramento on Tuesday after a brief post-election vacation to learn more about the $25.4 billion budget deficit facing him when he takes office in January.
Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger on Thursday announced a special session of the Legislature to take up a $6 billion deficit that emerged just weeks after he signed the state budget.
The plan to sell California state office buildings contained in this year's budget will cost taxpayers $1.4 billion over 35 years, the nonpartisan legislative analyst said Wednesday.
California's nonpartisan legislative analyst reported Wednesday that the state's budget deficit has grown to $25.4 billion, including a $6.1 billion shortfall in the spending plan Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger signed just weeks ago.
Democrats retained control of both legislative chambers and won a major victory in this week's elections when voters approved Proposition 25, lowering the threshold to pass a state budget from a two-thirds vote to a simple majority.
Re-emerging on the campaign trail after being hospitalized over two days, Republican Senate challenger Carly Fiorina on Thursday declared she is "completely cancer free" and feels "fantastic."
Sacramento State University police are investigating what a detective calls an exceedingly rare kidnapping and forcible sexual assault on campus.
A regional mall just outside Sacramento was ablaze Thursday after police arrested a man who had barricaded himself inside.
Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger has signed into law a bill that provides disaster relief funds to the families and businesses affected by the Sept. 9 San Bruno natural gas explosion and fire.
With his term coming to an end, Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger reflected on his time in office in San Francisco on Tuesday.
San Bruno city leaders, government regulators and PG&E officials were among those expected to participate in the first legislative hearing on the deadly San Bruno explosion and fire.
Looking ahead to next month's midterm elections, former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin said Friday that the country needs to elect business-minded candidates who will not sell out their principles for the sake of bipartisanship.
Sarah Palin has begun a three-day swing through California as she embarks on a tour that is equal parts promotional and political in a state that has been slow to embrace her conservative star power.
In a sad sign of the times, thousands lined up at the state fairgrounds in Sacramento for a five-day event to help distressed homeowners avoid foreclosure.
Thousands of people are lining up outside the state fairgrounds in Sacramento for a five-day event to help distressed homeowners avoid foreclosure.
Even as California lawmakers passed a budget Friday to end an unprecedented 100-day impasse, their spending plan looked to be so tenuous that the next governor was expected to face a multibillion dollar deficit from the moment he or she steps into office next year.
The state Assembly on Thursday passed the main bill in a legislative package aimed at ending California's record budget impasse and closing a $19 billion deficit.
