August News

Yolo County district attorney Jeff Reisig announced a Yolo County jury convicted 53-year-old John Eric Foster on June 30 of one count of failing to register as a sex offender after suffering a felony sex offense.

Family of slain Houston U.S. Navy Sailor August Provost is making funeral arrangements today.

Business consultant Katrina Kennedy has taken her young son out of preschool and put a family vacation on hold.

A sailor from Houston has died at a Marine base in California and investigators consider the case a possible homicide.

AUGUST 21: A container of Burger King french fries sit on a tray at a Burger King restaurant August 21, 2008 in San Francisco, California.

One of seven men accused in the killing of a San Francisco police sergeant nearly 40 years ago has pleaded guilty to voluntary manslaughter, according to his attorney.

A new police and fire computer program went live last week -- almost a year after the City Council approved it.

Raul and Cathy Sarinana were sentenced to death this afternoon for the murder of their 11-year-old nephew, Ricky Morales, who was found dead in a closet at the couple's Corona home on Christmas Day 2005.

Andrea Marquis The Two Valley Players will open an interactive murder mystery comedy, "Contempt of Court," at Blue Ultra Lounge & Restaurant in Agoura Hills on Saturday, July 11.

Days after approving one of its worst budgets in years, the Santa Clara County Board of Supervisors has selected a new county executive to preside over those deep funding cuts - while also preparing for a new round as soon as August.

A North Dakota woman accused of breast-feeding her 6-week-old baby while drunk has pleaded guilty to child neglect.

California prosecutors say a woman and her son had her cancer-stricken husband murdered to avoid the cost of treatment.

The Inland Empire's depressed home-building industry could be on the brink of slowly bottoming out.

Jun 21, 2009 2:57 pm US/Pacific A California legislator wants to expand state law to prevent sales of T-shirts, posters and buttons that carry the names of Iraq war dead without the permission of their heirs.

With an air of distaste over a controversial decision that would affect its youngest students, San Jose Unified School trustees Thursday night reluctantly agreed to boost class sizes from 20 students to 30 in the early grades - a move that would cut 96 full-time teaching positions and save $6 million.

Local low-income children enrolled in certain summer school programs will get free meals through a program announced today by Feeding America San Diego.

Four miles of sandy coast near Marina, Calif., are now Fort Ord Dunes State Park, where a bluff-top overlook offers views of Monterey Bay and a chance to see dolphins.

THE SOURCE'S MOUTH: Paul Menard, an admitted news junkie, always seems to get to the meat of the issue.

Rosario Marin, a former member of Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger's cabinet, was fined $5,400 on Thursday by a state ethics commission for accepting more than $70,000 in illegal speaking fees while serving in the administration.

GM will conclude production of the Pontiac Vibe hatchback by the end of August, the automaker announced today.