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The California health exchange is giving the names of tens of thousands of consumers to insurance agents without their knowledge.

Armed with a recent U.S. Supreme Court ruling, a federal appeals court on Monday will revisit a controversial legal challenge to California's law allowing collection of DNA samples from anyone arrested for a felony.

The mother of a 20-year-old Newport Beach woman killed in South Africa in 1993 says Nelson Mandela taught her family a lesson in forgiveness that continues to this day.

Santa Cruz County residents searching for doctors with the Palo Alto Medical Foundation on the Covered California website will come up empty.

Researchers say the official noisemakers for next year's World Cup soccer tournament in Brazil will be significantly quieter than the vuvuzela horns that caused so many headaches in 2010.

North Korea said Saturday it has deported a 85-year-old California grandfather and war veteran who was detained for more than a month for alleged hostile acts against the country.

Fire officials say a California woman who survived a blaze that killed her husband and two of her children has been released from the hospital.

Tulare County Agricultural and Standards inspector Christopher Greer collects frozen oranges for future inspection during a cold snap affecting the San Joaquin Valley citrus crop Friday, Dec. 6, 2013 in Traver, Calif.

Icicles hang off oranges as growers use water to help keep the orchard warm during freezing weather on Thursday, Dec. 5, 2013, in Del Rey, Calif.

A man linked to a Mexican drug cartel will be sentenced Friday in San Diego after pleading guilty to attempted murder in a plot to kill a couple in Southern California.

As surely as lobbyists can rely on finding work in Sacramento, Californians can be counted on to disapprove of their Legislature's performance.

After the orange harvesting and the sun sets, the toughest part of John S. Gless' day is just beginning: a desperate fight to stave off a cold spell threatening to destroy his citrus crop.

Senior State Archeologist Richard Fitzgerald, left, archeologist Robert Fitzgerald and student assistant Amy Holden examine ancient elk antlers presumed to have been used as tools by American Indians about 3,500 years ago, at the California State Parks facility in McClellan Park in North Highlands.

A storm system interacting with cold air in the West will lead to low snow levels in Oregon and California from Friday into Saturday.

If Jerry Brown runs for an unprecedented fourth term as governor of the Golden State, he would trounce all three likely Republican challengers in June's open primary, according to a new Field Poll.

Two California cities have voted to ban electronic cigarettes in public places, and Los Angeles on Wednesday moved to prohibit their sale to minors.

California's economy has evolved into a tale of two recoveries, with large urban centers along the coast adding jobs at a much faster pace than inland areas, according to a closely watched economic report released Thursday.

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They've been dubbed the "young invincibles," people in their 20s and 30s who must sign up for medical insurance in droves to ensure the success of the new health care law.

Poverty is ramping up in Southern California and has risen significantly over the last two decades, according to a report from the Southern California Association of Governments.