California News

Arnold Schwarzenegger has invited fans to fly to Los Angeles to ride in a tank and "crush things" with him.

The U.S. Geological Survey says the earthquake struck at 7:11 p.m. about 34 miles south of the community of Lone Pine, near the south end of Sequoia National Forest.

Two men were charged Wednesday with killing three members of a Southern California household whose bodies were found at a burning home eight years ago.

A California board has approved parole for former Charles Manson follower Bruce Davis, but Gov. Jerry Brown - who vetoed parole for Davis just last year - can stop his release.

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Our recent series on council pay and compensation by reporter Katie Nelson was an eye-opener.

A red flag warning denoting a high risk of wildfires was in force in much of Southern California today because of high winds and low humidity amid unseasonably high temperatures.

The Midwest and the Eastern Seaboard are bracing for another blast of below-normal temperatures and heavy snowfall after a few days of temperatures slightly above normal for this time of year.

President Barack Obama is fulfilling a State of the Union pledge to preserve more federal lands by adding more California coastline to a national monument.

With 2013 the driest year on record and 2014 possibly worse, the devastation of California's drought is trickling down to crops, fields, farmers markets, grocery stores -- and the kitchen table.

Nearly 870,000 Californians have signed up for an insurance policy through the state's health care exchange, as the state intensifies efforts to boost participation ahead of the March 31 enrollment deadline.

The trial of an Army general accused of sexual assault moved into uncharted legal territory Tuesday when the judge dismissed the jury to allow the defense time to hammer out a new plea deal with the military.

Sooner or later, consumers will be able to buy cars that rely on computers - not the owner - to do the driving.

An inmate has pleaded guilty to murder in the stabbing death of a guard at a federal prison in Central California.

Yes, there's liquid gold hidden among the vines, part of an olive oil boom in recent years.

California's Department of Motor Vehicles is wading into the complex question of how to regulate the use of cars that rely on computers - not people - to drive them.

An Alameda County jury on Monday convicted Byron Williams on four counts of attempted murder as well as multiple weapons charges, the Oakland Tribune reports .

When Jerry Brown signed legislation giving California's public employees collective bargaining rights during his first governorship, he – wittingly or otherwise – began a major political shift.

With less than a month left to sign up for private insurance under the federal health care law, California's enrollment numbers are closing in on the magic number of 1 million as 8,000 people sign up every day.

The magnitude 6.9 earthquake off the coast of Northern California on Sunday night was the largest on the West Coast since the 7.2 Baja California quake in 2010.