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The father of a teen girl killed by a paroled sex offender said Thursday he expects a board that considers compensation for California crime victims to reject his claim that authorities were liable for his daughter's death.Brent King's claim regarding his 17-year-old daughter Chelsea details how John Gardner repeatedly violated parole but was not ...

A Southern California man has been sentenced to death for sexually assaulting and beating to death his girlfriend's 5-year-old daughter.

A new study says nearly a quarter of the nation's illegal immigrants live in California, despite a nearly 4 percent drop in the state's illegal population.

A group of Republican lawmakers is urging California Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger to appeal a federal ruling that struck down the state's same-sex marriage ban.

As Alaska Sen. Lisa Murkowski went down in defeat Tuesday, tea party favorite Joe Miller and his most famous ally, Sarah Palin, both shared the credit for the surprising fall of a once-popular incumbent Republican.

California lawmakers passed wide-ranging public compensation reforms inspired by the Bell municipal salary scandal in the waning hours of the 2010 legislative session, but a closely watched, first-in-the-nation ban on plastic grocery bags was defeated Tuesday night.

The Air Force says one of its unmanned MQ-9 Reaper aircraft has crashed in a sparsely populated area in California's Mojave Desert.

California wildlife officials say two men are in custody after a group of marijuana growers started to toss bags full of pot into a pickup truck belonging to game wardens they mistook for their suppliers.

House investigators have recommended that three lawmakers be further investigated to determine whether political contributions were improperly linked to votes on a huge financial overhaul bill.

California lawmakers have rejected a bill that would have made it illegal to carry unloaded guns in public.

California lawmakers on Tuesday rejected a bill seeking to ban plastic shopping bags, after a contentious debate over whether the state was going too far in trying to regulate personal choice.

Voters in a rural California county in such dire financial condition that it's seeking a state bailout approved a tax to fund their hospital Tuesday.

A conservative legal group is trying to force Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger and Attorney General Jerry Brown to defend California's gay marriage ban in court.

Police say a California doctor apparently tried to get into the home of the man she had been dating by sliding down the chimney.

California lawmakers began to air their opinions Tuesday about how to close the state's $19 billion budget deficit, although neither party expected a breakthrough that would end the summer-long stalemate.

A vintage anti-gay law that remained on California's books for six decades is finally about to be put to rest.

Three women are suspected of passing counterfeit traveler's checks in Kearney. The Nebraska State Patrol says the three were arrested on Sunday after their van was stopped along Interstate 80 near Grand Island.

There is good news at the gas pump, as Americans get ready to fill their cars, RVs and boats for the Labor Day weekend.

Tanker ships would have to deploy oil booms as a preventive measure in California waters before transferring fuel under a bill that has passed the Legislature.

Medical officials say they are moving to revoke the license of a California doctor linked to overdose cases.