California would outlaw text-messaging while driving under a bill that's headed for Gov.

A divided California Supreme Court rules Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger was wrong to deny parole to a rehabilitated murderer who spent 23 years in prison.

After a high-speed chase that began in Pleasanton and ended in near Manteca, police this morning arrested a 26-year-old man suspected of at least 10 robberies throughout Northern California.

Five local men accused of sharing child pornography over the Internet were among 52 Southern California residents swept up in a federal sting operation, authorities announced Tuesday.

A man was killed Wednesday by a collapsing stretch of oceanside bluff below the Torrey Pines Golf Course in California, authorities said.

A massive mechanical mole surfaced on Wednesday from a nearly 5-year journey under mountains in the final stages of a $1.2 billion tunnel project that will supply extra water to drought-hit Southern California.

California, the nation's leader in heat-related deaths among farmworkers, sought to turn that trend around three years ago with new laws aimed at ensuring people toiling in sweltering fields had such basics as ...

Former Governor Mike Huckabee is among the speakers at the Republican National Convention.

Sulphur particles from ships may be responsible for as many as 60,000 deaths a year, say US scientists PA Sea air is generally regarded as healthy, but it may be polluted with dangerous chemicals from ships, ...

For school bus driver Jamille Aine, a cold is more than an inconvenience. His employer does not offer paid sick days, so if he can't shake the bug, he may not be able to pay his bills.

A federal judge has blocked a 10 percent cut in Medi-Cal payments to doctors, dentists, pharmacies and many other health care providers.

Electric and hybrid vehicles may be better for the environment, but the California Legislature says they're bad for the blind.

Sen. Diane Feinstein, preparing to address the Sacramento Metro Chamber of Commerce last week, broke her ankle Friday and will miss the Democratic National Convention.

Eighteen hospitals in California were fined for state health code violations in which patients died from various mishaps such as an improperly inserted tube and a ventilator that wasn't turned on. Other violations include surgical tools left inside patients after surgery.

The fines made public Monday stem from investigations by the California Department of Public Health that found shoddy care had either killed or endangered the lives of several patients. The hospitals were each fined $25,000 _ the latest of dozens of penalties the state has issued in recent years to more than 40 hospitals.

The governors of California and Colorado are in Washington today to help automakers promote simple steps drivers can take to cut fuel consumption and carbon dioxide emissions.

Authorities are investigating a fire at a California nuclear plant that forced a reactor to be shut down.

A Democrat in the California legislature has been kicked out of her Capitol office for not supporting the party's state budget proposal.

A Kentucky sheriff drove 4,100 miles to California to pick up a fugitive, then realized when he got back he had the wrong guy.

California's high court has ruled that doctors cannot withhold care to gays and lesbians based on their religious beliefs.

LOS ANGELES - U.S. and Mexican states are considering charging a fee for border crossings to raise money for infrastructure improvements that would reduce congestion at border posts, California Gov.