Firefighters at seven fire departments in the county have new tools to help them retrieve people trapped in cars thanks to $150,000 in gear handed out Saturday at the Cambria Fire Department.

Umbrellas that have spent much of this winter stored away in closets across California will finally get used on Tuesday.

Border Patrol agents have racked up daily overtime at a cost of about $1.4 billion in the past six years while the number of arrests of illegal border crossers has fallen to the lowest level in nearly 40 years, an Associated Press analysis of agency records finds.

As of next fall, students in America's largest university system will once again have the opportunity to study abroad in Israel.

California will lose a measure of clout in Congress after November's election no matter which party best exploits the state's freshly redistricted regions and election rules.

Crucial components that contain high-pressure, radioactive water at the San Onofre Nuclear Generating Station are, in many places, nearly too worn to function, said an Nuclear Regulatory Commission spokesman.

' Authorities say a man previously accused of murdering his mother and brother in Southern California was released from jail after the charges were dropped, but that he is now in custody of federal immigration officials.

Two casino-owning tribes in California have thinned their membership ranks over the last several months, cutting off scores of people from a share of casino profits and other benefits of tribal membership.

Last week, the California Air Resources Board passed a new package of Advanced Clean Car rules continuing California's leadership in auto technology.A It is rare that a regulatory action will result in such a big win for the economy, consumers, national security and the environment.

An elderly Southern California motorist helping a friend move got out of his disabled car and was run over and killed by two vehicles, including one that didn't stop.

Charges have been dropped against the son of a murder victim after detectives linked the case to a suspected California serial killer.

State officials have suspended the license of the builder of a Milpitas, Calif., home where a carpenter was buried alive last weekend.

A key House panel late Thursday gave the back of its hand to California's embattled high-speed rail program.

In this Tuesday, Jan. 3, 2012 file photo, Heather Peters, who says her 2006 Honda Civic Hybrid never achieved the gas mileage Honda claimed in its advertising, and also did a computer upgrade that further diminished the mileage, please her case in Small Claims Court in Torrrance, Calif., Tuesday, Jan.

The former California governor traveled to the Indian city of Agra on Friday, the one day each week the monument is closed to tourists because of Muslim prayers at a nearby mosque.

One-by-one, college recruiters from Hawai'i to Vermont stood in front of college-bound students and their parents at Dougherty Valley High on Tuesday night.

Officials with the California Fish and Game Commission have rejected changes to striped bass regulations, which farmers had sought to gain more access to water.

The renowned breast cancer charity Susan G. Komen for the Cure faced an escalating backlash Thursday over its decision to cut breast screening grants to Planned Parenthood.

A Central California teacher accused of molesting a student and recording the abuse on his cellphone has pleaded not guilty in the case.

Members of Congress are pressing for hearings on the military's efforts to prevent hazing in the ranks.