When it comes to Ward Connerly, the California businessman on a state-by-state war against affirmative action, it's hard for many people on either side of the issue to be colorblind.

Researchers have found that Californians have twice as much of a flame-retardant in their blood and as much as 10 times more of the chemical in their homes than anywhere in the country.

California's nursing board failed to yank or restrict the licenses of dozens of nurses who have criminal convictions for years before it acted against them in a state that has the largest number of registered ...

I was in Santa Monica for a day last week, sampling baked figs at the farmers' market on the Third Street promenade, a sweet sunny day that makes an old Midwesterner like me a little nervous.

TOLEDO - A chance meeting two years ago between a police officer and a man whose 14-year-old daughter was abducted in 1967 led detectives to a suspect in a murder nearly forgotten.

The Senate's endorsement of the $700 billion financial bailout plan couldn't relax the credit market Thursday, as investors waited for the revised bill to go back to the House.

A Democrat who came close to pulling off an upset in 2006 is trying again this year, while a Democrat who accomplished the feat last time around is aiming to extend his incumbency.

After a week of tumult on Wall Street and Washington, the House moved toward a final vote Friday on a $700 billion bailout of the financial industry, an unprecedented government intervention designed to steady ...

California may need a $7 billion emergency loan from the federal government to pay for "teachers' salaries, nursing homes, law enforcement and every other state-funded service" this month, Gov.

A Monrovia man arrested at Disneyland has been charged with a five-day crime spree across three Southern California counties that includes carjackings, home-invasion robberies and attempted murder.

Wreckage from a plane belonging to Steve Fossett is seen Wednesday, Oct. 1, 2008 in a handout photo released by the Mono County Sheriff's Search & Rescue.

The only public hearing to be held on California's most contested ballot initiative turned into a de-facto debate Thursday on gay marriage.

Don Cohorst has acres of vineyards, a stash of small-batch vintages and a barn he wants to turn into a cozy tasting room for vino-sipping visitors.

A hiker in a rugged part of eastern California found a pilot's license and other items that appear to belong to Steve Fossett, the adventurer who vanished on a solo flight in a borrowed plane more than a year ...

California's top financial officials on Wednesday warned that the nation's frozen credit market is threatening the state's ability to do short-term borrowing.

A commuter train engineer sent a cell phone text message 22 seconds before his commuter train crashed head-on into freight train in Southern California last month, killing 25 people, federal investigators said ...

A former congressional candidate in California has been indicted after an investigation into a letter his campaign sent to Hispanic voters.

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California's top elections official barnstormed Baghdad on Tuesday, meeting with service members and military authorities on how best to make sure everyone can vote in November's general election.

Arnold Schwarzenegger on Tuesday vetoed legislation that would have imposed a pollution fee on cargo ships at California 's ports, siding with Alaska Gov.