State News

The owner of a Sierra Nevada mine has surrendered to face 14 criminal charges of operating without permits and polluting a creek.

Federal environmental regulators have given final approval to a rule that bans cruise ships and large cargo vessels from releasing sewage into the ocean within three miles of California's coast.

Officials say several San Quentin State Prison inmates were seriously injured during a riot on an exercise yard.

A former volunteer director for the Tournament of Roses has been arrested for investigation of killing a fellow volunteer in 2004.

A San Francisco woman is accused of having a suspected drug lab in her apartment that exploded and injured her and a 12-year-old boy.

California Democrats head into their state party convention this weekend energized by the possibility that they will build on recent gains.

A Modesto woman is under arrest on suspicion of murdering a toddler who was under her care.

Searchers following a map prepared by a serial killer on California's death row have unearthed human remains that could be one of his victims.

Marin County public health officials are investigating two recent cases of an extremely rare brain disease diagnosed in local residents.

A new Fresno elementary school will be named in honor of the late Hmong leader Gen. Vang Pao.