The public has two months to weigh in on a proposal to revise critical habitat for the endangered Southwestern willow flycatcher in six states.

Southern California added the threat of fires and flooding to its misery on Thursday as forecasters predicted continued hot, muggy weather coupled with the chance of thunderstorms.

WASHINGTON — The elderly and other vulnerable homeowners are losing their homes because they owe as little as a few hundred dollars in back taxes, according to a report from a consumer group.

SACRAMENTO — California would become the first state to write into law much of the national mortgage settlement negotiated this year with the nation's top five banks, and expand it to all lenders, under wide-ranging legislation state lawmakers approved last week.

Authorities have released the name of a 15-year-old boy who was shot and killed near his home in Oakland Tuesday night.

Gov. Jerry Brown issued a furlough order Wednesday for more than 11,000 California workers whose unions have yet to reach a deal for a 5 percent wage cut.

Prison officials say two inmates serving life terms for murder are suspects in the beating death of another inmate at a Central Valley prison.

People and pinnipeds won't be mixing at a San Diego beach after the next round in the great Southern California seal fight.

Berkeley voters will soon decide whether the city that spawned the Free Speech Movement should bar people from sitting on sidewalks.

Federal fire officials say crews are making progress in slowing the growth of a wildfire in the Mendocino National Forest.

A Manhattan Beach police officer responding to an emergency call has been hurt in a violent crash with another vehicle.

Earthquakes are shaking southern and northern regions of California.

A Southern California mother backing her car out of the driveway has accidentally run over and killed her toddler son.

A college student has pleaded not guilty to a hit-and-run accident that killed a bicycle rider in San Diego County.

Medical marijuana shops in Palm Springs must post their city operating license on storefronts.

A pedestrian has been stuck down and killed by a Southern California commuter train traveling at about 50 mph.

A Southern California woman used a company credit card to charge up $237,000 in fraudulent purchases, including an engagement ring and fertility treatments for her same-sex partner.

A Santa Clara County board has hired a lawyer to defend its decision to pull $30 million in taxpayer funds from the San Francisco 49ers stadium project.

WASHINGTON — The government proposed rules Monday to help Americans understand the costs and risks of getting a mortgage.

At the end of his summer vacation last week, Mitt Romney got the question inevitable for anyone in the White House or hoping to get there:

The San Diego Stock Exchange Index closed higher Thursday at 126.32, up 0.13 percent from Wednesday. Advancing issues beat decliners 41 to 39, and 66 issues were unchanged.