Bakersfield police say bones found by gold miners in 2008 and 2009 belong to a 29-year-old stripper who was strangled by her fiance.

U.S. Coast Guard officials say they have intercepted a 25-foot boat with 21 suspected illegal immigrants aboard 12 miles off the San Diego coast

Anaheim police say the department spent $1.7 million on overtime during August to respond to street protests that followed two fatal police shootings.

Fire fighting officials say residents of a Shasta County community that had evacuated their homes because of a wildfire are being allowed to return.

A new poll finds that U.S. Sen. Dianne Feinstein has a commanding lead over her Republican challenger, who remains virtually unknown to California voters.

Gov. Jerry Brown is expected to sign several bills related to women's health at a Los Angeles Planned Parenthood clinic.

In the Central California coastal town of Marina, a $7 million desalination plant that can turn salty ocean waves into fresh drinking water sits idle behind rusty, locked doors, shuttered by water officials because rising energy costs made the plant too expensive.

The U.S. Justice Department is holding summits around the nation to warn people about the mounting number of investment fraud cases.