Federal officials have filed a lawsuit against a California electric company alleging it allowed discrimination and sexual harassment of female employees.

Gov. Jerry Brown announced Friday that he had signed a bill curbing regulatory oversight of phone calls made over the internet.

Gov. Jerry Brown on Friday vetoed a bill that would have raised the fine for illegally using a cellphone while driving in California from $20 to $30.

A commission appointed to investigate Los Angeles County jails said the system has shown “a persistent pattern of unnecessary and excessive force” and blamed Sheriff Lee Baca for a “failure of leadership.”

A throng of cyclists has hit the streets of San Francisco, where hundreds, likely thousands of people are commemorating the 20th anniversary of the raucous, leaderless ride and street party known as “Critical Mass.”

New court documents show investigators came across a gruesome scene when probing the slaying of a Northern California woman whom Monterey police allege was dismembered by her ex-husband, a professor at a Navy graduate school.

People across the San Francisco Bay area are being asked to limit driving and avoid strenuous outdoor exercise on Saturday to keep ozone levels down as the mercury rises.

An elderly lioness named “Cookie” has died at the Los Angeles Zoo, 18 months after the death of her male companion.