California gas prices dipped slightly Wednesday after surging more than 40 cents a gallon in the past week.

A private company successfully delivered a half-ton of supplies to the International Space Station early Wednesday, the first official shipment under a billion-dollar contract with NASA.

Prosecutors say an Oakland police officer who shot and killed an 18-year-old high school student, a shooting that sparked protests in the city, will not face criminal charges.

A sea lion that was seen with fishing line wrapped around its neck has been rescued from a floating platform in San Francisco.

Officials at Yosemite National Park say a 23-year-old woman who was reported missing when she failed to show up for her first day of work at a park hotel over the weekend has been found.

California corrections officials say four inmates remain hospitalized after a brawl involving 461 inmates at Ironwood State Prison near the Arizona state line.

San Francisco police say a teenage girl is hospitalized in with life-threatening injuries after she was stabbed in the city's Mission District Tuesday night.

Court documents have revealed that the Anaheim police officer in one of two deadly shootings that have caused strife and spurred protests in the city is an amateur boxer with the nickname “Buckshot.”

A raging fire that began on grass destroyed a three-story commercial building, forced the shutdown of a lane of the nearby Hollywood Freeway and sent towering flames over a heavily populated Echo Park neighborhood northwest of downtown Los Angeles.

Federal prosecutors say four Navy officials and three defense contractors from a San Diego Naval base have been sentenced in a wide-ranging fraud in which they were bribed in exchange for millions in business.

Police say a pit bull grabbed a 4-year-old's face after the girl got permission from her neighbor to pet the dog.

Clemmy's Ice Cream is voluntarily recalling all of its Peanut Butter Chocolate Chip because the peanut butter in it might contain salmonella.

San Diego Harbor Police say a woman's body has been found floating in the harbor.

Oct. 10 (Bloomberg) -- When Republican Senator Olympia Snowe of Maine announced last winter that she had decided to retire, Democrats looked forward to a windfall. They might still get it -- by losing rather than winning.

The San Diego Stock Exchange Index closed lower Wednesday at 119.71, down 0.03 percent from Tuesday. Declining issues beat advancers 42 to 40, and 58 issues were unchanged.
Pricesmart Inc. (Nasdaq: PSMT) was the top dollar gainer, up $1.61 to $77.89.
Glacier Water Services Inc. (OTC: GWSV) was the top dollar loser, down $3 to $23.
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