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Nearly three dozen dogs were rescued Thursday from woeful conditions in a Scotts Valley home, according to the Santa Cruz County Animal Shelter.

California Highway Patrol officers gave chase to an unlikely suspect early Sunday — a chihuahua.

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A federal appeals court has blocked a San Francisco law requiring health warnings on advertisements for soda and other sugary drinks in a victory for beverage and retail groups that sued to block the ordinance.

California voters on Tuesday expanded some of the nation’s toughest gun control measures.

A California ballot measure that would cap how much the state spends on prescription medications for millions of people was trailing in early returns.

A Nazi flag billowed above a San Francisco house on Wednesday, hours after Donald Trump’s astounding presidential victory.

A United Airlines pilot dressed down his passengers on Friday after political differences apparently provoked a ruckus between two people.

Three Denver Broncos team buses collided with each other in Sunnyvale shortly after leaving a Super Bowl 50 practice session Monday.

Apple says it will build a second corporate campus, hire 20,000 workers in $350 billion, 5-year commitment to US economy.

Bay Area residents return from Hawaii after receiving a false but frightening message of a ballistic missile threat on Saturday, Jan. 13, 2018. Marianne Favro reports.

Police have arrested a Northern California man who they say shot his mother to death after he began yelling during a video game.

BP Energy Co. is paying California $102 million to settle claims that it overcharged the state for natural gas between 2003 and 2012, officials announced Thursday.

A U.S. Olympic figure skater had two pricey costumes and her skates stolen from a rental SUV when while visiting San Francisco.

Sam and Monica Brinkerhoff thought they lost everything in the Tubbs fire. The married couple had been so focused on making it out of their Coffey Park neighborhood, which erupted in flames last Monday, that they didn’t think about gathering important possessions.

Licensed businesses around California can begin legally growing and selling marijuana for recreational use Monday, and a hodgepodge of enforcement agencies will be trying to make sure they adhere to a slew of new pot laws.

The Bay Area leads the world when it comes to tech — and it is poised to lead California in marijuana sales.