A California appeals court has ruled that a transgender man can sue a Catholic hospital for cancelling his hysterectomy.

A California man who spent more than 14 years in prison on terrorism charges has been released from prison, nearly two weeks after a federal judge overturned his conviction.

The National Park Service has proposed to shoot a few elk each year as a way to reduce conflict with livestock that graze a park north of San Francisco.

California will pay off $58.6 million in student loans for 247 physicians who have committed to serve more people covered by Medi-Cal.

Tara O’Sullivan may have only been on the job with the Sacramento Police Department for a few months when she was shot while responding to a domestic violence call last week, but law enforcement officials from across California mourned her Thursday as a longtime friend.

Pacific Gas & Electric’s key lenders have offered a $30 billion plan to pull the utility out of bankruptcy and give the tarnished company a new name.

Sacramento police on Thursday were trying to negotiate the surrender of a gunman suspected of killing a police officer during a domestic dispute.
Tara O’Sullivan, 26, died at UC Davis Medical Center hours after the gunman opened fire on her Wednesday, Deputy Chief Dave Peletta said during a news conference.

A Sacramento police officer was fatally shot while responding to a domestic disturbance call Wednesday, police said.

A man attempted to steal a car without knowing there were two girls under the age of 5 inside it. When he realized the two sisters were inside, he dumped the car and ran away.

A white fawn has been rescued in Northern California by a truck driver who delivered the rare animal to a rescue center.

Officials at the University of California, Davis say a bear spotted on campus has been captured and removed from the university.

Gov. Gavin Newsom says he has concerns about enacting tougher rules that limit doctors from granting medical exemptions for children’s vaccinations.

Officials in a small Northern California community say an online conspiracy that started with a tweet from former FBI Director James Comey forced them to cancel an annual school fundraiser out of safety concerns.

Impoverished towns in the shadow of Mount Shasta. Rustic Gold Rush cities in the Sierra Nevada foothills. High-dollar resort communities on the shores of Lake Tahoe. Ritzy Los Angeles County suburbs. They all could be the next Paradise.

Video of jail guards punching and using a stun gun on a mentally ill inmate was released this week as a judge gave final approval to a $1.4 million settlement over alleged abuse at the northern California lockup, a newspaper reported Thursday.

Residents who renewed their California drivers license and haven’t gotten them in the mail yet may be part of the latest tech glitch at the embattled state agency.

An investigation into a 13-year-old student’s death at a Northern California private school has found the school violated state rules when its staff put him in a face-down restraint position for nearly an hour.

The chair of the California Democratic Party took a leave of absence Monday amid an investigation into sexual misconduct allegations against him.

The U.S. Forest Service is set to round up 1,000 wild horses and says that many of them could be sold to distant slaughterhouses. The Sacramento Bee reports the roundup is set to begin Oct. 9 and last through the month, and will target horses from a herd in the Devils Garden Plateau Wild Horse Territory inside the Modoc National Forest.

California is quickly becoming an expensive place to live in and more than half of the state’s voters have considered moving, according to a new statewide poll.