A subsidiary of aerospace giant Boeing Co. plans to open a pilot training center on a decommissioned Air Force base in Merced.
National Guard pilots are training in Ventura County for this year's wildfire air wars, and new equipment will give the C-130 Hercules aircraft more versatility.
EBay Inc. is exploring whether to require customers to use its online payment service PayPal, a move that has angered users and prompted antitrust scrutiny in Australia, where a PayPal-only rule takes effect next month.
A Marin County teenager is facing assault charges after authorities say he wrapped up another teen in toilet paper and set him on fire.
A traffic stop in Anaheim led to the discovery of a backpack with nine pounds of tar heroin.
Little League players in Ventura have had brighter nights.
The $7 million, 50-acre Dominguez Gap Wetlands project in Long Beach is already becoming a wildlife haven.
A school in Contra Costa County will be closed today because of an outbreak of whooping cough.
A judge has reinstated a wrongful-death lawsuit brought by the family of slain rapper Notorious B.I.G., reversing an earlier decision to dismiss the case.
The Coast Guard and San Francisco officials are monitoring a body of a dead whale that is stuck under a pier along San Francisco's waterfront.
Dry vegetation and warm weather are forcing Santa Barbara County fire officials to declare an early start of the wildfire season.
Serial thieves preying on JCPenney jewelry counters in California have taken more than $2 million worth of gold, silver and gems, including a $100,000 heist in Escondido this week.
Drivers could be paying as much as $7 to cross the Golden Gate Bridge if officials approve a new toll plan designed to cut down on traffic during peak hours.
Police are investigating the dean of students at a South Los Angeles school on suspicion of hiding evidence that one of his colleagues had a sexual relationship with a student.
Antioch police say they have arrested three Brentwood men accused of operating a sophisticated marijuana growing operation out of a Stockton warehouse.
National Park Service officials say the Death Valley ranch where Charles Manson was arrested will be closed for a second time this year to search for possible human remains.
The lawyer for a 20-year-old man accused of stabbing a University of California, Berkeley student to death last weekend says he is not convinced his client committed a crime.
Three people have been treated for smoke inhalation after a chemical spill in Orange County.
The Santa Barbara News-Press and a weekly newspaper have settled a federal copyright infringement lawsuit over access to an unpublished News-Press article.
An environmental activist has been sentenced to nearly 20 years in federal prison for conspiring to destroy a Northern California dam, a genetics lab and other targets.