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Share + Mar 9, 2010 3:34 pm US/Pacific SACRAMENTO, Calif. Former eBay chief Meg Whitman's campaign for governor of California has a familiar ring to it: She's an outsider from the business world who promises to sweep the Capitol clean of politics-as-usual and deliver fiscal common sense.

Californians use about 1 million pounds of marijuana a year or nearly a half-ounce for every person in the state, according to a staff analysis from the Board of Equalization.

A Toyota Prius accelerated out of control on a busy California freeway on Monday before police intervened to bring the vehicle to a standstill, police said.

A United Airlines spokeswoman says a plane carrying 15 passengers and three crew members has arrived safely at Fresno Yosemite International Airport in central California after experiencing mechanical trouble.

California Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger has told an Ohio audience that adults who enjoy staying fit need to inspire young people, to help fight childhood obesity.

A California man has been charged with heading a ring that helped dozens of Middle Eastern nationals obtain U.S. student visas by passing English proficiency exams for them.

Republican Sen. Roy Ashburn, who has been on leave from the Senate since his DUI arrest last week, confirmed today that he is gay.

Adam Gadahn, seen in these undated file photos released by the FBI. The American-born Al-Qaida spokesman called on Muslims serving in the U.S. armed forces to emulate the Army major charged with killing 13 people in Fort Hood in a video posted on a radical Islamic web site on Sunday March 7, 2010.

In this photo taken March 4, 2010, a man waits for a train at the Buena Park Metrolink station in Buena Park, Calif.

A federal judge has ordered a bus company involved in a crash that killed six people in Arizona to cease interstate operations, and the company's operator has signed a consent decree prohibiting it from hauling passengers without U.S. Department of Transportation Authority.U.S. District Judge George King of the Central District of California in Los ...

Authorities in Southern California say the skeletal remains of a 14-year-old girl who disappeared a year ago while walking to school have been found in a remote area of the Pala Indian Reservation.

Swastikas, nooses, a KKK hood, graffiti, epithets and jeers. An ugly spate of bias incidents has crossed several University of California campuses over the past month, causing consternation, outcry and fear that bigotry is alive among the young and educated.

Oakland police officers arrest a group of protesters that attempted to block Interstate 880 following a rally for the national day of action against school funding cuts and tuition increases Students and faculty at California's public universities rallied across the state on Thursday to protest steep fee hikes that they say have damaged a system of ...

Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger and first lady Maria Shriver received more than $235,000 for appearing in California tourism commercials but have repaid the money.

A major San Francisco Bay area freeway has been shut down in both directions by college students protesting budget cuts at California campuses.

A federal magistrate is ordering several gay rights groups that campaigned against California's 2008 same-sex marriage ban to furnish some internal memos and e-mails to lawyers for the measure's sponsors.

Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger announced today that Bay Area cities will get $1.7 million in grants aimed at fighting gang violence.

The county district attorney says Republican state Sen. Roy Ashburn's blood-alcohol level was .14 percent when he was arrested on suspicion of drunken driving after leaving Faces, a gay bar and nightclub.

The man who shot two police officers at the Pentagon yesterday was an obsessive follower of the 9/11 "truth" movement who believed that the Twin Towers were demolished in a US government conspiracy, it has emerged.

The California unemployment rate hits its highest level in more than 70 years at 12.5 percent.