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U.S. regulators have shut down two banks based in Southern California, saying they fell victim to the acute distress in the housing market in that state.

California's spending on inmate medical and mental health care has surged 554 percent since 1995, dwarfing the increase in inmates during that same period, a state defense witness testified Friday during a ...

LOS ANGELES: California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger says he is ready to take a job at the White House if President-elect Barack Obama feels he can be of service.

The state's unemployment rate rose to 8.2 percent in October, reports the California Employment Development Department .

This ancient land is telling the world that it has a trendy, new replacement for its dreaded poppy crop: sweet, juicy pomegranates.

With the U.S. all but certainly in a recession and many skittish consumers hesitant to buy even a Honda Accord, it would seem the last thing anyone would need is a $400,000 Rolls-Royce Phantom.

In two undecided open-seat House races, both candidates are playing Congress member-elect this week.

Both the eventual winners and the eventual losers from too-close-too-call contests in California and Ohio came to Washington for new-lawmaker orientation _ though only one contender from each race will ever get sworn in.

'I don't know as I'd say stressful, but certainly it's a little bit different circumstance than the other members here,' said Democrat Charlie Brown, who is running narrowly behind Republican Tom McClintock to represent California's 4th Congressional District north of Sacramento.

Sheikh Adbulla of Bahrain gave Michael Jackson more than 676,000 before he had even met the singer, he told the High Court during his legal bid to regain 4.7 million from the popstar.

Cookie Smith was surprised to learn the fake lawn that earned her a home-beautification award violated a city ban on artificial grass.

A 30,300-acre complex of wildfires that burned hundreds of Southern California homes was declared fully contained Wednesday and crews turned their attention to mopping up the smoldering remains.

Nov 19, 2008 4:21 pm US/Pacific Anglers and salmon lovers beware: Some of the state's most prized native fish could disappear by century's end, according to a new report by the advocacy group California Trout.

Rep. Henry Waxman of California won backing from a House Democratic leadership panel Wednesday to replace veteran Rep.

Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger, his counterparts in 12 states and regional leaders from four other countries signed a declaration Wednesday pledging to work together to combat global warming, a move Schwarzenegger ...

California's highest court agreed Wednesday to hear several legal challenges to the state's new ban on same-sex marriage but refused to allow gay couples to resume marrying before it rules.

Twice in the span of a month, wildfires have ravaged the same northeast corner of greater Los Angeles, destroying hundreds of homes and the good life offered by California's scenic beauty at the city's edge.

To Marc Lamont Hill, the election of Barack Obama proves black America can reach a goal once considered unattainable, but it doesn't end the fight on such issues as education reform, job creation and fair wages ...

Lawyers representing Heath Ledger's three-year-old daughter, Matilda, have vowed to financially punish a US life insurance company for its failure to pay a $US10 million policy the Oscar nominated actor took ...

Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger's global climate summit gets under way today in Beverly Hills.

Attorneys for the state and inmates' rights groups clashed Tuesday at the opening of a high-stakes trial over whether California's jam-packed prisons have led to unconstitutionally poor medical and mental ...

The Southern California wildfires are burning a bigger hole in California's budget, adding to the state's $11.2 billion deficit.