State News

REDWOOD SHORES, Calif. (AP) -- A small plane that crashed into a shallow lagoon off San Francisco Bay on Thursday, killing three people, belonged to the founder of a local steel company who was believed to be among the dead....

SAN CARLOS, Calif. (AP) -- Officials say a small plane has crashed in a lagoon off San Francisco Bay....

SAN CARLOS, Calif. (AP) -- Officials say a small plane has crashed in a lagoon off San Francisco Bay....

LOS ANGELES (AP) -- The Los Angeles Unified School District board has endorsed using the controversial system of using student scores on standardized tests as a way to measure teacher performance....

LOS ANGELES (AP) -- Los Angeles police have identified the owner of a trunk in which the mummified remains of a baby and a fetus were found....

MORAGA, Calif. (AP) -- Democratic Sen. Barbara Boxer and Republican challenger Carly Fiorina engaged in a sharp exchange Wednesday over who is best suited to guide the country out of recession, with the challenger blaming Boxer for policies "that are devastating the state."...

CAMPO, Calif. (AP) -- Firefighters hope cool coastal air overnight will help calm the wildfire that has chewed through 719 acres of rural San Diego County....

VENTURA, Calif. (AP) -- A 9-year-old boy ran to get cash from his mother's purse to appease an armed intruder, but when he returned the man was stabbing his parents with a kitchen knife in the bedroom, according to recently released search warrants in the double murder case....

HONOLULU (AP) -- Six recruiters were accused Thursday of luring 400 laborers from Thailand to the United States and forcing them to work, according to a federal indictment that the FBI called the largest human-trafficking case ever charged in U.S. history....

ATLANTA (AP) -- Could your kitchen at home pass a restaurant inspection?...