A Powerball ticket sold in California fell just one number short of winning the $1.43 billion jackpot, lottery officials said. Instead, the lucky ticket won $2,323,527. The ticket matched five winning ...

Nine people were rescued from a house on the bank of the South Yuba River at Donner Summit Sunday after heavy rains led the stream to swell, cutting them off from the road, emergency officials said.

More than 140,000 other Fantasy 5 tickets sold in California also won prizes ranging from free plays to nearly $450, the lottery said.

A swarm of at least a dozen earthquakes reaching up to magnitude 3.9 rattled San Ramon near San Francisco, the U.S. Geological Survey reports. The other quakes in the Saturday, Dec. 21, swarm ranged ...

A camera caught two visitors pelting an elephant seal with rocks at Point Reyes National Seashore, the National Park Service said. A livestream video showed two people hurling rocks toward an elephant ...

Fearful of sharing sensitive information, CA farmworkers are staying away from mobile medical clinics. ‘There’s a lot of distrust.’ ...

Santa Barbara is often referred to as the “American Riviera” with its Mediterranean climate and architecture, creating a spiritual connection to Italy’s Amalfi Coast. To the south, San Diego’s ...

Two worn reports that survived tossing by the city show it knew there were faults in the sewer line near groundwater contamination ...

The Blazers (11-16) are coming off back-to-back wins after beating the Golden State Warriors on Sunday and the Kings on Thursday. They are 10 th in the West with a half-game lead over the Dallas ...

A Fresno-area mother and child killed in a violent crash south of the Fresno city limits Wednesday morning have been ...

“This bill addresses a long-standing gap in consumer safeguards for timeshare agreements, which often involve complex terms ...

Modesto Irrigation District’s Board of Directors meeting Tuesday was dramatic, with accusations flung of theft and corruption that brought forth grievances going back years and condensed them into a ...