A San Diego Chargers running back who lives in Philadelphia is hospitalized after being shot in his car at a suburban intersection.

It's one of the great American summer pastimes: Pulling the car onto the driveway on a sun-drenched Saturday afternoon, lathering it up with soap, rinsing it off and watching the sudsy water flow toward the storm drain.

An Orange County woman accused of demanding $15,000 from a man she met online by falsely claiming that he raped her has pleaded guilty to attempted extortion and falsely reporting a crime.

The head of U.S. Central Command in Afghanistan warned that months of fighting lie ahead in what will likely be the biggest military operation there since the American-led invasion of 2001.

Officials have ruled that the fugitive airman who died during a shootout with Santa Clara police had committed suicide.

Police and federal agents have arrested 10 gang members from the Venice area of Los Angeles on drug charges.

The head of U.S. Central Command in Afghanistan says months of fighting lie ahead there in the biggest military operation since the American-led invasion of 2001.

A Los Angeles county judge has been indicted on allegations of trying to bribe his opponent to drop out of last year's race for a judicial seat, prosecutors said Thursday.

Kern County officials have reason to smile in these lean economic times.

A Sacramento man convicted of a drunken driving crash that killed four people is suing the restaurant that served him a drink before he got behind the wheel.

A federal appeals court has affirmed a lower court's decision to stop California from cutting fees to Medi-Cal providers.

Google Inc. Chief Executive Eric Schmidt can't wait for the Internet search leader's free operating system to debut next year.

The sister of an American journalist sentenced with a co-worker to 12 years in a North Korean labor camp said that they're seeking a pardon as their only hope for freedom.

A former Napa teacher accused of molesting his girlfriend's teenage son is going to jail.

State education officials on Thursday rejected a plan by a Southern California school district to use summer classes to make up for a scheduling error that could cost the district millions of dollars.

A Los Angeles judge faces charges that he tried to bribe his opponent during a run for a judicial seat last year.

A nonprofit is returning $500,000 in taxpayer money to the state, following criticism that the group spent the money on staff bonuses amid California's fiscal crisis.

A Santa Cruz woman who had been hospitalized with swine flu has died, becoming the first fatality in the county linked to the pandemic.

A brush fire that burned about 80 acres and forced evacuations of the Getty Center art complex and a nearby college in the Santa Monica Mountains was fully contained Thursday, authorities said.

A city council member on Thursday called on AEG Live to pay some of the estimated $1.4 million cost for policing Michael Jackson's memorial service at the Staples Center.

An Oregon bank has abandoned its demand that the golf course at Idaho's Tamarack Resort be sold to satisfy an outstanding $3.5 million loan.

Doughnuts could be a distant memory for San Francisco city workers.

A man who allegedly slammed a 3-pound, 10-week-old Chihuahua to the ground during an argument was arrested after failing to show up at a hearing on animal cruelty charges. The dog was later euthanized because of its injuries.

A coroner says a man linked by DNA to series of rapes in Los Angeles who was shot by police in Ohio after a freeway chase died of gunshot wounds.

San Francisco International Airport officials say a Northwest Airlines jet experienced an engine problem after takeoff, forcing it to return to the airport.

California State University says it will stop accepting nearly all student applications for the spring 2010 term to help offset deep budget cuts to the 23-campus system.

Los Angeles Police Chief William Bratton says officers have arrested 19 members of one of the city's most violent gangs.

A federal appeals court has upheld an order barring California from cutting Medi-Cal payments by 10 percent to doctors, pharmacies and many other health care providers

The head of U.S. Central Command in Afghanistan is scheduled to speak at a sold out event in San Francisco.

State education officials have given a failing grade to a plan by two Southern California elementary schools to use extended summer sessions to make up for lost class time.

The head of U.S. Central Command in Afghanistan is scheduled to speak at a sold out event in San Francisco.

Starting Friday, most state government offices will begin closing three days a month to save California some money.

A Los Angeles city councilman is calling on AEG Live to pay some of the estimated $1.4 million tab for the Michael Jackson memorial service Tuesday at Staples Center.

A 21-year-old who testified in the murder trial of his cousin has pleaded no contest to lying on the witness stand.

Prosecutors in San Diego have decided not to file charges against a pedicab driver whose passenger died after she fell from his pedal-powered vehicle.

Paris Hilton hated her 2006 movie "Pledge This!" and refused for months to make promotional appearances for it despite a contract requiring her to do so, lawyers for the film's investors said as trial opened Thursday in an $8 million lawsuit against her.

The California Supreme Court has joined a handful of other courts in the country that have said Breathalyzer results mean different things for different people and ruled that suspected drunken drivers can attack the test results in court.

The manager of a tug boat company has been indicted by the U.S. Attorney in Northern California for allegedly dumping dredged materials into San Francisco Bay without a permit.

Most California state government offices will be closed Friday, the first of three monthly furlough days intended to save the state money.

The Housing and Urban Development Department is using $1.2 billion in stimulus money to fight homelessness in hundreds of locations across the country.

Police searching for fugitive sex offenders, violent criminals and gang members made more than 35,000 arrests nationwide during an annual monthlong crackdown - the most in the roundup's 5-year history and nearly double the number from last year - authorities announced Thursday.

Authorities say a man who allegedly slammed his chihuahua to the ground during an argument has been arrested for failing to show up at an animal cruelty hearing in Riverside.

A diet center doctor who authorities say ordered more of a certain prescription painkiller than any other physician in the nation has pleaded guilty to a federal drug charge.

Civil rights attorneys are filing a federal lawsuit claiming two classified ad companies discriminated against families with children by publishing advertisements for housing that stated kids weren't allowed.

A body found in Big Bear Lake is believed to be that of a man who vanished last week.

Federal officials in California say they've made more than 1,000 arrests as part of a national operation targeting fugitive violent criminals and sex offenders.

Two people have died in a plane crash in the Sierra Nevada near Mammoth Lakes.

Police in Escondido say a man is critically injured and a woman wounded after a Border Patrol employee attacked them with a hatchet.

A body found in Big Bear Lake is believed to be that of a man who vanished while swimming last week.