The Stone Temple Pilots accuse former frontman Scott Weiland of misusing the band's name to further his solo career and want a judge to strip the rocker of his ability to use the group's name or songs.

It appears the announcement that Republican farmer Andy Vidak won outright former senator Michael Rubio's seat may have been premature: an updated vote count puts Vidak below the 50-percent-plus-one threshold he needed to surpass to avoid a runoff against his Democratic opponent, Kern County Supervisor Leticia Perez.

A parolee was indicted by a federal grand jury in the theft of a valuable Gold Rush-era jewelry box from the Oakland Museum of California, authorities said Friday.

California would treat electronic cigarettes like any other tobacco product by restricting where people can use them in public under a bill approved by the state Senate on Friday.

Southern California prosecutors have charged former Detroit Lions wide receiver Titus Young with three new charges for allegedly trying to burglarize a San Clemente home.

Assemblyman Tom Ammiano's bill to create legal protections and support services for homeless people stalled in the Assembly Appropriations Committee on Friday.

An armed robbery suspect set off a dramatic manhunt Friday after he held up a San Diego gas station, fled in a stolen car, and held a woman hostage in a home before officers shot him to death.

Investigators at California State Prison-Corcoran are investigating as a homicide the death of an inmate who was a convicted child molester.

A regional garbage collection agency has tossed out plans to build a mega-landfill for Los Angeles' trash less than two miles from Joshua Tree National Park in the remote Southern California desert.

A Palmdale couple has been arrested after the woman's 8-year-old son was beaten, burned and left in critical condition.

Dick Evey (EE'-vee), a tackle who played most of his eight seasons in the NFL with the Chicago Bears, has died at age 72.

A federal grand jury has indicted a 45-year-old parolee in connection with the theft of a valuable Gold Rush-era jewelry box from the Oakland Museum of California.

Here's a look at Netflix since its stock peaked in July 2011 at nearly $305. Netflix had just announced an unpopular price increase in the U.S., and investors got worried by the intensity of the customer backlash. Even after subscriber complaints subsided, investors remained concerned about intensifying competition at the same time the company is spending more to acquire Internet content and expand abroad. Despite those concerns, Netflix has been staging a comeback. Another boost is expected from Sunday's revival of the "Arrested Development" TV series.

ISTA Pharmaceuticals Inc. pleaded guilty on Friday in a federal case involving its eye drug Xibrom, admitting it promoted the drug for unapproved uses and agreeing to pay $33.5 million in fines and fees.

Debt collectors would have to make sure they are going after the right person under a bill approved by the state Senate on Friday.

California Assembly lawmakers this morning put a hold on legislation that would have prohibited salaried state employees from taking a secondary hourly-wage position within their same department or agency.

A federal appeals court on Friday denied a second request by California doctors, pharmacists and hospitals seeking to undo the state's 10 percent provider rate cut for treating the poor.

In the first three months of the year, Netflix gained 2 million U.S. Internet subscribers, thanks in part to the success of the political drama "House of Cards," which debuted in February. Netflix is expected to get another boost this weekend with the revival of "Arrested Development." Here's a breakdown of Netflix Inc.'s subscribers as of March 31 and details on its forecast:

Health officials are investigating cases involving patients who suffered complications after being injected with potentially contaminated medications made by a Tennessee specialty pharmacy.

Funeral services are being planned for a 10-year-old Northern California girl who was killed when gunmen fired a barrage of bullets into her family's home while she was drawing and watching television.

The full 9th Circuit Court of Appeals Friday upheld Gov. Jerry Brown's 10 percent cut in payments to hospitals, doctors, pharmacists and other providers of medical care to the poor under the state Medi-Cal program.

Electronic cigarettes would be subject to the same prohibitions as regular cigarettes under a bill passed Friday by the Senate.

The Delta Protection Commission, a state agency, voted Thursday to oppose Gov. Jerry Brown's proposal to build two giant water diversion tunnels in the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta, saying it is not supportive of agriculture, recreation and water quality.

A regional garbage collection agency has tossed out plans to build a mega-landfill for Los Angeles' trash less than two miles from Joshua Tree National Park in the remote Southern California desert.

The National Park Service is ending unpaid leave for U.S. Park Police officers earlier than expected.

There was always been a special connection between space shuttle Endeavour and California, where it was built.

Ah, memories.

In a story May 22 about the U.S. Interior Department awarding more than $20 million in grants for water conservation projects, The Associated Press, relying on information provided by the federal agency, reported erroneously that the North Yuba Water District in California had received one of the grants.

The last of the brothers accused of creating an infamous Mexican drug cartel pleaded guilty Friday to helping send hundreds of millions of dollars in proceeds from the United States, marking one of the final milestones in an investigation that began two decades ago.

A lawsuit in Mississippi says a man was seriously injured after he was attacked by a swarm of yellow jackets, jumped off his riding lawnmower and was run over by the machine.

Netflix is hoping this weekend's release of the resurrected TV series "Arrested Development" will draw more subscribers to its Internet video service.

Orange County has officially honored the birthday of the late Harvey Milk, California's first openly gay elected politician.

A summer rite of passage is underway at Yosemite National Park, where the handrails on Half Dome are in place and hikers began scaling the granite monolith Friday morning.

The former president of a local Southern California PTA has been charged with grand theft for allegedly stealing $20,000 raised from children's candy bar sales.

Los Angeles County sheriff's deputies have killed a man they say pointed a gun at them during a chase in Compton.

Flynn Robinson, the former NBA guard who played on the Los Angeles Lakers' 1971-72 championship team, has died after a two-year fight with cancer. He was 72.

An American man killed his uncle, aunt and cousins in the Czech Republic and then flew to the United States, where he was arrested at an airport, authorities said Friday.

Flynn Robinson, who was on the 1971-1972 Lakers team that won Los Angeles its first NBA title, has died. He was 72.

The Dothan Personnel Board expects to take at least two to three weeks to decide what could be a landmark case involving the use of social media by police.

Your daily look at late-breaking California news, upcoming events and the stories that will be talked about Friday:

With a potentially per-diem-wrecking three day weekend ahead, a schedule shuffle has left us with an unusually busy Friday.

How do you get a budget passed on time? Threatening to take away California lawmakers' salaries helps, Dan explains.

An executive with an Ohio manufacturer has said steel bolts used on a troubled new span of the San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge were made exactly to specifications.

Authorities have set the wheels in motion to allow bicycles on all commuter trains in the San Francisco Bay area.

Craft breweries from around the country are toasting the troops with a beer aged with a unique ingredient that symbolizes America's pastime - baseball bats.

An American man accused of killing a family of four in the Czech Republic has been arrested in the United States, police said Friday.

The Ocean Conservancy, a Washington D.C.-based environmental organization, released its 2012 list of trash collected during its International Coastal Cleanup. More than 10 million pounds of debris was collected globally, with more than 769,000 pounds collected in California alone. The most common items found during the cleanup:

A California bill that would have required manufacturers to figure out how to keep the most common plastic junk out of state waterways died in the state Assembly without a vote Friday.

This summer, high rollers are flying to lavish hot spots for their vacations. The rest of us are driving to less luxurious places like nearby campgrounds.