The state's highest court has agreed to hear legal challenges to the same-sex marriage ban, but is refusing to allow gay couples to resume marrying for now.

A medical marijuana advocacy group has filed a lawsuit against the Department of Motor Vehicles for revoking the driver's license of a woman because of her status as a medical pot patient.

A top United Nations climate official said Wednesday that regional government leaders must step up their efforts to combat global warming and press their national governments to follow their lead.

A person allegedly molested by a former Stockton Catholic priest decades ago filed a lawsuit Wednesday against the accused man and the past head of the Diocese of Stockton.

Did you see the brief and bright show in the sky over the Central Valley on Tuesday evening?

A state audit found $11.5 million of bond proceeds earmarked to repair, improve, expand and upgrade facilities at San Joaquin Delta College in Stockton were inappropriately spent on athletic facilities and high-tech electronic marquee signs, State Controller John Chiang said Wednesday.

Two boys identified by police as norteno gang members are facing criminal charges after a 13-year-old boy was severely beaten at Marian Anderson Special Education Center in Sacramento.

A young man remained in a hospital Wednesday after he was shot Tuesday night on the campus of Central Valley High School in Ceres, police say.

Alameda County prosecutors have charged a 24-year-old Berkeley man in connection with two shooting deaths.

A high number of arrests of people suspected of being drunk in public has San Jose officials reviewing how public-drunkenness laws are enforced.

The fees to park a car in parts of San Francisco will soon depend on the supply and demand of parking spaces.

California Highway Patrol officials are investigating a fire chief's stolen truck after it was found ablaze near a levee in Colusa.

A Davis father convicted of killing his 14-month-old son 14 years ago has been denied parole.

A former state employee has been sentenced to a year in jail and five years probation for illegally downloading personnel files with the names and Social Security numbers of 5,500 state employees.

An animal crossing the road was blamed for a big rig crash early Wednesday that blocked a key ramp linking northbound Interstate 5 to westbound Highway 50 in Sacramento, police say.

A student is accused of shooting his 19-year-old classmate at a Ceres high school Tuesday evening, police said.

A stretch of highway considered by some patrol officers to be the most dangerous in the Sacramento region is getting a facelift.

As many people look to make money online during a tough economy, the Better Business Bureau is sending out a warning about work-at-home online fraud.

Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger opened his international climate change summit on Tuesday by upstaging himself with an even bigger political star - President-elect Barack Obama.

People from Lincoln down to Modesto have reported seeing a large colorful bright light Tuesday afternoon.