State News

Sheriff's deputies are looking for a small plane that reported engine trouble after taking off from the Ramona Airport northeast of San Diego.

An Anaheim pastor who videotaped himself molesting a 13-year-old girl in a church office has been sentenced to 90 years in prison.

California Highway Patrol officers say they were nearly run over by a burglary suspect who was trying to get away with a flat-screen television.

An attorney for Roman Polanski is accusing the Los Angeles Superior Court of bias and prejudice against the fugitive movie director, and is seeking removal of his case to the California Judicial Council for resolution.

A man convicted of murdering his father has been sentenced to nearly 23 years in prison, despite his refusal to leave his holding cell and attend the hearing in a Los Angeles courtroom.

Mayor Gavin Newsom is condemning the vandalism of a Catholic church in San Francisco.

A single-engine airplane has veered off a runway during takeoff from Long Beach Airport, striking a fence and a parked helicopter before ending up in a hangar and igniting a small fire.

TV animal expert Jack Hanna has thrown his support behind a controversial project to build a new elephant exhibit at the Los Angeles Zoo.

A federal judge has reinstated an Islamic charity's lawsuit challenging a Bush administration surveillance program.

The sponsors of California's voter-approved gay marriage ban say Attorney General Jerry Brown is advancing a far-fetched legal theory to justify overturning Proposition 8.