Southern California fire officials say a wildfire that broke out just after noon is raging through 1,500 acres of Riverside County near Banning, fueled by 29 mph winds.

California's population grew by almost 300,000 last year to nearly 38 million people, with the San Francisco Bay Area leading the growth, the state Department of Finance reported Wednesday.

Authorities say a Southern California Edison worker has been killed in an industrial accident in Riverside County.

The state expects to have nearly as many inmates available to help during this year's firefighting season as it did before a 2-year-old law began sending lower-level felons to county jails instead of state prisons, officials said Wednesday.

She was a food fan, eager for culinary discoveries. In her last microblog update the morning before the Boston Marathon blasts, the Chinese graduate student identified as the attack's third victim posted a photo of ciabatta-like bread chunks and fruit.

A woman was killed Monday in a single-car crash on southbound Highway 99 south of Bakersfield.

The National Weather Service says parts of California are in for more strong winds.

Joshua trees, those spiky sentinels of the Mojave Desert, are having a blossom bonanza and nobody is quite sure why.

A sheriff's rescue team followed the sounds of a screaming female voice Thursday to an almost vertical canyon wall where they found a teenager clinging to a rocky outcropping after going missing during a hike five days ago. Kendall Jack, 18, was...

U.S. home prices jumped in February by the largest amount in seven years, evidence that the housing recovery strengthened ahead of the all-important spring-buying season.

Eleven air traffic control towers at small airports throughout California are on the Federal Aviation Administration's list of nationwide facilities to be closed next month due to spending cuts.

Authorities say a Southern California man has been sentenced to 25 years in federal prison for making child pornography that was traded online.