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SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - A California judge set $30 million bail on Monday for a man accused of kidnapping, raping and holding captive an 11-year-old girl for 18 years.

A Republican state lawmaker from Southern California has resigned after he was caught on tape bragging about his penchant for spanking and of having sex with female lobbyists.

In the end, Michael Jackson was laid to rest with the kind of dignity and grace that eluded him for so much of his frenetic life. Ten weeks to the day after he collapsed from an overdose of anaesthetics, last night his coffin was placed in a mauso...

SEX monster Phillip Garrido may have had other children with kidnapped Jaycee Lee Dugard - and killed them if they were boys, cops said last night.

Rioting inmates smashed and burned a large California prison on Saturday night and Sunday morning, injuring 250 prisoners and hospitalizing 55.

A stolen car fleeing from police ran a stop sign and slammed into a pickup in California's Central Valley, killing five young children in the truck and all three people in the car, police said Sunday.

Posters of American President Barack Obama which shows him as Heath Ledger’s Joker from the latest Batman sequel has covered the streets and highways of Los Angeles and numerous American web sites are reporting about them.

SACRAMENTO, Calif. — Ever the entertainer, Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger has posted a Twitter video related to the state's budget crisis in which he picks up an oversized knife and jokes about autographing state vehicles that will be auctioned to rai...

A Southern California teenager has serious bragging rights: After docking back in his home state late Thursday morning, Zac Sunderland, 17, from Thousand Oaks, can claim to be the youngest person to sail around the world alone.

Before an audience of millions, a galaxy of stars and Michael Jackson's loved ones paid tribute to the pop legend Tuesday at a memorial that ended in a torrent of tears from his young daughter.