A judge ruled this week that the driver of a runaway dump truck and the company that employed him must both stand vehicular manslaughter charges in connection with a horrible traffic accident in Rancho Cucamonga that killed one person and

Two dozen San Francisco playgrounds are unfit for children to play on, according to a Neighborhood Parks Council survey released this week.

One person died, two were injured and a third was booked into jail after a multiple-vehicle crash shortly before 4 a.m. Saturday in Fremont.

A pedestrian was fatally struck by a vehicle just before 11:30 p.m. Friday near Fremont Boulevard and Clough Avenue in Fremont.

A person fell off a cliff and died early Saturday morning in unincorporated Sonoma County near Jenner.

A state appeals court in San Francisco has upheld a settlement of a consumer lawsuit against Netflix Inc. that will give movie rental customers $7 million in benefits and lawyers $2 million in fees.

An Oakland police officer shot and killed a robbery suspect around 11:30 a.m. Saturday.

Associated Press - April 26, 2008 1:35 PM ET OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) - A new skyscraper planned for downtown Oklahoma City will be developed by a Houston-based firm.

Associated Press - April 26, 2008 1:55 PM ET BROWNSVILLE, Texas (AP) - A congressional panel on Monday will hear about a plan to limit the federal Homeland Security Department's ability to...

Associated Press - April 26, 2008 4:05 PM ET Children from the polygamist ranch in West Texas are settling into new surroundings all around the state, and caretakers are getting tips on how to...

Associated Press - April 26, 2008 3:05 PM ET PORT BOLIVAR, Texas (AP) - Scientists hope the discovery of new nests along the lower Texas Gulf Coast means that Kemp's ridley sea turtles - once...

The Coast Guard flies to the rescue of an injured man on a sailing cruise ship.

Not once, not twice but four times. A burglar breaks into a Miami pet shop four times, making off with two pricey snakes in his latest heist.

Thousands of people strip searched by Broward County sheriff's deputies will receive $1,000 each in a settlement agreement.

Carrollton and Harris County are joining Farmers Branch as the first Texas entities accepted into a fast-growing program to help local officers identify illegal immigrants. The announcement was made Friday afternoon by U.S. Rep. Kenny Marchant, a vocal advocate of

DALLAS — Investigators said a cigarette sparked a three-alarm fire at a high-rise senior center in Dallas early Saturday morning. The fire was reported just before 1 a.m. at the Dickinson Place Apartments at Gaston Avenue and St. Joseph Street,

DALLAS — Dallas police are looking for the suspect in a deadly shooting early Saturday morning. Following a fight between two men, police say one of them followed the other to a house in the 2200 block of Stovall Drive

AREA Fundraiser for animal shelter set for Sunday A "Give 'em Shelter" fund- raiser to benefit the new Farmers Branch Animal Shelter will be from noon to 5 p.m. Sunday at Gussie Field Watterworth Park, 2610 Valley View Lane in