Pamela Massette's attendance at the Mavericks Surf Contest was no day at the beach.
The California attorney general is asking Target Corp. to pull its Valentine's Day "Message Bears" from store shelves over concerns about lead in the toys.
AP - A magnitude-6.0 earthquake has struck off the coast of Northern California's Humboldt County, but officials say there are no immediate reports of major damage or injury.
AP - Newspaper trade magazine Editor & Publisher was sold to an Irvine-based trade show company and publisher of boating and fishing magazines Thursday.
Officials say two children and a man have been found dead in an apparent homicide in an apartment in Southern California.
Forty prisoners were sent to hospitals after a riot broke out at the California Institution for Men in Chino, Calif.
AP - The deal to close California's $26 billion budget deficit included a plan to drill for offshore oil, drawing allegations that the fiscal crisis was used for a backroom deal following rejection of the idea by state regulators earlier this year.
AP - Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger is abruptly postponing until Monday talks leaders had hoped would solve the final details to closing the state's $26.3 billion budget deficit.
