CHP: Baby drowns as off-road vehicle driven by drunken father plunges into S. Calif. river

Baby dies as vehicle plunges into S. Calif. river

NTSB: Flight controls on small plane that crashed in San Francisco Bay were in right position

NTSB investigates San Francisco Bay plane crash

Crews remove wreckage of small plane that crashed into shallow lagoon off San Francisco Bay

Plane wreckage removed from SF Bay Area lagoon

Officials say Calif. wildfire sparked by signal blaze set by illegal immigrants

Calif. wildfire sparked by migrants’ signal blaze

Husband of Northern Calif murder victim charged for explosives cache, as death probe continues

Husband of murder victim charged for explosives

Calif, feds announce deal to clean up site of 1959 nuclear accident, rocket testing

Deal to clean up LA-area nuclear accident site

Helicopter crashes onto busy Central California highway; pilot walks out of wreck

Pilot injured in chopper crash on Calif. highway

3 dead dead in small plane crash in lagoon off San Francisco Bay

3 dead in plane crash off San Francisco Bay

Disaster area declared for farmers, ranchers in drought-blighted Calif.-Ore. border region

Drought-hit Calif.-Ore. border getting feds’ help

At least 1,172 US military deaths in Afghanistan since 2001

US military deaths in Afghanistan at 1,172

1 woman dead, 2 possibly missing in small plane crash in lagoon off San Francisco Bay

1 dead in plane crash off San Francisco Bay

Small plane crashes in lagoon off San Francisco Bay; no immediate word on injuries

Small plane crash in lagoon off San Francisco Bay

Air Force unmanned Reaper aircraft crashes in California’s Mojave Desert

Unmanned Air Force Reaper crashes in Mojave Desert

Qantas flight to Sydney makes emergency landing in San Francisco airport with engine trouble

Qantas flight returns to SF with engine trouble

Medical board moves to revoke license of Calif. osteopath linked to overdose cases

Officials move to strip Calif. doctor of license

Authorities: 1 dead, 2 hurt after car driven by US ambassador to Malta crashes in California

US ambassador to Malta crashes car; passenger dies

High winds whip fires in Idaho, Montana, Washington; fire threat looms in California

High winds whip fires in several Western states

Investigators of deadly Calif. bus crash want to know who may have given alcohol to minors

Flask found in SUV in fatal crash with bus in CA

Tires of passenger plane catch fire during hard landing at Calif. airport; 15 injured

Tires of plane catch fire during landing in Calif.

Fugitive accused of killing wife, mother-in-law in Calif., putting bodies through staged crash

Fugitive charged with killing wife and her mother

Documents: Flask smelling of alcohol found in SUV involved in fatal Fresno crash

Flask found in SUV in fatal Fresno crash with bus

At least 1,145 US military deaths in Afghanistan since 2001

US military deaths in Afghanistan at 1,145

Life since Katrina: Back home or resettled afar, 3 survivors reflect on post-hurricane journey

Life since Katrina: 3 stories of survival

When Hurricane Katrina overwhelmed New Orleans and the surrounding region five years ago, hundreds of thousands of lives were changed forever, in myriad ways. Hundreds died, but even among survivors, many lost all that was familiar. And recovery is a process that still goes on day by day.

4 dead, including 3 Calif. family members, after van strikes SUV that then slams into tree

4 dead after van apparently runs stop sign in CA

Army: 5 Stryker brigade soldiers conspired to kill Afghan civilians; 7 others also charged

Army: Soldiers plotted to kill Afghan civilians

Metrolink, Connex commit to $200 million maximum liability in Los Angeles rail disaster

Metrolink: $200 million to settle LA rail disaster

Marine Corps faults Navy air controller in midair collision that killed 9 off California coast

Marines faults Navy in Calif. crash that killed 9

APNewsBreak: Agency had 1 ranger patrol 50-mile race where truck killed 8 in Mojave Desert

APNewsBreak: 1 ranger patrolled deadly Calif race

Wildfires burn 11 homes in Oregon as dry weather, hot temperatures aid fires in Idaho, Calif.

Hot weather aids fires in Oregon, Calif., Idaho

Police: Driver who lost control, injured 5 near San Francisco bus stop did not have license

SFPD: Driver who hurt 5 in SUV crash not licensed

Evacuations lifted in Southern California mountains as wildfire’s spread slows

Evacuations lifted in SoCal as fire’s spread slows

Navy blames pilots in ‘preventable’ midair crash that killed 9; Coast Guard faults controllers

Navy, Coast Guard trade blame for midair crash

Authorities: Runaway truck crashes into house, killing man, woman, child near Santa Barbara

Runaway truck crushes California house, killing 3

Wildfire threatens structures, forces evacuations in Southern California mountains

Wildfire forces evacuations in Southern California

Report faults air traffic control for Coast Guard plane, Marine helicopter crash that killed 9

Report faults air controllers for CA midair crash

Driver loses control, crashes into people near San Francisco bus stop; 5 injured, 4 critically

5 injured after SUV crashes near San Fran bus stop

Driver loses control, crashes into people at San Francisco bus stop; 5 injured

5 hurt when in San Francisco bus stop crash

Appeals court upholds second-degree murder conviction in San Francisco dog mauling case

Appeals court upholds conviction in CA dog mauling

10 evacuated by helicopter as wildfire chars 2,000 acres in rural San Diego County

Wildfire chars 2,000 acres outside San Diego

Wildfire in Angeles National Forest burns 120 acres, 100 percent contained

Wildfire in LA County forest 100 percent contained

Wildfire in Angeles National Forest burns 100-plus acres, 50 percent contained

Wildfire in LA County forest 50 percent contained

Wildfire in Angeles National Forest burns 100-plus acres, 40 percent contained

Wildfire in LA County forest 40 percent contained

Surging wildfire in Angeles National Forest forces evacuation of homes

Wildfire in LA County forest brings evacuations

Rare World War II dive bomber raised from Calif. reservoir 65 years after crash

WWII warplane raised from California reservoir

Officials vow tighter scrutiny of off-road racing as tricked-out trucks run Nevada desert race

Officials vow tighter scrutiny of off-road racing

Sunken World War II dive bomber lifted from bottom of California reservoir

Crashed WWII dive bomber raised from CA reservoir

Bureau of Land Management expands review of off-road racing on its federal lands nationwide

BLM expands off-road race reviews nationwide

Rare World War II dive bomber dislodged from California reservoir floor, ready to pull up

Salvage crew has plane primed to move in San Diego

Federal agency suspends event permits for promoter of fatal Southern Calif. off-road race

Promoter’s permits suspended following fatal race

BLM suspends event permits for promoter of fatal California off-road race

BLM suspends permits of promoter in CA fatal race