SANTA ANA, Calif. (AP) -- The FBI has arrested a retired Pasadena police officer suspected in at least five bank robberies....

SAN CLEMENTE, Calif. (AP) -- Nude sunbathers can continue to let it all hang out along a secluded stretch of San Onofre State Beach, unless someone objects....

LOS ANGELES (AP) -- A Los Angeles police officer wounded a suspected robber and inadvertently shot a city bus while shooting at a man who allegedly attacked him with a knife....

LOS ANGELES (AP) -- A jury has recommended a death sentence for a Los Angeles gang leader convicted of three murders and trying to kill two police officers....

LOS ANGELES (AP) -- Without explanation, prosecutors on Wednesday dropped more than half the sexual assault charges against fashion designer Anand Jon Alexander just before jury selection began for his trial....

DENVER (AP) -- Nevada's delegation to the Democratic National Convention cast 25 votes for Sen. Barack Obama and eight votes for Sen. Hillary Clinton....

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) -- Del Martin, a pioneering lesbian rights activist who with her lifelong partner became a symbol for the movement to legalize gay marriage, died Wednesday morning. She was 87....

SANTA ANA, Calif. (AP) -- A settlement between day laborers and the Orange County sheriff's office calls for authorities to acknowledge workers' rights to seek work while standing on sidewalks, according to attorneys for the laborers....

BEVERLY HILLS, Calif. (AP) -- One man appears determined to crash the party at the Playboy Mansion....

LOS ANGELES (AP) -- A pregnant woman sued Jacksonville Jaguars wide receiver Dennis Northcutt on Wednesday for allegedly arranging for his cousin to beat her up at a Hollywood restaurant....