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Kids attended a special event Saturday in Lompoc to learn bicycle safety and see professional BMX riders perform.

Lompoc High School was the big winner Friday morning at a drawing to see which nonprofit groups will be able to sell fireworks this summer for the first time in the city’s history.

It's all about the odds, and one single ticket in Florida has beaten them all by matching the numbers drawn for the highest Powerball jackpot in history at an estimated $590.5 million,...

WALNUT — Favored St. Joseph junior Joseph Castellanos vaulted himself to a Division 4 championship. Underdog Arroyo Grande senior Jade Fuller ran herself to a Division 2 800 title...

Healdsburg soon will reap extra revenue from a half-cent sales tax increase approved by voters, and so far, the public appears to favor spending that money on fixing streets.

Sonoma County officials this week enter the second half of their roadshow to convince cities to take part in the county's planned public power agency.

A daylong car show and evening cruise evoked strong memories for some of the biggest fans of George Lucas' 'American Graffiti.'

A group called Stand for San Jose in 2011 challenged the city's environmental review and land sale offer for a proposed downtown ballpark that would be the new home of the Oakland A's....

Neighbors in Bakersfield are getting the chance to meet one another during a first-of-a-kind march.

DES MOINES, Iowa — It's all about the odds. With four out of every five possible combinations of Powerball numbers in play, someone was sure to win the game's highest jackpot, a...

A Powerball ticket sold in a San Jose store had five winning numbers in Saturday night's draw, but missed the Powerball number and the record breaking $600 million jackpot, according...

A collection of news stories from around the north state.

No California ticket hit the jackpot, but two lucky tickets did match five numbers, missing only the Powerball number. Considering how much money was at stake we expected these winners...

Thousands of steel tendons used to strengthen the skyway portion of the new eastern span of the San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge were exposed during construction to rainfall and...

Fresno State President John Welty led his last commencement ceremony Saturday. He's retiring from Fresno State after 22 years.

Fresno Sheriff's deputies are investigating a home invasion on Dodderer St. near Storey Ave. in Firebaugh. The confrontation ended very badly for one of the suspects. The other is...