UC Davis among a handful of California schools.

The mother of murder victim Chandra Levy is speaking out against a statewide proposal for early release of prison inmates.

An Oakland crowd turned unruly Wednesday night, protesting a shooting death at the hands of a transit agency police officer.  Violence Erupts

Sacramento Mayor Kevin Johnson says his first 35 days in office have been some of the most meaningful in his life.

The opening of a new women and children's center at Kaiser Permanente's Roseville Medical Center will make it Placer County's largest employer.

Hundreds of pelicans are falling ill, even dying, along California's coast, leaving experts baffled.

AP - The Illinois House committee investigating Gov. Rod Blagojevich released a draft report Thursday saying the panel believes the Democratic governor has abused his power and recommending the full chamber vote on impeachment.

AP - Robert Vassallo and Angellette Smith had been battered by waves for two days when a final surge sent their boat crashing into a reef off the western coast of Cuba.

AP - Mayor Ron Dellums urged residents to remain calm after protests turned violent in the fatal shooting of an unarmed black man by a transit police officer.

AP - More than 30,000 people were urged to leave their flood-endangered western Washington homes as snowmelt and rain swelled rivers and caused mudslides and avalanches that engulfed neighborhoods and roadways.

AP - Thousands of evacuated residents were allowed to return to their homes Thursday after firefighters took advantage of slowing winds overnight to partially contain a wildfire near Denver that destroyed two houses and several outbuildings.

AP - Missouri Sen. Kit Bond says he won't seek re-election in 2010.

AP - A northern Alabama sheriff was in federal custody Thursday after a judge ruled he purposely fed inmates skimpy meals so he could make money from an unusual system that lets sheriffs turn a profit on their jail kitchens.

AP - A lawyer for former Idaho Sen. Larry Craig says they won't ask the Minnesota Supreme Court to void Craig's conviction in an airport bathroom sex sting.

AP - The chances that a teenager will be cited for talking on a cell phone while driving are pretty much zero in Oregon, a consequence of the way the law is written and a problem other states may be facing.

AP - A Long Island surgeon embroiled in a nearly four-year divorce proceeding wants his estranged wife to return the kidney he donated to her, although he says he'll settle for $1.5 million in compensation.

AP - If you're a guy on a day hike in a national park in Utah, step carefully. You're among the most likely to need rescuing.

AP - Ted Johnson planned on using a set of logs to a build a cabin in Alaska's interior. Instead he'll burn some of them to stay warm.

AP - Contending it's not a federal crime to violate the service terms of a Web site, a defense attorney has asked a judge to dismiss the conviction of a Missouri mother in a cruel Internet hoax on a 13-year-old girl who committed suicide.