Sacramento sheriff's detectives have begun their investigation into the discovery of five people found shot, four fatally, in a south Sacramento home late this morning.

Sacramento's animal shelter won't resume cat adoptions until the end of the week at the earliest after a distemper outbreak resulted in 54 cats being euthanized.

With California's budget deficit projected to climb to $28 billion over the next year and a half without action, Gov. Schwarzenegger declared a fiscal emergency Monday.

An Auburn pharmacy's authority to dispense prescriptions has been pulled following charges the owner has allegedly filled fraudulent prescriptions over a three-year period.

Thick fog has forced Gov. Schwarzenegger to cancel an appearance in Sacramento during which he was expected to declare a state fiscal emergency.

Glenn County sheriff's deputies are investigating the death of a 44-year-old Lincoln man who was shot by his brother as the two were duck hunting north of Sacramento.

AP - Stoic and publicly silent through months of a sex scandal, the woman whose relationship with former Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick led to his downfall broke her silence Monday, shedding tears as she pleaded guilty.

AP - The mayor of Alabama's largest city, Larry Langford, was arrested Monday on charges of steering millions of dollars of bond work to a friend in exchange for more than $230,000 in bribes that paid his debts for flashy clothes, jewelry and Rolex watches.

AP - A 30-mile scar of debris along the Texas coast stands as a festering testament to what state and local officials say is FEMA's sluggish response to the 2008 hurricane season.

AP - Max Rameau delivers his sales pitch like a pro. "All tile floor!" he says during a recent showing. "And the living room, wow! It has great blinds."

AP - Almost one in five young American adults has a personality disorder that interferes with everyday life, and even more abuse alcohol or drugs, researchers reported Monday in the most extensive study of its kind.

AP - The man who calls himself Clark Rockefeller will get back about half of the gold coins and cash seized by authorities after he was arrested for allegedly kidnapping his 7-year-old daughter.

AP - An Ohio State University academic adviser and a real estate agent held a $10-a-ticket raffle that offered an evening with a prostitute who is also a child sex-abuse caseworker, police said.

AP - A family attorney says a temporary worker trampled to death by customers at a New York Wal-Mart store had no training in crowd control.

AP - An FBI informant testified Monday at the trial of five men accused of plotting to kill soldiers at the Army's Fort Dix that a trip they took to Pennsylvania's Pocono Mountains was intended as training for a holy war.

AP - Stranded airline passengers lingered in Chicago's airports Monday as a storm tapered off after delivering a wintry mix to Illinois including snow, gusty winds and ice that led to at least two traffic deaths.

AP - An armored truck guard was shot to death at a suburban Miami mall Monday, and police were searching for two gunmen.

AP - President-elect Barack Obama's announcement Monday that Gov. Janet Napolitano is his choice to head the Department of Homeland Security means a Republican will move into the governor's office.

AP - The woman who wanted to be president stepped up to a podium too tall, turned the microphones down and began by addressing the man who defeated her: "Mr. President-elect."