Gov. Schwarzenegger joined fellow governors in urging President-elect Barack Obama to stimulate the economy with a massive public works program.

The worst advance ticket sales in memory has led the Sacramento Ballet to issue an urgent plea to save the annual "Nutcracker" production.

Some Modesto veterans hope someone will help save the Central Valley Homeless Veterans Shelter.  It's slated to close Dec. 15.

Kevin Johnson  takes his legal oath of office as Sacramento mayor before Tuesday night's city council meeting.

Detectives say a father accused of abusing his teenage stepdaughter shot his wife and children before committing suicide.

Sacramento police believe three recent restaurant robberies have been committed by the same two men.

AP - Sgt. Ryan Nyhus spent 14 months patrolling the deadly streets of Baghdad, where five members of his platoon were shot and one died. As bad as that was, he would rather go back there than take his chances in this brutal job market.

AP - A Girl Scout leader and her husband were arrested after an emaciated, terrified and nearly naked 17-year-old showed up at a gym with a chain locked to his ankle, saying he had just fled his captors, authorities said Tuesday.

AP - Jennifer Hudson's brother-in-law was charged with murder Tuesday in the shooting deaths of three of the actress's family members, including the 7-year-old son of his estranged wife.

AP - A federal appeals court ordered a new sentencing Tuesday for a former top aide to Osama bin Laden, who was convicted of stabbing a guard in the face with a sharpened comb.

AP - A federal indictment unsealed Tuesday accuses evangelist Tony Alamo of sexually abusing five girls on separate occasions beginning in 1994, including a period when he was serving a tax-evasion sentence at a halfway house in Texarkana.

AP - Jurors in the case of an alleged plot to attack Fort Dix heard recordings Tuesday in which some of the five defendants talked about buying weapons, sniper training and killing soldiers.

AP - State authorities are recommending that O.J. Simpson and a co-defendant be sentenced to 18 years in prison for the gunpoint robbery and kidnapping of two sports memorabilia dealers, according to documents filed Tuesday.

AP - Testimony began Tuesday in the case against three men charged in a series of bank robberies — including a botched attempt that led to the death of an FBI agent last year.

AP - A Rastafarian man who refused to shave off his beard or cut his hair to comply with a Jiffy Lube employee grooming policy can take his religious discrimination case to trial, Massachusetts' highest court ruled Tuesday.

AP - The firing of a college administrator over her criticism of gay rights has sparked a debate about free speech and whether universities have the right to regulate what employees say outside of their jobs.

AP - A federal jury awarded more than $1.7 million Tuesday to a former University of Michigan dental student who said she was illegally kicked out of school after she became ensnared in a feud between a dean and faculty members.

AP - A city alderman frustrated with the police response to rising crime called Tuesday on residents to arm themselves to protect their lives and property.

AP - U.S. Sen. Mel Martinez of Florida, who has struggled to boost public support because of his close ties to President George W. Bush, announced Tuesday he will not seek a second term in 2010, saying he wants to spend more time with his family.