Sacramento sheriff's detectives have begun their investigation into the discovery of two adults and three children 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 by mid 2010, Gov. Schwarzenegger ordered a legislative special session to deal with the fiscal crisis.

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 - Police arrested the estranged brother-in-law of Jennifer Hudson on Monday in the deaths of the entertainer's mother, brother and young nephew, taking him from a prison where he had been held on a suspected parole violation.

AP - The mayor of Alabama's largest city 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 to pay for an expensive wardrobe and flashy jewelry.

AP - A television anchorwoman killed in her home had been sexually assaulted and beaten so badly in a suspected burglary that her jaw shattered and she broke a hand while trying to fend off her attacker's blows, her parents said Monday.

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 - 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 - Barack Obama announced a national security team Monday headed by Hillary Rodham Clinton, who fought him long and bitterly for the presidency, and Robert Gates, the man who has been running two wars for George W. Bush — striking choices by a president-elect who declared he wanted "strong personalities and strong opinions."

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.