CALIFORNIA

Workers were evacuated from a unit at the San Onofre nuclear power plant in California on Tuesday after an ammonia leak, but the incident posed no threat to the public, officials said.

Jobless rates dropped in most metropolitan areas in September, and among areas with populations of one million or more they fell the most in Las Vegas, federal data released on Wednesday showed.

Surgeons in northern California successfully separated 2-year-old identical twin girls conjoined at the chest and abdomen after a painstaking, daylong operation, doctors said on Tuesday.

SunPower Corp has settled a lawsuit with environmental and community groups, agreeing that it will abandon the site of a proposed California solar project within 50 years, the company said on Wednesday.

The Occupy Oakland General Strike starts Nov. 2 with protests planned all day as protesters march on banks and corporations.

Dia de los Muertos, or the Day of the Dead, is a beautifully elaborate holiday celebrated in Mexico and other countries throughout the world to remember deceased loved ones. Family and friends gather each year on Nov. 1 and Nov. 2 to pray for and remember those who have died. It is a Mexican National Holiday and is the country's largest celebration of the year.

One of the largest U.S. precious metals dealers, which has used advertising by such conservative figures as Glenn Beck and Mike Huckabee, vowed Wednesday to fight bait-and-switch charges brought by Santa Monica, Calif.

Loyal Justin Bieber fans are not having it

Mariah Yager wants to the pop star to take a paternity test

The U.S. unemployment rate for September was 9.1 percent, but the full story of who works in America isn't told through the numbers alone.

After performing better than the wider high-tech market for months, stocks in American video game manufacturers have dropped precipitously since Thursday. Is there a 1UP on the way?

A 20-year-old woman has allegedly filed a lawsuit against Canadian singer Justin Bieber, 17, claiming that the teen sensation is the father of her child, a celebrity gossip website reported.

A day after filing for divorce from basketball player Kris Humphries, reality TV star Kim Kardashian Tuesday dismissed reports that she had profited from televising her wedding.

The 'Transformers' actress is infamous for drastic transformations that her face undergo overnight. However, Megan Fox doesn't really appreciate rumors of Botox therapies, and had once slammed the 'rumor-mongers' by posting close-ups of her face and forehead on Facebook under the caption: Things you can't do with your face when you have Botox.

Teen sensation Justin Bieber and his team were flabbergasted by the allegations of a 20-year old California woman who accused him of impregnating her and fathering her child.

Reese Witherspoon was recently spotted in California carrying a python-skin purse that cost almost $4,000 -- the sale of which is reportedly illegal in the state - and PETA is concerned.

Recently retired St. Louis Cardinals manager Tony La Russa received an unlikely, yet sensible job offer as an elephant keeper in Sacramento just days after winning the World Series.

Erik Kramer's 18-year-old son Griffen is dead from what is suspected to be alcohol poisoning. Griffen Kramer, who was a senior at Thousand Oaks High School, died on Sunday. His body was found at a friend's house in Agoura Hills.

A woman claiming to be the mother of Justin Bieber's baby has reportedly demanded the pop star take a paternity test. Twenty-year-old fan Mariah Yeater alleges that Justin Bieber is the father of her three-month-old son, according to an exclusive report released by Star magazine. Yeater signed court papers under the penalty of perjury claiming that the 17-year-old pop star had sex with her backstage at one of his concerts in Los Angeles when she was 19.

This Tuesday afternoon, the Oakland Police Officers' Association stated in an open letter to the citizens of Oakland that they are confused by Quan's Administration and its orders. At a time like this, why is Jean Quan appearing to waver on her support for the Occupy movement?

Film, television and Broadway producer and director Gil Cates, who ran the show for 14 Oscar ceremonies and was an entertainment industry leader, has died at age 77.