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Arnold Schwarzenegger, former body-builder, action hero, and ex-governor notable for his role as The Terminator, returned to his two-story childhood home in Thal, Austria for a formal inauguration of a museum dedicated to his life.

Gov. Jerry Brown signed the second half of the two-part California Dream Act on Saturday, which will make undocumented immigrant students in California eligible for state-funded financial aid for college.

Police are investigating two new leads Saturday in the story of missing baby Lisa Irwin while her parents, Deborah Bradley and Jeremy Iwrin, announced they are organizing a monetary reward hoping it will lead to more information.

California Governor Jerry Brown on Saturday signed a bill giving illegal immigrant college students access to state-funded financial aid, the second half of two-part legislation known as the Dream Act.

Oakland Raiders owner and Pro Football Hall of Famer Al Davis died at his home in Oakland, Calif., on Saturday at the age of 82. National Football League Commissioner Roger Goodell called Davis a true legend of the game.

The world will never be the same following the death of the 56-year-old tech visionary Steve Jobs, who has often been hailed as one of the greatest of American innovators.

California's burgeoning olive oil producers are counting on a newly enacted state labeling law to persuade more consumers that American brands are more virginal than their imported rivals.

Hailed as one of the world's greatest visionaries and innovators,the death of Apple co-founder and long-time CEO this week moved much of the world in rememberance and appreciation of the innovator and consumer technology pioneer. Jobs, who died on Wednesday at the age of 56 after a long battle with illness, was reportedly memorialized in a private funeral ceremony.

Apple Inc.'s Steve Jobs may not have invented personal computers, mobile phones, or portable music players, but he surely did revolutionize the way the world lived with them, from the 1970s onward.

The pilot of a small plane was forced to land in the Pacific Ocean after running out of fuel while flying from California to Hawaii on Friday afternoon.

Shark fin soup will disappear from the Golden State's menu in January 2013 under legislation signed into law on Friday by California Governor Jerry Brown.

Federal prosecutors announced a crackdown on Friday on what they call California's massive commercial marijuana trade, including medical pot dispensaries they say are often fronts for illegal for-profit drug distribution.

Shares of Illumina Inc (ILMN.O) fell 35 percent and dragged down its peers on Friday, a day after the maker of genetic analysis tools forecast a weak third quarter on uncertainty related to research funding in the United States and Europe.

People who take dietary supplements to boost their intake of minerals may actually be getting too much of a good thing -- and even risk serious problems.

An advisory group urged U.S. officials to formulate a set of essential health benefits under President Barack Obama's healthcare overhaul that is in line with cost of insurance in a typical small employer plan.

California Attorney General Kamala Harris remains open to a deal with large U.S. banks in multi-state mortgage negotiations provided it involves a stronger proposal from lenders, the Wall Street Journal reported.

Federal prosecutors announced a crackdown on Friday on what they called California's massive commercial marijuana industry, including medical pot dispensaries they say are often fronts for illegal for-profit drug distribution.

Federal U.S. attorneys in California said that illegal dispensaries and growing operations have proliferated in the state.

Two days after the world was saddened by the death of Apple co-founder and long-time CEO Steve Jobs, his funeral is taking place as the outpouring of emotion and respect continues.

Before its scheduled October 24 release, the first authorized biography of Apple co-founder and long-time CEO Steve Jobs who died on Wednesday has shot to number one in sales through pre-orders at Amazon and Barnes & Noble. Published by Simon & Schuster, Steve Jobs is a 656-page work by Walter Isaacson which details Jobs as driven by demons.

The world becomes overrun by zombies; flesh-eating hordes of the undead. Would you be prepared? The tongue-in-cheek question was posed in March by the Atlanta-based Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, not as a way to scare the living come Halloween, but to raise awareness of how unprepared residents can be for dire emergencies during natural disasters.