An Oregon girl and a Willits man were killed when their Dodge pickup crashed through a guard rail and tumbled 100 feet down a cliff on Highway 101 north of Leggett on Thursday, the California Highway Patrol reported. The names of the victims, ages 17 and 25, were not released, pending notification of family.

The bicyclist was riding Friday morning with a woman on the handlebars who was uninjured. The man suffered a trauma to the leg and cuts and bruises to the face.

The association that represents California State University faculty said Thursday that the Sonoma State University Foundation â??betrayed the publics trustâ?? by making loans to Clem Carinalli, a former board member who said he is now unable to make payments on a $1.25 million loan.

Workers were denied overtime, vacation pay, promised bonuses, meal and rest breaks, reimbursement of expenses and other employment rights, according to the complaint filed in court.

WIMBLEDON, England - Five-time champion Roger Federer reached his seventh straight Wimbledon final Friday and will face Andy Roddick for a chance at a record 15th Grand Slam title.

In their golden years, the residents of Brooks Creek subdivision in Windsor think they should be getting more respect - at least from the bicyclists and skateboarders whizzing by on the neighborhood path.

A Santa Rosa man who wielded an ax against police officers while attempting to evade arrest was in jail Friday morning on suspicion of controlled substances and weapons charges. He was identified by officers as 44-year-old Jerry Kutz, who was wanted on several warrants including one for a weapons violation.

LOS ANGELES -- A federal judge on Thursday tentatively threw out the convictions of a Missouri mother for her role in a MySpace hoax directed at a 13-year-old neighbor girl who ended up committing suicide.

The Justice Department confirmed on Thursday that it was conducting an antitrust investigation into the settlement of a lawsuit that groups representing authors and publishers filed against Google.

MONACO - Belgian cyclist Tom Boonen was cleared Friday to compete in the Tour de France after winning his appeal of a ban for testing positive for cocaine. The French Olympic committees arbitration panel handed down the decision a day before the Tour is set to start in Monaco.

First you paid to insure your car. Soon you may have to add health insurance premiums to that stack of monthly bills as well. In a revamped health care system envisioned by senators, people would be required to carry health insurance just like motorists must...

As Californias fiscal crisis careened out of control with todays issuance of IOUs, Democrats and Republicans remained deadlocked, largely over one of the states biggest responsibilities: providing a safety net for poor and sick residents. At the center of...

The next round of anti-tax Tea Party protests will be held nationwide on Saturday - July 4 - as organizers and leaders hope the 1,300-plus events, including several in the Bay Area, evolve into a growing opposition movement to the Obama administrations...

For generations, the Washington Post has been a scrupulous watchdog over the capitals cozy world of power networking. For a short time, it almost became the networks host. The Post decided today to cancel plans to charge lobbyists and trade groups $25,000...

The investigation of Michael Jacksons death is widening as questions intensify about the drugs he took, the doctors who provided them and the actions of police. Why didnt police seal the mansion where he had been living? Why were moving vans seen at the...

An American soldier is believed being held by the Taliban after he walked off his base in eastern Afghanistan without his body armor and weapon, officials said Thursday. The military has intercepted communications in which insurgents said they had captured an...