A fire at a mobile home quickly spread to nearby brush by Malibu Creek State Park Friday, burning about 25 acres and prompting authorities to evacuate park visitors.
Jack Cust hit a two-run homer and Joe Blanton pitched seven solid innings to lead the Oakland Athletics to a 7-1 win over the Chicago White Sox on Friday night.
Firefighters braced Friday for the return of evening winds that a day earlier caused a wildfire on California's Central Coast to double in size and race dangerously close to hundreds of homes in the foothills of the Santa Ynez Mountains.
Starry Pursuit beat Ginger Pop by a length Friday in the $114,100 Flawlessly Stakes for 3-year-old fillies at Hollywood Park.
The state attorney general has charged a former San Jose police officer with felony drunken driving more than three months after police failed to test her for intoxication after a car accident.
Joe Torre has a feeling his team is starting to come together. The Dodgers are getting healthy, too.
San Diego catcher Michael Barrett will require surgery for facial fractures and may be out six weeks.
The pilot of a single engine plane has suffered minor injuries after making an emergency landing on the water off Seal Beach.
Although Dan Boyle felt betrayed when the Tampa Bay Lightning decided to trade him, the standout defenseman is feeling much better about it after landing with the San Jose Sharks.
The Oakland Athletics placed reliever Keith Foulke on the 15-day disabled list Friday with inflammation in his right shoulder.
A Superior Court judge has refused to dismiss a civil suit filed against the city of Orange by a medical marijuana dispensary that claims it has a legal right to remain open.
The Canucks acquired right wing Steve Bernier from the Buffalo Sabres on Friday for a third-round pick in the 2009 NHL draft and a second-round selection in 2010.
The San Jose Sharks traded veteran defenseman Craig Rivet to the Buffalo Sabres on Friday for two second-round draft choices.
Michael Turner, a comic book artist who drew covers for major titles such as "Superman/Batman," "The Flash" and "Civil War,'" has died. He was 37.
A pair of out-of-control wildfires roared along California's central coast Friday, chewing through opposite ends of a parched forest and threatening more than 4,500 homes hundreds of miles apart.
Police responding to a tip about buried human remains at a Fontana home found 1,000 pounds of illegal fireworks and a stash of drugs and guns instead.
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