SAN FRANCISCO (AP) - An accident-plagued stretch of the San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge saw its first fatality today when the driver of a speeding big rig lost control and the truck plummeted 200 feet from the span, authorities said. ...more

November 9, 2009

The California Highway Patrol say a man stole a car to make a court appearance on a previous auto theft charge. ...more

November 6, 2009

Central California police say a fleeing car ran a stop sign and slammed into a pickup truck, killing three people in the car and four children in the truck. ...more

August 9, 2009

A Transitions Championship promotion during Friday's second round of the PGA Tour event at Innisbrook Resort had actor Erik Estrada reviving the role of Francis "Ponch" Poncherello, the California Highway Patrol officer he played in the 1977-1983 television series "CHiPs." ...more

March 21, 2009

Remember actor Erik Estrada and his character California Francis "Ponch" Poncherello, the California Highway Patrol officer on the 1977–1983 television series CHIPs? Well, he's on duty at this week's Transitions Championship, handing out "Sight-ations'' to offenders. Fans in attendance can be written up for "Aggravated Visual Assault: Wearing Really Bad glasses, or "Grand Theft Visual: Robbing Your Eyes of Healthy Sight,'' or maybe even "Accessory to a Crime: Missing the Action Because of Squinting.'' Fans who are written up can take the "sight-ation'' to a Transitions Optical pavilion on site and receive a prize in addition to entering a drawing for a fitting and new eyewear. "Everybody loves the idea of being ticketed by Pounch,'' Estrada said. "On TV I was supposed to protect and serve. I'm doing that here. "And most everbody grew up watching CHIPs. The ones who could not make it on the force decided to become golfers." ...more

March 20, 2009

Tatiana Del Toro had something else to cry about. The emotional 28-year-old crooner from San Juan, Puerto Rico, was one of nine "American Idol" semifinalists sent packing Wednesday. ...more

February 19, 2009

"Dark Knight" indeed. Christian Bale can be heard in newly surfaced audio delivering a long, profanity-laced verbal thrashing to a cinematographer and anyone who tried to calm him down on the set of the upcoming "Terminator Salvation." ...more

February 4, 2009

For almost two days now, the family of a 56-year-old woman killed after being rear-ended on Dale Mabry Highway late Wednesday has been unaware of her death, troopers said. State law prohibits investigators from publicly identifying a person who has died until his or her family has been notified. Extraordinary circumstances, such as family living out of the country, have caused authorities to release victims' names in the media without notification but only after exhaustive efforts, law enforcement officials say. ...more

January 2, 2009

Heather Locklear was arrested on suspicion of driving under the influence of a controlled substance in the upscale Santa Barbara, Calif., area, authorities said Sunday. ...more

September 29, 2008

After eight weeks of reruns, David Letterman should be in a joking mood Wednesday: Not only does he join his late-night brethren back on the air, but he'll have his writers backing him up. ...more

December 29, 2007