As California begins to dry out from its recent deluges, one stark reality is coming into focus: Only 230,000 homes and other buildings are insured against flooding in a state with about 39 million residents.

Authorities say the suspect in the kidnapping and killing of a central California family was a former employee who had a longstanding dispute with them.

Authorities say a man suspected of kidnapping a Sikh family in central California tried to kill himself before police found him.

Police have arrested a suspect in the death of an 8-year-old girl whose body was found last March inside a central California home after the child was reported missing.

A manhunt is under way for a man wanted in the death of a child whose body was found inside a California home during the search for a missing 8-year-old girl.