Berkeley, California - An article in IEEE Spectrum is shining the spotlight on the UC Berkeley connection to two of Google’s most high-profile innovations: self-driving cars and Street View cameras.

Sacramento, California - Governor Edmund G. Brown Jr. today issued a proclamation declaring December 7, 2014, as Pearl Harbor Remembrance Day in the State of California.

San Francisco, California - Attorney General Kamala D. Harris today issued a consumer alert to Californians about possible scams targeting immigrants and their families.

Sacramento, California - The Sacramento Field Office of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) seeks assistance from the public to help locate Otis Lee Cooper, 57. Cooper, formerly of Sacramento, is wanted for a federal violation of unlawful flight to avoid prosecution. Although Cooper has ties to Michigan and Mississippi, he has yet to be successfully located and apprehended.

Sacramento, California - About 35 percent of natural gas used in California homes is used to heat water. To reduce the use of natural gas the California Energy Commission has funded research to increase the effectiveness of residential solar water heating systems and reduce the price tag.

Los Angeles, California - A Lake Elsinore man who was employed as a correctional officer at the Federal Correctional Institution, Terminal Island has pled guilty to a federal bribery charge for taking $1,000 in cash to smuggle a cell phone into the prison facility.