Topic: McGregor Scott

Federal agents raided 74 houses in the Sacramento area this week that were allegedly used as marijuana grow houses for a Chinese crime syndicate.

A California court threw out a sex offender's $4 million lawsuit against his victim in a decision hailed by rape victim's advocates.

More than $5.4 million, mostly from wealthy donors, has been collected to support a ballot measure to abolish California's death penalty, a research group said.

Police said more allegations of rape and kidnapping against Phillip Garrido, accused of kidnapping Jaycee Dugard 18 years ago in California, have surfaced.

Two California men could spend 20 years behind bars after a federal jury found them guilty of operating an illegal medical marijuana business, officials said.

A federal prosecutor in California has charged four people with arson and explosives offences dating back to 2001, accusing them of being an eco-terrorist cell.

The Justice Department announced charges Tuesday against nine people accused to trying to defraud the Red Cross by claiming hurricane relief assistance.

Federal prosecutors have charged four employees of a Red Cross call center in California with fraudulently obtaining money mean for hurricane victims.