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Oakland police said that they have tentatively identified a 21-year-old woman, Monica Rodas, a Union City resident, whose body was found burning in the city’s Rockridge Street early on Thursday morning.

Casey Anthony's father George Anthony made it clear that his daughter Casey will not be welcome home upon her release, reports Fox News.Mr. Anthony has also joined a campaign for a law that would have made his daughter guilty for failing to report Caylee's disappearance or death.

NASA's Dawn spacecraft orbits the asteroid vesta after a four year journey of getting there.

There are reports that technology giant Apple will release Mac OS X Lion along with new MacBook Air next week, possibly on July 21/22.

Technology giant Apple unveiled Mac OS X Lion, which the company claims is the world's most advanced desktop operating system, at its Worldwide Developers Conference (WWDC) last month.

Google reported a 32 percent year-over-year increase in revenue on Thursday.

Google reported its strongest quarter in several years, with revenue and earnings handily exceeding all expectations, driven by core search and momentum in display and mobile businesses.

Programmer Eric Fischer has created maps that visualize Twitter and Flickr usages around the world.

Marking the countdown to the feared ‘Carmageddon’, or the weekend closure of a nearly 10-mile stretch of the Interstate 405, Los Angeles Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa attempted to brush aside a 'car apocalypse', saying the chaos will do good in future.

Three months after Kate Hudson (32) and Matt Bellamy(33) got engaged in April, Kate has given birth to a bonny baby boy and has named him Bingham Hawn Bellamy.

Robert Blossom, who died at the age of 87 is one of the most well-loved Hollywood actors.

Prompted by the death of Casey Anthony's 2-year-old daughter, two new bills were introduced in California today that would have put Casey Anthony in jail for 15 years. Caylee's Law has been introduced in at least 18 other states.

The US Women face the Japanese in the FIFA World Cup finals soccer game on Sunday in an epic battle between the upstart teams in Frankfurt, Germany.

Shacknai's brother Adam was the last person so see Rebecca Nalepa Alive

Public schools in California will be required to teach students about the contributions of lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender Americans starting Jan. 1 after Gov. Jerry Brown on Thursday signed the controversial bill.

Mexican soldiers discovered the biggest marijuana plantation ever found in Mexican history, in the state of Baja California, about 150 miles (250km) south of the U.S. border Tuesday.

As a picture emerges of a notorious crime figure, some residents of his old neighborhoods have offered a different perspective.

After sifting through more than 150,000 pieces of evidence and spending six months investigating tips, the Beverly Hills Police Department has finally closed publicist Ronno Chasen's November murder investigation, a Beverly Hills Courier reports.

A public official pushing for a breakaway state in Southern California is seeking corporate sponsorship for an idea that has been embraced by local government but rejected by Gov. Jerry Brown.

Researchers at the US Geological Survey (USGS) has concluded that last year's seasonal El Nino was responsible for severe erosion along the West Coast during the winter and could be an indicator of things to come.

Rebecca Nalepa, 32, girlfriend of Medicis Pharmaceutical Corp., a pharmaceutical company based in Scottsdale, Ariz., founder and chief executive Jonah Shacknai, was found dead at his California home, one of many in a wealthy neighborhood, Wednesday in what officials are calling suspicious circumstances.