By RYAN SABALOW, Scripps Howard News Service

A 30-year-old California man who drew national attention for pretending to be a baby is demanding an apology from the Oklahoma senator who called for an investigation into his federal disability benefits.

Calling prohibition of marijuana "a failed public health policy," the California's largest doctors group says the federal government should legalize the drug so it can be studied, taxed and regulated.

The California Medical Association adopted the official policy this past weekend at its annual conference.

REDDING, Calif. - The superiors of a popular Catholic priest said he lived with a former prostitute, abused alcohol and drugs, enjoyed a lavish lifestyle and did a number of other unpriestly things.

A U.S. senator wants the Social Security Administration to investigate why people like a Redding, Calif., man who spend their days pretending to be a baby can qualify for disability benefits.

One day last summer, a suspected Aryan Brotherhood prison gang member got hold of a cell phone and called a friend to break him out of a minimum-security conservation camp in Nevada City, Calif.

Astronauts working side-by-side with firefighters?

Not exactly, but NASA, the nation's space agency, has formalized an agreement with California's state fire department in the hopes that space-age aerial reconnaissance technology may be soon be used more to battle the state's wildland fires.

The police say the brown powder is Mexican heroin. The suspect says it's the cremated ashes of her mother, and she wants them back.

When drug agents raided the Anderson, Calif., home of Jennifer Henningsen Aug. 18, they confiscated a small heart-shaped ceramic container that sat on Henningsen's headboard.

Two environmentalists who study fire ecology say community leaders shouldn't be applauding U.S. Forest Service firefighters' quick work to contain a recent wildfire, no matter how much smoke was kept out of the air.

Most of the 10 million to 15 million viewers expected to tune in to the April 2 series finale of the NBC medical drama "ER" won't know they're watching a show woven with the tragic story line of a Redding teen's drinking death.
But that's fine with Shelby Lyn Allen's family.

REDDING, Calif. -- Redding, Calif. police say a grease rustler was caught in the act Monday morning, siphoning used kitchen oil from a tank owned by a rival firm.