Serial killer on the loose in California, police say (CNN.com)
Los Angeles, California, police detectives are looking for a serial killer who they believe killed at least 11 people, many of them prostitutes, over a 23-year period.

Republicans in California Assembly fail to block plan to upgrade courthouses (Los Angeles Times)
GOP lawmakers criticize state Chief Justice Ronald George for his rulings on gay marriage and parole for murderers. Assembly Republicans, criticizing the state's top judge for rulings on same-sex marriage and parole for murderers, tried Friday to block a $5-billion plan to upgrade California courthouses.

Busch, Edwards poised to lead field at California (Sports Illustrated)
One week after the fan favorite night race at Bristol, the Sprint Cup Series heads to what could easily be considered one of the least favorite races on the schedule -- the Labor Day race, which is now at the Auto Club Speedway in California. Whether you are a fan of the schedule change or a diehard purist who can't stomach spending Labor Day watching a race at any other track than Darlington, ...

Obama speech buoys California delegation (The Sacramento Bee)
DENVER – The spirits of the California delegates, special guests and mere spectators lucky enough to be here for this moment of history were beyond mile-high.

John Muir Charter works with the California Conservation Corps to help wayward students (Los Angeles Times)
The program offers students a last chance to defy the odds and succeed. Alex Gowan leaned against the side of the White Rhino. The bleached workhorse of a bus had strained up a near-vertical fire road to carry him and his fellow members of the California Conservation Corps to this wide, bulldozed bluff in the smoke-shrouded mountains west of Redding.