LM Otero

The Boy Scouts of America's National Council has voted to ease a long-standing ban and allow openly gay boys to be accepted as Scouts.  

LiPo Ching

California Gov. Jerry Brown helped showcase scientists' new call to urgent action on climate change, but critics say he's diverting money away from that goal for the next year.  

The drowning victim was a Brentwood man who walked out of Sutter Delta Medical Center and jumped into the canal Monday night.