OAKLAND, Calif. (AP) -- Small paintings of gnomes that have popped up on utility poles have become a community sensation in Oakland, prompting Pacific Gas... READ MORE »

NEW YORK (AP) -- New York City's "Don't Honk" signs are coming down, but it's still against the law to blow a car horn unnecessarily. The city Department of Transportation says all the... READ MORE »

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) -- San Francisco's animal control agency is proving that the print editions of newspapers remain just as vital in the digital age. The agency relies on the papers to... READ MORE »

OAKLAND, Calif. (AP) -- The California Highway Patrol is trying to locate a group of drivers who briefly shut down part of a San Francisco Bay area freeway while they performed stunts in... READ MORE »

JOHANNESBURG (AP) -- Calling all crocodile experts -- South African police say you're needed to help capture thousands of crocs out on the lam. Thousands of crocodiles escaped a breeding... READ MORE »

YORK, Pa. (AP) -- Mourners at a Pennsylvania fast-food fan's funeral wanted him to have it his way, so they arranged for his hearse -- and the rest of the procession -- to make one last... READ MORE »

SALEM, Ore. (AP) -- Authorities say a 20-year-old Portland woman drove 50 miles to reach the man she thought was her client after being solicited for prostitution through phone and text... READ MORE »

WHITEHALL, Pa. (AP) -- Police in one Pittsburgh suburb have come up with a new twist on an old adage: Where there's smoke ... there's marijuana. WPXI-TV reports Friday that Whitehall... READ MORE »

ST. CLOUD, Minn. (AP) -- It took 60 years, but a Minnesota man finally has his free candy bars. Seventy-four-year-old Dave Bell of St. Cloud received a package of candy last week after... READ MORE »

WICHITA, Kan. (AP) -- The three bags of marijuana at the police storage facility in Wichita had been torn open. Some was missing. At first blush, it seemed a clear case of evidence... READ MORE »