A former aide to a California congressman has been indicted on corruption charges, officials said. Kevin Ring, a former senior aide to Republican Rep. John Doolittle, was indicted on charges related to his involvement with disgraced Washington lobbyist Jack Abramoff.

By Alan Blondin, The Sun News, Myrtle Beach, S.C. Jun. 24--Like many of his male classmates in middle school, Sean Doolittle longed to become part of the basketball program at Shawnee High in Medford, N.J., that regularly contended for and sometimes won Beach Ball Classic championships.

By Peter Hecht, The Sacramento Bee, Calif. Jun. 2--Back when he was winning landslide elections, Rep. John Doolittle reigned over a potent political machine. Doolittle was hailed by elected officials in a vast, stoutly Republican district for bringing home federal dollars.

By Don Thompson AUBURN -- A staunchly conservative state senator from Southern California jumped into a Northern California congressional race Tuesday, saying he wanted to help return the Republican Party to the smaller-government themes sounded by Ronald Reagan.

By Carlos Alcala, The Sacramento Bee, Calif. Jan. 31--Good grief: At a recent Bay Area party, a woman was giving movie advice: "I saw a really great movie the other night," she was quoted as saying in the S.F. Chronicle.