The California coast was once home to the greatest number of abalone species in the world — black, white, red, green, pink, flat and pinto. But abalone have a slow reproductive rate, and their ...

A police search of a vehicle pulled over in California turned up drugs, illegally harvested abalone and a pond turtle, California police reported. A 46-year-old Santa Rosa man driving the vehicle ...

"A total of four suspects were arrested, with 297 abalone units recovered. These, along with diving equipment and cell phones, were handed over to the Department of Forestry, Fisheries and the ...