As with oysters, abalone can be eaten right out of its shell, though larger pieces of meat are often thinly sliced to be more manageable. If you're preparing it yourself, you'll need to pound each ...

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 routine traffic stop in Sonoma County turned out to be anything but as police found methamphetamine, about three dozen illegally harvested abalone and a live pond turtle, authorities said.