How does home owner get rid of a sublet tenant not paying rent?

I am a home owner in Bayarea. I sublet two largest rooms (including master bedroom) and two full bath to a family (father and an 18 year old daughter) in September 2008 and I live in a small room downstairs. In the past three months, they were late in paying rent. for two months. Now it is January 2009, and I still have not received December rent except a bad check they gave me in mid December. How do I get rid of the tenant? Do I have to go through the eviction processes as people usually do when they rent out an entire house? - Is this your question? Add additional information