Man suspected of killing California family on probation for DUI: CHP
Michael Scott Kelley, 32, of Antelope, is facing four murder charges and four gross vehicular manslaughter while intoxicated charges after two parents and two children were killed.
4 children, grandmother shot to death in California home
Four children and their grandmother were found shot to death in a Southern California home and the children’s father was arrested on suspicion of killing them.
TV news security guard dies after shot during attempted robbery in Oakland
A security guard protecting a Bay Area television news reporter died early Saturday morning, three days after he was shot during a robbery attempt in downtown Oakland.
LA County attorneys argue no evidence to support Vanessa Bryant's claims in crash scene photos lawsuit
A "preemptive, speculative lawsuit about what ‘may’ or ‘could’ happen" fails as a matter of law, since there's no standing to sue for "hypothetical harm," the county contends.
Utility truck driver in custody after leading CHP on chase across Los Angeles, Orange counties
A police chase suspect is in custody after leading CHP on a pursuit in a utility truck across parts of Los Angeles and Orange counties.
Matthew Stafford's wife apologizes after throwing pretzel at fan during Rams-49ers game
The wife of Los Angeles Rams quarterback Matthew Stafford apologized on social media after a fan called her out for throwing a pretzel at a trash talker in the stands during Monday night’s game against the San Francisco 49ers.
California sisters imprisoned, tortured by parents along with siblings break silence: It was 'hell'
Two California sisters who were among the 13 siblings held hostage by their parents at the Turpin family’s "House of Horrors" are speaking out for the first time, describing how they had been "close to death" many times before officers rescued them in 2018.
Driver fatally strikes girl, 8, who left mother's car after domestic violence, police say
An 8-year-old girl who’d just witnessed a domestic incident in her mother’s SUV got out of the car and was fatally struck by another one on a foggy California road, troopers said.
Officers, Golden Gate Bridge workers struck by truck while monitoring anti-vaccine mandate protest
Two California Highway Patrol officers and three Golden Gate Bridge workers were struck by a vehicle Thursday evening while monitoring an anti-vaccine mandate protest on the bridge.
SoCal parents booked for murder in Fentanyl overdose death of 15-month-old son
Investigators determined that Adler Metcalf, 22, and Sandy Acuna, 20, were responsible for possessing the Fentanyl that killed their 15-month-old son, who died from an overdose back in September.
Kareem Abdul-Jabbar’s son sentenced for stabbing neighbor in Orange County
Adam Abdul-Jabbar stabbed his 60-year-old neighbor several times on June 9 of last year after the man confronted him about failing to take in trash cans for Abdul-Jabbar’s elderly roommate, prosecutors said.
Resident fatally shoots suspect in California home invasion
A Southern California resident opened fire on a group of suspects in a home invasion robbery, fatally shooting one, police said.
Defiant USC professor refuses to remove Blue Lives Matter flag from office door
A University of Southern California professor is refusing to remove a pro-police Blue Lives Matter flag from outside his office door despite calls from students that it is "inappropriate."
California parents sue after getting another couple’s embryo
Daphna Cardinale said she and her husband, Alexander, had immediate suspicions that the girl she gave birth to in late 2019 wasn’t theirs because the child had a darker complexion than they did.
Toddler's mother 'staying strong' after son killed by stray gunfire in Oakland
The president of Oakland's Chamber of Commerce identified the 23-month-old boy killed over the weekend by a stray bullet traveling on the freeway as Jasper Wu of Fremont.
California man sacrifices himself in zip line fall in heroic attempt to save woman, friend says
Joaquin Romero was helping a woman get hooked on the platform when she started sliding out on the line. He grabbed the woman's harness in an effort to stop her but the two slid out about 100 feet above the ground. Fearing the woman could fall because of their combined weight, he decided to let go.
Disneyland guests trapped on Pirates of the Caribbean ride on Halloween
Riders were apparently stuck on the malfunctioned ride for roughly 90 minutes.
K-9 hero stabbed multiple times while taking down 2 suspects wanted for kidnapping, torture of woman
At home, with his family, Sam is called Samuel, Samson, Slam. But after singlehandedly taking down two suspects in the kidnapping and torture of a woman on March 29 of this year — “K-9 Sam” is called a hero.
Prosecutors probe whether 'love triangle' led to killing of 19-year-old in Fairfield
The official motive behind Beauchamp’s death remains under investigation, though prosecutors are probing whether the case is a "love triangle" that turned deadly.
'Everybody forgot about us:' Afghan refugee hopes to reunite with sister in California
At the end of the summer, the world was focused on making sure Afghan refugees got safely out of their homeland to escape the Taliban. Now, two months later, Reza, his wife and three daughters feel like no one cares.



















