San Francisco to consider outlawing plastic straws, stirrers
In a bid to further cut down on waste, eco-conscious San Francisco is expected to join Seattle in outlawing plastic straws used to suck down Mai Tais and slurp up bubble tea.
Police bullet killed Trader Joe's employee during LA gun battle
The employee, Melyda Corado, 27, was leaving the store Saturday as the suspect, Gene Evin Atkins, 28, was going into the store after firing two rounds officers pursuing him, Moore told reporters.
Iconic 'Brady Bunch' house goes on the market after nearly 50 years
It's a home so famous it has its own Yelp page, and now the television home of the beloved sitcom "The Brady Bunch" is for sale.
Deadly fire shuts down key route to Yosemite National Park
A wildfire that killed a California firefighter grew quickly and forced the closure of a key route into Yosemite National Park as crews contended with sweltering conditions Sunday, authorities said.
Woman charged with attempted murder in brick beating of 92-year-old grandfather
A 30-year-old woman has been charged in the brutal beating of a 92-year-old man on July 4, Los Angeles County District Attorney’s Office announced.
Convicted child molester beaten to death days after arriving at California prison
The California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation said it received Agustin Duran at the Wasco State Prison, about 30 miles northwest of Bakersfield, on July 2.
Husband proposes to wife again after finding wedding ring in wildfire ashes
Out of the ashes, a … proposal will rise. That's the bittersweet story out of Goleta, Calif., where an out-of-control fire scorched about 100 acres and destroyed more than a dozen homes after it started Friday night.
Officials: San Francisco is 1st major US city with $15 wage
Officials say San Francisco will become the first major U.S. city to increase its minimum wage to $15 an hour Sunday under a ballot measure approved by voters in 2014.
Van stolen from California parking lot with 14 show dogs inside has been recovered
A Seattle man’s van full of show dogs was stolen from a Redding, California parking lot yesterday when the man stopped to grab lunch.
Video shows California trooper knocking down motorcyclist after freeway pursuit
A California Highway Patrol vehicle appears to knock down a motorcycle rider in Rancho Cucamonga in a video streamed on Facebook on Sunday afternoon.
Wanted sex offender stabs K-9 multiple times after chase
A Sacramento Sheriff's Deputy K-9 is recovering after being stabbed in the head multiple times following a pursuit.
Victoria the rhino is pregnant after historic scientific breakthrough, San Diego Zoo says
Victoria the rhino is pregnant after the first successful artificial insemination in the San Diego Zoo's 102-year history, officials announced Thursday.
Ex-Chipotle manager gets $8 million for wrongful termination
Jeanette Ortiz was accused in 2015 of stealing $626 in cash from a safe at the restaurant in Fresno. Her bosses claimed the theft was recorded on surveillance video, but when Ortiz asked to see the evidence she was told it had been destroyed.
California judge affirms ruling that coffee needs cancer warnings
Superior Court Judge Elihu Berle said Starbucks Corp. and other roasters and retailers failed to show that benefits from drinking coffee outweighed any risks from a carcinogen that is a byproduct of the roasting process. He had tentatively made the same written decision in March.
Body suspected to be from California cliff crash found
A body was recovered Saturday in the vicinity where an SUV plunged off a Northern California cliff last month, killing a family of eight in what authorities suspect may have been an intentional crash.
Mom warns parents after 5-year-old spent weeks in coma from window fall
As summertime approaches, a California mother wants other parents to know how hazardous windows can be after her own daughter spent three weeks in a coma after a fall two years ago.
Stephon Clark's neighbor says he regrets calling 911: 'He didn't deserve that'
The man who called 911 about someone breaking into his truck the night Stephon Clark was killed is expressing regret. "If I had known it was him across the street, I probably wouldn't have called 911."
Teen gets final ride in Batmobile after losing battle with leukemia
In front of the Wingert household in Sacramento Thursday morning was a scene straight out of Adam West's "Batman."
Magnitude 5.3 quake strikes off Southern California coast
A magnitude-5.3 earthquake struck Thursday afternoon under the ocean off Southern California and was felt widely along the mainland coast, but there were no immediate reports of damage or a tsunami warning.
California judge rules coffee needs cancer warnings
A Los Angeles judge has ruled that California law requires coffee companies to carry an ominous cancer warning label because of a chemical produced in the roasting process.