'Extraordinary': Rare video shows 5 mountain lions together in California

“We shared the videos and photos with several of our wildlife biologists, and none of them could recall ever seeing five mountain lions together," said Peter Tira, spokesman for the California Department of Fish and Wildlife.

Governor Newsom calls for California to be a no-kill state for animals in shelters within 5 years

Gov. Gavin Newsom wants California to stop euthanizing animals, as part of his budget proposal, he wants to spend $50 million on saving the lives of adoptable cats and dogs across the state, The Sacramento Bee reported.

At least 60 people treated after plane dumps jet fuel near several schools in LA area

Jet fuel dumped from a Delta airliner preparing to make an emergency landing at Los Angeles International Airport fell over a wide swath of the area, sending hazardous-materials teams to multiple schools, but only minor injuries were reported and nobody was hospitalized, authorities said.

Nation's oldest park ranger back at work after stroke

Betty Reid Soskin is not only the oldest ranger in the United States, but arguably one of the most famous

Michael Avenatti arrested, again, for alleged bail violations

Michael Avenatti, the brash former attorney for the porn actress Stormy Daniels, was arrested for allegedly violating bail by committing multiple state and federal crimes while awaiting trial in two states, U.S. prosecutors alleged in a court document released Wednesday.

Video shows LASD detective helping elderly woman cross street before she was fatally struck

New surveillance video was released Monday that captured the moment an off-duty detective with the Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department helped an elderly woman cross the street just seconds before she was struck and killed in Valley Village over the weekend. 

Girl's back seat prank prompts huge police response

Six California Highway Patrol units sped to the scene of what they thought was a possible child abduction Saturday after a driver saw a little girl’s plea for help.

Santa Clara County deputy on leave after kids find loaded handgun in Airbnb

A 9-year-old boy from Hayward was with his family when he found a loaded gun and Santa Clara County sheriff's badge in an Airbnb rental home in South Lake Tahoe.

Off-duty LA County Sheriff's detective fatally struck in Valley Village

An off-duty Los Angeles County Sheriff's detective was struck and killed by a car in Valley Village seconds after helping an elderly woman cross the street, officials said. 

Body found wrapped in plastic in abandoned U-Haul identified as 29-year-old woman from Anaheim

Authorities Friday identified a body that was discovered wrapped in plastic and cardboard inside a U-Haul truck at a storage facility in Fullerton as a 29-year-old woman from Anaheim.

CA gov. proposes health care for older illegal immigrants

California Gavin Newsom’s budget proposal announced Friday for the next fiscal year includes health care for 27,000 older low-income immigrants who are in the country illegally.

Stinky surprise: Skunk gets stuck in Mill Valley dryer vent

The homeowners said the skunk had been rambling under the house for a few days, before choosing the dryer vent as his exit route.

Entertainer Edd Byrnes of '77 Sunset Strip' dead at 87

Edd Byrnes, who played cool kid Kookie on the hit TV show “77 Sunset Strip,” scored a gold record with a song about his character’s hair-combing obsession and later appeared in the movie “Grease,” has died. He was 87.

Illegal immigrants rescued from top of 30-foot border wall

Three Mexicans trying to sneak into the United States had to be rescued from the top of a 30-foot tall section of the border wall.