New acts rule Grammys as Lizzo, Lil Nas, Eilish lead in noms

Like Lizzo, other new artists dominated with Grammy nominations on Wednesday: Billie Eilish and Lil Nas X earned six nominations apiece.

Teen uses remote-controlled car to smuggle meth over border

U.S. Border Patrol agents in California arrested a 16-year-old who they say was using a remote-controlled car to transport methamphetamine across the border from Mexico. 

Report: California has 91 of the 'Top 100 Most Expensive U.S. Zip Codes'

California has 91 of the most expensive zip codes in the U.S. for 2019, according to a new annual ranking report by the real estate website PropertyShark.

4 dead, 6 wounded during family gathering at Fresno home

Four people were killed and several others were injured in what police are calling a "mass casualty shooting" in Fresno.

Thousands attend vigil for victims of Saugus High School shooting

Thousands of people gathered Sunday night at Central Park in Santa Clarita to hold a candlelight vigil to remember the two students shot and killed by a classmate at Saugus High School.

5 found dead, including 3 children in apparent murder-suicide in San Diego

Five members of a family, including three young boys, have died and another boy was hospitalized with injuries in an apparent murder-suicide in San Diego.

Illegal pot farms on public land creating environmental hazard

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Two months after two men were arrested at an illicit marijuana farm on public land deep in the Northern California wilderness, authorities are assessing the environmental impact and cleanup costs at the site where trees were clear-cut, waterways were diverted, and the ground was littered with open containers of fertilizer and rodenticide.

What we know about the Saugus High School suspected shooter

The Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department has yet to identify the gunman in Thursday's shooting at Saugus High School in Santa Clarita but neighbors who lived next door to the suspect and others at Saugus High School say the shooter is 16-year-old Nathaniel "Nate" Berhow.

Off-duty law enforcement officers heroically stepped in as bullets went flying at Saugus High School

A Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department detective is one of three off-duty law enforcement officers who heroically ran toward danger as bullets went flying and hundreds of students ran for cover in a deadly shooting at Saugus High School.  

California school shooting leaves 2 teens dead, 3 injured, with suspect in 'grave condition,' authorities say

A student gunman opened fire Thursday at a Southern California high school, killing two students and wounding three others before he was captured in "grave condition" after shooting himself in the head, authorities said.

Investigations underway after nine USC students die within three months

Officials at the University of Southern California have confirmed nine students have died within the first three months of the fall semester, leaving students and parents on edge and demanding answers. 

5-months pregnant mother killed outside her Oakland home

Friends and family are feeling shock, sadness and anger over the killing of an Oakland wife and mother who was gunned down in front of her home Saturday as she and her husband went to ward off some possible car thieves.  

Father of 6 shot and killed by off duty Richmond police officer following confrontation

Vallejo police and the Solano County District Attorney's office are investigating a deadly officer-involved shooting that happened in the parking lot of the Valero gas station at the corner of Fairgrounds Drive and Sereno Drive on Sunday. 

BART GM 'disappointed' over sandwich citation but says officer was doing his job

Video of a Bart police officer detaining a man for eating a sandwich on a platform at the Pleasant Hill Station was met with criticism Friday, and now the transit agency's general manager is speaking out about the incident. 

Kaiser workers postpone strike after death of company CEO

Union officials representing mental health professionals at Kaiser Permanente postponed a planned five-day strike across California that was to set begin Monday in deference to today's passing of Kaiser CEO Bernard Tyson.