Facebook pledges $1 billion to fight California affordable housing crisis

Facebook announced Tuesday that the company would be providing $1 billion to help address the affordable housing crisis in California.

Desert Storm veteran seeks help funding dog's life-saving surgery

An animal rescue hopes to help a Desert Storm veteran who sought funding assistance for her dog who is in dire need of surgery. 

Loughlin, 10 other parents charged anew in college scandal

Actress Lori Loughlin, her fashion designer husband, Mossimo Giannulli, and nine other parents face new charges in the college admissions scandal.

CA Gov. Gavin Newsom calls for investigation of high gas prices

California's governor has asked the attorney general to investigate why the state's gas prices are so high, pointing to a new report suggesting big oil companies are "misleading and overcharging customers" by as much as $1 per gallon.

California man lights up house with rocking Halloween display

The Tracy, Calif. resident has lit up his house with a fantastical Halloween display, complete with blinking pumpkins and flashing graves as theme songs such as the Ghostbusters,  Chop Suey or Bangarang beat in the backround. 

2nd Sesame Street Place park to open in San Diego

Officials with SeaWorld Entertainment and Sesame Workshop announced Monday that they are opening the country's second Sesame Place park in San Diego in spring 2021. The first Sesame Place theme park opened almost 40 years ago outside Philadelphia.

Say goodbye to this Robin Williams mural in San Francisco

The mural of the late Robin Williams on Market Street between Sixth and Seventh streets is poised to be demolished this week, along with a 1907-era building that once housed a theater, billiards parlor and strip club.

San Diego woman gives up 140 pet rats after population gets out of hand, now ready for adoption

How would you like a rat for a roommate? At least 140 rats have been put up for adoption in San Diego after their owner relinquished them to the San Diego Humane Society when her pet rat population got out of control.

San Jose mother builds elaborate Halloween display for dying son

The Jimenez family is causing quite a stir in one San Jose neighborhood, but it was a labor of love for a mother who created an elaborate Halloween display for her terminally-ill son.

Coast Guard offloads $92 million worth of cocaine in San Diego

The Coast Guard unloaded nearly 7,000 pounds of illegal narcotics off the coast of San Diego between July and October. 

Petition seeks to have California declare Joshua trees as threatened species

The western Joshua tree needs protection under the California Endangered Species Act because of threats from climate change and habitat destruction, the Center for Biological Diversity said in a petition Tuesday to the state’s Fish and Game Commission.

Missing Sylmar woman, children found safe at Mexico border, suspect still at large

A 29-year-old Sylmar woman and her three children who had not been seen in nearly a week and were feared to have been the victims of a kidnapping were found safe on Tuesday when they crossed into the United States from Mexico.

Man brings body to California police, says he killed family

A man who showed up at a Northern California police station with a dead body in his car confessed to killing four family members, three of whom were found inside his apartment, police said Tuesday.

Magnitude 4.7 earthquake strikes northern California near Hollister

A preliminary 4.7-magnitude earthquake struck near Hollister, California Tuesday afternoon, about 48 miles from Santa Cruz, according to the U.S. Geological Survey.