Northern California earthquake leaves 2 dead, buckles road, causes damage and injury

A magnitude 6.4 earthquake rocked the Northern California coast early Tuesday morning, left two people dead, caused gas leaks, shattered glass, left thousands without power, one buckled highway and jittery residents living through dozens of aftershocks.

Judge: Convicted killer Scott Peterson will not get a retrial

Convicted killer, Scott Peterson, won’t get new trial in the killings of his wife, Laci, and their unborn son. 

San Jose police arrest alleged 'sextortionist,' which they say led to suicide of 17-year-old

San Jose police on Monday said they arrested a "sextortionist," who took a 17-year-old's money and threatened to post sexually explicit photos, which in turn, led to his suicide, featured on the Dr. Phil show. 

Son tossed mom off college building before leaping to his own death

A former University of California Irvine student threw his elderly mother from a building on campus and then jumped to his own death, police said.

Calif. police captain dead after arrest in husband’s slaying

The body of a California Highway Patrol captain was found just days after a man was arrested in the shooting death of her husband in Kentucky, investigators said.

3 gang members charged in Oakland highway shooting death of toddler Jasper Wu

The Alameda County District Attorney's Office charged three gang members with murder for the highway gun battle that resulted in toddler Jasper Wu's death on I-880 in Oakland in Nov. 2021.

U.S. senator finds rampant sexual abuse of women in prisons from California to NY

U.S. Sen. Jon Ossoff said that his investigation into the federal prison system demonstrates that the BOP is "failing systemically to prevent, detect, and address sexual abuse of prisoners by its own employees."

Fusion breakthrough at Livermore Lab is a milestone for climate, clean energy

Researchers at the Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory in California for the first time produced more energy in a fusion reaction than was used to ignite it, something called net energy gain.

P-22: LA's celebrity mountain lion captured after days-long search

P-22, the mountain lion at the center of a days-long search across Los Angeles, has been captured. Officials now believe the famous big cat may have been struck by a car.

Harvey Weinstein trial: Jurors to try again Monday to reach a verdict

Jurors in the sex assault trial of former film producer Harvey Weinstein will try again Monday to reach a verdict after already deliberating for some 24 hours over six previous sessions.

'My son is my hero': California teen saves dad pinned under truck

A California father is hailing his teenage son as a hero for saving his life when he became pinned under the family's truck.