California mom pleads guilty to stimulus check scam with Death Row son

A Modesto mother faces close to 20 years behind bars after pleading guilty to conspiring with her son, who is on Death Row at San Quentin, to file fraudulent stimulus checks.

Undocumented father used ‘ghost gun’ to kill 3 daughters in Sacramento church

David Mora, 39, was armed with a homemade semiautomatic rifle-style weapon. He had an illegal 30-round ammunition magazine and 17 bullets were fired, the Sacramento County Sheriff’s Office said.

Katie Meyer's memorial planned on soccer field she used to play

The family of Katie Meyer announced memorial plans for their daughter. The Stanford soccer star died last week of suicide.

Sacramento church shooter, who killed daughters, was in country illegally, officials say

The gunman who killed his three daughters, a chaperone who was supervising his visit with the children and himself in a Sacramento church this week was in the United States illegally, immigration officials said Friday.

Katie Meyer's parents struggle for answers after daughter's death at Stanford

In an emotional interview, the parents of Stanford University soccer star Katie Meyer say they are struggling to understand why their daughter died by suicide this week.

Brentwood police dog bit second woman in head, records reveal

A Brentwood police K-9 bit a woman in the head as she hid in an attic crawlspace one year before the same dog ripped the scalp off a shoplifter hiding in the bushes.

Sherri Papini accused of faking 2016 kidnapping, lying to FBI

Sherri Papini, a Northern California woman whose disappearance and mysterious reappearance set off a frantic three-week search more than five years ago was arrested Thursday on charges of lying to federal agents about being kidnapped.

Biden announces $54M Siemens investment, planned US factory jobs

President Biden joined the CEO of Siemens USA to announce a $54M investment to produce equipment for electrical infrastructure, creating 300 more jobs at California and Texas sites.

Adoptive parents plead not guilty to slaying missing California boys, ages 3 and 4

Trezell West and Jacqueline West pleaded not guilty to charges that they killed their adoptive children Orrin West, 4, and Orson West, 3, who were reported missing from their family’s backyard in 2020.

14-year-old boy shot and killed, then dropped off in Oakland hills

A 14-year-old boy was killed in East Oakland before his body was dropped off in the hills, bringing this year's total homicide count to 19 in the city.

19 children hurt as SUV smashes into California preschool

A Suzuki sport utility vehicle plowed through the wall of Great Adventures Christian Preschool injuring 19 children.

California governor proposes controversial mental health courts for homeless people

Gov. Gavin Newsom said he has no intention of rounding homleess people up and locking them away. Instead, he said his plan would offer a way for people to get court-ordered psychiatric treatment, medication and housing, preferably before they are arrested.

DOJ probes alleged intimidation at California women's prison nicknamed 'rape club'

The Justice Department says it is gravely concerned about allegations that a high-ranking federal prison official entrusted to end sexual abuse and cover-ups at a women’s prison known as the “rape club” may have taken steps to suppress a recent complaint about staff misconduct.

'Excited delirium' theory used in Antioch death is racist and unscientific, new report concludes

The Physician for Human Rights unequivocally states that "excited delirium" has racist and unscientific origins and points to a death in Antioch, Calif., as a recent example of just that.

Stanford women's soccer captain Katie Meyer found dead in residence hall

The captain of Stanford University's women's soccer team, Katie Meyer, was found dead in a campus residence, prompting an outpouring of grief at the university.

#FreeCain: Outpouring of support for ex-UFC champ charged with attempted murder

The hashtag #FreeCain sprung up almost immediately after it was revealed that Cain Velasquez was charged with attempted murder – but that his intended target was a 43-year-old man accused of inappropriately touching a 4-year-old child who is related to Velasquez.