Man suspected of killing California family on probation for DUI: CHP

Michael Scott Kelley, 32, of Antelope, is facing four murder charges and four gross vehicular manslaughter while intoxicated charges after two parents and two children were killed.

4 children, grandmother shot in California home

Four children and their grandmother were found shot to death in a Southern California home.

Anti-Semitic flyers found on front yards of several Beverly Hills homes

On the first day of Hanukkah, several Beverly Hills residents were shocked to find anti-Semitic flyers placed around the front yards of their homes. 

Stepson named as person of interest after murder of retired LAPD officer

A retired officer with the Los Angeles Police Department was stabbed to death inside his Palmdale home Wednesday, officials said.  

TV news security guard dies after shot during attempted robbery in Oakland

A security guard protecting a Bay Area television news reporter died early Saturday morning, three days after he was shot during a robbery attempt in downtown Oakland.

Adventurous wolf dies after being struck by vehicle in California after 1,000-mile journey

An adventurous California wolf who traveled from Oregon all the way down to Southern California has died after being struck by some type of vehicle. Known as OR-93, a radio-collared male wolf from Oregon, was found dead along Interstate 5 in Kern County.

4 killed in wrong-way Northern California crash were family on vacation

Brittney and Antonio Montano, both 29, their 9-year-old daughter, Marianna, and 5-year-old son, Antonio Jr., were killed in the crash in Nevada County. Their 4-year-old son, Julian, who was strapped to a car seat, survived.

Afghan refugees celebrate 1st Thanksgiving in U.S.

Thanksgiving came early during a celebration for 17 Afghan refugee families in Concord, who arrived in the United States only a few months ago.

'Superhero' mom helps rescue missing children who had been kidnapped: 'Trust your instinct'

Julia Bonin was walking her son to school when she spotted the 3-year-old boy and 16-year-old girl walking with a man. She realized they looked like the two missing kids who had been kidnapped, so she snapped a photo and called 911. Her tip helped investigators rescue the children and led to the man's arrest.

Afghan family seeks ordinary life in Bay Area after fleeing Taliban

This family of four yearns for the ordinary. That's after they escaped from the Taliban in Afghanistan in late August, and then spent an 80-day journey in Qatar and a processing center in Wisconsin before they arrived in Hayward this month as newly arrived refugees.

Looters and vandals strike San Francisco's Union Square

San Francisco's Louis Vuitton store in Union Square was "emptied out" by thieves Friday night, witnesses posted to social media.

Security guard arrested after not wearing mask on bus dies in Santa Rita Jail

The story of what happened to Maurice Monk, a 45-year-old security guard who suffered from mental illness and who died in a cell on Monday, raises questions about the care he received while incarcerated and why he was in Santa Rita Jail in the first place.