Bear in Petaluma tree comes down, wanders off

Authorities gave a large bear time and space to climb down a tree and eventually, after 15 hours, the animal left a Petaluma neighborhood on its own.   

Protesters say Facebook incites violence against Muslims

Demonstrators want Meta, aka Facebook, to remove hateful speech, identify dangerous groups, moderate posts, and invest resources in stopping violence.

Driver fatally strikes girl, 8, who left mother's car after domestic violence, police say

An 8-year-old girl who’d just witnessed a domestic incident in her mother’s SUV got out of the car and was fatally struck by another one on a foggy California road, troopers said.

Suni Lee says she was victim of racist attack in Los Angeles

Acclaimed gymnast Suni Lee says she was the victim of a racist attack while out in Los Angeles, according to a recent interview with a pop culture website.

Neon blue bioluminescent waves light up South Bay coast

It was a stunning sight in Marina del Rey as neon blue bioluminescent waves lit up the South Bay coast. 

Stolen car with baby inside crashes into power pole in Northern California

The car with the 7-month-old inside was stolen in Auburn as the baby’s parents were dropping off another child at a daycare center, the Placer County Sheriff’s Office said.

SoCal parents booked for murder in Fentanyl overdose death of 15-month-old son

Investigators determined that Adler Metcalf, 22, and Sandy Acuna, 20, were responsible for possessing the Fentanyl that killed their 15-month-old son, who died from an overdose back in September.

Kareem Abdul-Jabbar’s son sentenced for stabbing neighbor in Orange County

Adam Abdul-Jabbar stabbed his 60-year-old neighbor several times on June 9 of last year after the man confronted him about failing to take in trash cans for Abdul-Jabbar’s elderly roommate, prosecutors said.

Resident fatally shoots suspect in California home invasion

A Southern California resident opened fire on a group of suspects in a home invasion robbery, fatally shooting one, police said.

Defiant USC professor refuses to remove Blue Lives Matter flag from office door

A University of Southern California professor is refusing to remove a pro-police Blue Lives Matter flag from outside his office door despite calls from students that it is "inappropriate." 

DOJ: 3 men indicted for allegedly collecting $3.5M in scheme disguised as PAC

Three men accused of duping political donors into giving them more than $3 million have been indicted by a federal grand jury, the Department of Justice said.

California parents sue after getting another couple’s embryo

Daphna Cardinale said she and her husband, Alexander, had immediate suspicions that the girl she gave birth to in late 2019 wasn’t theirs because the child had a darker complexion than they did.

Sentimental items stolen from San Jose newlywed's storage unit

Jarrod Farmer discovered the storage unit containing most of him and his wife’s belongings had been broken into. He lost wedding gifts, electronics and three guitars belonging to his wife's brother who died of cancer.

Grandfather, community mourn toddler shot by stray bullet in Oakland

Jasper Wu's grandfather said it's painful to talk about his 23-month-old grandson, who was shot and killed by a stray bullet in Oakland.