Huey Haha, TikTok and YouTube star dies at age 22

Huey Haha, a social media star who had built a large audience on multiple platforms has died. He was 22 years old.

Beverly Hills PD task force accused of targeting Black people on Rodeo Drive

Attorneys say that 89% of those arrested by the Rodeo Drive Task Force were Black and want the California Attorney General to investigate their findings. “You need to take action. There needs to be an investigation to continue to bring Black citizens forward,” Civil Rights Attorney Ben Crump said.

LA to give $1,000 no-strings-attached monthly payments to families in new guaranteed-income program

The BIG:LEAP -- Basic Income Guaranteed: Los Angeles Economic Assistance Pilot -- program will give $1,000 in direct cash payments to families each month for 12 months. The no-strings-attached payments will be given to families who were impacted by the pandemic and are living in poverty.

Inmates in California prisons making 8 cents an hour, senator calling it ‘Modern Day Slavery’

In California’s prison system, there are roughly 94,000 inmates. Many of them have jobs, everything from manufacturing to food services. However, their salaries are 8 cents per hour. One state senator plans to change that.

Marine Corps veteran granted valor award after disarming robbery suspect in Yuma gas station

Officials with the Yuma County Sheriff's Office say a Marine Corps veteran ended an armed robbery at a gas station by disarming one of the suspects as they entered the store.

Tom Hanks crashes wedding on Santa Monica beach

Tom Hanks walked up to the couple who had just gotten married on the beach in Santa Monica. He told them he’d been watching the wedding and thought they were beautiful and asked if HE could take a photo with them.

California TikTok star pleads not guilty to double murder

A TikTok star with nearly a million online followers pleaded not guilty to shooting and killing his newly estranged wife and a man she was with last week at a San Diego high-rise.

Assistant director on Alec Baldwin movie was fired in 2019 after gun mishap

The assistant director of the movie that Alec Baldwin was making when he fatally shot a cinematographer was fired from a job in 2019 after a gun went off on a set and slightly wounded a member of the film crew.

Crazy winds: Truck topples over on Richmond-San Rafael Bridge

While the Bay Area was getting drenched by heavy rainfall, strong winds sent trucks blowing over on Bay Area bridges.

California travel blogger among 2 killed in Mexico’s Tulum

A California woman was one of two foreign tourists killed in the apparent crossfire of a drug-gang shootout in Mexico’s Caribbean coast resort of Tulum.

UC Berkeley professor resigns over free speech battle

A leading climate physicist at University of California, Berkeley, resigned in protest after his colleagues rejected his bid to invite a speaker to campus following outrage on the speaker’s views on the sweeping violence last summer after George Floyd’s death. 

Retired Oakland police captain wounded, 1 other killed during gas station gun battle

The former head of Ceasefire and retired Oakland Police Capt. Ersie Joyner was wounded in a shooting at a gas station on Thursday. A robbery suspect was also shot dead and another was injured.

California family found dead in remote hiking area died of heat, dehydration

Mariposa County Sheriff Jeremy Briese held a news conference on Thursday where he revealed the cause of death for a family that mysteriously died during a hike in August.