Texas surrogate's baby one of 21 removed from California home in child abuse investigation

What began as a surrogacy journey rooted in hope turned into heartbreak for a Texas woman — and is only a piece of a disturbing child abuse investigation in California involving more than 20 children and a now-defunct surrogacy company.

California officials slam Trump's proposal to reopen Alcatraz

Speaker Emerita Nancy Pelosi said the effort to reopen the dilapidated former prison is a "diversionary tactic."

Young worker dies falling into meat grinder at frozen burrito factory

A workplace mishap over the weekend left a 19-year-old man dead after he fell into a meat grinder at a food processing facility in California.

Ex-MLB pitcher convicted in Lake Tahoe ambush attack

Former Major League Baseball player Daniel Serafini, who grew up in the Bay Area, was convicted of murdering his father-in-law and attempting to kill his mother-in-law in a 2021 ambush attack in Lake Tahoe.

Father stabs son to death in San Jose, then killed by police after allegedly luring them to park

A father fatally stabbed his 9-year-old son at a San Jose park Sunday afternoon before being shot and killed by officers who responded to what turned out to be a misleading 911 call, police said.

Judge blocks ICE raids in LA, Ventura counties without probable cause

The temporary restraining order blocks sweeping immigration raids in seven California counties, including Los Angeles and Ventura counties, after

California, NJ senators want immigration officers to display visible IDs

Two Democratic U.S. senators on Tuesday introduced a bill to require immigration enforcement officers to display clearly visible ID after many ICE officials have been seen in public arresting people while covering their faces with masks.

Armed ICE officers shut down kids' camp at LA's MacArthur Park. City leaders: 'Here's the truth'

A large federal enforcement sweep stalled children’s summer camp at MacArthur Park without any arrests. Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass and city council members say this display of force has raised urgent questions about how immigration enforcement affects communities—and they’re calling on cities nationwide to wake up, wise up, and stand up without panic.

Massive fireworks explosion leaves 1 dead, 4 homes destroyed

Harrowing video shows a major fireworks explosion in a north Los Angeles neighborhood that killed one person and injured five others and a dog.

San Quentin holds emotional, first-ever father-daughter prom

Hair, make-up, gowns, tuxedos, and tears—San Quentin Rehabilitation Center was recently the scene of an emotional first-ever father-daughter prom.

Watch: Rare, endangered fox caught on camera in California national park

The Sierra Nevada red fox is an endangered species living solely in the Golden state and with less than 100 individuals living in the wild, according to the California Department of Fish and Wildlife.

Pentagon strips Harvey Milk's name from Navy ship on Pride weekend

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth said on Friday that the U.S. Navy was renaming the USNS Harvey Milk, named for one of the country’s first openly gay elected officials in San Francisco.

DOJ charges 2 more FCI Dublin officers with sex crimes bringing total to 10

The Department of Justice on Thursday announced that two former correctional officers at the Federal Correctional Institution in Dublin have been charged with sex crimes, bringing the number to 10, the highest number of BOP employees charged with these crimes of any prison in the country.  

California firefighters rescue 8 puppies from blaze

Firefighters found "eight little pups" hiding in a den as they extinguished a brush fire in Southern California this week.