Firefighters rescue mother giving birth in the middle of flooded California riverbed

The storm that began Monday dumped more than a foot (30 centimeters) of rain at higher elevations in central and Southern California and buried Sierra Nevada ski resorts in more than 5 feet (1.5 meters) of snow.

Musk says he can’t get fair trial in California, wants Texas

If a move isn’t possible, Elon Musk’s lawyers want the trial postponed until negative publicity regarding Musk’s purchase of Twitter has died down.

Toddler, teen driver, others killed across Northern California during deadly storm

A toddler in Sonoma County was killed when a rain-soaked redwood tree crushed him during the heavy rains – and others across Northern California died in car crashes and in floods, officials said.

Northern California hit by magnitude 5.4 earthquake New Year's Day

The New Year brought an earthquake to Northern California Sunday morning. A magnitude 5.4 quake hit at 10:35 a.m. about 9.3 miles southeast of Rio Dell, USGS said.

San Francisco sees mudslides, flooded homes

Water was seen cascading down a staircase inside a house in San Francisco’s Bayview District.

Judge: Convicted killer Scott Peterson will not get a retrial

Convicted killer, Scott Peterson, won’t get new trial in the killings of his wife, Laci, and their unborn son. 

3 gang members charged in Oakland highway shooting death of toddler Jasper Wu

The Alameda County District Attorney's Office charged three gang members with murder for the highway gun battle that resulted in toddler Jasper Wu's death on I-880 in Oakland in Nov. 2021.

'My son is my hero': California teen saves dad pinned under truck

A California father is hailing his teenage son as a hero for saving his life when he became pinned under the family's truck. 

Dramatic video captures truck toppling over California freeway overpass

Dramatic video taken by a driver stuck in traffic captured the moment a box truck toppled over a freeway overpass in Southern California during last week's wet weather.

Man who shot Lady Gaga’s dog walker sentenced to 21 years in prison

James Howard Jackson, 20, pleaded no contest to an attempted murder charge and was immediately sentenced to 21 years in prison.

San Jose mom charged after allegedly suffocating baby during breastfeeding

A mother in San Jose has been charged in connection with the death of one of her 7-month-old twin daughters by suffocating her with her breast while trying to feed her.