Governor declares emergency over wildfire near Yosemite

A fast-moving brush fire near Yosemite National Park exploded in size Saturday into one of California’s largest wildfires of the year, prompting evacuation orders for thousands of people and shutting off power to more than 2,000 homes and businesses.

Woman arrested for impersonating nurse, attempting to steal newborn at Riverside hospital

Deputies say Jesenea Miron entered the hospital posing as a newly hired nurse and gained access to a medical unit where newborn infants were kept. She was also accused of attempting to take a newborn baby from a patient.

California governor targets Greg Abbott in full-page ads in 3 Texas newspapers

Gavin Newsom's ads, which ran Friday, feature a modified quote from Greg Abbott about Senate Bill 8, which bans abortion in Texas after six weeks.

Dog saves owner after 70-foot fall off Tahoe cliff

A border collie named Saul helped rescue his owner after he fell off a cliff in a remote area in Tahoe National Forest last week. He led the search team directly to the man who was badly injured in the fall and had to be air-lifted to a hospital.

Three suspects from Texas arrested for 2019 robbery, murder of OC man

Three years after Shon Xavier Hall was shot and killed inside his Garden Grove home, three suspects have been arrested in Texas.

Newsom pardons woman sentenced to life for killing her pimp at 16

Sara Kruzan was 16 when she killed George Gilbert Howard, who sexually abused and trafficked her. She was sentenced to life in prison. She was pardoned Friday.

California becomes first state to cover health care for all immigrants

California is now the first state to guarantee free health care for all low-income immigrants living in the country illegally, a move that will provide coverage for an additional 764,000 people at an eventual cost of about $2.7 billion a year.

California restricts state-funded travel to 4 states amid anti-transgender legislation

California Attorney General Rob Bonta announced Thursday state-funded travel to Arizona, Indiana, Utah and Louisiana will be restricted as a result of recently passed anti-transgender legislation in those states.

Freddie Freeman fires agents who negotiated with Braves, Dodgers: report

Los Angeles Dodgers first baseman Freddie Freeman parted ways with the agency that negotiated with the Dodgers and Atlanta Braves while he was a free agent, according to a report from ESPN's Buster Olney.

Dublin prison officer made California woman engage in sex acts with cellmate, claim alleges

Three more women are coming forward with allegations of sexual harassment against correctional officers at the federal prison in Dublin, claiming the guards forced them to have sex with each other and show them their naked bodies.

California voters to weigh constitutional right to abortion

California voters will decide in November whether to guarantee the right to an abortion in their state constitution.

Federal jury awards $21 million to family after pregnant teen killed by Fremont police

A jury late Friday returned a historically high verdict – $21 million – after Fremont police shot and killed Elena Mondragon, a pregnant teenager, nearly five years ago.

Fullerton man charged with possessing enough fentanyl to kill 12 million people

Suspected drug dealer Alfonso Gomez-Santana has been charged with several felonies for possessing enough fentanyl to kill 12 million people, nearly four times the population of Orange County.