Texas Democrats tie return to new California redistricting plan

In a national political standoff over redistricting, Texas Democrats have conditioned their return from an out-of-state protest on California taking retaliatory action and the current special session ending.

Texas House Democrats' quorum break persists as stalled flood relief bills loom

For the second week, Texas House Democrats are protesting a controversial redistricting bill by remaining out of state, which has stalled other legislation, including flood relief bills.

Registered sex offender arrested again for sniffing woman at Burbank store

A registered sex offender with a long criminal history was arrested again after police say he was caught on surveillance attempting to sniff a woman at a Burbank store.

36 injured, driver shot after car rams into East Hollywood nightclub

Police say bystanders attacked a driver who intentionally drove his car into a crowd outside an East Hollywood night club. Now, police are searching for a man they say shot the driver.

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.

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.

8-year-old boy dies, 4 others hurt after large tree branch falls during kids' summer camp near Calabasas

Homicide detectives confirmed an 8-year-old boy died and four others, between the ages of 5 and 73, were injured after the branch of an oak tree fell during a kids' summer camp in the Santa Monica Mountains.

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.

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.

WA man charged with supplying chemicals in CA bombing dies in jail

A Kent man charged with aiding the bomber of a fertility clinic in California has died after he was found unresponsive in federal custody, officials said on Tuesday.