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.