Passenger jet carrying U.S. citizens from Wuhan arrives at March Air Reserve Base

A jet airliner carrying a reported 201 American evacuees from Wuhan, China landed at March Air Reserve Base in Riverside County Wednesday morning. 

Authorities find longest Southwest border smuggling tunnel

U.S. authorities on Wednesday announced the discovery of the longest smuggling tunnel ever found on the Southwest border, stretching more than three-quarters of a mile from an industrial site in Tijuana, Mexico, to the San Diego area.

Mom helps infant daughter ring bell after beating brain cancer

Lily Borden was recently declared cancer-free after being born with a malignant brain tumor and got to ring the bell at a hospital in California.

Bodies of Kobe Bryant, 8 other victims recovered from helicopter crash scene

Wreckage from the helicopter crash that killed Laker legend Kobe Bryant and eight other people was removed from a Calabasas hillside on Tuesday and hauled away for closer examination by federal investigators, while coroner's officials confirmed they have recovered the remains of everyone aboard the ill-fated flight.  

Federal officials investigate deadly helicopter crash that killed nine, including Kobe Bryant

Federal authorities began an investigation at sunrise Monday following the deadly Calabasas helicopter crash that claimed the lives of NBA legend Kobe Bryant, his daughter Gianna, longtime baseball coach John Altobelli, and six others. 

Assembly OK's California bill to make sex assault records of police be public even if officer quits

If signed into law, Jordan Cunningham’s bill would close this loophole by making incomplete sexual assault investigation records due to an officer resignation eligible to be released.

Pilot of Kobe Bryant’s helicopter tried to avoid heavy fog before crash

Authorities say the veteran pilot of a helicopter that crashed, killing Kobe Bryant and eight others, tried to avoid fog so heavy it grounded police choppers.

What we know about the victims in Kobe Bryant’s helicopter crash

Nine people were killed when a helicopter plunged into a hillside outside of Los Angeles, including NBA star Kobe Bryant and his teenage daughter. Here’s what we have confirmed about all of the victims.

Oakland couple, both 95, die within 3 days of each other after 70-year marriage

Judith Broude died Jan. 21 and her husband, longtime Temple Sinai Rabbi Samuel Broude, suffered a stroke at her funeral, and died three days later.

Gianna 'GiGi' Bryant, 13, among nine victims of Calabasas helicopter crash

Rising 13-year-old basketball star Gianna Bryant and her dad, retired NBA legend Kobe Bryant, were among the nine victims killed in a helicopter crash in Calabasas Sunday morning, officials said. 

Kobe Bryant's helicopter flew in fog that grounded other choppers

Conditions at the time were such that the Los Angeles Police Department and the county sheriff's department grounded their helicopters.

Kobe Bryant, daughter Gianna, among 9 killed in helicopter crash

Kobe Bryant, one of the greatest NBA players of all time, died Sunday when his helicopter crashed north of Los Angeles.

Texas university says former athlete was killed in California helicopter crash, along with wife, daughter

The University of Houston says 56-year-old John Altobelli, along with his wife, Keri, and his daughter, Alyssa, were killed in the helicopter crash in California Sunday morning that also claimed the lives of Kobe Bryant and his daughter, Gianna.

Memorial service held for sheriff's detective struck, killed by car after helping elderly woman cross street

Funeral services were held Saturday for Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department Detective Amber Leist, who was struck by a vehicle after helping a woman cross a Valley Village street.

Preliminary 4.6-magnitude earthquake strikes near Barstow, California

A preliminary 4.6 magnitude earthquake struck about 14 miles north of Barstow shortly after 7 p.m. with two aftershocks of 2.2 and 2.9 magnitude recorded, according to the U.S. Geological Survey.

'Hundreds and hundreds' of military explosives found in California home: police

Inside the residential home, police spokesman Officer Joe Silva told the Stockton Record that possibly “hundreds and hundreds” of military explosives and weapons were found inside. Twenty homes had to be evacuated.

California man charged with murder after deadly ding-dong ditch prank

Anurag Chandra, of Corona, faces three counts of murder and three counts of attempted murder, said John Hall, a spokesman for the Riverside County District Attorney's Office.