California

A Chick-fil-A employee working the drive-thru in Chula Vista, Calif., is being celebrated for springing into action and saving a man's life, an act he credits to his faith in God.

The Santa Rosa father of the baby killed by drugs has also died of an overdose.  

Officials say a mountain lion wandered inside a California house and was captured in a photo lying on a bathroom floor.

A pair of BASE jumpers made a daring leap at Yosemite National Park on Tuesday. 

The California Legislature approved "The Right to a Jury of Your Peers," allowing people with a prior felony conviction to serve on juries in California for the first time.

Police in Walnut Creek are searching for two suspects who worked in tandem to steal a wallet from an elderly woman's purse at a grocery store. 

California Gov. Gavin Newsom signed bills Monday to crack down on doctors who write fraudulent medical exemptions for school children's vaccinations. 

A Southern California school district investigation says four first-grade teachers photographed with a noose said they used it to make end-of-year jokes and were unaware of its association with racial hatred toward African Americans.

California on Wednesday became the first state to ban commercial fur trapping, ending the practice nearly 200 years after animals like beavers and otters introduced the American West to international trade.

A 7-year-old boy was killed and three of his family members were injured after a vehicle struck the Fontana family's stalled car on the 241 Toll Road in unincorporated Orange County. 

The US Coast Guard Cutter Robert Ward returned to San Pedro on Thursday morning after seizing nearly $40 million worth cocaine in a drug bust conducted on international waters, Coast Guard officials said. 

Two furious parents claim that Alaska Airlines recently “lost” track of their 13-year-old daughter during a layover in San Francisco, though they had paid an unaccompanied-minor fee for the teen’s trip.

A Texas mother praised a United Airlines crew and passengers who befriended and accommodated her son, who has autism and did not want to sit still on their flight home.

Zillow, the Seattle-based online real estate database company, reported Tuesday that entry-level teachers must spend more than 85 percent of their income on a median rate rent in the Los Angeles region.

California schools may soon allow parents to administer medical marijuana to their children on K-12 campuses.

Video circulating on social media Friday appeared to show a Tesla driver asleep at the wheel as the vehicle traveled at high speeds down the 5 Freeway near Los Angeles.

Law enforcement in Orange County responded to a report of a suspicious man next to a parked vehicle on Tuesday morning and arrived to find him attempting to repair a flat tire using gauze and Band-Aids.

Over 5,300 counterfeit products were seized by U.S. Customs and Border Protection agents at the Los Angeles International Airport. 

Authorities say a man died shortly after competing in a taco-eating contest in Fresno.