Trump's use of National Guard in Los Angeles illegal: judge

A federal judge on Tuesday ruled the Trump administration's use of National Guard troops during Los Angeles' immigration enforcement protests is illegal.

South Lake Tahoe resident tests positive for plague

A South Lake Tahoe resident has tested for the plague, El Dorado County health officials announced on Wednesday.

Missing Northern California mother, infant found dead in submerged vehicle

The bodies of a 36-year-old Northern California woman and her infant daughter, who had been missing for more than a month, have been found in a vehicle submerged in a waterway.

DC woman targeted in $640K gold fraud scam; 2 arrested and face charges

D.C. police have arrested two California residents accused of scamming a local woman out of more than $640,000 through a scheme involving wire transfers and purchases of gold bars and coins.

Kamala Harris finally answers whether she's running for California governor

Harris, the former vice president who lost to President Donald Trump in the 2024 presidential election, said after deep reflection she has decided not to enter the race to succeed term-limited Gov. Gavin Newsom.

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.

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.

Lake Tahoe boat accident: 6 dead, 2 others missing

Six people died and two others are still missing after al boat capsized during bad weather on Lake Tahoe.