California

Authorities in central California have arrested a man they say forced his pregnant girlfriend to take drugs at gunpoint so she would have a miscarriage.

The proposal is a way to provide housing to a lot of people quickly, possibly on a cruise ship docked at the port of Oakland.

Feeding homeless people on public property may become illegal in Lancaster following a decision by the city council to revisit the matter in the coming months following an hours-long meeting Tuesday.

A California Highway Patrol officer helped a hearing-impaired woman apply for an ID at the Department of Motor Vehicles using sign language.

"I can think of nobody more deserving than Isabel Bueso and her family to stay in our community and receive life-saving treatment," U.S. Rep. Mark DeSaulnier wrote.

Federal agents in California found 11 Chinese nationals hiding inside appliances and furniture that filled a moving truck crossing the border from Mexico over the weekend.

A Southern California man has been arrested after posting graphic YouTube videos shot at a downtown San Diego hotel in which he appears to be practicing for a mass shooting with assault-style weapons.

 Several callers reported that the person had a gun and was pointing it at people and cars. 

Rev. Dr. Jacqueline Thompson grew up in Oakland, and was raised in a single-parent home where she said her mother laid the foundation that would become her own personal relationship with God.

A Norco man was behind bars Saturday on an elder abuse charge after he allegedly choked and battered his former landlord and crashed his car attempting to flee from deputies, officials said. 

The utility company announced a $13.5B settlement with individual Northern California wildfire victims on Friday. It includes settlements for claims from the Ghost Ship fire in Oakland.

Pacific Gas & Electric Co. announced a $13.5 billion settlement with individual Northern California wildfire victims.

LOS ANGELES (AP) — U.S. Rep. Duncan Hunter of California will resign after the holidays, following his guilty plea this week to illegally using campaign money for personal expenses, his office said Friday.

Elon Musk did not defame a British cave explorer when he called him “pedo guy” in an angry tweet, a Los Angeles jury found Friday.

A mountain lion killed a dog in a Simi Valley backyard despite the owner’s valiant effort to save her pet. The attack had the neighborhood on edge since it was the second report of a mountain lion attacking dogs in the area.

A raging fire engulfed a vacant roller rink in San Bernardino on Thursday morning, sending a huge column of smoke over the city.

SAN DIEGO (AP) — A flesh-eating bacteria linked to the use of black tar heroin has killed at least seven people over the past two months in San Diego County, authorities said.

A Los Angeles police officer is under investigation after a random review of body camera footage showed him fondling a dead woman’s breasts, according to a person briefed on the incident.

Twenty more women are suing Lyft, alleging that they were raped or sexually assaulted by drivers while using the service, adding to a slew of legal complaints against the company from passengers who say they were targeted by drivers.

Zoo officials said M’Dunda died Tuesday after she collapsed in the zoo’s elephant habitat. She was 50.