California TikTok star pleads not guilty to double murder

A TikTok star with nearly a million online followers pleaded not guilty to shooting and killing his newly estranged wife and a man she was with last week at a San Diego high-rise.

Heading south: Massive California storm dumps rain, causes floods, topples trees

A massive storm barreled toward Southern California on Monday after flooding highways, toppling trees, cutting power to about 380,000 utility customers and causing rock slides and mud flows in areas burned bare by wildfires across the northern half of the state.

Crazy winds: Truck topples over on Richmond-San Rafael Bridge

While the Bay Area was getting drenched by heavy rainfall, strong winds sent trucks blowing over on Bay Area bridges.

California travel blogger among 2 killed in Mexico’s Tulum

A California woman was one of two foreign tourists killed in the apparent crossfire of a drug-gang shootout in Mexico’s Caribbean coast resort of Tulum.

UC Berkeley professor resigns over free speech battle

A leading climate physicist at University of California, Berkeley, resigned in protest after his colleagues rejected his bid to invite a speaker to campus following outrage on the speaker’s views on the sweeping violence last summer after George Floyd’s death. 

3 charged in LA with stealing public funds meant to help homeless

Three people have been charged with fraud and embezzlement for an alleged scheme to steal hundreds of thousands of dollars in public funds meant to help California’s homeless residents, the state’s attorney general said Thursday.

California family found dead in remote hiking area died of heat, dehydration

Mariposa County Sheriff Jeremy Briese held a news conference on Thursday where he revealed the cause of death for a family that mysteriously died during a hike in August.

California proposes new oil drilling ban near neighborhoods

California’s oil and gas regulator on Thursday proposed that the state ban new oil drilling within 3,200 feet of schools, homes and hospitals to protect public health in what would be the nation’s largest buffer zone between oil wells and communities.

No bail for Los Gatos mom accused of throwing drunken, sex parties for teens

Prosecutors accuse Shannon O'Connor of hosting destructive parties for teenagers, oftentimes at her former Los Gatos home filled with booze and sex for her own sexual gratification.

75-year-old Bay Area nurse runs 35th Boston Marathon with longest active streak among women in the race

A 75-year-old Bay Area woman completed a remarkable feat last week as she ran the Boston Marathon for the 35th straight time. Orinda resident Patty Hung crossed the finish line with the distinction of having the longest active finish streak among women runners in the storied race.

Alisal Fire: Crews near full containment as residents go home

More than 1,600 firefighters were battling the blaze in the Santa Ynez Mountains west of Santa Barbara on land and by air. They were able to stop its forward growth, and the blaze was 78% contained, federal officials said.

TikTok star robbed at gunpoint in San Francisco

A popular singer on TikTok was robbed at gunpoint in San Francisco. The thieves made away with $30,000 worth of equipment.