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A California judge ruled Monday that a man convicted of killing 19-year-old college student Kristin Smart in 1996 must pay just over $350,000 to her family for costs they incurred after her death.

A family from Florida is sending a warning to out-of-town visitors coming to Oakland.

Patrice Miller, 71, had been harassed by an aggressive black bear in her small Northern California town for months before it broke into her home and killed her last year. 

A Tesla that was in ‘self-drive’ mode crashed into a Fullerton, California, police car that was on the scene of a fatal collision.

Temperatures in the area that day reached as high as 105 degrees Fahrenheit, according to the National Weather Service.

Andrew Pontious, a Los Angeles County firefighter, has died in the line of duty in an industrial area near Palmdale on Friday.

Smoakland is looking for a cannabis tester and blunt roller, and the company is offering a pretty penny for the role.

Chrisean Rock got arrested trying to crash her ex-boyfriend Blueface's court hearing in Los Angeles, according to reports.

A homeowner in Oakland who was jailed after fatally shooting a burglary suspect earlier this week will be released, according to law enforcement sources.

Experts believe the reason a small number of these marine mammals were seen is due to the animals likely moving to a different location outside of their natural habitat.

The lucky $5.4 million Powerball ticket was sold in Burbank, while the winning SuperLotto ticket was sold in Northridge, according to officials.

A panel of federal judges spent two hours on Tuesday wrestling with a series of legal issues raised in an attempt to overturn a fraud conviction that sent Theranos CEO Elizabeth Holmes to prison after a meteoric rise to Silicon Valley stardom.

In a unanimous vote, the San Francisco Board of Supervisors declared the city a sanctuary city for people who are transgender, gender non-conforming, intersex, and Two Spirt, a Pan-Indian term describing people who are neither male nor female. 

On the same night that Oakland teen Surijhyah Farr graduated from high school, someone stole all her presents.

The Rev. James Lawson Jr., an icon of the Civil Rights Movement and the longtime pastor of Holman United Methodist Church in Los Angeles, died Monday at age 95.

A kite surfer was rescued on Sunday after he spelled out HELP in the sand with rocks, which triggered a successful CalFire helicopter extraction. 

The anniversary of Jaycee Dugard's kidnapping: Where she and her daughters are now.

The suspected gunman behind a deadly mass shooting in Sacramento has died while in custody, according to reports.

The iconic San Francisco Victorian that once used to belong to the fictional Tanner family in the 1980s sitcom could be yours.