Ex-wife of slain UC Berkeley professor orchestrated Greece hit, police say

The professor was ambushed by a masked gunman outside his ex-wife’s residence just moments before he was supposed to pick up the twins he shared with her.

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.

Father stabs son to death in San Jose, then killed by police after allegedly luring them to park

A father fatally stabbed his 9-year-old son at a San Jose park Sunday afternoon before being shot and killed by officers who responded to what turned out to be a misleading 911 call, police said.

Flesh-eating screwworm fly prompts livestock import ban at US-Mexico border

The U.S. has shut its southern border to livestock imports again after a flesh-eating parasite was found further north in Mexico than previously reported, raising alarm among American agriculture officials.

8-year-old boy dies, 4 others hurt after large tree branch falls during kids' summer camp near Calabasas

Homicide detectives confirmed an 8-year-old boy died and four others, between the ages of 5 and 73, were injured after the branch of an oak tree fell during a kids' summer camp in the Santa Monica Mountains.

Armed ICE officers shut down kids' camp at LA's MacArthur Park. City leaders: 'Here's the truth'

A large federal enforcement sweep stalled children’s summer camp at MacArthur Park without any arrests. Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass and city council members say this display of force has raised urgent questions about how immigration enforcement affects communities—and they’re calling on cities nationwide to wake up, wise up, and stand up without panic.

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.

San Quentin holds emotional, first-ever father-daughter prom

Hair, make-up, gowns, tuxedos, and tears—San Quentin Rehabilitation Center was recently the scene of an emotional first-ever father-daughter prom.

Pentagon strips Harvey Milk's name from Navy ship on Pride weekend

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth said on Friday that the U.S. Navy was renaming the USNS Harvey Milk, named for one of the country’s first openly gay elected officials in San Francisco.

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.

'No Vigilantes Act': New California law would require immigration agents to identify themselves

Pasadena lawmakers have introduced legislation to strengthen and expand California's police impersonation laws amid a rise in nationwide reports of individuals posing as immigration officers.