Driver, 75, suspected of DUI visibly upset after striking father, 4-year-old in crosswalk
A father and his 4-year-old son were struck by a car driven by a 75-year-old man in a Novato crosswalk. Police say the driver stopped and cooperated, and was arrested for being under the influence of alcohol and prescription drugs.
Man dials 911 to say he's leaving the bar drunk, leads police on multiple-county chase
People at the bar also called 911 telling them a drunk man hopped in the car and drove off.
Mushrooms sold in Illinois recalled over potentially fatal illness
Mushrooms sold in Illinois are being recalled because they may be contaminated with a bacteria that can cause a potentially fatal illness.
Teen driving Lamborghini in crash that killed woman pleads guilty; placed on house arrest
The 17-year-old driver behind the wheel of a Lamborghini who was speeding at 106 mph when he crashed into another vehicle, killing a woman in West Los Angeles admitted to a charge of vehicular manslaughter with gross negligence on Friday.
Caitlyn Jenner announces run for California governor
Caitlyn Jenner is officially running for governor of California.
Shock G, member of Oakland hip-hop group Digital Underground, has died
Gregory Jacobs, better known under the rap moniker Shock G and frontman of the group Digital Underground, has died, according to his bandmate. He was 57.
NBA Draft prospect, former Kentucky Wildcat Terrence Clarke dies after crash in Los Angeles, agent confirms
Former Kentucky Wildcats basketball player Terrence Clarke was killed in a crash in Los Angeles Thursday, according to multiple reports.
VIDEO: Police officers stop fellow officer punching handcuffed woman during arrest
A use of force investigation is underway after a Westminster police officer punched a handcuffed woman during a recent arrest. Two other officers immediately intervened and deescalated the situation.
Animal control officer coaxes ducklings out of drain with mother duck cell phone sounds
A Hayward animal control officer managed to coax 11 ducklings out of a storm drain they had fallen into by playing mother duck sounds on her cell phone.
Man bitten by rattlesnake after attempting to pick it up with BBQ tongs
The man tried to pick up the poisonous snake with barbecue tongs and was bit on his left hand near this thumb, according to Riverside County Animal Services.
Oakland Technical High senior to be school's first Black male valedictorian
When 18-year-old Ahmed Muhammad graduates from Oakland Technical High School next month, he will make history by becoming the school’s first Black male to be named valedictorian.
Newsom: 'If George Floyd looked like me, he'd still be alive today'
"If George Floyd looked like me, he'd still be alive today," California Governor Gavin Newsom said in part in a statement issued Tuesday in response to the guilty verdict in the trial of former Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin.
California man allegedly assaults elderly Korean couple, threatens Japanese-American Olympian
Michael Orlando Vivona, 25, told police he had a “hate” or “”fixation” about Asians and police believe the attack was racially motivated.
Woman in California dies after her parachute failed to fully open
A woman in California has died after her parachute failed to fully open as she was falling to the ground and it became tangled around her, police said.
Pig’s head left at former California home of Chauvin defense witness
Vandals left a pig’s head and smeared blood across the one-time California home of a use-of-force expert who testified on behalf of the officer accused of killing George Floyd, police said.
Adobe and PDFs creator, Charles “Chuck” Geschke, dies at 81
Charles “Chuck” Geschke — the co-founder of the major software company Adobe Inc. who helped develop Portable Document Format technology, or PDFs — died at age 81.
Mother creates safety app to help Black drivers alert loved ones during traffic stops
The app is called Just Us, and it allows drivers to alert their contacts with a simple voice command if there’s a potential danger during a traffic stop.
DA charges former classmate with murder following 1996 disappearance of Cal Poly student Kristin Smart
San Luis Obispo prosecutors on Wednesday charged a former classmate of Cal Poly student Kristin Smart with first-degree murder during an attempted rape, which occurred in 1996.
Police: Asian man charged after attempting to assault Asian woman 'because he thought she was white'
Police arrested an Asian man on Monday after he attempted to sexually assault a woman of Asian descent "because he thought she was White," police said. Detectives "believe the assault was in retaliation to hate crimes committed against the Asian community."
Kristin Smart case: Paul Flores, Smart's former classmate, charged with murder
Nearly twenty-five years after Kristin Smart disappeared after a college party near California Polytechnic State University's campus, authorities Tuesday arrested her former classmate, Paul Flores, on suspicion of murder. Flores was the last person to see her alive in 1996 before she vanished.