Sacramento mass shooting victims identified

The mass shooting in Sacramento on Sunday killed three men and three women while also injuring 12 others. 

6 dead, 12 hurt in Sacramento shooting, police say

Investigators said they were reviewing video footage posted to social media that showed what appeared to be an altercation before the gunfire erupted.

California won’t require parents with guns to tell schools

Even in California, home to some of the nation’s strictest firearms laws, a bill requiring parents to tell school officials if they keep guns in the house went too far to move ahead in the Legislature.

California man who kidnapped 26 children, buried them alive is recommended for parole

Frederick Woods was one of three gunmen who hijacked a school bus with 26 kids and their bus driver in Chowchilla, California, in 1976. The men transferred the driver and children to vans before they were buried alive in a trailer.

Anaheim library employee sucker punched in random attack

Police in Anaheim are looking for a man seen on surveillance video attacking a library employee. Police say the attack was unprovoked.

Mother of 8-year-old Hayward girl found dead charged with murder, abuse

Samantha Johnson told a Merced police detective that her boyfriend had kept Sophia Mason, 8, in a shed outside the Merced house and that the child was subjected to physical and sexual abuse.

California governor signs law that makes abortions cheaper

California Gov. Gavin Newsom signed a new law on Tuesday to make abortions cheaper for people on private insurance plans, the first of more than a dozen bills the state’s Democratic leaders plan to pass this year to prepare for a potential U.S. Supreme Court ruling that could overturn Roe v. Wade.

Gray whales give tour group 'most epic' encounter off Southern California coast

Two giant gray whales stopped to explore a tour boat off the coast of Newport Beach, California, giving the whale watching group an unforgettable experience.

4 arrested after pushing Hemet teenager in front of moving vehicle, critically injuring him

Four teenagers were arrested nearly a month after they allegedly pushed another teen into traffic, causing him to be struck by a car and critically injured, according to Hemet Police. 

COVID exposure cancels Theranos exec Sunny Balwani opening statements

Less than an hour after Theranos executive Sunny Balwani walked into a San Jose federal courthouse on Wednesday, a judge canceled opening statements because someone on the jury was exposed to someone with COVID.

California mom pleads guilty to stimulus check scam with Death Row son

A Modesto mother faces close to 20 years behind bars after pleading guilty to conspiring with her son, who is on Death Row at San Quentin, to file fraudulent stimulus checks.

Adoptive parents plead not guilty to slaying missing California boys, ages 3 and 4

Trezell West and Jacqueline West pleaded not guilty to charges that they killed their adoptive children Orrin West, 4, and Orson West, 3, who were reported missing from their family’s backyard in 2020.

14-year-old boy shot and killed, then dropped off in Oakland hills

A 14-year-old boy was killed in East Oakland before his body was dropped off in the hills, bringing this year's total homicide count to 19 in the city.

California governor proposes controversial mental health courts for homeless people

Gov. Gavin Newsom said he has no intention of rounding homleess people up and locking them away. Instead, he said his plan would offer a way for people to get court-ordered psychiatric treatment, medication and housing, preferably before they are arrested.

'Hank the Tank,' Lake Tahoe bear, gets exonerated for many home break-ins

A large black bear that was set to be captured and euthanized for allegedly breaking into dozens of Lake Tahoe homes will be spared, state wildlife officials announced.