Judge denies adding rape charges in Kristin Smart case

Prosecutors said Paul Flores killed Kristin Smart while trying to rape her in his dorm room after he had agreed to walk her home from a party, where she had gotten intoxicated.

‘Marrying Millions’ TV star Bill Hutchinson pleads not guilty to raping teen

Prosecutors accused Bill Hutchinson of taking two 16-year-old girls on several trips this year to his vacation home in Laguna Beach and giving alcohol to one girl in April before raping the unconscious teen.

Northern California woman, adopted at birth, begins search for biological mother, learns of identical twin

A Northern California woman, who began a journey to find the woman who gave her up for adoption almost 48 years ago, is shocked to learn that she has an identical twin, so a new journey begins to locate the sister she lost at birth.

Democratic donor Ed Buck's trial centers on alleged injection fetish

Nearly two years after Ed Buck was arrested and charged by federal prosecutors, the wealthy Democratic donor is going on trial Tuesday on charges of providing fatal doses to two men, running a drug den and persuading others to travel for prostitution.

Stagecoach country music festival announces 2022 lineup

The Stagecoach Music Festival 2022 lineup includes headliners Thomas Rhett, Carrie Underwood and Luke Combs.

Oakland middle schooler becomes national weightlifting champion

Seth Evans, an eighth-grader from Oakland, became a national weightlifting champion, winning both weightlifting events at the USA Weightlifting national competition.

California parents capture sex offender standing in 5-year-old girl’s bedroom, authorities say

A California mother and father subdued and duct-taped a registered sex offender who they caught standing in their 5-year-old daughter’s bedroom early Tuesday after he broke in through a window, authorities said.

Memorial service for first California peace officer to die of coronavirus

Santa Rosa Police Detective Marylou Armer was the first peace officer in California killed by the coronavirus and only the second death in Sonoma County.

Fairfield homeowner shoots and kills intruder with .357 Magnum

At around 8:30 a.m., a man knocked on the door, kicked the door open, and made entry into the house on Vintage Valley Drive after receiving no response, Fairfield Councilmember Catherine Moy, wrote on her Facebook page.

Death penalty off the table for man suspected in rapper Pop Smoke's murder

Prosecutors said they will not seek the death penalty against the man who was charged in rapper Pop Smoke’s killing. The 20-year-old rapper was gunned down at a Hollywood Hills home in February 2020.

California to pay victims of forced, coerced sterilizations

California is poised to approve reparations up to $25,000 to victims who were among the thousands of people — some as young as 13 — who decades ago were sterilized because state officials deemed them unfit to have children.