California

A U.S. judge ruled Monday that the Trump administration is operating within its authority when separating families stopped at the Mexico border, rejecting arguments that it was quietly returning to widespread practices that drew international condemnation.

Authorities are urging residents to check their door handles following two separate instances in which razor blades were discovered on vehicles in Temecula.

A 9-year-old boy from Hayward was with his family when he found a loaded gun and Santa Clara County sheriff's badge in an Airbnb rental home in South Lake Tahoe.

An off-duty Los Angeles County Sheriff's detective was struck and killed by a car in Valley Village seconds after helping an elderly woman cross the street, officials said. 

An 11-year-old California boy who was reported missing has been found dead, police said.

An Uber driver in Fontana was arrested Sunday for allegedly raping a passenger he was driving home, authorities said.

A mother in California says she was viciously beaten by the girl who had been bullying her 16-year-old daughter, according to various local reports.

Newsom wants California, home to nearly 40 million people, to contract with generic drug companies to make prescription medications on its behalf so it could then sell them to the public. The goal, according to the governor's office, is to lower prices by increasing competition in the generic market.

The 89-year-old Yik Oi Huang was doing her regular morning exercises in the park  when she was beaten

A sea lion who was shot with a pellet gun and found in distress in Newport Beach in December was humanely euthanized due to the extent of its injuries. 

A Ferrari crashed into a popular restaurant in West Hollywood Saturday afternoon. 

Anyone with information is encouraged to call the Tulare County Sheriff’s Office at 559-733-6218 or anonymously at tcso@tipnow.com or by text or voicemail at 559-725-4194.

It’s one of the most popular music festivals in California… Coachella is returning to the Empire Polo Club in Indio this April. 

A dash-cam video captures the moment an SUV plunged off the cliff from Highway 1 in San Mateo County.

Santa Anita's opening weekend reportedly was marred by the death of another racehorse -- though the latest fatality happened on Thursday, two days before Saturday's rescheduled opening day.

Pain and sadness shared by those who knew and loved a 6-year-old boy who was allegedly killed by a caretaker. 

A Santa Clarita rescue group went to great lengths to save a mother and her eight babies…the family of nine is actually a pig and her eight little piglets. 

Four people are dead after an early morning fire erupted at an apartment complex in Hemet.