California has six confirmed cases of the new coronavirus strain

Gov. Gavin Newsom said the state health department is investigating to see how those people were infected: "Did they travel? Did they not travel? Did they have contact with someone who was traveling?"

'Patients are dying like flies': Nurse in ICU begs the public to stop being careless

A registered nurse in West Covina, California, is pleading with the public to 'stop being careless' as she witnesses an overwhelming amount of patients in her ICU unit.

'God given right:' Christmas carolers in California defy orders, sing without masks

 "Everything that's been inflicted upon us right now is unconstitutional and illegal. We have every right to be out here singing to the Lord, singing to Jesus, celebrating Christmas," said Francine Knittel.

Family outraged that LAPD officers won’t face charges in shooting that killed Trader Joe's manager

The family of Melyda Corado, who was fatally struck by an LAPD bullet as two officers engaged in a gunfight with a suspect outside a Trader Joe's in 2018, want the LAPD to be held accountable for her death.

Van Nuys apartment manager, landlord agree to give tenant struggling during pandemic extra time to pay rent

A young man in Van Nuys went to his landlord to ask for more time to pay the rent. He explained his dad, Luis Flores, was battling cancer and he lost his job. What happened next brought the son to tears.

California authorities rescue girl, 12, from pedophile who once ran for Congress

A 12-year-old California girl has been rescued after authorities said she was abducted by a Virginia man, an admitted pedophile who went to prison for more than a year for threatening to kill either President George W. Bush or President Obama.

'NorCal rapist' sentenced to 897 years in prison for rape of nine women

Roy Charles Waller, the NorCal Rapist, was sentenced Friday to 897 years in prison following a conviction for assaulting nine women from 1991 to 2006. 

Vanessa Bryant lashes out at mother over lawsuit demanding financial support

Kobe Bryant's widow, Vanessa, lashed out Wednesday in response to a lawsuit filed against her by her mother demanding financial support and claiming the late Laker legend had vowed to take care of her financially for life.

California orders more body bags as coronavirus cases claim more lives

California is distributing 5,000 body bags mostly to the hard-hit Los Angeles and San Diego areas and has 60 refrigerated trailers standing by as makeshift morgues in anticipation of a surge of COVID-19 deaths,

Vandals steal lights, break reindeer, yank down Santa's sleigh in northern California

But sometime in the night, vandals stole hundreds of ground cover lights, trampled and tore inflatables trying to rip them from the ground, knocked over trees, broke an illuminated reindeer, and yanked Santa's sleigh from the roof. 

Monolith in California removed by teens chanting 'America first'

A 10-foot-tall structure made of stainless steel popped up on a hillside in the city of Atascadero, which is about 15 miles north of San Luis Obispo.

Security footage: Pair of aging birds stolen from California zoo

Security footage shows someone cutting the lock from the aviary doors, capturing the two birds and putting them into a duffel bag before leaving, authorities said. The motive for the theft is unknown.

Elderly woman pretended to be victim of assault; arrested on arson and embezzlement charges

Janice Carlstrom of San Jose was arrested on Thursday after the sheriff's office said she "confessed" to the bizarre string of crimes, which stem from a fire at her office, Pollack Investments at 14500 Big Basin Way, Suite C, in Saratoga, on Nov. 4, 2019.

California, Oregon, Washington issue travel advisories asking people to self-quarantine for 14 days

The governors of California, Washington and Oregon issued travel advisories Friday urging visitors entering their states or returning home from travel outside the three states to self-quarantine to slow the spread of the coronavirus. 

Detroit native, Stanford economist learns he won Nobel Prize on Nest camera

A Stanford professor who won the Nobel Prize in economics learned he won when his neighbors were at his door is originally from Detroit with a bachelor's from Michigan.

California governor signs executive order to ban gas-powered cars and trucks

This rule, if not halted by a court challenge by the oil and gas industry and the Trump administration, would make California the first U.S. state with a plan to phase them out completely.