Bodies of Kobe Bryant, 8 other victims recovered from helicopter crash scene

Wreckage from the helicopter crash that killed Laker legend Kobe Bryant and eight other people was removed from a Calabasas hillside on Tuesday and hauled away for closer examination by federal investigators, while coroner's officials confirmed they have recovered the remains of everyone aboard the ill-fated flight.  

SkyFOX pilot weighs in on Kobe Bryant's chopper crash

FOX 2 spoke to one of our own pilots to find out more about the conditions that led to the fatal crash that killed Kobe Bryant, his daughter, and seven others.

Was pilot for Kobe Bryant feeling pressure to fly that day?

LOS ANGELES (AP) - The pilot in the foggy-weather helicopter crash that killed Kobe Bryant was well-acquainted with the skies over Los Angeles and accustomed to flying celebrities.

Assembly OK's California bill to make sex assault records of police be public even if officer quits

If signed into law, Jordan Cunningham’s bill would close this loophole by making incomplete sexual assault investigation records due to an officer resignation eligible to be released.

Fans in Los Angeles gather to remember NBA legend Kobe Bryant

Thousands of fans gathered outside Staples Center in downtown Los Angeles Sunday afternoon to remember Kobe Bryant, killed in a helicopter crash, along with his daughter and 7 others on board. The crash happened Sunday morning in Calabasas. 

Gianna 'GiGi' Bryant, 13, among nine victims of Calabasas helicopter crash

Rising 13-year-old basketball star Gianna Bryant and her dad, retired NBA legend Kobe Bryant, were among the nine victims killed in a helicopter crash in Calabasas Sunday morning, officials said. 

Border patrol seizes more than 200 pounds of meth allegedly hidden in car by grandma, granddaughter

A 65-year-old woman and her 19-year-old granddaughter were arrested at the California-Mexico border on suspicion of trying to get a vehicle containing more than 200 pounds of meth through the border.

3 teens killed after game of ding-dong-ditch turns deadly, victim's mother says

A game of ding-dong-ditch turned deadly Sunday night after a group of teens knocked on the wrong door, according to the mother of one of the victims.

Yosemite’s ‘firefall’ returns for two weeks this February

Yosemite's Horsetail Fall will light up with bright orange and red hues that resemble cascading fire for a few days in February.

California inmate kills convicted child molester after beating him over the head with cane

An inmate in a central California prison bashed a convicted child molester over the head with a cane last week, inflicting an injury so severe that it later killed him – cutting the man’s life-sentence short, officials said Monday.

LAPD supervisor who fatally shot man mistook bicycle part for gun, police say

The Los Angeles Police Department supervisor who fatally shot an unarmed man near the border between Los Angeles and Culver Citymistook a bicycle part in his hand for a gun, police reported.

Girl, 14, uses Snapchat to tell friends she'd been kidnapped at San Jose motel

Her friends then used Snapchat's location service to figure out that she was that she was at the E-Z 8 Motel at 1550 N. First St. in San Jose and called 911. 

'Extraordinary': Rare video shows 5 mountain lions together in California

“We shared the videos and photos with several of our wildlife biologists, and none of them could recall ever seeing five mountain lions together," said Peter Tira, spokesman for the California Department of Fish and Wildlife.

Dash-cam video shows SUV plunging off cliff on Highway 1

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

Santa Clarita barn rescues family of pigs who were about to become Christmas dinner

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.