State AG charges ex-San Jose cop with DUI
The state attorney general has charged a former San Jose police officer with felony drunken driving more than three months after police failed to test her for intoxication after a car accident.
Small plane makes emergency landing on Seal Beach
The pilot of a single engine plane suffered minor injuries Friday after making an emergency crash landing on the water off Seal Beach.
Brush fire forces evacuation of Malibu state park
A fire at a mobile home quickly spread to nearby brush by Malibu Creek State Park Friday, burning about 25 acres and prompting authorities to evacuate park visitors.
Ruling keeps Orange County pot dispensary open
A Superior Court judge has refused to dismiss a civil suit filed against the city of Orange by a medical marijuana dispensary that claims it has a legal right to remain open.
Michael Turner, comic book artist, dies at 37
Michael Turner, a comic book artist who drew covers for major titles such as "Superman/Batman," "The Flash" and "Civil War,'" has died. He was 37.
Dead body tip leads SoCal cops to fireworks stash
Police responding to a tip about buried human remains at a Fontana home found 1,000 pounds of illegal fireworks and a stash of drugs and guns instead.
Two fires raging along Calif.'s Central Coast
A pair of out-of-control wildfires roared along California's central coast Friday, chewing through opposite ends of a parched forest and threatening more than 4,500 homes hundreds of miles apart.
Men held in NASA engineer death refuse extradition
Two men charged with the slayings of the man's ex-wife, her two children and a NASA scientist in their California desert home are refusing to voluntary extradition.
California couple die in Utah crash; kids survive
An accident in Utah has killed a couple from Carlsbad, but their three children survived the wreck.
Guerrilla gardeners dig in to beautify Los Angeles
More than a dozen people, some wearing orange protective gear, pulled rakes and shovels from a dingy shopping cart and started working on a parched patch of land along a busy off-ramp of the Hollywood Freeway.
Hollywood station standoff ends without incident
A 6-hour-long standoff between officers and a man holding a gun to his head at a Hollywood police station has ended.
Custody exchange ends in gunfire, kidnapping in OC
Authorities believed a man who allegedly shot his estranged wife in the face and fled with his 9-year-old son has switched his car for a purple-and-gold motor home and may have be in the San Diego area as he remained at large Friday morning.
Crews brace for winds in Central Calif. blaze
Firefighters braced Friday for the return of evening winds that a day earlier caused a wildfire on California's Central Coast to double in size and race dangerously close to hundreds of homes in the foothills of the Santa Ynez Mountains.
Instructor, student dead in NorCal copter crash
A flight instructor and student have been killed in a helicopter crash near a Northern California freeway that knocked power lines into traffic lanes and started a grass fire near the road.
Police: L.A. high school principal posed as girl
Authorities investigating what they believed was a child making graphic sexual remarks online say they found that the writer was instead a Los Angeles high school principal posing as a 12-year-old girl.
LAPD officer under investigation in hit-and-run
A veteran Los Angeles police officer is under investigation, suspected of driving drunk, running over two people with his Hummer, then fleeing the scene, authorities said.
Farmers say salmonella scare has hurt tomato sales
Expect fewer slices of red, ripe tomatoes next to the grill this holiday weekend.
French couple charged with immigration fraud in LA
A French couple has been charged with defrauding French residents out of thousands of dollars by making false promises of providing them jobs and work permits in the United States, authorities said.
More homes burn as wildfire approaches Big Sur
Independence Day is normally a booming time for tourism here, with out-of-towners settling into cliffside vacation homes or trekking out to campgrounds nestled among the redwoods.
Riverside judge orders two Marines released
A federal judge in Riverside has ordered two Marines released from jail despite their refusal to testify before a grand jury investigating the alleged killing of Iraqi detainees in 2004.
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