California

A minivan driver is facing hit-and-run charges after he hit a motorcyclist on the 91 Freeway Friday evening then dragged the rider-less bike down the freeway in Corona.

Max Tuerk, a former standout offensive lineman for the USC Trojans, has died at the age of 26, the school announced.

The owner of Eskimo Pie is changing its name and marketing of the nearly century-old chocolate-covered ice cream bar, the latest brand to reckon with racially charged logos and marketing.

A small business owner with big dreams aspires to bring some much-needed positivity to the Fairfax District with his shaved ice shop vividly painted in cheerful colors.

Four young San Francisco Bay Area residents died when their vehicle plunged off a bridge and struck a parked freight train before hitting the ground, the California Highway Patrol said.

The maximum penalty assessed by Butte County Superior Court Judge Micahel Deems was a mere formality, given that PG&E reached a plea agreement three months ago to resolve manslaughter and other charges.

The half-brother of Robert Fuller, whose body was found hanging last week from a tree in Palmdale, was fatally shot by Los Angeles County sheriff's deputies Wednesday afternoon during a shootout in Kern County, law enforcement sources confirmed to FOX 11.

More than 1,700 pages of investigative documents from the continuing federal probe of the helicopter crash that killed Kobe Bryant and eight others were released Wednesday, but they make no conclusions or findings about what caused the aircraft to go down.

The California Highway Patrol was in pursuit of a black SUV driver early Tuesday evening. The pursuit started just before 5:00 p.m. as it traveled along surface streets in Boyle Heights, downtown Los Angeles, and parts of South LA. 

The Los Angeles Times reports that multiple sources said DeAngelo, 74, plans to fess up to the murders and rapes, that occurred in the 1970s and 1980s, later this month. 

A San Diego police officer is being praised by colleagues for scaling down the side of a cliff over the weekend to rescue twin 2-year-old sisters after their father allegedly drove off a bridge, flipping their car upside-down into the ocean below.

Sheriff Alex Villanueva Monday vowed to conduct a thorough investigation -- with cooperation from state and federal law enforcement -- into the death of a 24-year-old Black man found hanging from a tree near Palmdale City Hall.

A 31-year-old Loma Linda man is accused of coordinating a meetup location with a runaway minor online before he allegedly held the victim against her will, drugged and raped her, investigators said.

The video, which has been retweeted 155,000 times, has sparked accusations of racism and led a cosmetics distributor to cut ties with Lisa Alexander, founder and CEO of LaFace Skincare.

An online petition urging a delay of the scheduled reopening of the Disneyland Resort due to the risk of guests contracting coronavirus has acquired more than 26,000 signatures as of this morning.

The son of basketball legend Kareem Abdul-Jabbar was arrested for allegedly stabbing his neighbor multiple times. 

The man suspected of ambushing and shooting a California sheriff’s deputy is dead after a shootout with police, authorities said Thursday.

Legislation introduced Thursday in the House and Senate would require terrain awareness, warning systems, crash-resistant flight data and voice recorders on all helicopters that carry six or more passengers, which the bills' authors say would prevent tragedies like the Jan. 26 Calabasas crash that killed Kobe Bryant and his daughter.

The Orange County District Attorney's office Thursday announced charges against a man accused of poisoning eight homeless people, including an elderly person, in a series of attacks that were videotaped to record the victims’ reactions to eating food laced with oleoresin capsicum, which is twice as strong as the pepper spray used by police.