California

Satellite images released by NASA shows the lake take shape in the Badwater Basin at Death Valley National Park, which straddles eastern California and Nevada

Two children died after falling into a rushing river near a Northern California campground Thursday morning, authorities said.

A severe storm that pummeled California has taken a toll on some of the state’s most iconic trees.

It’s hard to change people’s longstanding behavior quickly and some communities have faced delays setting up organic waste-hauling contracts due to the pandemic.

One person has died in a dog attack at a Compton, Calif. residence. 

The CEO of one of Nigeria’s largest banks was killed on Friday when a helicopter he was riding in crashed in the Mojave Desert in Southern California.

A helicopter crashed Friday night near Nipton, California, with six people on board, the Federal Aviation Administration said.

The aircraft, a CH-53E Super Stallion, was located Wednesday afternoon in Southern California.

The CDC is investigating an outbreak on a luxury cruise ship where more than 150 people have reported gastrointestinal illness, including diarrhea and vomiting.

Newspaper heiress Patricia “Patty” Hearst was kidnapped at gunpoint in the 1970s by the Symbionese Liberation Army, a little-known armed revolutionary group.

San Mateo County, which includes part of Silicon Valley, is officially the first in the U.S. to declare loneliness as a health emergency.

Investigators believe the 17-year-old is also connected to other swatting incidents across the United States targeting historically Black colleges and the homes of FBI agents.

A high school student and his father have been arrested after police say the teen threatened to shoot up Rancho Bernardo High School.

A year after the bird flu led to record egg prices and widespread shortages, the disease known as highly pathogenic avian influenza is wreaking havoc on California poultry farms.

A California woman was arrested for allegedly stealing 65 Stanley cups.

A man is in critical condition after falling out of an RV on the 14 Freeway in the Santa Clarita Valley.

A 17-year-old boy charged with killing four members of a neighboring family in central California made his first appearance in court Thursday and entered the juvenile equivalent of a not-guilty plea.

An avalanche roared through a section of expert trails at a Lake Tahoe ski resort on Wednesday, killing one person and injuring another, as a major storm with snow and gusty winds moved into the region, authorities said.

A headless woman whose partially decomposed body was found drained of blood in a Kern County vineyard in 2011 has been identified in a mysterious cold case.

A judge ruled that Cher’s attorneys had not given Elijah Blue Allman and his lawyers the necessary documents to give them sufficient time to make their case.