Kristin Smart murder suspect 'hunted her,' unsealed documents allege

Documents indicate that Paul Flores was “hunting” Kristin Smart at Cal Poly 25 years ago and would lurk around her residence hall in the months leading up to her disappearance.

Convicted serial killer Rodney Alcala dies on California's death row

A prolific serial torture-slayer dubbed “The Dating Game Killer” has died while awaiting execution in California. Rodney James Alcala was 77.

Couple charged with involuntary manslaughter in California wildfire sparked by gender reveal

Refugio Manuel Jimenez Jr. and Angela Renee Jimenez were charged with involuntary manslaughter after their gender reveal last year sparked a wildfire that killed a firefighter.

Judge denies adding rape charges in Kristin Smart case

Prosecutors said Paul Flores killed Kristin Smart while trying to rape her in his dorm room after he had agreed to walk her home from a party, where she had gotten intoxicated.

Woman convicted of robbing drug store by faking COVID-19

A woman who stole items from a Walgreens in San Francisco and escaped by coughing at employees and claiming to have the coronavirus has been convicted of a federal charge. 

Death Valley reaches 130 degrees; US West grapples with heat wave, drought

California's Death Valley has long been known as one of the hottest places on Earth. And the temperature climbed to an incredible 130 degrees in the northern Mojave desert all three days this past weekend.

Aftershocks from magnitude 6 quake continue to rattle California, Nevada

Aftershocks have hit the region between Northern California and Nevada Friday after a magnitude 6 earthquake sent large boulders rolling into highways and knocked smaller items off shelves.

California parents capture sex offender standing in 5-year-old girl’s bedroom, authorities say

A California mother and father subdued and duct-taped a registered sex offender who they caught standing in their 5-year-old daughter’s bedroom early Tuesday after he broke in through a window, authorities said.

Woman found beaten to death, bound, gagged, rolled in blanket inside her home in South LA

Fatima Johnson was found beaten to death inside her South Los Angeles home over the weekend. She was bound, gagged with duct tape and her body had been rolled up in a blanket.

Surveillance video shows California inmate stealing firetruck; taking wild ride in escape attempt

The 31-year-old was part of an inmate crew fighting a vegetation fire caused by illegal fireworks late Sunday in the Sierra Nevada foothills town of Shingle Springs east of Sacramento, said California’s corrections and firefighting agencies, which jointly oversee the inmate firefighters.

Bomb squad truck carrying illegal fireworks explodes in South LA, 17 people hurt

A bomb squad truck carrying confiscated illegal fireworks exploded unexpectedly, blowing out windows and destroying nearby cars in a South Los Angeles neighborhood Wednesday night.

Video: Car crashes into gas pump at busy station, causing fire

A vehicle crashed into a gas pump and started a fire in Ceres, California, on June 27; the dramatic incident was caught on the fuel station’s CCTV camera.

Mother arrested in East LA triple homicide investigation of 3 young children

A mother was arrested for the murders of her three young children, all under the age of 3, in East Los Angeles, officials announced Tuesday. She is being held on a $2,000,000 bail.