'I thank them for the brave service': Trump says of 9 service members killed in training accident

President Donald Trump on Tuesday expressed his condolences to the families of the eight Marines and one Navy sailor who are all presumed dead after an amphibious vehicle sank during a training mission Thursday near San Clemente Island.

Bears struck and killed by speeding drivers in Yosemite National Park

Officials at Yosemite National Park are urging drivers to slow down, because four bears have been struck by vehicles in recent weeks. 

U.S. Marines ID all 9 people killed in sea-tank sinking

Officials say a Marine from the Houston-area is among the eight troops presumed dead, and another Marine from Texas died at the scene.

Marine sea tank sinks with 16 aboard; 1 dead and 8 missing

They were traveling in the vehicle that resembles a seafaring tank from the shores of San Clemente Island to a Navy ship Thursday evening when they reported the vehicle was taking on water, said Lt. Cameron H. Edinburgh, a Marine Corps spokesman for Camp Pendleton.

Scientist charged with visa fraud arrested after she left Chinese consulate in San Francisco

Juan Tang, who has a doctorate in cellular biology, entered the United States on Dec. 27, 2019, to work at the University of California, Davis as a visiting researcher in the Department of Radiation Oncology, Alexandra Negin, an assistant federal public defender, said in the filing Wednesday asking the court for her release on bail.

101-year-old vet leads caravan of 101 cars through Bay Area to commemorate end of WWII

Grand Marshall Sidney Walton, a 101-year-old WWII veteran, will be out in front of 101 vehicles that will travel 101 miles at 101 km/hr along U.S. Highway 101 from San Jose to Sausalito to mark the historic date. 

Protesters chain themselves to California governor's house as prison deaths rise

The California Liberation Collective organized the protest that it said included several community organizers who are in the country illegally as well as immigration attorneys whose clients risk becoming infected.

San Francisco bus driver beaten with baseball bat after asking passengers to wear masks: police

A San Francisco bus driver was allegedly beaten with a wooden baseball bat last week after asking three passengers to put on face masks to comply with the city’s coronavirus public health order.

Harry and Meghan sue over paparazzi photo of son Archie at Los Angeles home

Prince Harry and Meghan Markle sued Thursday to stop the sale and publication of a photo of their son Archie that they say was shot at their Los Angeles-area home in invasion of their privacy.

California tops nation in positive COVID-19 cases as state breaks single-day record

Gov. Gavin Newsom on Wednesday announced California has broken its single-day record for positive COVID-19 cases with an unprecedented 12,807 new cases and 115 deaths. The state now leads the nation for positive cases, surpassing New York. 

Police pursue erratic driver at high speeds through several SoCal cities

A motorist originally wanted for reckless driving and speeding led California Highway Patrol officers on a nearly two-hour pursuit from Calabasas, through Encino and south into the South Bay area on Tuesday evening before driving under a thick marine layer and away from law enforcement helicopters.

Southern California woman tests positive for COVID-19 for second time after initial recovery

A Los Angeles woman is sharing her story to bring awareness to the seriousness of the COVID-19 pandemic after she tested positive for the virus for the second time despite doing "everything right." 

US Navy says fire has been put out aboard USS Bonhomme Richard in San Diego

Navy officials announced Thursday that the fire on the USS Bonhomme Richard docked at Naval Base San Diego has been extinguished, and investigators will now examine the 840-foot amphibious assault ship to see if it is salvageable.

Woman who refused to wear mask in Starbucks wants half of $100K raised for barista who wouldn’t serve her

Last month Amber Gilles posted a scathing review to her Facebook page after an incident in which San Diego Starbucks employee Lenin Gutierrez refused to serve her for not wearing a mask, resulting in the creation of a GoFundMe page for Gutierrez, which raised more than $100,000 in tips for him.

Case dismissed against social workers charged in death of Gabriel Fernandez

A judge Thursday dismissed charges against four social workers who were accused of failing to protect an 8-year-old Antelope Valley boy whose mother and her boyfriend were convicted of his May 2013 torture death.