California News Archives

Police fatally shoot armed man in Southern California

October 14, 2021 5:09 PM The Associated Press

Authorities say police shot and killed a man who was armed with a rifle in Southern…

California outlaws sales of gas-powered lawnmowers

October 14, 2021 1:46 PM Lisa Sturgis, Mercedes Martinez

Gas-powered landscaping equipment will soon be a thing of the past in California thanks to a new law recently signed by Gov. Gavin…

Judge blocks vaccination mandate for California prisons

October 14, 2021 8:50 AM Cole Johnson, AP News

A judge on Wednesday blocked an order due to take effect this week that required California prison employees to be vaccinated against…

California drought this summer was the worst on record

October 14, 2021 5:31 AM CNN Newsource

By Rachel Ramirez The West’s historic, multi-year drought is threatening water supply, food production and electricity generation. It has…

Man survives, pinned in bed after giant tree crashes through roof

October 13, 2021 2:41 PM CNN Newsource

ALTA SIERRA, California (KOVR) — A man is recovering after a terrifying experience — a giant pine tree came crashing through his roof,…

2 birds oiled in California pipeline spill treated, released

October 13, 2021 12:36 PM The Associated Press

HUNTINGTON BEACH, Calif. (AP) — Two birds oiled after an undersea pipeline ruptured off the Southern California coast have been treated and…

California DOJ investigating oil spill in Huntington Beach

October 12, 2021 7:09 AM CNN, Cole Johnson

The California Department of Justice is now investigating last week’s massive oil spill off the coast of Huntington…

Kaiser Permanente faces strike votes in California, Oregon

October 12, 2021 6:11 AM The Associated Press

LOS ANGELES (AP) — More than 24,000 nurses and other health care workers at Kaiser Permanente in California and Oregon have overwhelmingly…

Continuing Coverage: Yuma doctor dies in Santee plane crash

October 12, 2021 12:15 AM Vince Ybarra, Jenny Day

At least two people have died and two others injured after a small twin engine plane crashed near Santana High School in Santee,…

Video Blog: Dangerous winds in California

October 11, 2021 8:09 PM Marcos Icahuate

Monday picked up strong winds throughout California from the south to the north. Some areas were affected more than others as the dust began to cover…

Investigators find human remains while searching for Lauren Cho

October 11, 2021 6:15 PM Marcos Icahuate, CNN Newsource

The San Bernadino County Sheriff’s Department (SBSD) announced that they have recently found unidentified human remains while on their search for…

Body found in search for missing woman in California desert

October 11, 2021 6:48 AM Caleb J. Fernández, The Associated Press

YUCCA VALLEY, Calif. (AP) — Searchers in Southern California have found a body in the Yucca Valley desert, two months after a 30-year-old woman…

Oil spill investigation widens, several leads found

October 9, 2021 2:27 PM Marcos Icahuate, Arlette Yousif, CNN Newsource

Investigations on the recent oil spill that covered California’s coastline has widened. The pipeline damage that caused the spill has been…

California schools will provide free menstrual products under new law

October 9, 2021 1:24 PM CNN Newsource

California public schools will be required to provide free menstrual products to students under a new law signed Friday by Gov. Gavin…

Mountain lion in California released back to wild dies

October 9, 2021 11:49 AM The Associated Press

California wildlife officials say the first mountain lion to be rehabilitated and returned to the wild in California has…

Armed man who took hostage fatally shot by officers

October 9, 2021 11:37 AM The Associated Press

Los Angeles police shot and killed a man they say fired a gun into a group of people, grazing a teenager, before taking a hostage and barricading…

California adds ‘ghost guns’ to violence prevention orders

October 8, 2021 8:44 PM The Associated Press

California is adding a secretive but growing class of weapons to those that can legally be seized under gun violence restraining…

California Governor Newsom rejects decriminalizing jaywalking

October 8, 2021 8:26 PM The Associated Press

California Gov. Gavin Newsom is rejecting an effort to decriminalize jaywalking. He vetoed the bill Friday despite supporters framing the issue as a…

Mom awarded $5M settlement accused of buying guns for gang

October 8, 2021 6:30 PM The Associated Press

A California woman who recently won a $4.9 million settlement for the police killing of her 16-year-old son has been arrested on suspicion of…

Pipeline anchor strike may have occurred months before oil spill

October 8, 2021 6:12 PM The Associated Press

Coast Guard investigators say an underwater Southern California oil pipeline was likely struck by an anchor several months to a year before a major…