California

The first lesbian leader of the California Senate is thinking about trying to make history again — with a run for the governor’s office. Toni Atkins is stepping down as state Senate president pro tempore early next year.

Matt Leffers said he was left with 40 wounds while swimming at Serene Lakes in Placer County, about 90 miles northeast of Sacramento.

Matt Leffers said he was bitten at least 12 times and left with 40 wounds while swimming at Serenes Lake in Placer County.

A Black mother is demanding an apology after Sacramento police officers pulled her and her 8-year-old son over at gunpoint, mistaking the child for a teen wanted for two felonies. 

Four women were pronounced dead at the scene and two others were taken to a hospital.

Advocates say the alert system is the first step in addressing the crisis of missing Black children.

A male nanny who worked for families across Southern California was convicted Tuesday of sexually assaulting 16 young boys in his care and showing another boy child pornography, prosecutors said.

Former union leader and Democratic insider Laphonza Butler has been sworn in as the newest member of the U.S. Senate, replacing California Sen. Dianne Feinstein after her death and becoming only the third Black female senator in history.

A driver led police on a multi-county pursuit and narrowly avoided getting hit by cars after running on a freeway while trying to evade officers in Corona.

Laphonza Butler, the woman chosen by California Gov. Gavin Newsom to finish out the late Dianne Feinstein’s Senate term, will make history when she’s sworn in.

Two children drowned and a third was rescued Monday in a pool at a home day care in South San Jose, police said.

Governor Gavin Newsom, D-California, selected Laphonza Butler to complete the Senate term of the late Senator Dianne Feinstein, which runs through 2024. Here’s what you need to know.

California Gov. Gavin Newsom on Sunday selected Laphonza Butler, a Democratic strategist and adviser to Kamala Harris’s 2020 presidential campaign, to fill the vacant U.S. Senate seat held by the late Sen. Dianne Feinstein.

A California couple who stopped to get tacos for dinner became instant millionaires after buying a Lottery Scratchers ticket.

The remains of Sen. Dianne Feinstein were brought back home to the Bay Area on a military flight Saturday evening.

The largest dam removal project in U.S. history is underway along the border between California and Oregon.

A construction worker died after being buried under roughly eight feet of dirt.

Calfornia Governor Gavin Newsom signed a new bill into law today that will pay many of the state’s fast food workers a minimum wage of $20 an hour.

A youth football coach was arrested after Murrieta police said he punched a 14-year-old boy during a game over the weekend.

The Los Angeles Police Department were in pursuit of a reported stolen golf cart in the San Fernando Valley Sunday night.