San Diego Zoo float wins top award in 136th Rose Parade
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San Diego Zoo float wins top award in 136th Rose Parade

The San Diego Zoo float took top honors in the 136th Rose Parade on Wednesday, winning the Sweepstakes Award for “most beautiful entry” for the second year in…

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Body of one of two missing teens found in waterway
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Body of one of two missing teens found in waterway

Authorities recovered the body of a missing teen at Thermalito Afterbay in Northern California, where he went missing with his brother while duck hunting more than two weeks…

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Rose Parade to kick off 2025 with petals and pageantry
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Rose Parade to kick off 2025 with petals and pageantry

The 136th Rose Parade is set to kick off at 8 a.m. PST on New Year’s Day and roll along 5.5 miles of Pasadena streets before an anticipated…

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Fire crews contain blaze near homes in Pacific Palisades
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Fire crews contain blaze near homes in Pacific Palisades

A Pacific Palisades brush fire that was burning close to homes early Wednesday morning has been contained, according to the Los Angeles Fire Department. The blaze was reported…

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How new California laws could affect you in 2025
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How new California laws could affect you in 2025

California lawmakers passed roughly 1,200 bills last year, including some that resulted in unforeseeable wins by Republicans, promising protections for consumers and small strides for those in the…

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Drug overdose deaths plummet in San Francisco. What’s changed?
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Drug overdose deaths plummet in San Francisco. What’s changed?

SAN FRANCISCO —  After surging during the COVID pandemic into a crushing public health emergency, drug overdose deaths in San Francisco plummeted in 2024, according to preliminary data compiled…

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Justin Baldoni sues N.Y. Times over story on Blake Lively allegations
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Justin Baldoni sues N.Y. Times over story on Blake Lively allegations

In the latest twist in the “It Ends With Us” legal drama, director and actor Justin Baldoni has filed a lawsuit against the New York Times accusing the…

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A Rolls-Royce, a monkey in a onesie and weed: CHP makes unusual stop
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A Rolls-Royce, a monkey in a onesie and weed: CHP makes unusual stop

California Highway Patrol officers were floored by the “next level monkey business” they discovered inside a speeding Rolls-Royce Ghost in Madera County on Monday night: five cellphones, four…

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Metro installed barriers on more than 2,000 buses to protect drivers
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Metro installed barriers on more than 2,000 buses to protect drivers

Metro’s fleet of more than 2,000 buses has been fully retrofitted with barriers to protect drivers after a spate of violent attacks on public transit operators prompted an…

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Dana Stubblefield could be released after 2020 rape conviction reversal
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Dana Stubblefield could be released after 2020 rape conviction reversal

Days after Dana Stubblefield’s 2020 rape conviction was reversed by an appellate court because of “racially discriminatory language” by the prosecution during the trial, an attorney for the…

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