Thief steals $145K in cash from marijuana money courier in Santa Ana

A man stole $145,000 in cash from a marijuana money courier’s unmarked van at a Santa Ana gas station after he collected the proceeds from several dispensaries, authorities said Friday.

Alyssa Nakken becomes first female full-time coach in Major League Baseball history

Alyssa Nakken became the first female coach on a major league staff in baseball history Thursday when she was named an assistant under new Giants manager Gabe Kapler.

Girl, 14, uses Snapchat to tell friends she'd been kidnapped at San Jose motel

Her friends then used Snapchat's location service to figure out that she was that she was at the E-Z 8 Motel at 1550 N. First St. in San Jose and called 911. 

Border Patrol agents in California arrest boy, 14, with drugs strapped to body

A 14-year-old boy has been arrested at a California border checkpoint of Mexico with three bundles of crystal methamphetamine strapped to his body, authorities said.

'Extraordinary': Rare video shows 5 mountain lions together in California

“We shared the videos and photos with several of our wildlife biologists, and none of them could recall ever seeing five mountain lions together," said Peter Tira, spokesman for the California Department of Fish and Wildlife.

At least 60 people treated after plane dumps jet fuel near several schools in LA area

Jet fuel dumped from a Delta airliner preparing to make an emergency landing at Los Angeles International Airport fell over a wide swath of the area, sending hazardous-materials teams to multiple schools, but only minor injuries were reported and nobody was hospitalized, authorities said.

Nation's oldest park ranger back at work after stroke

Betty Reid Soskin is not only the oldest ranger in the United States, but arguably one of the most famous

Video shows LASD detective helping elderly woman cross street before she was fatally struck

New surveillance video was released Monday that captured the moment an off-duty detective with the Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department helped an elderly woman cross the street just seconds before she was struck and killed in Valley Village over the weekend. 

Girl's back seat prank prompts huge police response

Six California Highway Patrol units sped to the scene of what they thought was a possible child abduction Saturday after a driver saw a little girl’s plea for help.

Off-duty LA County Sheriff's detective fatally struck in Valley Village

An off-duty Los Angeles County Sheriff's detective was struck and killed by a car in Valley Village seconds after helping an elderly woman cross the street, officials said. 

WWII veteran, 104, asks for Valentine's Day cards: 'I'll save every one'

A 104-year-old World War II veteran hopes to receive plenty of Valentine’s Day cards this year, to add to his collection of keepsakes documenting his own incredible life and generation.

Body found wrapped in plastic in abandoned U-Haul identified as 29-year-old woman from Anaheim

Authorities Friday identified a body that was discovered wrapped in plastic and cardboard inside a U-Haul truck at a storage facility in Fullerton as a 29-year-old woman from Anaheim.