San Jose high-school senior first female player to throw touchdown pass

In a sport dominated by males, and where football players who are females are typically kickers, one San Jose high-school senior made history on the field with a touchdown pass.

Missing Sylmar woman, children found safe at Mexico border, suspect still at large

A 29-year-old Sylmar woman and her three children who had not been seen in nearly a week and were feared to have been the victims of a kidnapping were found safe on Tuesday when they crossed into the United States from Mexico.

California man caught wearing only women's lingerie during home break-in

A California man who allegedly broke into someone's home – while dressed in only women's underwear – before fleeing the scene has been taken into custody, investigators said.

Man shows up at California police station with dead body in truck, says he killed family

A man who showed up at a Northern California police station with a dead body in his car confessed to killing four family members, three of whom were found inside his apartment, police said Tuesday.

Felicity Huffman reports to prison in NorCal to serve sentence in college admissions scandal

Oscar-nominated actress Felicity Huffman reported to a federal prison in Northern California Tuesday to begin serving her 14-day sentence for paying to have her daughter's answers corrected on a college-admissions test.

New law makes CA first state to push back school start times

Gov. Gavin Newsom signed a new law on Sunday evening that bans California public high schools from starting before 8:30 a.m. and prohibits middle schools from beginning before 8 a.m.

'Stop celebrating genocide': Christopher Columbus statues vandalized in California, Rhode Island

Native American advocates have long pressed states to change Columbus Day to Indigenous Peoples Day over concerns that Columbus helped launch centuries of genocide against indigenous populations in the Americas.

California governor signs laws banning fur sales, most animals from circuses

SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — California will be the first state to ban the sale and manufacture of new fur products and the third to bar most animals from circus performances under a pair of bills signed Saturday by Gov. Gavin Newsom.

Hollywood mourns loss of actor Robert Forster

Hollywood continues to mourn the death of actor Robert Forster. He died at the age of 78 as his latest project, "El Camino: A Breaking Bad Movie,'' was released in theaters and began streaming on Netflix.

'In a panic': Service dog rescued from home as flames engulfed Southern California community

A service dog was rescued at the last minute on Thursday afternoon during a wind-driven wildfire sparked by burning trash that swept through a Southern California mobile home park.

Man on oxygen dies minutes after PG&E cuts off power, fire officials say

Northern California fire officials say a man dependent on oxygen died about 12 minutes after Pacific Gas and Electric shut down power to the area as part of a massive effort to prevent fire. 

Gas prices exceed $5 a gallon at some Los Angeles area stations

As gas prices reached its highest level in the state of California since 2015, some Los Angeles area gas stations are charging more than $5 a gallon.

AP source: Joe Maddon to interview for Angels' manager job

Joe Maddon will interview for the Los Angeles Angels' managerial vacancy this week, a person familiar with the process told The Associated Press. 

Comedian Rip Taylor dead at age 84

Comedian Rip Taylor died Sunday in Beverly Hills at the age of 84, his publicist announced.