Judge: Kobe Bryant's widow must turn over therapy records

A judge has ruled that Kobe Bryant's widow must turn over her therapy records to Los Angeles County in her lawsuit claiming she suffered emotional distress after first responders took and shared graphic photos from the site of the 2020 helicopter crash that killed the basketball star, his teenage daughter and seven others.

California sisters imprisoned, tortured by parents along with siblings break silence: It was 'hell'

Two California sisters who were among the 13 siblings held hostage by their parents at the Turpin family’s "House of Horrors" are speaking out for the first time, describing how they had been "close to death" many times before officers rescued them in 2018.

Driver fatally strikes girl, 8, who left mother's car after domestic violence, police say

An 8-year-old girl who’d just witnessed a domestic incident in her mother’s SUV got out of the car and was fatally struck by another one on a foggy California road, troopers said.

Evanston-born Bob Bondurant, who taught stunt driving to Tom Cruise and David Hasselhoff, dies at 88

Bob Bondurant was born in Evanston, and moved to California with his family. While recuperating from a race car crash, he came up with the idea of a high-performance driving school. He taught stars like Paul Newman, Tom Cruise, Clint Eastwood, James Garner, Nicholas Cage, Robert Wagner, Tim Allen and Christian Bale.

Stolen car with baby inside crashes into power pole in Northern California

The car with the 7-month-old inside was stolen in Auburn as the baby’s parents were dropping off another child at a daycare center, the Placer County Sheriff’s Office said.

SoCal parents booked for murder in Fentanyl overdose death of 15-month-old son

Investigators determined that Adler Metcalf, 22, and Sandy Acuna, 20, were responsible for possessing the Fentanyl that killed their 15-month-old son, who died from an overdose back in September.

Resident fatally shoots suspect in California home invasion

A Southern California resident opened fire on a group of suspects in a home invasion robbery, fatally shooting one, police said.

Defiant USC professor refuses to remove Blue Lives Matter flag from office door

A University of Southern California professor is refusing to remove a pro-police Blue Lives Matter flag from outside his office door despite calls from students that it is "inappropriate." 

California parents sue after getting another couple’s embryo

Daphna Cardinale said she and her husband, Alexander, had immediate suspicions that the girl she gave birth to in late 2019 wasn’t theirs because the child had a darker complexion than they did.

Toddler's mother 'staying strong' after son killed by stray gunfire in Oakland

The president of Oakland's Chamber of Commerce identified the 23-month-old boy killed over the weekend by a stray bullet traveling on the freeway as Jasper Wu of Fremont. 

California man sacrifices himself in zip line fall in heroic attempt to save woman, friend says

Joaquin Romero was helping a woman get hooked on the platform when she started sliding out on the line. He grabbed the woman's harness in an effort to stop her but the two slid out about 100 feet above the ground. Fearing the woman could fall because of their combined weight, he decided to let go.

White LA mother accused of human trafficking Black daughter on Southwest Airlines flight

A white mother from Los Angeles says she was stopped by police and accused of human trafficking her 10-year-old biological biracial daughter by a Southwest Airlines flight attendant.

Family questioned about human trafficking; mom says it's because they're mixed race

A Southwest Airlines passenger said she and her 10-year-old biracial daughter were stopped by authorities on a report of possible human trafficking – except she wasn't and she said the incident reeks of bias. 

K-9 hero stabbed multiple times while taking down 2 suspects wanted for kidnapping, torture of woman

At home, with his family, Sam is called Samuel, Samson, Slam. But after singlehandedly taking down two suspects in the kidnapping and torture of a woman on March 29 of this year — “K-9 Sam” is called a hero.

Prosecutors probe whether 'love triangle' led to killing of 19-year-old in Fairfield

The official motive behind Beauchamp’s death remains under investigation, though prosecutors are probing whether the case is a "love triangle" that turned deadly.

41 states, 1 territory listed on Chicago's Travel Advisory

Chicago removed South Carolina, Texas and the Virgin Islands from its COVID-19 Travel Advisory on Tuesday because they had daily COVID case rates below 15 per 100,000 residents for the past two weeks.