Ex-girlfriend details alleged abuse & 'mood swings' by VTA shooter, per court docs

The ex-girlfriend of VTA shooting suspect Sam Cassidy said he "exhibited major mood swings as result of bi-polar disorder," in court documents from the time they dated.

San Jose VTA shooting kills 10, including employee who opened fire

A mass shooting at a Valley Transportation Authority rail yard killed nine people, including the VTA employee who opened fire, according to authorities.

Surveillance video shows moments before VTA gunman left before shooting massacre

Surveillance video obtained by KTVU shows the moment 57-year-old Sam Cassidy left his San Jose home before storming into a work meeting at the VTA light rail yard and killed nine co-workers before killing himself.

Photos show Southwest Airlines flight attendant pummeled by passenger

The Southwest Airlines passenger was arrested at San Diego International Airport for battery causing serious bodily injury in connection to the incident.

California school locked down when stapler mistaken for gun

Officers responding to a report of a possibly armed person at a suburban Sacramento high school discovered it was a student with a stapler.

Nervous workers struggle to adjust to CDC's new mask policies

An abrupt relaxation of mask policies at some retail and grocery stores has left workers reeling as they try to sort out what the new environment means for their own safety and relationship with customers.

6-year-old boy dies after being shot on freeway in Southern California

A 6-year-old boy has died after he was shot inside a vehicle that was traveling on the 55 Freeway in Orange County on Friday morning, officials said.

Beverly Hills man arrested for attempting to hire hitman to murder girlfriend

24-year-old Scott Quinn Berkett was arrested Friday after being charged in a federal criminal complaint that alleges he sent thousands of dollars in Bitcoin to arrange the murder of a woman he briefly dated.

Antioch police identify suspect in slaying of 12-year-old

The suspect wanted for the alleged homicide of a 12-year-old girl in Antioch has been identified by police for the first time.

Murder case of California meth user who delivered stillbirth dismissed

A California judge has dismissed a murder case against a woman who delivered a stillbirth after consuming methamphetamine, saying prosecutors failed to provide evidence that she took drugs knowing that it could kill her baby.

Caught on camera: Lyft driver robbed at gunpoint in South El Monte

According to the victim’s daughter-in-law, the 67-year-old man was refueling and washing his car when a man entered through the back seat and pointed a gun at him demanding him to hand over his wallet.

Deputy saves life of unresponsive 10-day-old baby in San Bernardino County

Despite feeling the baby go limp in his arms, deputy Joshua Kelly refused to give up on the unresponsive 10-day-old girl. The family of the baby calls Kelly their "angel."

Caught on camera: Hate crime investigation underway in Beverly Grove

Los Angeles Police Department investigators were working to determine whether an attack on diners in Beverly Grove was a hate crime. The violent incident was caught on camera.

Loved ones grieve deaths of 2 teens killed on Oakland party bus as police seek shooters

Family and friends were left mourning two teenage girls who were killed on a party bus in Oakland while celebrating a friend's 21st birthday while police hunted for at least two shooters who fired 70 bullets into the bus.

Video shows spherical UFO off California disappearing into ocean

U.S. Navy footage released by filmmaker Jeremy Corbell and confirmed as authentic by the Pentagon shows a spherical UFO flying off the coast of San Diego before mysteriously disappearing into the ocean.

23 rescued from suspected human smuggling boat off California

Twenty-three people were rescued Monday from a suspected smuggling boat off the San Diego coast not far from where another vessel broke up a few weeks ago, killing three people, authorities said.

2 Nebraska kids found dead in home, father arrested in California

5-year-old Emily and 3-year-old Theodore had been staying with their father in Nebraska for a court-ordered visitation with him. But when their mom couldn't get a hold of her children, she repeatedly called police before a family friend found both kids dead in the home. Their father disappeared but was later arrested in California.