Oscars fashion 2021: A revamped show amid the pandemic brings back red carpet glam

Show producers of the 93rd annual Academy Awards are hoping to return some of the traditional glamour to this year’s award show, even in a pandemic year.

Driver, 75, suspected of DUI visibly upset after striking father, 4-year-old in crosswalk

A father and his 4-year-old son were struck by a car driven by a 75-year-old man in a Novato crosswalk. Police say the driver stopped and cooperated, and was arrested for being under the influence of alcohol and prescription drugs.

Mushrooms sold in Illinois recalled over potentially fatal illness

Mushrooms sold in Illinois are being recalled because they may be contaminated with a bacteria that can cause a potentially fatal illness.

Teen driving Lamborghini in crash that killed woman pleads guilty; placed on house arrest

The 17-year-old driver behind the wheel of a Lamborghini who was speeding at 106 mph when he crashed into another vehicle, killing a woman in West Los Angeles admitted to a charge of vehicular manslaughter with gross negligence on Friday.

Shock G, member of Oakland hip-hop group Digital Underground, has died

Gregory Jacobs, better known under the rap moniker Shock G and frontman of the group Digital Underground, has died, according to his bandmate. He was 57.

VIDEO: Police officers stop fellow officer punching handcuffed woman during arrest

A use of force investigation is underway after a Westminster police officer punched a handcuffed woman during a recent arrest. Two other officers immediately intervened and deescalated the situation.

Man bitten by rattlesnake after attempting to pick it up with BBQ tongs

The man tried to pick up the poisonous snake with barbecue tongs and was bit on his left hand near this thumb, according to Riverside County Animal Services.

Oakland Technical High senior to be school's first Black male valedictorian

When 18-year-old Ahmed Muhammad graduates from Oakland Technical High School next month, he will make history by becoming the school’s first Black male to be named valedictorian.

Newsom: 'If George Floyd looked like me, he'd still be alive today'

"If George Floyd looked like me, he'd still be alive today," California Governor Gavin Newsom said in part in a statement issued Tuesday in response to the guilty verdict in the trial of former Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin.

Woman in California dies after her parachute failed to fully open

A woman in California has died after her parachute failed to fully open as she was falling to the ground and it became tangled around her, police said.

Pig’s head left at former California home of Chauvin defense witness

Vandals left a pig’s head and smeared blood across the one-time California home of a use-of-force expert who testified on behalf of the officer accused of killing George Floyd, police said.

Adobe and PDFs creator, Charles “Chuck” Geschke, dies at 81

Charles “Chuck” Geschke — the co-founder of the major software company Adobe Inc. who helped develop Portable Document Format technology, or PDFs — died at age 81.