Four people near Los Angeles were arrested for insurance fraud. Investigators allege that they staged a fake bear attack on three different cars, but security camera footage of the incidents show a person in a bear costume, according to a state wildlife biologist.

A major, late-breaking U.S. House race was called on Wednesday for the anti-LGBTQ Republican, U.S. Rep. Ken Calvert, who with his victory managed to stave off a second attempt by gay former U.S. attorney Will Rollins to flip the 30+=year incumbents seat representing Californias 41st Congressional District. The results all but extinguished the Democratic Partys prospects of regai...

A Southern California man who owed a couple $80,000 is accused of killing them and setting their bodies on fire in a vicious plot to avoid paying up.

Democrat Dave Min won election to a U.S. House seat representing California on Wednesday, holding a competitive district for House Democrats. Democratic Rep. Katie Porter left this Orange County seat open to run for U.S. Senate, backing Min to take her place. Min, a state senator, defeated Republican Scott Baugh, who came up short in the 2022 midterms against Porter. Min’s ads called Baug...

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SANTA CLARA, Calif. (AP) Deommodore Lenoirs NFL career didnt get off to the greatest starts when he accidentally posted an offseason practice video on social media that led to a fine for the San Francisco 49ers and coach Kyle Shanahan for violating rules about no contact in practice. He also had problems on the field early as a rookie, allowing a long catch to Davante Adams that set u...

TAMPA, Fla. (AP) A California teenager pleaded guilty Wednesday in a case involving the swatting of a Florida mosque among other institutions and individuals, federal prosecutors said.Alan W. Filion, 18, of Lancaster, California, entered the plea to four counts of making int...

San Francisco sports talk radio station KNBR has fired popular and longtime hosts Tom Tolbert and John Lund.

The "Sicko Mode" rapper and the influencer stepped out with their pals to Los Angeles' Cheetahsstrip club on Tuesday night.

Moonbug, the family content machine behind the Netflix juggernaut “Cocomelon,” has enacted a small round of layoffs. Sources estimated that less than 5% of the company will be impacted, and that pink slips will come for roles in Los Angeles and London. Another source said the brunt of downsizing will hit in-house writers for series […]

Award-winning lesbian author Dorothy Allison has died at age 75, following a short battle with cancer. Some sources say the acclaimed writer died on Nov. 5 or 6 at her home in California. Allison wrote poetry, novels, essays and what she called smut, her work focusing on queer and working-class Southern characters. Although she had a long and lauded career as an author, it w...

A new book by Jacob Rosenberg offers a rare look into the 90s Bay Area skate and hip-hop culture.

"Soon enough, there was this tiny circle of cows staring at us," Damaris from Los Angeles told Newsweek.

Ten criminal charges have been filed against a San Francisco man in a series of non-injury Berkeley shootings last month.

Bronny James, the 20-year-old of Los Angeles Lakers teammate LeBron James, was assigned to the G League last week.

The history of the lighthouse includes a close escape from being torn down in 1925 when it was saved by being turned over to the city of Los Angeles