California Key to Massive Powerball Jackpot
Photo by William Thomas Cain/Getty Images(NEW YORK) — As the countdown ticks on to Saturday night’s record Powerball drawing, the jackpot has swollen to over $600 million, largely due to California’s participation in the game, lottery officials said.I…
Leila Fowler 911 Call Released, Brother to Appear in Court
ABC News | Calaveras Unified School District(SACRAMENTO, Calif.) — In the 911 call from the day 8-year-old Leila Fowler was stabbed to death, her father’s girlfriend, who was not home, didn’t appear to know that Leila has been hurt. She told the opera…
Weather May Aid Crews Fighting California Wildfires
Photo by Kevork Djansezian/Getty Images(LOS ANGELES) — Wildfires raging through Southern California have tripled in size to 28,000 acres as firefighters work to bring the blazes threatening nearly 4,000 homes under control.More than 2,000 firefighters…
Judge Defies Victim’s Family by Sending DUI Driver to Prison
iStockPhoto/Thinkstock(FRESNO, Calif.) — The judge who sentenced a Fresno, Calif., man to jail for his role in a deadly drunk driving accident, defied the wishes of the victim’s family who had asked that the driver not receive jail time.Judge Al…
‘Exemplary Employee’ Takes CFO Hostage
Image Credit: El Segundo Police Department(EL SEGUNDO, Calif.) — An “exemplary” employee at a California food company is scheduled to be arraigned Thursday on multiple charges after she allegedly held the firm’s chief financial off…
‘Exemplary Employee’ Takes CFO Hostage
Image Credit: El Segundo Police Department(EL SEGUNDO, Calif.) — An “exemplary” employee at a California food company is scheduled to be arraigned Thursday on multiple charges after she allegedly held the firm’s chief financial off…
‘Exemplary Employee’ Takes CFO Hostage
Image Credit: El Segundo Police Department(EL SEGUNDO, Calif.) — An “exemplary” employee at a California food company is scheduled to be arraigned Thursday on multiple charges after she allegedly held the firm’s chief financial off…
Denied Money, Panhandler Lights California Man, Car on Fire
KABC-TV/DT(LONG BEACH, Calif.) — Police arrested a panhandler who reportedly lit a man on fire outside a convenience store in Long Beach, Calif. after not receiving money.The 63-year-old victim was hospitalized with third-degree burns. He is in critic…
Denied Money, Panhandler Lights California Man, Car on Fire
KABC-TV/DT(LONG BEACH, Calif.) — Police arrested a panhandler who reportedly lit a man on fire outside a convenience store in Long Beach, Calif. after not receiving money.The 63-year-old victim was hospitalized with third-degree burns. He is in critic…
Louis C.K. On ‘People Just Accepting That I’m White’
Photo by Katy Winn/Getty Images(NEW YORK) — Louis C.K. shared his viewpoint on race in Rolling Stone’s cover story on the comedian, which hit newsstands on Friday.
C.K. was born in California, but lived in his father’s native Mexico from the…
Scoreboard Roundup – 4/7/13
Rich Pilling/MLB Photos via Getty Images(NEW YORK) — MLB: The New York Yankees (2-4) shut out the Detroit Tigers (3-3), 7-0.
The Boston Red Sox (4-2) pounded the Toronto Blue Jays (2-4), 13-0.
The Cincinnati Reds (4-2) doubled up the Washington Nation…
Police Locate Missing 10-Year-Old Girl in California
iStockphoto/Thinkstock(LOS ANGELES) — A young girl who disappeared from her bedroom late Tuesday night was found in Woodland Hills, Calif., according to police.The 10-year-old girl had apparently disappeared from her bed at approximately 3:30 in…
Sea Lion Caught Lounging at California Hotel
ABC News(LA JOLLA, Calif.) — A sea lion with a taste for luxury, or perhaps just in a state of confusion, made its way out of the Pacific Ocean, up a beach and across a road before finding itself poolside at a California hotel.The sea lion, a female p…
California Police Investigating Jewelry Allegedly Found in Sewage
ABC News(MODESTO, Calif.) — Sanitation workers in Modesto, Calif., received an unexpected surprise Wednesday on a routine cleaning expedition: gold, worth $2,500.“[It was] from the city sewer traps, and they cleaned it up,” Modesto Gold, J…
ABC News Exclusive: Cat Haven Employee Recounts Deadly Lion Attack
A male lion (pictured here) killed a person at the Sierra Cat Haven in Dunlap, CA on March 6. ABC News(DUNLAP, Calif.) — An employee at a big cat California sanctuary where a volunteer intern was fatally attacked last week called the attack an unfortu…
Did California Teacher Put Sleeping Pills into Toddler’s Sippy Cups?
Morgan Hill Police Department(MORGAN HILL, Calif.) — A teacher at a Morgan Hill, Calif., preschool has been arrested after the school accused her of slipping sleeping pills in sippy cups of children under the age of 2.“We do not know the quantit…
California City Bans Gun Shows
David De Lossy/Thinkstock(GLENDALE, Calif.) — Glendale, Calif., has told the organizers of an annual gun show to find a new home after the City Council on Tuesday voted to approve a ban on the possession and sale of firearms by private dealers on city…
California Yacht Club Mourns Member Killed in Sail Boat Race
U.S. Coast Guard(SAN DIEGO) — A California yacht club on Sunday mourned the death of one of its members who was killed in a sail boat race over the weekend.Craig Thomas Williams, a 36-year-old married father, was killed and five crew members were inju…
California Animal Sanctuary Reopens in Wake of Lion Attack
ABC News(DUNLAP, Calif.) — The California animal sanctuary where an African lion killed a 24-year-old volunteer intern reopened on Sunday.Dale Anderson, the founder of Project Survival Cat Haven outside Fresno, said the sanctuary was reopened to visit…
Intern Killed in Lion Attack: Was a Gate or Door Left Partially Open?
ABC News(DUNLAP, Calif.) — Dianna Hanson, the intern killed by a lion inside an enclosure at a big-cat sanctuary in California, died of a broken neck, a Fresno County coroner said on Thursday, although it’s still unclear why the lion attacked her. Fre…