Terror Sting: California Man Arrested in Taliban Car Bomb Plot
Doug Menuez/Thinkstock(OAKLAND, Calif.) — Federal agents arrested a California man Friday morning in a terror sting after he allegedly tried to detonate a car bomb at an Oakland bank as part of a Taliban plot.The FBI said the explosive device that Mat…
California Bus Crash Leaves Eight Dead, Dozens Injured
Hemera/Thinkstock (file photo)(YUCAIPA, Calif.) — At least eight people were killed and 38 others were injured when a tour bus collided with two other vehicles in Southern California Sunday night.The accident happened around 6:30 p.m. on State Route 3…
Mom Accused of Drowning Girl Wins With Insanity Defense; Now, Can She Re-Enter Society?
Hemera/Thinkstock(PATTERSON, Calif.) — A California mother accused of drowning her 3-year-old daughter walked away a free woman this past week after she was found not guilty by reason of insanity and a judge deemed her fit to reenter society. After th…
Golfer Phil Mickelson Teed Off over Taxes
WILLIAM WEST/AFP/Getty Images(NEW YORK) — Phil Mickelson, estimated by Forbes to be the highest-paid golfer after Tiger Woods, on Sunday said ominously that he would have to make “drastic changes” in light of the fact that the State of California had …
Freezing Temperatures in California Threaten Citrus Crop
iStockphoto/Thinkstock(LOS ANGELES) — A deep freeze in California is imperiling the state’s $1 billion citrus crop, the LA Times reports. The National Weather Service said that many San Fernando and San Gabriel Valley areas recorded temperatures in th…
Calif. School Shooting: Gunman Told Teacher ‘I Don’t Want to Shoot You’
iStockphoto/Thinkstock(TAFT, Calif.) — A California teacher’s brave conversation with a 16-year-old gunman who had opened fire on his classroom bullies allowed 28 other students to quickly escape what could have been a massacre.Science teacher Ryan He…
Teacher Talks Shooter into Dropping Gun at California School
Joseph Devenney/Getty Images(TAFT, Calif.) — A California high school teacher is being hailed a hero for talking a 16-year-old shooter into putting down his gun and turning himself in after opening fire on a classroom and wounding another student, pol…
Teacher Talks Shooter into Dropping Gun at California School
Joseph Devenney/Getty Images(TAFT, Calif.) — A California high school teacher is being hailed a hero for talking a 16-year-old shooter into putting down his gun and turning himself in after opening fire on a classroom and wounding another student, pol…
WATCH: Hot-Air Balloon Wedding Crash Caught on Tape
ABC News(NEW YORK) — It was supposed to have been a romantic sunset wedding in a hot-air balloon for Kerin and Jonathan Narcisse. But romance quickly turned to fear as the couple and 11 others, including their wedding party and the balloon’s ope…
California Teen Alyssa Byrne Missing Since New Year’s Eve
ABC News(STATELINE, Nev.) — Investigators say they have new evidence in the search for Alyssa Byrne, the 19-year-old California woman who has not been seen since New Year’s Eve.Byrne’s cellphone might have been used after she was last seen close to mi…
Man Drowns Trying to Save Wife, Dog in Rough California Surf
Photos[dot]com/Thinkstock(NOVATO, Calif.) — A California man who went into rough ocean waves to try and rescue his wife and dog drowned when he was pulled more than a half-mile off shore on New Year’s Day.The man, who was identified by Mercury News as…
WATCH: Soldier Surprises Wife, Son During Rose Parade
Visions of America/Joe Sohm/Thinkstock (file photo)(PASADENA, Calif.) — While many families attended the 2013 Rose Parade in Pasadena, Calif., on New Year’s Day, military wife Miriam Pazz wished her husband could join her and their 4-year-old so…
Body Found Encased in Cement at California Plumber’s Shop
Comstock/Thinkstock(WHITTIER, Calif.) — The body of a man who police believe was murdered was found encased in freshly-poured concrete inside a California plumbing business.Police in Whittier, Calif., said on Tuesday that they received information on …
Body Found Encased in Cement at California Plumber’s Shop
Comstock/Thinkstock(WHITTIER, Calif.) — The body of a man who police believe was murdered was found encased in freshly-poured concrete inside a California plumbing business.Police in Whittier, Calif., said on Tuesday that they received information on …
Three Dead in San Jose Apartment Fire
iStockphoto/Thinkstock(SAN JOSE, Calif.) — An apartment fire in San Jose, California left a woman, man and child dead late Saturday night, The San Jose Mercury News reports. The blaze reportedly broke out just after 11 p.m. in the 3600 block of Bridge…
Dramatic Ice Rescue in California Caught on Tape
Micky Herman(WRIGHTWOOD, Calif.) — A sledding excursion turned into a rescue operation after a man fell into a frozen lake in Wrightwood, Calif.The incident was caught on tape as one person after another tried to save the man only to slip on the ice t…
Missing 17-Month-Old Found on University of Kentucky Campus
University of Kentucky Police Department(LEXINGTON, Ky.) — A 17-month-old California girl is in the custody of Child Protective Services in Kentucky since Friday after being reported missing more than two months ago.Alouette Day-Moreno-Baltierra of Lo…
California First to Endorse Comprehensive Social Media Privacy Law
iStockphoto/Thinkstock(SACRAMENTO, Calif.) — Starting Jan. 1, 2013, California will be the first state to enact comprehensive social media privacy legislation, officials say.As he signed the measure known as the Social Media Privacy Act on Sept. 27, C…
Good Samaritan Finds Man’s Lost Wedding Ring
Spike Mafford/Thinkstock(KINGVALE, Calif.) — Douglas Benedetti was a man on a mission when he returned to a snowy California highway to find what seemed like a needle in a haystack: a wedding ring lost in the piles of snow.The ring was not even his ow…
California Transgender Woman Plays College Basketball
Jupiterimages/Thinkstock(SANTA CLARA, Calif.) — Fifty-one-year-old Gabrielle Ludwig is a 6-foot-6-inch transgender woman, and among the first to play on both men’s and women’s college ball teams.Once male, now female, Ludwig is a computer …