Changes Made by Calif. Parole System Since Jaycee Dugard Told Her Story
Jupiterimages/Thinkstock(SACRAMENTO, Calif.) — The California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation, which was heavily criticized for failing to find Jaycee Dugard living in convicted sex offender Phillip Garrido’s backyard for 18 years, …
Couple Flies Into Wedding Ceremony on Jet Packs
Brand X Pictures/Thinkstock(NEWPORT BEACH, Calif.) — Most brides choose to have their dad walk them down the aisle on their wedding day. Amanda Volf chose a jet pack instead, zooming down an ocean aisle to wed her groom-to-be, Grant Engler, in what ap…
Turtle Rescued After Being Taped to Helium-Filled Balloons
George Doyle & Ciaran Griffin/Stockbyte (file photo)(OCEANSIDE, Calif.) — Residents in a California community are outraged and Humane Society officials have launched an investigation after a turtle was found in a eucalyptus tree taped to a cluster…
West Nile-Related Deaths Confirmed in Texas, California
iStockphoto/Thinkstock(NEW YORK) — Two West Nile-related deaths were confirmed Tuesday 2,000 miles apart — the 11th confirmed this year in Dallas County, Texas, and the first in Fresno County, Calif.Nationwide, there have been at least 26 deaths attr…
California Woman Files $1.7B Claim Alleging Meters Making Her Sick
Eric O’Connell/Getty Images(SANTA MONICA, Calif.) — A California woman claims “smart” parking meters are making her sick, and now, she wants nearly $2 billion because of it.Denise Barton filed a claim against the city of Santa Monica, Cali…
Rebecca Weiss: Body of Missing California Diver Found
Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department(RANCHO PALOS VERDES, Calif.) — A body that was recovered off the coast of Rancho Palos Verdes, Calif. this weekend has been identified as missing diver Rebecca Weiss. Recreational divers Saturday found the body …
Calif. Detective Questions Possible Link in Unsolved Murders and Sikh Temple Massacre
Scott Olson/Getty Images(ELK GROVE, Calif.) — In the wake of the tragic shooting at a Sikh temple in Wisconsin earlier this month, a detective in California is raising the possibility that the murders of two Sikh men there last year may be connected …
Missing California Diver: Detectives Question Husband
(iStockphoto/Thinkstock)(LOS ANGELES) — The husband of a California woman who is believed to have vanished while diving off the Los Angeles coast is now being questioned by homicide detectives, after investigators searched for her body for four days a…
Great White Shark Spotted off Southern California Coast
Santa Barbara Waterfront Department(SANTA BARBARA, Calif.) — While Shark Week plays on the Discovery Channel, the California city of Santa Barbara may be having its very own Great White Shark Week.Officials said an experienced young surfer off the coa…
MMA Fighter Found Nude in Trashed Calif. Church
ABC News(SAN DIEGO) — Mixed-martial arts fighter Jason “Mayhem” Miller allegedly set off fire extinguishers and destroyed property inside a San Diego-area church before police found him sitting naked on a couch and arrested him.Miller, the…
Hospital Thwarts California Baby’s Kidnapping
Hemera/Thinkstock(GARDEN GROVE, Calif.) — A woman disguised in scrubs allegedly tried to steal a newborn girl from a California hospital before the baby’s security bracelet sounded an alarm. Employees at Garden Grove Hospital Medical Center detained s…
WATCH: California Jewelry Store Owner Fires Back at Armed Robbers
AbleStock/Thinkstock(GARDEN COVE, Calif.) — Five masked men poured into a jewelry store in a strip mall in Garden Grove, Calif., Wednesday expecting to carry out a simple smash and grab robbery. But within less than a minute, they discovered the…
San Bernardino, Calif., Files for Bankruptcy
Jupiterimages/Thinkstock(SAN BERNARDINO, Calif.) — San Bernardino today became the third California city since June to file for bankruptcy, citing a $46 million budget shortfall and $1 billion in debt.Under Chapter 9 bankruptcy, Mayor Patrick J. Morri…
California Hiker Clinging to Cliff for Two Days Rescued Just in Time
iStockphoto/Thinkstock(NEW YORK) — A 64-year-old hiker who became stranded after taking a wrong turn and spent more than two days clinging to a sheer cliff face in California’s Sierra National Forest said his strength was slipping away and that …
House Dem Laura Richardson Fined $10K for Violating House Rules
Tom Williams/CQ Roll Call(WASHINGTON) — California Democratic Rep. Laura Richardson has agreed to be reprimanded by the House of Representatives and fined $10,000 for violating House rules. Richardson used official resources for her 2010 re-election c…
Supreme Court Will Likely Be Finally Arbiter on California’s Prop 8
Justin Sullivan/Getty Images(WASHINGTON) — The hot button issue of same-sex marriage is headed to the Supreme Court.After the 9th Circuit Court of Appeals last spring struck down California’s Proposition 8, which defines marriage as the union of one m…
California Man in Custody After Meth Found in Fake Snickers Bars
Photodisc/Digital Vision/Thinkstock(LOS ANGELES) — A California man is in custody after authorities said they found $250,000-worth of meth hidden inside 45 individually-wrapped candy bars in his checked bags.Rogelio Mauricio Harris, 34, was arrested …
California Mom Charged with Leaving Baby in Hot Car
iStockphoto/Thinkstock(SAN DIEGO) — A San Diego mother, arrested for leaving her 4-month-old daughter in a car while shopping, was released from custody this week after posting bail.On Tuesday at 3:10 p.m., police said a maintenance worker noticed a c…
Protest Over California Shootings Turns Violent; Five Arrested
Photodisc/Digital Vision/Thinkstock(ANAHEIM, Calif.) — At least five people were arrested in Anaheim, Calif., Tuesday night after clashes broke out between protesters and police, according to officials.Between 100 and 200 demonstrators were gathered n…
California Man Arrested After Pretending to Have Gun at "Batman" Movie
Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Office(NORWALK, Calif.) — Just two days after a movie theater shooting in Colorado left 12 people dead and 58 others injured, police in Norwalk, Calif., say they’ve arrested a man after he allegedly caused a ruckus during …