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August 5, 2023

Pro basketball player's family 'grateful' after mother's cold case murder solved: police

Former NBA player Orlando Johnson and his family are "grateful" that California investigators have solved his mother's murder case after 32 years, police said.

August 5, 2023

California religious community fighting to restore cross taken down by city

Long-time Bay Area resident Dorena Osborn details the battle over a historic cross which was removed from a town outside San Francisco, Calif.

August 5, 2023

Homelessness has ‘exploded’ in this California city, making it the ‘land of milk and fentanyl,’ activist says

Oakland's homeless population has "exploded" over the past six years, nearly doubling, because of lax drug enforcement priorities and rampant theft, according to a local activist.

August 4, 2023

California authorities find woman in her 70s, 6-year-old boy shot dead during welfare check

A woman and young boy were found dead in a San Jose, California, apartment complex Friday during a welfare check, authorities said.

August 4, 2023

Welcome to Fentanyl Island where homelessness doubled in less than a decade

A look inside one of Oakland's homeless encampments called Fentanyl Island

August 4, 2023

How this blue city became the ‘land of milk and fentanyl’ for homeless people

Oakland's homeless population has "exploded" over the past six years, nearly doubling, because of lax drug enforcement priorities and rampant theft, according to a local activist.

August 4, 2023

7-Eleven employee takes matters into own hands, beats would-be robber with stick until he cries, leaves store

A 7-Eleven employee can be seen in a viral video beating a suspected robber with a stick after the man brazenly started grabbing handfuls of tobacco products from behind the counter.

August 4, 2023

Multistate cyberattack disrupts hospital services

A cyberattack has disrupted computer systems and stalled services at Prospect Medical Holdings' numerous hospital locations across the country.

August 4, 2023

California judge arrested, charged with wife's murder after fatal shooting

Orange County Superior Court Judge Jeffrey Ferguson, 72, was arrested and charged with murder after the fatal shooting of his wife Sheryl Ferguson at their Anaheim home, police said.

August 4, 2023

Weather worsened before Southern California plane crash that killed 6, NTSB says

The weather in Southern California rapidly worsened ahead of an early morning plane crash near Murrieta last month that lead to the deaths of two crew members and four passengers.