California to pay victims of forced, coerced sterilizations

California is poised to approve reparations up to $25,000 to victims who were among the thousands of people — some as young as 13 — who decades ago were sterilized because state officials deemed them unfit to have children.

Surveillance video shows armed suspects attempting to rob news crew in Oakland by City Hall

The news crew was standing in front of the city government building in the 100 block of 14th Street on June 28 at 3:05 p.m. when two men with guns demanded their camera at gunpoint, police said.

Britney Spears' lawyer, Samuel Ingham, resigns after 13 years

Britney Spears’ court-appointed conservatorship attorney of 13 years, Samuel D. Ingham II, has officially filed his application to resign as her counsel.

Woman found beaten to death, bound, gagged, rolled in blanket inside her home in South LA

Fatima Johnson was found beaten to death inside her South Los Angeles home over the weekend. She was bound, gagged with duct tape and her body had been rolled up in a blanket.

VIDEO: Bear attacks group of men on the 4th of July on Mount Wilson

A bear attacked a group of men who were waiting to watch fireworks on the 4th of July on Mount Wilson and the incident was captured on video.

Surveillance video shows California inmate stealing firetruck; taking wild ride in escape attempt

The 31-year-old was part of an inmate crew fighting a vegetation fire caused by illegal fireworks late Sunday in the Sierra Nevada foothills town of Shingle Springs east of Sacramento, said California’s corrections and firefighting agencies, which jointly oversee the inmate firefighters.

Protesters clash during demonstration outside Koreatown spa

Several fights broke out between dueling protesters at a demonstration over trans-rights outside a Koreatown spa Saturday morning. 

California gasoline tax increases to over 50 cents

The average cost of a gallon of gas in the state is $4.28, compared to $3.10 across the US.