Newsom: 'If George Floyd looked like me, he'd still be alive today'

"If George Floyd looked like me, he'd still be alive today," California Governor Gavin Newsom said in part in a statement issued Tuesday in response to the guilty verdict in the trial of former Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin.

Woman killed in California parachute fail had made more than 2,000 jumps

Sabrina Call had made more than 2,000 skydives but had “been out of the sport for many years and got back to it a couple of years ago,” he said. Call was the 22nd person to die at the center since 1981.

2 dead in plane crash near Williams airport

The two passengers were identified as 38-year-old Roseann Kamalu and 37-year-old Timothy Michael Gill, both of Vista, California.

Caitlyn Jenner to ‘decide soon’ whether she will run for CA governor as Newsom faces recall

The Olympian and reality TV star addressed speculation of a potential campaign run on Twitter over the weekend after reports that she was coordinating with longtime GOP fundraiser Caroline Wren, who had ties to former President Donald Trump’s 2020 campaign.

Woman in California dies after her parachute failed to fully open

A woman in California has died after her parachute failed to fully open as she was falling to the ground and it became tangled around her, police said.

Pig’s head left at former California home of Chauvin defense witness

Vandals left a pig’s head and smeared blood across the one-time California home of a use-of-force expert who testified on behalf of the officer accused of killing George Floyd, police said.

US West prepares for possible 1st water shortage declaration

The agency’s models project Lake Mead will fall below 1,075 feet in June 2021. That would prompt a shortage declaration for seven states that rely on Colorado River water, including Arizona.

Windsor mayor says he's stepping back following sexual assault allegations

Embattled Windsor Mayor Dominic Foppoli said on Friday that he is stepping back from his duties, a marked change from his earlier refusals to do so following a scathing investigation into past sexual assault allegations against him.

Podcaster helped police crack California's Kristin Smart cold case

A billboard on the side of the road on California's Central Coast led Chris Lambert to create a podcast about the 1996 disappearance of college freshman Kristin Smart, and it’s taken over his life.

Estranged husband arrested for stabbing death of Santa Clarita woman

A standoff that lasted several hours finally came to an end involving a man accused of killing his estranged wife in Santa Clarita.

Lack of vaccines in other parts of world puts US at risk, could prolong pandemic, experts say

Dr. Anthony Fauci, the nation’s leading expert on infectious diseases, said the longer the novel coronavirus is allowed to replicate in any part of the world, the more opportunity new variants have to emerge and threaten the country’s chance of reaching herd immunity.

California Gold Rush town votes to remove 19th-century noose logo

Some argued that the noose is part of the history of the town, but others said it is violent and gives the city a bad reputation

'Zoom in a Room:' California ranks last in the country for reopening schools

California, the most populated state is lagging the rest of the country in reopening schools — and in some cases offering options that parents say are unacceptable.