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Willie Mays, the electrifying "Say Hey Kid" whose singular combination of talent, drive and exuberance made him one of baseball's greatest and most beloved players, has died. He was 93.

A U.S. Secret Service agent was robbed at gunpoint in Tustin, California, over the weekend while President Joe Biden was visiting Los Angeles.

A California judge ruled Monday that a man convicted of killing 19-year-old college student Kristin Smart in 1996 must pay just over $350,000 to her family for costs they incurred after her death.

Patrice Miller, 71, had been harassed by an aggressive black bear in her small Northern California town for months before it broke into her home and killed her last year. 

A Tesla that was in ‘self-drive’ mode crashed into a Fullerton, California, police car that was on the scene of a fatal collision.

Several sideshow spectators overtook and stomped upon a San Jose police cruiser, seen in a viral video making the rounds online.

Andrew Pontious, a Los Angeles County firefighter, has died in the line of duty in an industrial area near Palmdale on Friday.

A homeowner in Oakland who was jailed after fatally shooting a burglary suspect earlier this week will be released, according to law enforcement sources.

June 12 marks three decades since the tragic murder of Nicole Brown Simpson and Ron Goldman, a crime that shook the nation and led to one of the most famous trials in American history.

The lucky $5.4 million Powerball ticket was sold in Burbank, while the winning SuperLotto ticket was sold in Northridge, according to officials.

In a unanimous vote, the San Francisco Board of Supervisors declared the city a sanctuary city for people who are transgender, gender non-conforming, intersex, and Two Spirt, a Pan-Indian term describing people who are neither male nor female. 

On the same night that Oakland teen Surijhyah Farr graduated from high school, someone stole all her presents.

A homeowner in Oakland was arrested after shooting and killing a robbery suspect.

A kite surfer was rescued on Sunday after he spelled out HELP in the sand with rocks, which triggered a successful CalFire helicopter extraction. 

The anniversary of Jaycee Dugard's kidnapping: Where she and her daughters are now.

Bonnye Mavis Lear died Friday, days after she hit her head falling from a moving golf cart, police said.

The suspected gunman behind a deadly mass shooting in Sacramento has died while in custody, according to reports.

On June 17, 1994, O.J. Simpson would lead Los Angeles police on a 90-minute low-speed chase across Southern California that millions tuned into to watch in real-time.