California

A series of major earthquakes struck in northern California late Thursday morning, prompting tsunami fears and shaking buildings as far south as Santa Cruz.

The Associated Press has learned that the federal Bureau of Prisons is permanently closing its “rape club" women’s prison in California and will idle six facilities in a sweeping realignment after years of abuse, decay and mismanagement

The Butte County Sheriff's Office is on the scene of a shooting at Feather River School of Seventh Day Adventists in Palermo, a town of about 5,700 people south of Oroville.

Hannah Kobayashi’s missing persons case in Los Angeles took a turn this week when police said they found surveillance footage of her crossing into Mexico. Here’s what’s known.

An East Bay pastor used martial arts to fight off a burglar who broke into his church.

Nine-year-old football players from the Oakland Dynamites made it to the national championship games in Florida. But many cannot afford to go.

Disney has tentatively agreed to pay $43.25 million to settle a lawsuit alleging that female employees earned less money than their male colleagues for nearly 10 years.

Raw Farm has recalled its cream top raw milk after bird flu virus was found in a retail sample of the raw milk product over the weekend.

Erik and Lyle Menendez won't be home for the holidays.

Erik and Lyle Menendez, the brothers convicted of murdering their parents in 1989 when they were 18 and 21, were sentenced to life without the possibility of parole. In a dramatic turn of events, the brothers, now in their 50s, could be freed.

The father of Hawaii woman Hannah Kobayashi, who went missing two weeks ago near LAX, was found dead on Sunday, the Los Angeles Police Department said.

The child in California in the first confirmed case of H5 bird flu found in someone under the age of 18 in the United States.

San Francisco police said they have arrested eight retail suspects as young as 12 years old, who they believe are responsible for 23 incidents at various Walgreens' stores totaling more than $84,000 in stolen merchandise.

The highly anticipated Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival has unveiled its 2025 lineup.

There is a rather unusual twist in the story of a bear that attacked vehicles in California. Authorities now say the 'bear' is actually something else.

Sydney Sweeney blasted Hollywood's "women empowering other women" mantra as "fake" and a "front."

Quincy Jones died on Nov. 3 in his home in Bel Air, surrounded by his family.