Tag: California

Ex-UFC champ accused of attempted murder was targeting alleged child molester: police
By Lisa Fernandez | KTVU
SAN JOSE, Calif. - Former UFC champ Cain Velasquez was shooting at a man who allegedly molested a 4-year-old relative of the ...

Suspect in Ashland crime spree arrested in California
By Nick Morgan | Mail Tribune
A man suspected of an unprovoked knife attack in an Ashland parking lot and a subsequent police chase was captured Wedn ...

Harvey Weinstein to be extradited to California to face sexual assault trial, judge rules
By Tim Fitzsimons and Diana Dasrath | NBC News
Convicted rapist and former movie mogul Harvey Weinstein will face extradition to California, where he ...

California man accused of selling fake vaccination cards
By Associated Press
CLEMENTS, Calif. (AP) — The owner of a Northern California bar was arrested on suspicion of selling fake COVID-19 vaccination car ...

California orders people to wear masks in most indoor spaces
PHOTO: Stock / Unsplash
By Kathleen Ronayne, The Associated Press
SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — California will require people to wear masks in most ind ...

Bill Aims To Make Sending Unsolicited Lewd Images Online A Crime In California
As reported by CBS Sacramento:
SACRAMENTO (CBS13) — A California lawmaker wants to make it illegal to send unsolicited lewd pictures to people online ...

Woman fakes her own kidnapping and robbery to avoid paying employees, police say
By Joyeeta Biswas | ABC News
A California woman fabricated her kidnapping, sexual assault and robbery as part of an elaborate ruse to avoid paying ...

‘ER’ actress Vanessa Marquez shot and killed by South Pasadena police during wellness check at home
By Hannah Fry and Laura Newberry | Los Angeles Times
South Pasadena police were called to the apartment of “ER” actress Vanessa Marquez on Thursd ...

Teen killed, another hurt in gunbattle near Fairfield school — pair arrested
By Lauren Hernandez | San Francisco Chronicle
A Fairfield teen is dead and a Vallejo teenager remained in critical condition Saturday after a gunbatt ...

Tech billionaire Henry Nicholas accused of trafficking drugs in Las Vegas
By Associated Press | NBC News
LAS VEGAS — Tech billionaire and advocate of crime victims Henry T. Nicholas III is facing drug counts after being a ...

Boulder thrown off 134 Freeway overpass kills man in car
ABOVE: A photo of the car damaged by a thrown boulder in Pasadena (CHP)
By Alene Tchekmedyian, LA Times
Guadalupe Gutierrez was driving under a ...

Woman charged with murder after father of two killed in crash during her alleged suicide attempt
PHOTO: NCB4i
By Inside Edition Staff, NBC4i
A California woman has been charged after she attempted suicide by driving her car the wrong way on th ...

Police Searching For Armed 11-Year-Old Gas Station Robber
PHOTO: Oxygen.com
By Shirin Rajaee, CBS Sacramento
STOCKTON (CBS13) — Stockton Police are searching for an 11-year-old who attempted to rob a conv ...

Cops may bring in cadaver dogs to search for possible remains of other children at Calif. ‘house of horrors’
By Robert Gearty, FOX News
Homicide detectives could use cadaver dogs to sniff for the remains of other children in the suburban California "house of ...

Children found shackled and malnourished in Perris home; parents arrested
By Joel Rubin, Paloma Esquivel, and Maya Lau -- Los Angeles Times
The 911 call came in at 6 a.m. Sunday. A teenage girl was on the line with an uns ...

Effort to kill spider with torch causes apartment fire
Photo credit: WBIR-TV
By Jordan Whittington, WBRZ 2
REDDING, CA- An attempt to torch a large spider at a California apartment is forcing residents ...

California Governor Agrees to Immigrant Protections
By Don Thompson and Jonathan J. Cooper, NBC 7 San Diego
California Gov. Jerry Brown and the state Senate leader said Monday they've agreed to changes ...

California officers accused of ‘sadistic and terrorizing acts’ against prisoners
By Sam Levin, The Guardian (View article)
Four California sheriff’s deputies have been accused of “sadistic and terrorizing acts” against inmates, ...

Accused burglar doesn’t flush toilet, leaves DNA for police
By Associated Press (View source article)
VENTURA, Calif. (AP) — A man accused of burglarizing a Southern California home took a bathroom break and ...

Suspect Disrobes in Patrol Car, Spits His Own Feces at Richmond Officers
By Katelyn Stark, FOX40 (View article)
RICHMOND — While in the back of a patrol car on Interstate 80, a suspect stripped off his clothes then defec ...