California

A shark reportedly bit a surfer Saturday afternoon off Santa Rosa Island in a “truly terrifying situation,” the Coast Guard said.

 A porch pirate was caught in the act... trying to steal a package from a Glendale home.

A San Francisco woman is offering a $7,000 reward for her blue-eyed miniature Australian Shepherd stolen from outside a grocery store. She has hired a plane to fly a banner over the city in hopes of finding him.

Two horses died after the first race at Los Alamitos Race Course Saturday, adding to the death toll in a year that has seen increased scrutiny of the sport in Southern California.

LAGUNA NIGUEL, Calif. (AP) — Babe Ruth has hit another one out of the ballpark.

NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Louisiana is suing the state of California over its decision to ban the import and sale of alligator products, saying the ban will hurt an important Louisiana industry and ultimately could hurt the state’s wetlands.

Paramedics in San Pedro on Sunday evaluated 19 people for flu-like systems aboard a cruise ship that experienced a similar situation last week.

San Francisco 49ers cornerback Richard Sherman kicked off the holiday season by helping middle school students who've had some trouble paying for meals at school.

At least two students were killed and several others were hospitalized with gunshot wounds following a shooting at Saugus High School in Santa Clarita on Thursday, officials said. The 16-year-old gunman, who carried out the shooting on his birthday, has died from a self-inflicted gunshot wound.

An investigation is underway after a robbery suspect was fatally shot by a Los Angeles Police Department officer in a busy Hollywood intersection late Monday morning, authorities said. 

BERKELEY, Calif. (AP) — Top leaders at the University of California say they support dropping the SAT and ACT exams from admission requirement.

Los Angeles County Sheriff's officials said that investigators found an AR-15 rifle, roughly 100 rounds of ammunition and a rudimentary hand-drawn map of Animo Mae Jemison Charter Middle School in the home of a 13-year-old boy who allegedly threatened to carry out a school shooting on Friday.

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration is investigating an E. coli outbreak that has sickened 40 people in more than a dozen states.

Four people were killed and several others were injured in what police are calling a "mass casualty shooting" in Fresno.

A football team in Compton is on its way to making history but they need your help. The team that serves kids ages six and younger is undefeated in their division here in California. This scored them an invite to play in Florida.

Thousands of people gathered Sunday night at Central Park in Santa Clarita to hold a candlelight vigil to remember the two students shot and killed by a classmate at Saugus High School.

Five members of a family, including three young boys, have died and another boy was hospitalized with injuries in an apparent murder-suicide in San Diego.