California

A tourist from Michigan who tried to retrace the steps of a family who died during a grueling summer hike in Northern California had to be rescued last week after getting lost, a frustrated sheriff said.

The family and friends of the three immigrant men who drowned while rescuing a nephew from the delta in Sacramento are hoping to send their bodies back to their native Guatemala.

California residents who filed their 2020 taxes are eligible to receive a one-time payment of up to $1,050 as part of the state's inflation relief package.

Sunny Balwani, a former executive at Theranos, was convicted on federal fraud and conspiracy charges on Thursday stemming from his leadership of the Silicon Valley start-up that crashed spectacularly. 

A vigil was held Wednesday for a teen who was struck by a car participating in a sideshow in Vallejo over the holiday weekend. 

Harvey Heishman was sentenced to death in Alameda County for the November 1979 killing of 28-year-old Nancy Lugassy, who was shot to death outside her Oakland home. He died on Tuesday.

A tight-knit circle of Tongan friends and family have not yet buried a 28-year-old man killed during an Oakland chase, but they did celebrate the life of Lolomanaia “Lolo” Soakai over the July 4 weekend. 

Eric Ronald Holder Jr., the man accused of gunning down rapper and community advocate Nipsey Hussle and injuring two other men in South Los Angeles more than three years ago, was convicted Wednesday of first-degree murder.

A new poll on the race for the 2024 presidential shows California Gov. Gavin Newsom would do well if he should decide to run.

A small fire sparked by illegal fireworks threatened a home in Antioch. It was just one of dozens that Contra Costa County crews responded to over the weekend. Nei Trotter said she was injured in one of those fires.

Joey Chestnut said he feels bad about putting an animal rights protester from Berkeley into a brief chokehold during the annual Nathan’s Hot Dog Eating Contest over the Fourth of July weekend, which was captured in a viral video. 

California Gov. Gavin Newsom on Friday pardoned a former inmate who received a life sentence when she was a teenager for killing her former pimp.

San Jose police said over 200 vehicles took part in a sideshow Saturday night and about 500 citations were issued. They also seized firearms and made seven arrests.

Esteban Chavez died on his route in Pasadena, just one day after his 24th birthday.

Sara Kruzan was 16 when she killed George Gilbert Howard, who sexually abused and trafficked her. She was sentenced to life in prison. She was pardoned Friday.

A woman visiting San Francisco says she was shocked when she woke up to find a stranger sleeping in her parked car.

California is now the first state to guarantee free health care for all low-income immigrants living in the country illegally, a move that will provide coverage for an additional 764,000 people at an eventual cost of about $2.7 billion a year.

Community members held signs along International Boulevard asking for “Justice4Lolo” and for the city to do more to prevent sideshows and enhance traffic safety.