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A litter of terrier puppies left for trash in January at a Pleasant Hill park are now up for adoption. After weeks of recovery with a foster family, the three male puppies are in good health and ready for a brighter future.

A jewelry sale arrangement made by two OfferUp app users led to gunshots Tuesday night in the parking lot of a Chula Vista Costco.

Police believe a suspect who attacked an elderly woman Wednesday evening at an Alameda shopping mall, stealing her purse and house keys, may have later tried to break into her home in Oakland.

The family of a 20-year-old man who died in June after he was arrested in Fremont and taken to the Santa Rita Jail in Dublin filed a civil rights claim on Monday against Fremont police and the Alameda County Sheriff’s Office.

San Diego Police and rideshare drivers are warning people to pay attention while using rideshare apps.

The California Supreme Court on Monday expanded rules for telling suspects that they’ve been arrested by a police officer who has previously been accused of taking bribes, tampering with evidence or witnesses, lying or using excessive force.

An altercation between a restaurant employee and a transient man on a Pacific Beach sidewalk is shining a light on interactions between homeless and the public, and how police respond when called.

Four suspects — three of them juveniles — have been arrested after a jewelry heist at a shop in Santa Monica called Heist Jewelry.

In an effort to build a sense of community, Oakland police teamed up with NFL stars Marshawn Lynch and Marcus Peters to bring a free carnival to dozens of Oakland children Tuesday.

A Virginia National Guard sergeant is accused of stealing World War II-era dog tags from the National Archives and Records Administration in Maryland, at least the second theft case involving the research facility.

A Virginia National Guard sergeant is accused of stealing World War II-era dog tags from the National Archives and Records Administration in Maryland, at least the second theft case involving the research facility.

An off-duty Los Angeles Police Department officer opened fire Friday night inside a Southern California Costco, killing a man who authorities say had attacked him and wounding two others, the Corona Police Department said. The slain man’s family says he was mentally disabled....
Kenneth French, 32, of Riverside assaulted the officer “without provocation” as he held his young child, the department...

A judge agreed with prosecutors and ruled a Coast Guard lieutenant accused of threats should remain detained. Chris Gordon reports prosecutors must come up with charges other than possession of guns and drugs within 14 days.

A judge will decide this week whether a U.S. Coast Guard lieutenant accused of plotting terror will stay in jail. Scott MacFarlane reports the Justice Department wants the suspect to remain in custody.

A witness told authorities a gate blocked by a ball at a North Carolina animal preserve allowed a lion to reach three people at the start of a fatal attack, biting one intern’s ankle and pulling her into the enclosure, according to a medical examiner’s report. A Caswell County sheriff’s lieutenant advised that animal trainer Ashley Watts reported separating the...

The notorious Mexican drug lord Joaquin “El Chapo” Guzman has been found guilty on all counts in an international drug distribution trial in New York.

Democrat Pete Buttigieg, the 37-year-old mayor of South Bend, Indiana, says he’s forming an exploratory committee for a 2020 presidential bid. “The reality is there’s no going back, and there’s no such thing as ‘again’ in the real world. We can’t look for greatness in the past,” Buttigieg says in a video that includes before-and-after footage of South Bend, a...

A man who disappeared Sunday on a hike with his son in the mountains north of Los Angeles, setting off a search in the wilderness, turned up in downtown LA Monday morning.

A Santa Clara County sheriff’s lieutenant was arrested on Wednesday in Las Vegas for allegedly faking the extent of an injury and receiving workers’ compensation.

It’s a bittersweet Christmas Eve for Hayward’s California Highway Patrol office as officers remember a colleague killed exactly one year ago in the line of duty.