In just a few days, the monster Camp Fire in Northern California tore through a Butte County community to become the state’s most destructive wildfire on record.

A woman abducted from North Las Vegas and held for several days was rescued earlier this week from the Antelope Valley desert – where she had been beaten, bound with duct tape, and left to die, several law enforcement sources told NBC4. Detectives from the LA County Sheriff’s Department and FBI agents have arrested a father and daughter suspected of...

A Disneyland visitor might have exposed others to measles earlier this month at the Anaheim theme park, according to the Los Angeles County Public Health Department.

The jury for the so-called Hollywood Ripper, convicted of attacking three women in a series of brutal stabbings over a span of about seven years in Southern California, recommended a death sentence Friday.

An Uber passenger was struck and killed by a California Highway Patrol car after he jumped over a median on the 101 Freeway and ran across lanes early Monday in Encino, according to the CHP.

Political activist and high-profile Democratic donor Ed Buck pleaded not guilty Thursday to federal charges stemming from the overdose deaths of two men inside his West Hollywood apartment.

More than 14,800 fake Nike shoes were seized in a counterfeiting operation after authorities at the nation’s largest seaport examined two shipping containers that arrived from China.

A homeowner’s security camera captured the frightening sight and sound of a large crane as it listed to one side before toppling in a Long Beach neighborhood, injuring a man and damaging two homes.

Ronnie Ortiz-Magro of MTV’s “Jersey Shore” was in custody Friday on suspicion of battery in connection with an alleged domestic violence attack in the Hollywood Hills area, according to police.

California Highway Patrol officer wrangled a miniature pony that turned out to be the victim of an unusual hit-and-run on a Southern California freeway. The driver of a SUV that struck the horse left, but others stopped to help the injured animal on the 91 Freeway

Distraught students and parents shouted at a Southern California school district leader and demanded answers during a vigil Wednesday night for a Moreno Valley middle school student who died after suffering severe injuries in a confrontation on campus.

A woman said her survival instincts kicked in when she fought off a man armed with a knife in a frightening attack caught on video at a Pomona business.

Dozens of people have died and tens of thousands of Californians have been forced from their homes as huge wildfires continue to rage in the northern and southern ends of the state. The Camp Fire in Northern California’s Butte County has become the most destructive and deadliest wildfire in recorded state history. The Woolsey Fire north of Los Angeles, meanwhile,...

A 6-year-old boy was one of the three people killed when a gunman opened fire Sunday at the Gilroy Garlic Festival, a family event southeast of San Jose that he attended with his mother and grandmother.

A man accused of fatally shooting his father, brother and two other people in a crime rampage across Los Angeles’ San Fernando Valley was captured Thursday afternoon after more than 13 hours on the run.

Three adults were charged in connection with a family fight that was caught on camera earlier this month at Disneyland’s Toontown.

Citing a gruesome series of killings in Los Angeles in which one victim was dismembered and whose heart was cut out, a federal grand jury has indicted 22 alleged members or associates of the notorious MS-13 gang on charges that include racketeering and murder.

Small earthquakes rattled already shaken residents overnight in the Mojave Desert community of Ridgecrest, where the cleanup continues from two major quakes.

A magnitude-6.4 earthquake rattled Southern California Thursday morning, with residents reporting feeling it from the high desert to the coast.