California

A former California Highway Patrol captain has been indicted by a federal grand jury after he was accused of slapping a male flight attendant’s buttocks during a cross-country flight to Los Angeles, federal prosecutors said.

It’s the latest example of the split among Democrats over how best to crack down on crime and punish criminals.

An administrator at the Contra Costa School of the Performing Arts was arrested on Wednesday after being accused of having sex with an underage student.

Former Vice President Kamala Harris used a high-profile speech Wednesday to sharply criticize President Donald Trump amid speculation about whether she will mount another presidential campaign or opt to run for California governor.

One of 10 day laborers detained by federal agents last week outside a Pomona Home Depot is being held at a detention center in southeastern California as a nonprofit group pursues his release, family members said Monday. Ramon Domingo said his brother Jesus Domingo Ros has no criminal history and, like the rest of the family’s four siblings, ...

Scott Peterson said in a declaration seeking to overturn his murder conviction that he had “absolutely nothing to do with the disappearance and deaths of my wife and son.”

California is spending $500 million to put an additional 1,000 electric school buses on the road as federal cuts and freezes paused efforts in other states to replace aging diesel-fueled fleets that are more polluting. Gov. Gavin Newsom’s office announced Wednesday that 1,000 zero-emission school buses and related charging infrastructure will...

Steve Hilton, who hosted a show on Fox News for six years and worked as an adviser to former British prime minister David Cameron, kicked off his campaign in Huntington Beach.

National climate reporter Chase Cain and a team of scientists from the California Ocean Alliance traveled to Antarctica to track the growing impacts of coal, oil, and gas pollution on whales. The giant mammals help phytoplankton produce half of the oxygen human’s breathe but that job is threatened by Earth’s rising temperatures.

Two lawsuits filed in Los Angeles accuse the major home insurers of colluding to limit coverage in high-risk areas across California.

“I was born in National City, California,” National City resident Aldo Martinez told NBC 7. “I was never paroled, I was never admitted into this country, I am no type of parole.”

Virtual court appearances were disrupted for hours.

Gov. Newsom says California will challenge President Trump’s authorities to impose tariffs under the International Emergency Economic Powers Act.