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Kern County Supervisor Zack Scrivner had a physical altercation with his children and was stabbed twice in the upper torso over allegations that he had sexually assaulted one of them, according to Sheriff Donny Youngblood.

Fire department officials responded to a massive smoke plume emanating from the Oceanside pier Thursday afternoon.

Gov. Gavin Newsom said Thursday that California continued to rapidly add the battery storage that is critical to the transition to cleaner energy, but admitted it was not enough to avoid blackouts during heat waves.

The AIDS Healthcare Foundation abandoned its bid to buy six failing Skid Row buildings. The decision might leave the city on the hook for more funding.

A teacher in San Bernardino County was arrested after being accused of lewd conduct with a 16-year-old girl, according to authorities.

Pacific Council board unanimously chooses Duncan Wood as its new president and CEO to replace Jerrold D. Green, who is retiring after 16 years

Despite considerably back-to-back rainy winters in California, new research finds the region has seen much wetter years in the last 3,000 years. Experts worry that variability, coupled with climate change, could leave the state unprepared.

Dharmesh Patel, a Pasadena radiologist, was charged with three counts of attempted murder after he drove the family's Tesla off the cliff at Devil's Slide on Highway 1 near Half Moon Bay.

After tensions led USC to drop its valedictorian and keynote speaker from its main commencement ceremony, the school cancelled its largest graduation event.

After Harvey Weinstein won an appeal to overturn his New York rape conviction, legal experts say he faces a much tougher hill to climb as he attempts a similar strategy in his California case.

Cal Poly Humboldt administrators weigh whether to keep the campus closed beyond this week as protesters occupy Siemens Hall and another building.

The man's body was found on Wednesday in the 800 block of Westlake Boulevard. Authorities have said little about the incident.

New abortion restrictions after Roe vs. Wade was overturned, such as an Arizona legal ruling that effectively bans abortions there, are affecting women who miscarry.

Vector control officials in Southern California are starting to release sterilized male mosquitoes to combat the summertime onslaught of ankle biters.