Former U.S. Rep. Barbara Lee, who represented the East Bay in Congress for over two decades, announced plans to run for mayor of Oakland in a special election.

Annie Harvilicz runs two veterinary hospitals and is taking in animals that have been displaced by the fires raging around Los Angeles.

Extreme winds from the north and northeast will continue to blow into the Los Angeles region through Wednesday morning, bringing gusts of up to 80 mph.

Los Angeles County leaders vote to eliminate a $400 fee for transporting and storing bodies with the medical examiner, saying families should be spared that financial burden.

An Orange County middle school teacher was arrested after a sting operation allegedly caught him sending sexually explicit text messages to an adult posing as a teen.

Gender bias led to a Central Valley mother being convicted of murder in the 2018 killing of her infant son, the California Supreme Court ruled.

California has by law acknowledged beavers, nature’s preeminent water and environmental engineers, as partners in environmental restoration.

Forecasters say the region this week could see the worst winds since 2011, when a massive storm cut through Pasadena and other parts of the San Gabriel Valley.

A record number of Californians enrolled at UC in the fall while out-of-state and international students declined. Berkeley and UCLA bucked national trends at elite universities with increased Black and Latino enrollment.

An attorney for Keith Middlebrook said they would appeal and called Magic Johnson, who testified during trial, “the biggest liar I’ve ever seen.”