California

Santa Clara County prosecutors warn of a potential serial killer after 28-year-old Marcelino Castro confessed to two murders in San Jose. Castro led police to two bodies—one buried near Tamien Station and another wrapped in a tent near the Guadalupe River Trail. Officials say Castro attacked one victim he knew and later lured a random stranger, raising fears that more victims may be found.

A Los Angeles jury has awarded $11 million to the two children of Wilver Blanco, a 42-year-old father who was fatally shot by LAPD officers in South Los Angeles in May 2024.

The cause of the crash remains under investigation.

The Ninth Circuit upheld a ruling blocking the Trump administration from suspending LAHSA's federal funding.

Inspired by 18-year-old student and tennis star Braun Levi, who was killed by an alleged repeat drunk driver in May 2025, the new legislation closes key legal loopholes and gives prosecutors stronger tools to hold repeat offenders accountable.

September 25 has been declared Dolly Parton Day in California.  FOX LA covered a party at GYM Bar in West Hollywood where people celebrated with special drinks, sing-a-longs and more. 

Hurricane Polo is expected to send swells toward Southern California beginning late Sunday, raising the potential for elevated surf, coastal flooding and significant beach erosion.

A stranger stepped in to save a four-year-old pit bull after an arsonist threw a flammable object into a van parked on Skid Row.

At least seven vehicles were involved in a fatal car accident in Oxnard Friday evening. 

More fallout over yet another delay in the opening of the People Mover at LAX. The project is years behind schedule and more than a billion dollars over budget. Now, the union representing airport police say it’s an example of bigger issues at LAX.

A woman has been arrested a year after she allegedly abandoned her newborn baby in a dumpster. 

Evacuation orders were lifted Friday days after a fire sparked inside a battery storage unit at a Metropolitan Water District facility in La Verne. The lithium-ion batteries that heated up have been removed from the facility. 

More than 200 eggs from two endangered sea turtle nests in Orange County were moved to the Aquarium of the Pacific amid concerns from the incoming storm. 

The Regional Center of Orange County hosted its annual Multicultural Autumn Festival and Resource Fair at Atlantis Play Center in Garden Grove, bringing together over 50 community organizations to connect families with vital developmental disability resources. The free, multilingual event provided families with access to information on education, employment support, residential options, healthcare, and recreational programs.

California Governor Gavin Newsom signed "Braun's Law" (SB 907) alongside a broader legislative package designed to crack down on repeat drunk drivers and lower traffic fatalities across the state.  Named in honor of Braun Levi, an 18-year-old killed by a suspected repeat offender, the new law requires courts to issue formal warnings to DUI defendants—even if their charges are reduced—making it significantly easier for prosecutors to file second-degree murder charges if they cause a fatal crash in the future.