California

A SpaceX rocket made for quite a show with its launch Sunday evening from Vandenberg Space Force Base on the California coast.

A North County man who survived a shark attack off the coast of Del Mar earlier this month is sharing his story as he continues to recover from his injuries.

A United States Secret Service agent was robbed at gunpoint in Tustin over the weekend shortly after President Joe Biden held a glitzy fundraiser in Southern California, police said.

A private helicopter spotted the man on a California beach.

A stranded windsurfer who used rocks to spell out the word “HELP” on a Santa Cruz County beach was rescued Sunday after being spotted by a helicopter, officials said.

High school football players in the Lake Tahoe area came face to face with a black bear during the middle of practice this week.

An Airbnb cleaning crew found about 235 pounds of methamphetamine in multiple boxes in Alhambra.

A 46-year-old man was sent to the hospital after being bitten by a shark in Del Mar around 9 a.m. on Sunday, prompting Del Mar lifeguards to close beaches for swimming and surfing in the area.

Chicken and beef parts spilled off a truck on Interstate 880 in Oakland, causing a huge traffic backup during the Friday evening commute, according the California Highway Patrol.

San Clemente officials said Monday they decided to restrict water access at all its beaches on a busy Memorial Day weekend after possible shark sightings.

Richard M. Sherman, one half of the prolific, award-winning pair of brothers who helped form millions of childhoods by penning the instantly memorable songs for “Mary Poppins,” “The Jungle Book” and “Chitty Chitty Bang Bang” — as well as the most-played tune on Earth, “It’s a Small World (After All)” — has died. He was 95.

Firefighters sprung into action to save a dog that got stuck in a wall in California on Monday.

A dog named Faye got herself into a tight situation after getting stuck in a wall of her Garden Grove home. 

The Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department sought help this week to find the woman who abandoned an infant at a store in Lomita.

The family called police on Dec. 23, 2020, because the 30-year-old was in mental distress and needed help. One officer pressed a knee on his neck for nearly five minutes while another restrained his legs, according to the complaint.

Goats assigned to eat brush to prevent wildfires wander off the job in Rancho Palos Verdes.

A California man who was ordered to keep his boat out of sight has had the last laugh, by commissioning an artist to paint a realistic image of it on the fence that obscures it.

DePape was convicted last year of attempted kidnapping of a federal official and assault on the immediate family member of a federal official.

The University of California Board of Regents is expected to accept a recommendation that UCLA pay University of California at Berkeley $10 million a year for six years as a result of the Bruins’ upcoming move to the Big Ten and the demise of the Pac-12.

A Fountain Valley man was disqualified Sunday as winner of the OC marathon.