California

Steve Hilton's Just Try It ad turned a mail ballot into a suggestive dare, split his Golden Ticket, and left Xavier Becerra ahead by a wide margin.

Kevin Conover, former Bible department head at Christian Unified High School in El Cajon, pleaded guilty to five felony counts. Judge CJ Mody sentenced him on July 31, 2026, while…

Ventura County paid bouncer Jaiden Perkins $440,000 after he said off-duty deputies Dylan Davis and Anthony Malagon beat him for stopping a chokehold. A judge later denied mental-health diversion. The…

After a 434-day elliptical flight and an aerobraking landing at Vandenberg, the Space Force X-37B went back up as OTV-8 with a quantum inertial sensor and a laser communications test.

A remodel uncovered Polaroids and tapes in an Orangevale outbuilding. Theodore Smith received 100 years. James Smith received 23 years to life. Abuse before 1988 could not be charged.

Santiago Duran walked off Julius Klein Conservation Camp and surrendered in Sacramento. The AEGIS Alliance is treating later camp walkaways as the same hole in the count.

Jesse Lyu shut off Tesla Full Self-Driving and ran a red light to leave Santa Monica light-rail tracks. Later software versions were still drawing complaints at railroad crossings.

Pascal and Kelly Reid died when their RV-10 hit a Fullerton plant. Nineteen workers were hurt. The NTSB found a door that was not latched and a 2010 safety kit…

David Lane Braff Jr., arrested November 22, 2024, is held without bail at Todd Road Jail on 33 felony counts involving 15 children and 141 special allegations. A judge held…

On August 21, 2024, Jessica Chavez, 36, of Inglewood, punched a Los Angeles County Fire SUV during a welfare check on Manhattan Beach Boulevard, then crashed her Audi into an…