California

Investigator John Cary matched Gerardo Aguilar to Gerardo Mulato of Forest Park, Ohio. DNA confirmed the 1991 Foxdale Loop shooter was the man FBI agents killed in 2007.

Noemi Valencia's 2-year-old reached a 0.12 blood alcohol level at Fujiyama in Salinas after a server poured cooking wine from a kitchen container marked apple juice.

A Los Alamos woman hid an Apple AirTag in mail she sent herself. Santa Barbara County deputies followed it 16 miles to two suspects and a pile of stolen checks.

Elliott Dugan, 51, died in about three minutes on April 6, 2024, after a stolen Lamborghini Huracan hit 113 mph on Sherman Way. LAPD's pursuit review still has no public…

Senate Bills 1446 and 442 never became law. Long Beach, Costa Mesa, and Santa Ana did. Ten of 13 Long Beach stores shut self-checkout, and San Jose is studying the…

A 10-foot Steller sea lion hauled out at San Francisco's Pier 39 in September. Staff say the scars rule out Chonkers, and sardines explain why the heavyweights keep coming.

Tanner Schaefer and Parker Smith triggered a wind slab on Mount Shasta. Smith broke a femur. An 11-hour ground rescue brought them off Avalanche Gulch.

Mint Butterfield, 16, was found uninjured in a San Francisco van. Marin County charged two adults with child abduction under a law that rejects a minor's consent.

Brie'ann Battle sued Kinder Kids and Artea Kirkland after video showed a worker pinning her 4-year-old and carrying him by the ankles. The center's license stayed on the books.

Compton couriers Alex and Daisy De La Rosa patched more than 36 potholes after years of blown tires. The city sent a cease-and-desist over liability. No later campaign shows them…