California

A 74-year-old man named Mitchell Hernandez was sentenced to prison for the 1976 stabbing death of Army veteran Leo Marquina in San Diego's Logan Heights neighborhood, resolving a nearly 50-year-old cold case through advanced forensic technology.

A last-minute deal between the largest state worker union and the California Department of Human Resources didn’t come to fruition. Now thousands of state employees are expected to go on strike Wednesday. It’s slated to be the largest strike in state history. “There are no negotiations scheduled before tomorrow’s strike,” said SEIU Local 1000 President Anica Walls in a statement. “We won’t sit down with the state again until after the strike, so our strike is moving forward.” This is a shift fro

A mansion that neighbors say has been overtaken by squatters could head to auction as San Francisco looks to recoup unpaid taxes on the home and nearby residents seek relief from a daily nightmare.

In the ongoing battle between In-N-Out’s strict corporate brand identity and Palm Springs’s equally strict commitment to cohesive design standards, it first seemed like Palm Springs might have eked out a small win on Monday as the California burger giant presented slightly stripped-down renderings for its proposed new location in the Smoke Tree Village shopping center.

Proposition 3 , which will be on the California ballot in two weeks, would make permanent a tax on people making more than $371,000 per year. The tax currently brings in $10 billion to $15 billion a year for California schools and health care but is set to expire in 2031. Karen Getman, an attorney and expert on California ballot measures and public school funding, said voters passed the tax increase on a temporary basis 14 years ago and renewed it in 2016. "We are truly talking about the top 2%

This article was produced by Bolts and is republished with permission. After driving five hours to visit her son in prison, Anita Wills, 80, found herself in an impossible situation: fish her bra wire out of the fabric using only a paperclip, or be turned away from visiting with her son. Those were the rules at the California State Prison in Lancaster that day — bra required, but underwire bra forbidden. While the wire was so small that Wills didn’t even know it was there, the visiting staff wou

Californians may want to make a point to catch one or both of the next two rocket launches in the state . Coming up today (Oct. 20,) SpaceX plans to get its Falcon 9 rocket off the ground from the Vandenberg Space Force Base on a mission that will tie the annual record for launches in California. The next mission, of course, will then set a new record at 72 launches for all of 2026 – so far. Both missions will see SpaceX deploy batches of Starlink internet satellites to Earth orbit. Want to catc

FRESNO, Calif. (FOX26) — The Department of Justice has charged 28 people in California with voting and registration crimes as part of an operation targeting alleged voter fraud. The DOJ said it has arrested 11 people, including three from the Central Valley. Prosecutors accuse them of voting in U.S....

Irvine Lake, a popular fishing destination in Orange County, is set to be drained this month for a five-year construction project.  (Irvine Water District)Orange County is known more for its sandy beaches and ocean access than as a freshwater fishing destination. But tucked into the foothills just north of Irvine’s suburban sprawl sits Irvine Lake, an approximately 750-acre reservoir that serves as the largest body of freshwater in Orange County. The lake’s primary purpose is water storage,

Residents of the Crestview Hills Mobile Home Park in Fallbrook, CA, are facing a second rent increase under new community ownership.