California high school football game ends early as melee breaks out between players
A California high school football game came to an abrupt end Friday night when a brawl forced the referees to stop the game early in the fourth quarter. The Fresno Central Grizzlies defeated the Justin Garza High School Guardians 40-0. Video of the incident showed a Guardians player ripping a Grizzlies player’s helmet off his […]
California gardener finds Russian-style grenades in bushes
Authorities launched an investigation after a gardener working near Los Angeles on Thursday found four grenades in some bushes. The Los Angeles Sheriff’s Department Bomb Disposal Unit was called to the scene after a gardener in Baldwin Park, California, reported finding an explosive device along Merced Avenue. Police confirmed the grenade was Russian-style. (Los Angeles […]
Convicted Kidnapper, Pedophile Could Be Released from Life Sentence Under California Law
A convicted pedophile who kidnapped and sexually assaulted his friend’s 5-year-old daughter may be freed from a 350-year prison sentence under a recent change in California law. Charles William Mix was 47 when he committed the horrific crime in 2003, smuggling the girl in a stolen vehicle hundreds of miles from his family home in […]
California man arrested after allegedly using explosives in unsuccessful attempts to steal from ATMs
A California man has been arrested after being caught on surveillance camera trying, but failing, to steal cash from two ATMs using explosives. Son Nguyen, 44, of San Diego, was arrested Friday and charged with two counts of criminal damage to property. According to the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the District of Southern California, Nguyen […]
California hit with unusual August snowfall: ‘Winter wonderland’
SACRAMENTO, Calif. — An unusually cold front from the Gulf of Alaska interrupted summer along the West Coast on Saturday, bringing snow to mountains in California and the Pacific Northwest and closing parts of highways through national parks. A portion of Highway 89 through Lassen Volcanic National Park in California was closed after an estimated […]
Starbucks gives new CEO Brian Niccol company jet to fly from California home to Seattle HQ
Starbucks has reportedly provided its new CEO, Brian Niccol, with a corporate jet for the lightning-quick commute from his Southern California mansion to the Seattle headquarters. Coffee chain reveals Nichols deals Offer Letter This allows the new president to have a “small remote office” in his home in Newport Beach, eliminating the need to permanently […]
California crime crisis: Dozens of criminal defendants handed ‘get out of jail free card’ on technicality
San Francisco Superior Court has dismissed 70 misdemeanor cases, including DUI, sexual assault and violations of restraining orders, that were not heard in court by constitutional deadlines. The mass dismissals came a month after a panel of California appeals court judges ruled that a San Francisco court improperly delayed the women’s trials for years and […]
Uber driver allegedly shares sexually explicit images, attempts to kidnap female rider in California
One Central California woman’s Uber ride turned into a nightmare after her driver allegedly tried to kidnap her and showed her nude photos of himself while driving. The incident happened Sunday afternoon in downtown Clovis, a suburb of Fresno. Clovis Police Department spokesman Ty Wood confirmed the reports to Fox News Digital, saying police were […]
Family’s yearlong search for missing California woman ends with tragic discovery
A California family’s year-long search for their daughter, believing her to have gone missing after she was released from the hospital against her doctor’s advice, ended with the tragic discovery that she had been dead and decomposing in the hospital morgue all along, according to a lawsuit filed earlier this month. Jessie Peterson, 31, was […]
California, Google’s paltry $250M million deal to fund newsroom blasted as ‘disastrous’ by critics
A controversial deal between Google and California lawmakers over funding for local news organizations has been heavily panned by critics, with one major journalists union slamming the deal as a “blackmail” that would be “devastating” for the industry. The deal, billed as a “first-of-the-nation partnership” to help cash-strapped publishers and protect jobs, would allow Google […]