california

On Saturday, a man was throat punched by a woman as the two participated in a riot in Berkley, California. The man responded by punching the woman in the face.  Was he justified in doing so? Berkley, California seems to have emerged as ground zero for radical extremists on both sides of the Trump "debate...

A woman found in California claims she's a mermaid. The woman was found wet and almost totally naked near Table Mountain in Fresno County at 3 a.m. Tuesday morning. She told officers she had been in a nearby lake, and claimed to be a mermaid named Joanna...

All 21 people stranded 125 feet in the air at a Southern California amusement park are back on the ground. The "Orange County Register" says it took nearly eight hours for firefighters to rescue passengers from the Knotts Berry Farm Sky Cabin...

Child prostitution will be decriminalized in California when the new year begins on Sunday. California Governor, Progressive Democrat Jerry Brown signed controversial Senate Bill 1322 into law in September of this year. The law, which decriminalizes prostitution for minors takes effect on January 1st. Und...

NEW BEDFORD - Though at least two of New Bedford's former mill buildings have been completely renovated into luxury lofts, many vacant and underutilized industrial structures stand dormant throughout the city. New Bedford City Councillor at Large Ian Abreu wants to pitch those structures, along with shuttered churches, to the Urban Smart Growth property management company in California, to see if

Los Angeles - Two people are dead after a shooting on the UCLA campus today.  Police were telling news outlets the people were shot around 10 a.m. today. They are looking for an active shooter or shooters and the campus remains on lockdown...

Former first lady Nancy Reagan is dead at the age of 94. Her family says she died this morning at her home in Los Angeles of congestive heart failure. In addition to her more than 50-year marriage to Ronald Reagan, she is perhaps best known for her "Just Say No" campaign against drug abuse...

Bomb threats phoned in to 30 schools in five states are being traced to California. The calls targeted schools in Delaware, Iowa, Massachusetts, Maryland and New Jersey. They reported receiving the calls earlier today. The threats forced evacuations, lockdowns or caused classes to be suspended...

A Tennessee couple says they are "overwhelmed and excited" to have won a third of a record Powerball jackpot. John and Lisa Robinson had their winning ticket verified today at state lottery headquarters in Nashville. The Robinson's share of the nearly one-point-six billion dollar prize works out to about 327-million dollars after taxes...

A lawyer for the longtime girlfriend of Boston mobster James ``Whitey'' Bulger says his client plans to plead guilty to a federal contempt charge. Catherine Greig is already serving an eight-year prison term for helping Bulger avoid capture during his 16 years on the run...