An information technology expert who for decades assumed the identity of another man so convincingly that his victim was forcibly medicated and jailed for identity theft himself was sentenced ...

YOLO COUNTY — The family of a twice-convicted child molester believes the California law that has now freed him from prison should not exist in the first place. Kevin Ellis, 67, was 11 years ...

An attempted homicide investigation is underway in a California state prison after a supervising correctional officer was reportedly attacked by three inmates, authorities announced Thursday. In a ...

They were plucked from pharmacies, apartment buildings and other locations, and thrown in prison for months. Many then endured severe beatings, food deprivation and other forms of torture.

A man convicted of burglary in Sacramento County was declared dead Wednesday in his prison cell he shared with another inmate, prompting a homicide investigation, according to the California ...

A youth pastor at a Tehachapi church was arrested on suspicion of child sexual assault on Monday, according to the Tehachapi Police Department. Adrian Daugherty, 41, was accused of sexually ...

RCMP say an inmate has been arrested three weeks after he escaped from a federal prison in Saskatchewan. Mounties say they were searching for Glen Halkett in the Rosthern, Sask., area and spotted ...

ANOTHER BIG WILDFIRE IS BURNING RIGHT NOW IN SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA. THIS FIRE RACING THROUGH ... I WANT TO SHOW YOU THE LATEST MAP. THIS IS FROM CAL FIRE. SO IT DOES HAVE THE MOST RECENT PERIMETER.

Dust and ash left behind from the January wildfires in Los Angeles County can be irritating and hazardous to health when it's picked up by winds and spread throughout Southern California.