California

A former California Highway Patrol captain has been indicted by a federal grand jury after he was accused of slapping a male flight attendant’s buttocks during a cross-country flight to Los Angeles, federal prosecutors said.

It’s the latest example of the split among Democrats over how best to crack down on crime and punish criminals.

A judge ruled Border Patrol agents cannot arrest someone unless they have a warrant or reason to believe the person may try to flee.

As President Trump’s new executive order threatens to pull funds from sanctuary cities and states, California and Los Angeles could lose hundreds of millions of dollars. Karma Dickerson reports for the NBC4 News at 4 p.m. on Tuesday, April, 29, 2025.

Local veterinarians say they are seeing more diseases and deaths in pets simply because they don’t have the capacity to care for them.

Trump administration border czar Tom Homan defended his agency’s removal of three U.S. citizen children last week. “The parents made that decision, not the United States government.”

Alijah Arenas, son of former NBA star Gilbert Arenas, was hospitalized after a fiery Tesla Cybertruck crash in Winnekta. Macy Jenkins reports for the NBC4 News at 11 p.m. on April 25, 2025.

The son of former NBA player Gilbert Arenas was injured in a Cybertruck crash. Video broadcast Thursday April 24, 2025 on the NBC4 News at 3 p.m.

Top USC basketball recruit Alijah Arenas, the 18-year-old son of former NBA player Gilbert Arenas, was hospitalized in serious condition Thursday following a fiery Tesla Cybertruck crash in Los Angeles’ San Fernando Valley, according to a law enforcement source with knowledge of the situation

California is spending $500 million to put an additional 1,000 electric school buses on the road as federal cuts and freezes paused efforts in other states to replace aging diesel-fueled fleets that are more polluting. Gov. Gavin Newsom’s office announced Wednesday that 1,000 zero-emission school buses and related charging infrastructure will be provided to over 130 rural, low-income and disadvantaged…

Steve Hilton, who hosted a show on Fox News for six years and worked as an adviser to former British prime minister David Cameron, kicked off his campaign in Huntington Beach.

Gov. Gavin Newsom, widely viewed as a potential contender for the 2028 Democratic presidential nomination, had tough words for his own party — “We are as dumb as we want to be,” he said — in an exclusive interview Monday with NBC News

From iconic flower fields to tucked-away garden escapes, The Golden State is bursting into bloom. California Live correspondent Laila Muhammad joins lifestyle expert Elycia Rubin at The Huntington in San Marino to round up the top spots to catch spring in full color.

Two lawsuits filed in Los Angeles accuse the major home insurers of colluding to limit coverage in high-risk areas across California.

California leaders announced the state plans to sue the Trump administration over the president’s imposed tariffs. Attorney General Rob Bonta speaks more about the matter.

An undocumented father was detained and arrested by agents Thursday as he was taking his daughter to school in Azusa.

Two Marines who were killed in a vehicle crash during a military exercise in New Mexico were identified by officials Thursday. Lance Cpl. Albert A. Aguilera, 22, was a Riverside native and enlisted in March 2023. Lance Cpl. Marcelino M. Gamino, 28, out of Fresno, enlisted in May 2022. The California Marines were two of three involved in a vehicle…

The undocumented father was detained and arrested by ICE agents Thursday as he was taking his daughter to school in Azusa. Mekahlo Medina reports for the NBC4 News at 6 p.m. on April 17, 2025.

California announced a lawsuit against the Trump administration over the president’s sweeping tariffs. Conan Nolan reports for the NBC4 News at 3 p.m. on Wednesday, April 16, 2025.

Gov. Newsom says California will challenge President Trump’s authorities to impose tariffs under the International Emergency Economic Powers Act.