California Gov. Gavin Newsom has ended mandatory minimum sentences for nonviolent drug crimes.
Lauren Cho was last seen on June 28, walking away from the home where she had been staying with her former partner in California.
Melvin Van Peebles, the pioneering African-American auteur behind the 1970s films Watermelon Man and Sweet Sweetback’s Baadasssss Song, has died.
Former University of Kentucky men’s basketball player Terrence Clarke has died in Los Angeles, reports WKTV. He was 19 years old.
The family of a Black teen who said Stockton police "viciously beat" him during a 2020 arrest has filed a federal lawsuit.
Award-winning television journalist and entrepreneur Margo Spann was killed in an apparent early morning hit-and-run in Los Angeles.
A new sculpture honoring Breonna Taylor, who was killed by Louisville police, was vandalized in Oakland, California.
After being sworn into office, Los Angeles County's new Attorney General George Gascón announced his plan to eliminate cash bail.
Damario Beck was charged with two counts of murder for fatally shooting two brothers at a Sacramento Mall on Black Friday.
Community advocates and the family of two teens killed during the Sacramento mall shooting are calling for justice.
