Veronica Rocha

TV news reporter nearly hit by car while covering Bay Area train derailment

June 23, 2019 at 1:10 a.m.

A television news reporter covering a Bay Area train derailment was almost run over by a careening automobile Tuesday morning, but escaped injury when a camera operator shouted at him...

In this Aug. 18, 2003, file photo, Robert Durst, left, sits in a courtroom during a pretrial hearing at the Galveston County Courthouse in Galveston, Texas.

Robert Durst pleads guilty to gun charge, clears way for L.A. murder case

June 23, 2019 at 4:03 a.m.

New York real estate heir Robert Durst has pleaded guilty to a gun charge in Louisiana, clearing the way his transfer to Los Angeles to face a murder charge in...

California homeless man accused of collecting submachine guns, silencers and handguns

June 21, 2019 at 12:22 a.m.

Richard Cunningham was homeless. But he wasn't gun-less, police allege. Deputies found a cache of weapons at his Harbor City encampment, including: two fully operational submachine guns, four handguns, two...

Musicians Jesse Hughes, left, and Josh Homme of Eagles of Death Metal perform at the Teragram Ballroom on Oct. 19, 2015, in Los Angeles. The band played in Paris on Nov. 13, 2015, when a deadly hostage situation erupted.

California band members said to be safe after attack at Paris theater

August 6, 2019 at 3:46 a.m.

A California rock band had played in the Bataclan concert hall in Paris where hostages were taken in a deadly attack Friday night, according to reports. Eagles of Death Metal,...

Calif. Uber driver’s assailant apologizes after video goes viral

June 24, 2019 at 12:02 p.m.

A former Taco Bell executive says he is remorseful and wants to apologize to a Uber driver for attacking him in an incident that was captured by a dashboard camera...

"Freeway" Ricky Ross during a jailhouse interview at the Metropolitan Correctional Center in San Diego in October 1996.

Former cocaine kingpin ‘Freeway’ Ricky Ross arrested in California

May 18, 2019 at 12:36 a.m.

Former Los Angeles crack cocaine kingpin "Freeway" Ricky Ross was arrested this week in California on suspicion of possessing money related to the sale of a controlled substance, authorities said....

A man is suing San Francisco Maritime National Historic Park after a massive pine cone fell onto his head, resulting in brain damage.

California man sues after being injured by falling 16-pound pine cone

June 16, 2018 at 7:14 p.m.

Sean Mace says he was reading and napping under a pine tree at the San Francisco Maritime National Historic Park last October when a massive pine cone -- larger than...

Investigators say a fire that erupted at Planned Parenthood offices in Thousand Oaks on Wednesday night was the work of an arsonist.

Arson caused fire at Calif. Planned Parenthood facility: authorities

June 20, 2019 at 11:41 a.m.

A fire Wednesday night at a Planned Parenthood facility in Thousand Oaks was determined to be arson, authorities said. Ventura County sheriff's Capt. John Reilly said Thursday someone likely used...

Five members of the Sistahs on the Reading Edge book club show a photo from the Napa Valley Wine Train tour, from which they were kicked off.

Black women kicked off Napa Wine Train to sue for discrimination

June 22, 2019 at 1:42 p.m.

A group of predominantly African American women kicked off the Napa Wine Train in late August -- allegedly for being too loud -- filed an $11-million racial discrimination lawsuit Thursday....

Calif. teen hailed for stopping bully attacking visually impaired student

June 21, 2019 at 4:05 a.m.

A Huntington Beach teen is gaining national attention for his swift actions after a video shows him knocking out a bully who was attacking a visually impaired student. Cody Pines,...

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