3,000 eggs abandoned after drone scares birds in California
HUNTINGTON BEACH, Calif. — Some 3,000 elegant tern eggs were abandoned at a Southern California nesting island after a drone crashed and scared off...
Mexico to use US-donated vaccines along border
MEXICO CITY — Mexican officials said Friday they will use 1 million U.S. doses of the Johnson & Johnson coronavirus vaccine to inoculate people...
Ex-child actor Drake Bell accused of child endangerment
CLEVELAND — One of the stars of the popular Nickelodeon children's show “Drake & Josh” faces criminal charges regarding a girl he had met...
Ex-House member who resigned amid scandal hit with $220K fee
LOS ANGELES — Former California congresswoman Katie Hill has been ordered to pay about $220,000 in attorneys’ fees to a British tabloid and two...
2 San Diego police officers among 3 killed in head-on crash
SAN DIEGO — Two San Diego police officers were among three people killed Friday after their car was struck by a driver going the...
Ex-San Francisco official’s ‘robbery’ was just bad joke
SAN FRANCISCO — San Francisco’s former public works director, who resigned after being charged in a City Hall corruption case, won't face criminal charges...
Oregon fall firestorms cautionary tale in worsening drought
OTIS, Ore. — Wildfire smoke was thick when Tye and Melynda Small went to bed on Labor Day, but they weren't too concerned. After...
US taps groups to pick asylum-seekers to allow into country
SAN DIEGO — The Biden administration has quietly tasked six humanitarian groups with recommending which migrants should be allowed to stay in the U.S....
Ex-San Francisco official arrested for attempted robbery
San Francisco's former public works director, who resigned after being charged in a City Hall corruption case, was arrested Wednesday after allegedly trying to...
Migrants are warned of smuggling risks on California border
SAN DIEGO — A man alleged to have captained a boat that fell apart and killed three people off the San Diego coast has...