Tag Archives: California

A man killed four people during a stabbing rampage in Southern California before officers found his car parked outside a 7-Eleven convenience store and arrested him, authorities said. In addition to the people killed, the attacker left two wounded in multiple crime scenes in Garden Grove and Santa Ana, police …

A gunman kills at least three people at a California food festival on Sunday before being shot dead by police. Authorities say police are now hunting for a second person they believe was involved in the killings.

Four people were shot dead and two wounded on Thursday in a shooting spree that spread across four three neighborhoods in Los Angeles, California, and triggered a 12-hour manhunt before police tackled and arrested an armed suspect. A Los Angeles police spokesman identified the suspect as Gerry Zaragoza, 26, and …

Emergency officials in southern California’s high desert are braced for strong, potentially dangerous aftershocks from a major earthquake that damaged buildings, ruptured gas lines and sparked numerous fires near its remote epicenter. The magnitude 7.1 tremor rocked the Mojave desert town of Ridgecrest near Death Valley National Park as darkness …

The strongest earthquake to hit Southern California in nearly 20 years prompted one city to declare a state of emergency Thursday and shook residents from Las Vegas to Orange County. The quake, with a magnitude of 6.4, was centered near Ridgecrest, a community west of the Mojave Desert and about …

Sir Jony Ive, the Briton who over two decades helped turn Apple into the world’s most valuable company, is leaving to set up his own venture. Sir Jonathan, the designer of the iMac, iPod, and iPhone, leaves later this year to start a creative firm, LoveFrom, with Apple as its …

The leader of an international religious organization is being held in the US on charges of human trafficking, child rape, and other felonies. Naasón Joaquín García, who heads La Luz del Mundo (The Light of the World) church, was detained at Los Angeles airport, California prosecutors said. Mr. García, known …

The homeless population around Los Angeles, California, has risen sharply during the past year due to a lack of affordable housing in and around America’s second-largest city, pushing more people into poverty, according to new a study. Homelessness in the city of Los Angeles proper jumped by 16 percent, while …

The “holy grail” of plastic – a material that can be broken down and repeatedly recycled without any loss of quality – has been created by scientists. Placed in an acid bath, it can be fully broken down into its component parts. Like lego, these monomers can then be reassembled …

A California woman pleaded guilty and has been smacked with jail time for assaulting a McDonald’s manager because she did not receive enough ketchup with her order. On April 12, Mayra Berenice Gallo was sentenced to 18 days behind bars and 15 days of community service for the October 2018 …

The world’s largest aircraft took off over the Mojave Desert in California on Saturday. The carbon-composite plane was built by Stratolaunch Systems Corp. The white airplane called Roc, which has a wingspan the length of an American football field and is powered by six engines on a twin fuselage, took …