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Two sheriff's deputies who worked in Santa Clara County jails have been arrested in separate investigations.The Associated Press reported that the Sheriff's Department on Friday announced the arrests of Ryan Saunders and Mark Navarette.Saunders is accused of accessing confidential records of people he knew, while Navarette is accused of claiming that an injury he sustained in a softball game happened
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Robin Williams’ widow has agreed to a settlement with the late comedian’s children, ending a protracted and bitter legal dispute over the estate and the couple’s Bay Area home.
Attorney James Wagstaffe said Friday that Susan Schneider Williams reached an agreement with Cody, Zelda and Zachary Williams, according to the Associated Press.
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Arne Duncan, who on Friday announced he will step down as U.S. Secretary of Education in December, had a sometimes stormy relationship with California, despite its status as a stronghold of support for Democrats and the Obama administration.
An early conflict was the state’s effort to secure grants through Duncan’s signature Race to the Top effort.
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Adventurer Johnny Strange, who grew up in Malibu, was killed Thursday when he crashed while wingsuit BASE jumping in the Swiss Alps.
Strange, 23, crashed a few seconds after taking off from Mt. Gitschen about noon, according to a statement from Swiss police on Friday.
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U.S. Secretary of Education Arne Duncan, who announced Friday that he would leave the Obama administration in December, advocated for changes on college campuses in areas as divergent as tuition grants and sexual assault.
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Downtown’s historic Olvera Street, one of the oldest streets in Los Angeles, was named this week as one of the country's top five "Great Streets" by the American Planning Assn.
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Cats climbing stuff is hardly worth mentioning. But a cougar up a power pole? Now that’s impressive.
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A large stone and samples of an accelerant used to set fire to a Planned Parenthood facility in Thousand Oaks have been sent to a laboratory for testing, authorities said.
No arrests have been made in the arson, but detectives expect the test results will offer information on the type of accelerant used and possibly clues about the arsonist, said Capt. John Reilly of the Ventura County Sheriff’s Department.
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An overturned truck spilled hot asphalt on the 71 Freeway in Pomona on Friday morning, blocking all southbound lanes for hours.
Crews with the California Department of Transportation were working to scrape the asphalt off the road, an effort that could take several hours, Pomona police said. All lanes reopened at 11 a.m.
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