A large bird set ablaze when it came in contact with the high-voltage lines of a power pole fell to the ground and started a 156-acre blaze that burned a Chino Hills home and was 80 percent contained on Monday, authorities said. There had been earlier reports that a transformer on a power pole might have…

Authorities look for a second man after the mass shooting at the Gilroy Garlic Festival that killed a 6-year-old boy and two others and injured 12.

A man was being questioned about the stabbing of another man found with multiple wounds on Sunday, July 28, in La Habra. Just before 6 p.m., officers were called to the 800 block of West Harbor Boulevard and found a wounded 57-year-old man, La Habra police said. He was taken to a hospital and in…

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GILROY — Alberto Romero was home in San Jose late Sunday afternoon when he got the panicked call from his wife at the Gilroy Garlic Festival: Someone had shot their 6-year-old son in the back, her in the stomach and hand and her mother in the leg. They had been playing at the bounce house….

Jose Palomar packed only a small suitcase because he thought his trip to Mexico would be brief. Seeking legal permanent residency, he had no choice but to go.  But now, nearly two months later, he’s still in Mexico and barred from returning to his home in the United States. Christine Palomar, 29, at her home…

A gunman opened fire at the famed festival in Gilroy on Sunday, killing three and injuring a dozen.

Juan Jose Diaz, a 24-year-old who joined the force two years ago, had wanted to be a cop since preschool, a family member told mourners at a vigil for the slain officer on Saturday night.

Officer Robert Hernandez was apprehensive when he put the suit on.

San Francisco State University has shut down its Confucius Institute, a China-funded language and culture program, under pressure from federal officials suspicious of ulterior motives to infiltrate American campuses.