CALIFORNIA

A man had a narrow escape when the fuel cap smashed the hood of a moving Jeep Grand Cherokee, leaving a visible gash on the car's body.

69-year-old mother Josie Gower was one of 17 people killed by heavy mudslides in southern California this week.

A California wedding banquet was disrupted when a thief quickly snatched a gift box containing $20,000 in gift money and ran off with it.

Several other videos posted online showed dramatic rescue operations by Coast Guard teams and firefighters along a stretch of Southern California coastline.

Mike Eliason, the spokesman from Santa Barbara County Fire Department explained that heavy rains and storm left the south-facing slopes above Montecito completely devastated which led to a mudslide where huge boulders rolled down into residential areas.

A 12-year-old in California died after doctors misdiagnosed her bacterial blood infection as the flu, her mother says.

At least five people died as a result of severe flooding and mudslides in Montecito and other parts of Southern California.

Devastated by wildfire, heavy rains have caused flooding and mudslides in Southern California.

California apartment fire started over trying to kill an arachnid.

A study has found that repeated influenza vaccinations in older adults dramatically reduces severity of the flu cases, viral infections and number of hospital visits. This information could prove pivotal as U.S. sees a surge in number of influenza cases and deaths.

South Korean tech giant Samsung and American carrier Verizon are launching their 5G service in Sacramento, California later this year.

Parts of California affected by recent wildfires were at heightened risk of mudslides due to heavy rains.

The flu impacted all the regions in California, with the UCLA Medical Centre treating over 200 patients a day.

The video has garnered more than 4.3 million views, 82,000 retweets and 250,000 favorites to date. 

A family of four was found shot in their chests in their Pacific Hills, California, home, and a gun was located near the suspect's body.

Kyle Shirakawa Handley teamed up with a few others to kidnap the victim in 2012, mistakenly believing he had buried $1 million in the Mojave Desert. They tortured him on the way to the place where they thought the money was buried and later cut off his penis.

Intel CEO Brian Krzanich sold nearly $11 million worth of company stock before major security flaws affecting the company's processors were made public.

The quake struck just 1.8 miles from Berkeley, and some 40 miles northwest of San Jose, California.

Oakland Police Department Officer Johnna Watson said a BART officer did discharge their firearm, but it could not be confirmed if the wounds came from the officer's weapon. Another gun was recovered from the scene.

A new Congressional bill would reduce a broad range of agriculture workers to the status of "guest workers." California's dairy owners are ecstatic.

A California man asked police officers for directions to a drug deal and was promptly arrested.