A bush crash in Merced County has claimed the lives of at least five passengers. The crash happened around 3:30 a.m. Tuesday on Highway 99 one mile south of the Hammat Avenue exit near the city of Livingston, according to a spokesperson with Merced-area California Highway Patrol.

Almonds, pistachios and other high-value nuts are an appealing commodity for not only health nuts, but also more recently to highly sophisticated criminal organizations in the San Joaquin valley.

The Sand Fire has destroyed eighteen homes, but for those who were evacuated, homeowners insurance coverage may still help. Many of the 20,000 evacuees don’t realize that their renters insurance and home policies cover those expenses.

A medical transport plane crashed in northern California killing all four people onboard Friday. Around 12:30 a.m. local time Friday, the Piper Cheyenne aircraft containing three crew members and one patient departed from airport in Crescent City, California -- about 20 miles south of Oregon.

A large blaze near Big Sur on California’s Central Coast spread even further on Sunday, destroying 57 homes and forcing the evacuation of another 300, as 5,000 firefighters struggled to slow down the wildfire.

A car plowed into the front of a Los Angeles house where a group of 11 mostly elderly people were holding a bible study and prayer meeting, leaving one person dead and eight injured, authorities said.

Firefighters scrambled on Thursday to contain a deadly wildfire that has forced the evacuation of hundreds of residents and gutted dozens of homes near the coast of central California.

California drivers take more selfies while driving than motorists in any other state, according to a new study by the insurance news and information site Auto Insurance Center.

More than a dozen cameras set up along Highway 4 in the East Bay to monitor crime are already paying off for police in the first week.

More than 1,600 firefighters battled on Monday to contain a fast-spreading wildfire that has forced hundreds of evacuations in the drought-parched canyons north of Los Angeles, destroying 18 homes, killing at least one person and closing a highway.

Over the past two years, General Motors has recalled millions of vehicles over airbag issues, many related to Takata safety devices deploying too forcefully. Now, the company is recalling nearly 290,000 Chevrolet sedans for a different reason: the airbags might not deploy in a crash.

Call it the fast and the furious — and the broken. Just weeks after the opening of downtown Los Angeles’ Skyslide — a recreational glass slide 1,000 feet above the ground on the outside of the U.S. Bank Tower — a Woodmere, NY, woman has sued, calling foul on the ride, which she says caused a broken ankle.

After a long day, it can be nice to come home and grab a frozen meal from the fridge for a quick and easy dinner. If you’ve been stocking up on P.F. Chang’s frozen meals, you might want to double-check they aren’t included in a recently expanded recall of more than 195,000 pounds of frozen dinner product that may contain metal fragments.

A Santa Barbara police officer charged with insurance fraud was competing in "strongman" contests for at least two years while on paid injury leave, records show.

Authorities say a former NFL wide receiver was busted on suspicion of staging car crashes to collect insurance money.
The California Department of Insurance says 34-year-old Jeffrey Leon Webb, along with eight conspirators, is accused of staging four different collisions.