California

The search to find “Glee” TV show star Naya Rivera in a Southern California lake was suspended Sunday night until Monday morning, authorities said.

Authorities are continuing their search for “Glee” actress Naya Rivera, who is presumed to have drowned after going missing Wednesday at a lake in California, NBC News reports. “The search for Naya Rivera continues at Lake Piru,” the Ventura County Sheriff’s Office said on Twitter Saturday afternoon. The search turned from a rescue effort to a recovery effort on Thursday, with more...

Street Poets is a non-profit organization using poetry, hip hop and storytelling to break the cycle of violence on the streets of Los Angeles and in juvenile probation centers. NBCLX storyteller Cody Broadway shows us the project that is on the frontlines of transforming the culture of communities in South L.A.

California will become the first state to sue the Trump administration over guidelines issued this week that bar international students from remaining in the United States if they can take classes online, state Attorney General Xavier Becerra announced Thursday afternoon. The lawsuit, which was expected to be filed Thursday in Northern California’s U.S District Court, seeks a preliminary injunction against enforcement...

Search crews continue to look for missing “Glee” actress Naya Rivera at Lake Piru in Southern California. The actress went missing Wednesday while boating on the water with her 4-year-old son who was found safe on the boat.

A video posted to social media shows a group of dogs reacting to the 5.8 magnitude quake that shook California on Wednesday

Heading into Memorial Day weekend, California’s mood was celebratory. The state had avoided dire predictions of a coronavirus surge, hospitalizations were starting to decline and restaurants and most other businesses had reopened.

California regulators have sued Cisco Systems, saying an engineer faced discrimination at the company’s Silicon Valley headquarters because he is a Dalit Indian.

A driver who led authorities on a 100-mph chase drove off a cliff and into the Pacific Ocean on Tuesday in a town north of Santa Cruz, California, law enforcement officials said.

In the latest move to change U.S. place names tied to racist groups and ideas, leaders of Orange County’s Democratic Party are pushing to drop film legend John Wayne’s name from the county’s airport because of his racist and bigoted comments

Florida, Texas and California have seen an explosion in new cases over the past few days, breaking daily records in new cases reported by state. The first coronavirus task force briefing in nearly two months resumes this afternoon.

The Orlando area theme park announced Tuesday that over 400 options – everything from plant based dumplings to a cashew cheesecake – will be available starting October 1st at quick service locations and October 3rd at table service locations.

It’s going to be a cruise to nowhere, but that will be just fine with die-hard “Star Wars” fans. Disney officials on Tuesday offered new details on its recently announced Star Wars-themed resort in Florida.

The resort already operates Universal Studios and Islands of Adventure, as well as the Volcano Bay water park, in Orlando.

This South Florida teen is a whiz at Braille, beating out all the competition in Florida at a regional challenge.

A man accused of being the rapist and killer who terrorized California residents in the 1970s and 1980s has agreed to plead guilty to dozens of crimes in return for being spared the death penalty

Federal authorities will review local investigations into the hanging deaths of two black men in Southern California to determine whether federal law was violated

The U.S. Supreme Court said Monday it will not take up a legal battle over whether local governments can declare themselves sanctuaries and refuse to help federal agents enforce immigration laws, NBC News reported. As is the usual custom, the court declined to say why it won’t hear the issue. Two of the court’s most conservative justices, Clarence Thomas...

The San Luis Obispo County Sheriff’s Office had been looking for a 26-year-old Mason James Lira, who allegedly shot a deputy and killed a homeless man Wednesday.