After 2 Children Died In Hot Car, Advocates Urge Back-Seat Alarms
A proposed law that would require carmakers to build alarms for back seats is being pushed by child advocates who say it will prevent kids from dying in hot cars.
A proposed law that would require carmakers to build alarms for back seats is being pushed by child advocates who say it will prevent kids from dying in hot cars.
A number of Beaches along the shores of Lake Wildwood in Nevada County have been closed by the public health department due to E.Coli contamination.
The Senate will continue debates on the health care bill, which could cause 20 to 30 million people over the next decade to lose their insurance.
The focus of the program is on evidence-based interventions aimed at preventing teen pregnancy. It does not pay for or provide contraceptives.
The Senate has voted to move ahead on health care legislation aimed at dismantling the Obama health law.
Public health authorities say a fifth person has died during San Diego County's ongoing hepatitis A outbreak.
The drug is called naloxone, commonly known as Narcan. It's a quick way to save someone from overdosing on an opioid drug like heroin or painkillers.
Want to know when you're getting too much sun? A new high-tech patch may be able to help.
Dr. Taeko Frost has seen too many deadly overdoses in her lifetime – many she's successfully reversed. But she says the problem only gets worse when addicts use drugs, alone.
Doctors and veterinarians are warning about a hidden threat from a deadly bacteria that people can contract from their dogs. A growing number of pets are getting the infection, and it's easily spread and often missed.
The sentences jarred the food and drug manufacturing industry because it's rare that corporate officials are held personally responsible for an outbreak of foodborne illness.
California health officials reported Tuesday that 111 terminally ill people took drugs to end their lives in the first six months after a 2016 law made the option legal in the nation's most populous state.
The 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals ruled Monday that the U.S. Drug Enforcement Agency does not need a court order to subpoena a prescription drug database kept by the state of Oregon
The Senate health care bill would result in 22 million more uninsured Americans over the next decade compared to current law.
Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders say the Republican Senate health care proposal is the "most harmful" piece of legislation he has ever seen.
Evacuation orders have expanded in El Dorado County as the Crozier Fire nearly doubled in size within just a few hours.
The Athletics' final games in Oakland before their temporary move to Sacramento are fast approaching.
Three convicted felons from the Bay Area were arrested on Tuesday after dozens of guns were stolen from a gun store in Placer County last month, deputies said Wednesday.
There is no requirement to prove sobriety when getting financial help, but this ballot measure aims to change that.
COVID-19 was the 10th leading cause of death in the U.S. in 2023, down from fourth place in 2022.
Mark Orr, the Sacramento State athletics director, was appointed to a new role on the NCAA Division I Football Championship Committee, the university announced Thursday.
Mayor Darrell Steinberg said Tuesday that Rio City Café in Old Sacramento will close on Saturday.
Emergency repair work is continuing on a Sacramento street after a large sinkhole caused a city truck to get stuck.
A man was convicted of first-degree murder in the 2020 shooting death of a mother of four in Sacramento, prosecutors said Thursday.
Millions of dollars are about to be handed out to help keep kids safe in Sacramento, and a workshop was held to ask people how the funding should be spent.
Six years later, the trauma caused by the devastating 2018 Camp Fire in California's Butte County is being relived by residents in the path of the Park Fire.
Northern California's Park Fire continues to grow, but it still would need to more than double in size to eclipse the state's largest-ever wildfire.
Chevron Corporation announced Friday it would relocate its headquarters from San Ramon to Houston, Texas before the end of the year.
Thomas Neverkovec, owner of the Bambi Inn in Butte Meadows and a former firefighter, is staying put despite mandatory evacuation orders because of the Park Fire.
How the largest wildfires of the year — including the Park Fire — get their names comes down to simple geography. But not all incidents are easy to map.
The Athletics' final games in Oakland before their temporary move to Sacramento are fast approaching.
Deebo Samuel has looked like a different person since arriving for the offseason program this spring for the San Francisco 49ers.
Heliot Ramos and Matt Chapman hit fifth-inning solo homers to break a 3-3 tie and the San Francisco Giants beat the Washington Nationals 7-4.
Armando Alvarez and Zack Gelof hit RBI singles and Lawrence Butler knocked in a run with a sacrifice fly — all in the seventh inning — as the Oakland Athletics rallied past the Chicago White Sox 3-2.
Andrew Benintendi hit a two-run homer and the Chicago White Sox snapped their American League record-tying losing streak at 21 games on Tuesday night, beating the Oakland Athletics 5-1.
VP pick Tim Walz told the crowd, "in the White House, I'll have Vice President Harris' back every single day, and we'll have yours."
A Pakistani national with ties to the Iranian government has been arrested and charged with plotting a murder-for-hire scheme targeting U.S. government officials and politicians.
Kamala Harris has selected Tim Walz, the popular two-term governor of Minnesota, as her VP running mate, selecting a Midwestern Democrat to join her on the ticket.
The day after the shooting at a Trump rally in Pennsylvania, the internet saw a huge spike in calls for violence, and in particular an increase in calls for a modern-day civil war, researchers say.
Kamala Harris received 99% of the delegate votes in the Democratic National Committee's early virtual roll call vote, which ended Monday evening.
COVID-19 was the 10th leading cause of death in the U.S. in 2023, down from fourth place in 2022.
Perchlorate is found in a wide variety of foods, especially products popular with babies and kids, advocacy group says.
Compared with a year ago, 3.4 million more Americans do not have health insurance.
The Duke and Duchess of Sussex's Archewell Foundation is launching a new initiative, the Parents' Network, to support parents whose children have been victimized by harmful online content, from social media bullying to suicide ideation.
Portion control is key, say researchers in examining levels of lead, cadmium and arsenic in cocoa-laden products.
A Stockton gas station owner took it upon himself to keep prices low. At Ernie's General Store, the cash price for a gallon of gas is $3.99.
The federal government announced Wednesday that it will keep interest rates where they are for now, but that could change in the next few weeks.
CBS13 and the Call Kurtis consumer investigative team are on the lookout for the best back-to-school deals so that parents and families can save money.
There are big dreams to bring big development and business to Citrus Heights. The Sunrise Tomorrow Specific Plan is expected to transform the aging Sunrise Mall into a new central hub for the community with a main street, hotels, housing and more.
Customers are speaking out about their experience with the Flashfood app and how they've managed to save a few bucks.
Lawmakers quietly amended a bill prompted by a decade-long CBS investigation into California's Newborn Genetic Biobank. They removed the part that requires the state to reveal who is using our DNA for research and why.
The doctor who was released from jail after driving his family off a cliff is being called the "poster child" for and against a California law that allows attempted murder defendants to get at-home mental health treatment instead of standing trial for alleged crimes.
It was an emotional day in court for many who lived through the shootout and Abril's later escape.
Instead of facing trial for attempted murder, the Pasadena doctor accused of trying to kill his wife and kids by driving their Tesla off a cliff was released on Monday.
Emails obtained by CBS News California Investigates reveal the Governor's Chief of Staff did not want to negotiate with the initiative coalition unless they agreed to postpone their ballot measure until 2026.
American credit card debt hit a record Tuesday, especially impacting younger adults who are putting more on their credit cards.
A Salida homeowner contacted CBS13 and the Call Kurtis consumer investigative team to tell us that she was charged for flooring she never received.
The federal government announced Wednesday that it will keep interest rates where they are for now, but that could change in the next few weeks.
A Modesto woman said her home insurance company of nearly 40 years abruptly canceled her coverage over what it spotted from a drone's view high above her Central Valley property.
CBS13 and the Call Kurtis consumer investigative team are on the lookout for the best back-to-school deals so that parents and families can save money.
Fire crews are battling a vegetation fire that is threatening structures in the Penn Valley area of Nevada County on Wednesday.
Another wildfire in El Dorado County on Wednesday has forced evacuations in the Cameron Park area.
Evacuation orders expanded in El Dorado County Wednesday evening as the Crozier Fire nearly doubled in size within just a few hours.
Crews are still at work to contain California's fourth largest wildfire in history, the Park Fire, which has threatened four counties over two weeks and burned more than 406,000 acres.
At least one structure is threatened as crews are working to gain control of a grass fire that has burned roughly 100 acres near the Sacramento International Airport on Monday.
Kids and teens in Stockton are flocking to a program that's offering them the opportunity of a lifetime.
More than one hundred customers came out to celebrate the grand reopening of a restaurant that's been around for seven decades.
Pursuing higher education can be challenging for any college-bound student and for former foster youth, doing it alone can seem impossible.
A celebration at Sacramento Charter High on Thursday as college-bound seniors announced their campus of choice and 95% were accepted into four-year schools.
A bank employee in Lodi has some big bragging rights. He's never missed a day of work in his 47 years on the job and now he's getting ready to retire.
Cal Fire reports that the fire has grown to 706 acres with 5% containment as of Thursday morning.
Business leaders from across the community have come together to make the Capitol Cup Fundraiser happen to support nonprofits.
Three convicted felons from the Bay Area were arrested on Tuesday after dozens of guns were stolen from a gun store in Placer County last month, deputies said Wednesday.
Many people got new pets during the pandemic and that's created a big demand for veterinary services. Now there's a new facility opening today in Elk Grove that could help.
Evacuation orders have expanded in El Dorado County Wednesday evening as the Crozier Fire continues to burn.