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"Transformers: Dark of the Moon" has $97.5 million in the bank at the domestic box office since opening Tuesday night. Distributor Paramount estimated Saturday that the movie could top the holiday weekend records held by "Spider-Man 2" and "The Twilight Saga: Eclipse."
California college students are bracing for higher tuition bills and fewer courses and campus services under a new state budget that once again slashes spending on higher education.
A simple home improvement project and a stray sponge apparently led to a man's home burning down, according to fire investigators.
Police and firefighters are on the hunt for illegal fireworks sales as the Fourth of July approaches, and officials are warning residents to avoid buying fireworks online.
City officials are asking residents to conserve drinking water over the Fourth of July weekend over concerns that hot weather could put a strain on supplies.
One of the greenest communities in Northern California is pulling back from a recent statewide environmental push to ban plastic bags.
Several Sierra resorts are planning to cash in on the rare opportunity to draw people to the ski slopes on the Fourth of July weekend.
A brush fire near Thunder Valley Casino has grown to 50 acres and emergency crews are requesting backup to extinguish the blaze.
A Southern California company that makes spy drones for the military is seeing increased security because of threats posted on an online jihadist forum, officials said Friday.
The University of California is considering another tuition increase to offset a deeper-than-expected cut in state funding.
The wife of a missing hiker says he was trying to save his friend's life when they were swept over a bridge into a reservoir while returning from a backpacking trip at Yosemite National Park.
Six weeks after Arnold Schwarzenegger revealed he had fathered a child out of wedlock, his wife Maria Shriver filed divorce papers Friday to end their marriage of 25 years.
A Central California school district did not adequately investigate or respond to complaints of bullying endured by a 13-year-old boy who later committed suicide after being harassed by classmates because he was gay, federal officials said in a letter to administrators released Friday.
Fentanyl took her life. Now her parents say Governor Newsom and Democratic leadership in California's Capitol misused her name and played politics with their daughter's memory
Fall-like weather is ahead!
The Davis Farmers Market was ranked as one of the six best farmers markets in the western United States in a new study published this week.
You may remember Alexandra Capelouto, the Riverside County college student who died after taking half a fentanyl-laced prescription pill. Hers was among the first deaths to be investigated as fentanyl poisoning. The Capelouto family just won a landmark $5.8 million civil verdict against the man who sold her the pill. CBS News California's Julie Watts investigates how state legislators played politics with a young woman’s memory.
Tens of thousands of visitors are expected to attend Aftershock.
Some homeless people in Modesto appear to have moved back into the caves along the Tuolumne River near Crater Avenue.
Ballots, mail and laptops were stolen from two U.S. Post Office locations in the Sacramento area overnight, authorities said.
Hurricane Milton has made landfall along Florida's west coast.
The Davis Farmers Market was ranked as one of the six best farmers markets in the western United States in a new study published this week.
DACA has been the subject of a years-long court battle and remains in legal jeopardy due to a lawsuit by Texas and other Republican-led states that oppose the policy.
Sacramento's Front Street Animal Shelter is seeing a double-digit drop in animal adoption rates. Now, a new report shows that the facility's small size is partially to blame.
Three Northern California people received a five-count indictment, charged with bank robbery and conspiracy to commit bank robbery in Sacramento and several cities in the Bay Area, prosecutors said Wednesday.
In the first half of 2024, Sacramento County's homeless outreach efforts led to more than 250 people finding places to live.
Four weeks before Election Day, Sacramento is front and center in the 2024 presidential race.
When you call 911 for medical help in Sacramento, it may no longer be a city fire ambulance that shows up.
Voting by mail is now underway in California for the Nov. 5 presidential election. Here's how and where voters can cast their ballots and what races Californians will be voting on.
A wildfire burning next to Clear Lake in Lake County was further contained Sunday and mandatory evacuations were lifted, authorities said.
An incessant and dangerous heat wave blistering Northern California peaked Sunday with another round of record-breaking temperatures in the Bay Area and Sacramento Valley before gradual cooling begins.
California Gov. Gavin Newsom announced Friday that the state is awarding 18 communities with nearly $131 million to clear homeless encampments while also providing shelter and support.
Hundreds of miles of the Klamath River are now free after the largest dam removal project in U.S. history was completed Wednesday.
Rafael Nadal won 22 Grand Slam singles titles during an unprecedented era he shared with his rivals in the so-called Big Three, Roger Federer and Novak Djokovic.
The San Francisco 49ers have dropped three games since their season-opening Monday Night Football win over the New York Jets, with two of those loses coming after a fourth-quarter collapse.
The short week means there will be little time spent going over all the mistakes from Sunday, but there were plenty.
LeBron and Bronny James made history today as the first father-son duo to play together in the NBA.
This marked the second time this season that San Francisco (2-3) blew a double-digit lead in the fourth quarter to a division rival, having done it in Week 3 against the Los Angeles Rams.
DACA has been the subject of a years-long court battle and remains in legal jeopardy due to a lawsuit by Texas and other Republican-led states that oppose the policy.
After her husband was assassinated in 1968, Ethel Kennedy raised their 11 children and spent decades working for human rights.
Funding for public schools is a big issue on the November ballot with more than ten billion dollars on the line in the statewide ballot measure Prop 2.
"I think all of us know the electoral college needs to go," Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz said. "But that's not the world we live in."
Kamala Harris says she would expand Medicare to cover in-home senior healthcare costs.
Rizo-López Foods can no longer manufacture and distribute cheese and other dairy products, Justice Department says.
Storm surge poses a fire hazard for vehicles with lithium-ion batteries, with dozens of blazes erupting after Helene.
Kamala Harris says she would expand Medicare to cover in-home senior healthcare costs.
"The Office" actress Jenna Fischer on Tuesday revealed that she was diagnosed with breast cancer last year but is now cancer-free after receiving treatment.
The importance of regular mammograms is a big part of Breast Cancer Awareness Month. Here's where you can get one for free.
A Fairfield couple had their home insurance policy canceled because of a photo taken from high above their residence. They called Kurtis when they thought the insurance carrier got it wrong.
Inflation and California's higher wages are driving up the cost of dining out, but the Call Kurtis team has found some relief for your wallet in the form of discount gift cards for restaurants.
A Sacramento mother is seeking answers—and justice—after discovering that her daughter's grave was moved without her knowledge.
A Lodi animal rescue and adoption agency said someone hijacked their Facebook page and is using it to rip people off. They reached out to the Call Kurtis team to look into it.
A Folsom viewer said a credit reporting agency is refusing to remove a debt that isn't hers. She reached out to the Call Kurtis team for help.
Gov. Gavin Newsom signs law prompted by a decade-long CBS News California investigation into California's newborn genetic biobank.
Credit card companies are responsible for fraud loss, under federal law. But there's no penalty for big banks when venerable victims wire thousands of dollars to scammers.
When California Democrats accept oil money or vote against "climate-friendly" bills, they are often criticized or accused of being beholden to the oil industry. But are they?
A CBS News California investigation found roughly half of California voters will have someone new to the job running their presidential election this year.
California lawmakers are trying again to give public school teachers paid family leave. Critics worry it could come at the actual expense of students.
A Fairfield couple had their home insurance policy canceled because of a photo taken from high above their residence. They called Kurtis when they thought the insurance carrier got it wrong.
Inflation and California's higher wages are driving up the cost of dining out, but the Call Kurtis team has found some relief for your wallet in the form of discount gift cards for restaurants.
Booster seats and car seats are the law for children under eight years old, but a new study reveals many kids aren't being kept in them.
A CBS13 viewer was left disappointed when a summer Styx and Foreigner concert in the East Bay was canceled due to a power outage. When Ticketmaster refused to refund them, she called Kurtis.
A Rancho Cordova viewer was recently scammed out of $9,000. Afterward, she reached out to CBS13 and the Call Kurtis consumer investigative team for help.
A new wildfire burning near the Nevada and Placer county line has forced officials to issue mandatory evacuations in both counties on Saturday.
As wildfires rage across California, new research reveals an alarming impact on one of the region's most vital industries: agriculture.
California voters will be asked to authorize the state to borrow $10 billion to pay for climate and environmental projects, including wildfire prevention.
Forward progress has been stopped for a fire burning in southeastern Butte County that forced officials to issue evacuation warnings on Thursday.
El Dorado and Placer County communities continue to recover two years after the Mosquito Fire burned more than 76,000 acres.
It was a day of conquering fears and overcoming odds at the Sacramento Deep Water Channel this weekend. People living with physical disabilities got an opportunity to feel the exhilaration of setting sail.
A nutrition program to get kids excited about healthy eating in Yuba City is seeing success and now the farm-to-school program will be growing not just food but in size and opportunity.
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.
Fentanyl took her life. Now her parents say Governor Newsom and Democratic leadership in California's Capitol misused her name and played politics with their daughter's memory
Fall-like weather is ahead!
The Davis Farmers Market was ranked as one of the six best farmers markets in the western United States in a new study published this week.
You may remember Alexandra Capelouto, the Riverside County college student who died after taking half a fentanyl-laced prescription pill. Hers was among the first deaths to be investigated as fentanyl poisoning. The Capelouto family just won a landmark $5.8 million civil verdict against the man who sold her the pill. CBS News California's Julie Watts investigates how state legislators played politics with a young woman’s memory.
Tens of thousands of visitors are expected to attend Aftershock.