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Mom May Have Used Wig to Alter Missing Girl's Appearance

Search for Melodee Buzzard now focuses on weekend road trip

(Newser) - California authorities are intensifying their search for missing 9-year-old Melodee Buzzard , now focusing on a road trip her mother took earlier this month. Investigators suspect Ashlee Buzzard may have tried to disguise Melodee at a car rental agency ahead of that trip. Surveillance footage from Oct. 7 shows Melodee in...

After Grandma's Fall, Teen Creates a Winning Solution

FallGuard camera system detects falls, sends alerts without any wearable tech

(Newser) - A California eighth-grader just took home the title "America's Top Young Scientist"—and a $25,000 prize—for inventing a new kind of fall-detection device inspired by his grandmother's accident. Thirteen-year-old Kevin Tang developed FallGuard, a camera-based monitoring system that uses an algorithm he programmed himself...

Transportation Secretary: I'm Revoking Funding for California

Duffy says state will lose funding over commercial driver's license issue

(Newser) - Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy warned Sunday that he is about make good on a threat to revoke millions in federal funds for California because he says the state is illegally issuing commercial driver's licenses to noncitizens, the AP reports. In an appearance on Fox News Channel's Sunday Morning ...

Woman Puts Up 12 Billboards in Her Search for Love
She Couldn't Find
a Partner, So
She Launched
MarryLisa.com
in case you missed it
Oct 26, 2025 11:01 AM CDT

She Couldn't Find a Partner, So She Launched MarryLisa.com

California's Lisa Catalano, 42, also paid for 12 billboards looking for love along Highway 101

(Newser) - A Bay Area woman's quest for love took a public turn when she paid for a dozen billboards along Highway 101 to find a husband, drawing national attention, a flood of applications, and plenty of hate mail, reports SFGate . Forty-two-year-old Lisa Catalano launched her campaign early last month, with...

The Most Expensive ZIP Codes in America

Fisher Island's 33109 off Miami Beach, Florida, tops PropertyShark ranking

(Newser) - Nine of the most expensive ZIP codes in the nation land in either California or on New York's Long Island—but, per a PropertyShark ranking , it's a Florida location that takes the No. 1 spot. That would be Fisher Island, right off the coast of Miami Beach, a...

State Democrats Object to DOJ Sending Election Monitors

Administration says Republicans in California, New Jersey asked for federal observers

(Newser) - The Justice Department said Friday it will send federal election observers to California and New Jersey to monitor their Nov. 4 elections. The Trump administration said it's responding to requests from the states' Republican Party organizations, the Guardian reports, with Attorney General Pam Bondi saying the goal is to...

California Is Getting Tough on 'Aquatic Feral Pigs'

New law allows hunters to kill mute swans at any time

(Newser) - California hunters will soon have the green light to kill mute swans, a move state officials say is aimed at controlling a "destructive, non-native" species. Starting Jan. 1, anyone with a hunting license can take the birds at any time, while landowners and lessees are allowed to do so...

Plane Crash-Lands, Striking Pedestrian

Yet Tuesday's incident in Long Beach 'could have been a whole lot worse'

(Newser) - A woman walking through a park in Long Beach on Tuesday afternoon unexpectedly found herself in the path of a small airplane making an emergency landing on a soccer field. Fire officials say the incident happened shortly after 4pm, when the aircraft—described by KTLA as "possibly experimental"—...

Wild Bear Visits the Zoo, 'Looking for a Friend'

Curious cub meets Sequoia Park Zoo's resident bears before going on its way

(Newser) - A young wild black bear gave staff at California's Sequoia Park Zoo an unexpected surprise Friday morning when it decided to drop by for a visit with the zoo's three resident bears. The bear seemed "really, really interested" in Tule, Ishung, and Kunabulilh, the three captive American...

Shrapnel Hits CHP Vehicle During Controversial Drills

Newsom, Vance clashed over live fire

(Newser) - Metal shrapnel from an exploding artillery shell fell hit and damaged a California Highway Patrol vehicle as personnel at a US Marine Corps base fired live rounds over a highway—against the objections of Gov. Gavin Newsom—during weekend exercises observed by Vice President JD Vance, the AP reports. The...

Odd Crime Bust Sight: Decapitated Lego Figurines

Santa Rosa cops recover tens of thousands of stolen pieces from suspect's home

(Newser) - Police in Santa Rosa, California, say they have dismantled an elaborate—and unusual—theft ring. Its focus: Legos. Lots and lots of Legos. Police arrested 39-year-old Robert Lopez after a raid on his house, where they found tens of thousands of loose Lego pieces and figurines, along with unopened sets,...

Father Confesses to Killing Infant Son
Father
Admits Killing
Missing Infant
Oct 17, 2025 12:53 PM CDT

Father Admits Killing Missing Infant

Jake Haro pleads guilty in death of 7-month-old Emmanuel

(Newser) - The mystery of what happened to a missing California infant is finally over: The father of Emmanuel Haro pleaded guilty on Thursday to murdering his 7-month-old son, reports the Los Angeles Times . Jake Haro, 32, admitted to charges including child assault leading to death and filing a false police...

California Sees 2 Unusual Mpox Cases
In California,
2 Unusual Mpox Cases
Oct 17, 2025 11:48 AM CDT

In California, 2 Unusual Mpox Cases

But health officials say the risk remains low

(Newser) - Two Californians diagnosed with mpox may be the first US cases resulting from the local spread of a different version of the virus, health officials said. The Long Beach Department of Health and Human Services this week confirmed the first case through testing at a state lab, reports the AP...

California to Sell Insulin Pens for $11

State's own brand will be available Jan. 1, Newsom says

(Newser) - California will soon offer insulin pens for $11 under a new state program announced by Gov. Gavin Newsom, marking the latest move in a broader push to cut prescription drug costs. Starting Jan. 1, a five-pack of the state's own brand of insulin pens will be available to consumers...

Ex-Manson Follower's Lawyer Blasts '100% Political' Move

Gov. Gavin Newsom rejects parole for Patricia Krenwinkel for a second time

(Newser) - California Gov. Gavin Newsom has made his decision and it's to keep the state's longest serving female prisoner behind bars. Newsom denied parole to former Manson Family member Patricia Krenwinkel for a second time this week, arguing she still "poses an unreasonable danger to society," per...

Judge Extends Block on Troop Deployment to Oregon

Trump still temporarily barred from sending any troops to the state

(Newser) - The US district court judge who blocked the Trump administration's deployment of National Guard troops to Oregon on Wednesday extended the two temporary restraining orders related to the ruling, the Guardian reports. Judge Karin Immergut's orders were originally due to expire this week, but have now been extended...

Katie Porter Is in Damage Control Mode

'I could have handled things better,' she says of behavior in viral videos

(Newser) - California gubernatorial hopeful Katie Porter is in damage control mode after videos surfaced showing her sparring with a journalist and berating a staffer—clips that have cast a shadow over the Democrat's campaign to succeed term-limited Gov. Gavin Newsom. In a Tuesday interview on Nexstar's Inside California ...

LA Declares Emergency Over ICE Raids

County decision will allow officials to provide more assistance to affected residents

(Newser) - Los Angeles County officials voted Tuesday to declare a state of emergency that gives them power to provide assistance for residents they say have suffered financially from ongoing federal immigration raids, the AP reports. The move allows the LA County Board of Supervisors to provide rent relief for tenants who...

California Bans New Glock Sales
California Bans
New Glock Sales
Oct 14, 2025 6:20 PM CDT

California Bans New Glock Sales

Law targets handguns that can be easily modified for automatic fire

(Newser) - California Gov. Gavin Newsom has signed a bill prohibiting the sale of new Glock handguns in the state. The legislation, known as Assembly Bill 1127 and passed along party lines, targets the popular firearm due to its compatibility with 3D-printed "Glock Switches"—small devices that can convert the...

Obama: Republicans Are Trying to 'Rig the Next Election'

Former president backs California redistricting in new ad

(Newser) - Former President Obama is entering the fight for US House control by appearing in a 30-second ad urging California voters to approve a November ballot proposal that could add as many as five Democrat-held House seats in the state, per the AP . Proposition 50 would dramatically reshape California's congressional...

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