Officials in South Carolina announced Wednesday that an investigation found Hayden Panettiere's Aug. 16 death to be accidental and the case is now closed.

"Based on the Medical Examiner's determination and the findings of the investigation, Hayden Panettiere's death has been ruled accidental," officials in Greenville, S.C., said.

Paramedics ...Read more

A federal judge in a blistering opinion Wednesday denied a Trump administration request to immediately block California elections officials from counting the ballots of 20,000 voters whose citizenship the administration questions. The administration swiftly said it would appeal.

U.S. District Judge David O. Carter ruled that the administration�...Read more

Officials from San Diego and Imperial counties responded Tuesday evening with strongly worded letters informing U.S. Attorney Adam Gordon that they would not comply with his demands to segregate nearly 1,900 ballots sent to individuals whom the U.S. Department of Justice has claimed are “likely” noncitizens.

“The DOJ’s request is a ...Read more

SAN JOSE, Calif. — Dave Cortese was in the middle of a San Jose City Council meeting during his second term when he received a message that legendary labor leader Dolores Huerta was outside and wanted to speak with him.

He quietly left the dais and met her in the newly built rotunda, where she had pulled up two chairs facing each other. She ...Read more

LOS ANGELES — A federal judge in Los Angeles denied a Trump administration request Wednesday to immediately block California elections officials from counting the ballots of 20,000 voters whose citizenship the administration questions in a blistering opinion.

U.S. District Judge David O. Carter ruled that the administration’s allegations ...Read more

SAN DIEGO — Marcos Castro last texted his mother to tell her that he had decided to cross into the U.S. and was about to get on a boat.

The family has not heard from him since.

Jessica Castro believes that her brother was on a boat with 27 people that sank 140 miles west of Ensenada, Mexico, this month. Sixteen people were rescued by the U.S...Read more

NEW YORK — Linda Tigani, the chairperson of the city’s Commission on Racial Equity, will remain in her role for an additional year, Mayor Mamdani said Wednesday — after he had sought to replace her but faced backlash from the City Council.

The mayor’s pick to lead the independent commission, Christopher Alexander, is now expected to ...Read more

SAN JOSE, Calif. — The name Plaza de Cesar Chavez in San Jose is no more.

On Tuesday, City Council members officially wiped the name of the disgraced labor leader from a downtown park for good — the city’s most significant location named after him — renaming it Plaza de San Jose. The decision comes more than six months after the city ...Read more

SACRAMENTO, Calif. — A rogue action by OpenAI’s artificial intelligence models this summer to break into another company was not considered a “critical safety incident,” under a California law regulating the technology.

The Hugging Face hack reverberated across the industry because OpenAI’s models took actions that went against what ...Read more

CNN, MS NOW and Politico have revised their lawsuit against the Trump administration over press access to the White House to include a request for a court order to allow their journalists into other areas, including the Oval Office and Air Force One.

The updated lawsuit was filed Wednesday, two weeks after U.S. District Judge Timothy J. Kelly ...Read more

SACRAMENTO, Calif. — Outgoing Gov. Gavin Newsom announced Wednesday that the number of people experiencing unsheltered homelessness in California had dropped almost 13% since 2024, providing a boost to a Democrat who has been dogged by criticism of his handling of the issue.

The number of unsheltered homeless people statewide dropped from 123...Read more

LOS ANGELES — Unusually high tides that have brought flooding to low-lying areas in Southern California including Newport Beach and Long Beach may linger longer than initially predicted.

The National Weather Service on Wednesday extended flood advisories for all of Southern California’s coastal counties through 2 p.m. Friday, said Devin ...Read more

Patrick Clancy filed a wrongful death suit against a psychiatrist and a nurse practitioner who treated his ex-wife Lindsay before she allegedly killed the couple’s three children.

Lawyers representing Dr. Jennifer Tufts and Rebecca Jollotta want the case dropped. The litigants and their attorneys were in a Massachusetts court on Wednesday. A ...Read more

SACRAMENTO, Calif. — Fall is in full swing across California, bringing cooler weather and the start of another respiratory virus season.

Although respiratory viruses circulate year-round, many become more active during the fall and winter months.

“Many respiratory viruses, including flu, (respiratory syncytial virus) and COVID-19 circulate...Read more

SAN DIEGO — The San Diego County Board of Supervisors on Tuesday advanced a $2.5 million project meant to reduce toxic air pollution at Saturn Boulevard, the South County hot spot where cascading Tijuana River flows release hydrogen sulfide into nearby neighborhoods.

The board voted to adopt a memorandum of agreement with the city of San ...Read more

BOSTON — Lindsay Clancy could testify in a wrongful death suit against her healthcare providers, according to her ex-husband’s attorney.

“You know who hasn’t testified yet? Lindsay Clancy,” Howard Cooper, the lawyer representing Patrick Clancy in a suit against his ex-wife’s mental healthcare providers, said at a hearing in Norfolk ...Read more