Florida man parks Smart car in kitchen so it won't blow away

It started as a light-hearted challenge between a Florida couple: can a Smart car fit into their kitchen? The answer: Yes it can.

Officer finds teen who shielded elderly woman from rain, treats him and his mom to dinner

A Missouri police officer whose Facebook post about a teenager’s act of kindness went viral last week was able to identify the teen and return the kindness by treating him and his mother to dinner.

Thieves steal 60 laptops from East Oakland elementary school

When staff arrived at Oakland's Markham Elementary on Krause Avenue on Tuesday morning, they quickly saw they had a problem.

Family of five celebrating birthday presumed dead in deadly California dive boat fire

A family of five celebrating the father's birthday were among the 34 presumed dead in the tragic dive boat fire off the Santa Barbara coast this Labor Day weekend - and as of Tuesday morning, crews had recovered the bodies of all but one of them. 

City of Richmond yellow tags storage shed, family will now stay in shelter

Rolling suitcases, stacked plastic storage bins, and an Ikea bag stuffed with clothes sat on the floor of a storage shed waiting to be hauled away. A mattress and pad leaned in a corner, propped against the wall opposite the door, its pink and white sheet still on.

Officials: Fire blocked escape for 34 divers asleep on boat

Flames roared through a boat of sleeping scuba divers so quickly that it appears none of the 34 people below deck could escape, authorities said Tuesday as they ended their search without finding anyone who was missing still alive from the Labor Day tragedy off the Southern California coast.

They bonded over diving: Father, daughter from Los Altos among those who died aboard Conception

Raymond 'Scott' Chan, a Fremont high school teacher, and his 26-year-old daughter, Kendra, both of Los Altos, died and are among the victims of the dive-boat that caught fire off the Ventura County coast on Monday.

Gilroy park reopens after deadly Garlic Festival shooting

An emotional ceremony on Tuesday, marked the reopening of a park, where a gunman opened fire during the Gilroy Garlic Festival earlier this summer. 

Brush fire burns 12 acres in Santa Cruz Mountains

A 10 to 12-acre brush fire is burning in the Santa Cruz Mountains Tuesday, according to fire officials. 

Pentagon OKs military construction cash to build border wall

Defense Secretary Mark Esper has approved the use of $3.6 billion in funding from military construction projects to build 175 miles of President Donald Trump's wall along the Mexican border.

"Really bad scene": Witnesses describe destruction, death in Bahamas

As Hurricane Dorian parked over the Bahamas for a day in a half, residents in Freeport like Jason DeGregory hunkered down in their homes.

Maid of honor shows up to sister's wedding in giant T-rex costume

When Christina Meador was asked to be the maid of honor at her sister’s wedding in Nebraska, she was told she could wear whatever she wanted, so naturally she showed up in a giant inflatable dinosaur costume.

Homeless people camping on beach by Santa Cruz boardwalk sparks concerns

More than half of the homeless population in Santa Cruz County live in the city of Santa Cruz, and now officials say homeless people are setting up tents and camping at the beach along the Santa Cruz Beach Boardwalk.

Tracy police arrest suspect in fatal stabbing of Sikh man

TRACY, Calif. (AP) - Police in Northern California say they have arrested a man suspected in the stabbing and killing of a Sikh man who was on nighttime walk at a Northern California park. The Tracy Police Department says officers arrested 21-year-old Anthony Kreiter-Rhoads at his Tracy home Saturday in the killing of 62-year-old Parmjit Singh. The killing came a month after another Sikh...

Tropical Storm Fernand has formed in the Gulf of Mexico

Tropical Storm Fernand formed Tuesday afternoon, prompting a tropical storm warning for Mexico's northeast coast.

Back to school: The CDC wants you to put this in your kid's backpack this year

Back to school season is officially here, and federal health officials are recommending parents and caregivers to take an extra step to ensure their child’s safety.

Oakland mother killed by stray bullet on way back from wedding reception: neighbors

A 44-year-old mother of five died while walking back to her car after a wedding reception with her husband in Oakland early Monday, after being struck by a stray bullet, neighbors and police said.