California

Three people have been shot and killed in California by a gunman whom it is alleged had a dislike of white people and government.

The man reportedly targeted a teacher in the California classroom, injuring two children before turning the gun on himself.

A federal judge’s decision to free the wife of a man who killed 49 people at an Orlando nightclub has been condemned by survivors of the massacre.

Three people were killed and two critically injured when their light aircraft plunged into a house in a residential neighbourhood of southern California.

Magic Johnson has been named President of Basketball Operations for the struggling Los Angeles Lakers.

It's hoped repairs to main spillway connected to Oroville Dam in northern California can begin as soon as possible

An urgent evacuation has been ordered in northern California after officials said the US’s tallest dam had been weekend by heavy rain.

The latest storm in the wet California winter triggered street flooding and rockslides around the San Francisco Bay Area.

Debbie Reynolds and her daughter Carrie Fisher will have a joint funeral and are to be buried together in Hollywood, according to Reynolds’ son.

The search for bodies continues in the burnt out ruins of an Oakland warehouse. Investigators are still uncertain what started the blaze.

The warehouse's previous health and safety discrepancies have come to light as authorities say death toll could rise to as many as 40 while they try to locate the missing.