Volkswagen is recalling roughly 261,000 vehicles
Dealers will replace the affected part free of charge.
Dealers will replace the affected part free of charge.
The reimagined electric van has a sunroof, leather interiors and a touch-screen infotainment system.
Flaw in vehicles' wiring means front passenger airbags could fail to deploy during a crash.
Government's new classification of cars that qualify for the generous tax credit is a win for Tesla and other automakers.
Cars from brands like Ferrari, Bugatti and McLaren are, of course, highly valued, but some models from manufacturers like Toyota, Mitsubishi and Volkswagen have also seen their values soar.
Volkswagen is recalling nearly 42,000 Beetles in the U.S. and Canada because they have potentially dangerous Takata air bag inflators.
California on Monday settled a lawsuit against a German company stemming from the emissions scandal that tarred Volkswagen in 2015 and Fiat Chrysler two years later.
California on Monday settled a lawsuit against a German company stemming from the emissions scandal that tarred Volkswagen in 2015 and Fiat Chrysler two years later.
Volkswagen is recalling about 679,000 cars in the U. S. to fix a problem that could let the cars roll away unexpectedly.
Volkswagen has been accused of ruining crops planted near one of its factories in Mexico by using technology to alter the weather.
A U.S. appeals court has approved a $10 billion settlement between Volkswagen and car owners caught up in the company's emissions cheating scandal.
Volkswagen reached a deal that will give at least some owners of the remaining 80,000 diesel vehicles caught in the company's emissions cheating scandal the option of a buyback and provide all of them with compensation on top of any repurchase or repairs, a federal judge announced Tuesday.
The Takata airbag recall is so huge that carmakers can't get all the vehicles on the road fixed right away.
A federal judge in San Francisco has approved a $15 billion court settlement of most claims against Volkswagen for its emissions-cheating scandal.
California would get an additional $86 million from Volkswagen in a deal over civil penalties stemming from the company's emissions cheating scandal.
Volkswagen has agreed to take a series of steps costing about $10.2 billion to settle claims from its unprecedented diesel emissions cheating scandal in the U.S., two people briefed on the matter said Thursday.
Institutional investors are suing automaker Volkswagen in a German court, seeking 3.25 billion euros ($3.57 billion) in damages over the company's diesel emissions scandal.
California regulators on Tuesday rejected Volkswagen's recall plan for some of the German automaker's most popular diesel models that used software to intentionally deceive government emissions tests, including the Beetle, Jetta, Golf and Passat.
The car owners have been in limbo since mid-September, when VW admitted the cars are equipped with software that turns on pollution controls during government tests and turns them off while on the road.
Volkswagen almost inevitably will have to compensate owners of diesel cars equipped with emissions-rigging software. Some legal experts say the automaker could be forced to buy back the cars altogether.
An Audi owner has filed a federal lawsuit in Los Angeles over news that Volkswagen tampered with emissions testing on VW and Audi models to deceive regulators.
In October 1998, the WVU Center for Alternative Fuels, Engines and Emissions discovered that more than 1.1 million trucks whose heavy-duty diesel engines had devices designed to overcome emissions controls,
Owners of Volkswagen diesel cars after upset after finding out the car they thought was eco-friendly was actually a major polluter.
The crisis widened on Tuesday as the company made the stunning admission that 11 million of its diesel vehicles worldwide were fitted with same cheating software.
The EPA said Friday that VW faces potential fines of $37,500 per vehicle, and that anyone found personally responsible is subject to $3,750 per violation.
A family is without a mother this Mother's Day weekend. The three-day-long search for Brenda Duran's body ended Saturday in Newman in the San Joaquin River.
Roger Corman, the "King of the Bs" who helped turn out such low-budget classics as "Little Shop of Horrors" and "Attack of the Crab Monsters" has died. He was 98.
The colorful display in the night sky was caused by a solar flare and for the first time in decades, you could see it in Northern California, stirring up quite the excitement.
The Oakland A's beat the Seattle Mariners 8-1 on Saturday night.
The number of pelicans taken in by the International Bird Rescue Center in the last week has doubled.
The body of a mother who went missing after she jumped into a Stanislaus County river to save her child who was drowning has been recovered.
The northern lights provided quite the show for many people across Northern California Friday night, and many astonishing photos of the sky were shared across social media on Saturday.
A family with two young children doesn't feel safe in their own home after a drive-by shooting and an onslaught of bullets shot directly into their home.
Two men were taken to the hospital and several vehicles were damaged after they were shot in the Del Paso Heights area of Sacramento Friday night, police said.
Police shot and killed a man after responding to reports that the man was waving a knife at family members in Ceres, then took off from officers and ran through a neighborhood.
The alleged acts occurred from 2018 to 2019. The children ranged between the ages of 6 and 8.
The deadline for protests at Sacramento State to clear out is looming and is set to expire Wednesday night, according to the university's last update.
From rock concerts to food festivals, tourists attending Sacramento events are providing a big boost to the local economy.
The paper published the anonymous student quote in a back page column. The quote was printed among nine "favorite" responses to a question from newspaper staff about strange things heard in school hallways.
Sacramento city leaders discussed Tuesday the proposed cuts to fix the $66 million budget deficit.
Roger Corman, the "King of the Bs" who helped turn out such low-budget classics as "Little Shop of Horrors" and "Attack of the Crab Monsters" has died. He was 98.
Two people from Northern California died after they went missing while climbing California's Mount Whitney earlier this week.
California has a budget deficit of $27.6 billion, Gov. Gavin Newsom announced Friday — a gap so wide that he's proposing cutting 10,000 vacant state jobs and suspending some widely used business tax deductions.
Parts of California could be in for an extremely rare treat into the weekend: the Northern Lights.
California could soon deploy generative artificial intelligence tools to help reduce traffic jams, make roads safer and provide tax guidance, among other things.
The Oakland A's beat the Seattle Mariners 8-1 on Saturday night.
Matt Chapman hit a grand slam in the first inning to lead the struggling Giants to a 5-1 victory over the Reds on Saturday.
The Cincinnati Reds snapped an eight-game losing streak by beating the San Francisco Giants 4-2 on Friday night.
Dylan Moore hit a two-run homer and had a career-high five RBIs to help the Mariners beat the Athletics 8-1 on Friday night.
The San Francisco 49ers' experiment of bringing in a defensive coordinator from the outside didn't work out, with the team firing Steve Wilks after just one season.
California has a budget deficit of $27.6 billion, Gov. Gavin Newsom announced Friday — a gap so wide that he's proposing cutting 10,000 vacant state jobs and suspending some widely used business tax deductions.
Officials with Oakland International Airport gave final approval to add "San Francisco Bay" to its name, rebuffing claims of trademark infringement from San Francisco city officials and from SFO.
Hunter Biden was indicted on federal gun charges in September and pleaded not guilty.
The California Supreme Court is weighing whether to remove a measure from the November ballot that would make it harder for the state and local governments to raise taxes.
Kennedy campaign spokesperson Stefanie Spear said in a statement that "the issue was resolved more than 10 years ago, and he is in robust physical and mental health."
Some of the strains in the "FLiRT" group are closely related to the JN.1 COVID variant from last winter.
Officials with the California Department of Public Health issued a warning Wednesday to consumers seeking Botox injections and to healthcare providers, saying counterfeit Botox has been found in multiple states.
A Stockton small business owner is realizing her dream of helping others achieve their own health and wellness dreams.
Tyler was diagnosed with a rare ganglioglioma, a complex and inoperable brain tumor, six years ago.
A new device is helping people with heart problems avoid open heart surgery and UC Davis is one of the first facilities in the country to use it.
From rock concerts to food festivals, tourists attending Sacramento events are providing a big boost to the local economy.
A Stockton small business owner is realizing her dream of helping others achieve their own health and wellness dreams.
Neighbors in Roseville will soon see their energy bills go up after the city council approved a proposal allowing Roseville Electric to raise its prices.
Some California restaurants are bracing for big changes to how they charge customers as a new law takes effect this summer that bans hidden fees from people's bills.
The first numbers are in to show the impact of California's increase in fast-food worker salaries on consumer prices.
CBS News California has identified a spike in the number of "sexually violent predators" who are being granted conditional release by the Department of State Hospitals amid an ongoing struggle to find housing for the men. The reporting prompted several proposed changes to state law, but, one by one, the bills are dying inside California's capitol.
They fought for fentanyl legislation, but it was killed before lawmakers even got to vote. Four grieving moms wanted to know why. They're uncovering the truth using a new AI tool designed to help everyday Californians hold lawmakers accountable. They discovered powerful lawmakers killed the popular fentanyl bill by *not* voting.
The California State Capitol Capitol doesn't generally work the way people think it does. We're following bills prompted by our reporting, to show you how things really work inside California's Capitol.
California law says genetic testing companies have to get your permission before they store, use or sell your DNA, but the state itself doesn't have to get your permission and has been storing DNA samples from every baby born there since the '80s. Lawmakers want to change that, but face an uphill battle.
A bill introduced in the wake of our "Handcuffs in Hallways" investigation aims to reduce "unnecessary" calls for police at schools. But one California lawmaker could kill it without a vote.
Eric Stevens planned to buy his 90-year-old mom a wheelchair with his tax refund. Instead, he got a lousy piece of paper from the Franchise Tax Board saying they intercepted $1,483 — his entire tax refund.
The victims are smart, they're savvy, and they're still getting tricked.
The state regulates crematoriums for people, but we've learned there is zero oversight for pet crematoriums.
Kurtis Ming has had conversations with people in our community about the impact of inflation on their personal finances. It's forcing some to make some tough choices.
Theresa Ingraham paid for her homeowners insurance each month through her mortgage payment but learned that after her house fire, her AAA bill went unpaid.
It's a good time to do some spring cleaning around the yard to make sure your home is prepared for the upcoming fire season, and in California, everyone should prepare.
Beavers. They've had a bad reputation. Many call them pests, but they're far from it. They play such an important role in our ecosystem that their work can even curtail wildfires.
A former Grizzly Flats resident received a shocking notice this week that her insurance is being invoiced for debris removal related to the Caldor Fire, which decimated the El Dorado County town in 2021.
Firearm-related charges were dismissed this week against one of the two men arrested in connection to the Caldor Fire that tore through El Dorado County in 2021, prosecutors said Thursday.
The Senate Committee on Insurance passed a bill Wednesday that lawmakers said will address the cost and availability of fire insurance in California.
Meet Frannie the dog, Instagram's newest fitness influencer.
A Yuba City mom started a baseball team for kids with physical and intellectual disabilities after finding her 11-year-old son with Down Syndrome didn't have anywhere to play.
A Sacramento nonprofit is teaming up with a local credit union to give back so seniors can safely do basic tasks like bathing or exercising. Those lending a helping hand are also a group of seniors.
The high school players have trained hard all season to make Friday night's finals, and they didn't let their physical and mental challenges get in the way of playing a good game.
NFL Hall of Famer Tim Brown is hosting his 23rd youth football camp at Sacramento State, an annual event that is part of a mentorship program for underserved young people.
The colorful display in the night sky was caused by a solar flare and for the first time in decades, you could see it in Northern California, stirring up quite the excitement.
The body of a mother who went missing after she jumped into a Stanislaus County river to save her child who was drowning has been recovered.
Here's a look at the weather forecast Saturday evening.
There's a lot of anticipation for how blue Lake Tahoe will appear after two consecutive winters with above-average snowpack.
Two men were taken to the hospital and several vehicles were damaged after they were shot in the Del Paso Heights area of Sacramento Friday night, police said.