Sea lions sick

Something in the water has made dozens of sea lions sick, leaving experts at Marine Mammal Center in Sausalito, California, scrambling to help them. CBS San Francisco reports.

• Aug 11, 2017
• 1:33

Motorcycle crash

A motorcyclist in California is recovering after he rode off a cliff into a ravine. Matthew Murray, 27, captured the accident on a GoPro camera attached to his vehicle. He suffered multiple broken bones in the crash. Crystal Cruz from CBS Los Angeles reports.

• Aug 10, 2017
• 1:50

Mountain lion crosses freeway

P-55 is the fourth known mountain lion to have crossed the 101 Freeway and lived to tell the tale through his GPS tracking collar. CBS Los Angeles' Crystal Cruz reports.

• Aug 8, 2017
• 1:29

Releasing sterile mosquitoes

A San Francisco company is releasing 20 million mosquitoes into a California neighborhood in the name of science. But the people behind the experiment in Fresno are hoping it actually reduces the mosquito population and the dangerous diseases they carry. Mireya Villarreal reports.

• Aug 8, 2017
• 4:23

Chicago stabbing arrest

A Northwestern professor and an Oxford employee are behind bars, accused of killing a Chicago hairstylist and spending eight days on the run. Wyndham Lathem and Andrew Warren surrendered separately Friday in Northern California. Mireya Villarreal reports.

• Aug 7, 2017
• 2:31

Trapped driver rescued in flash flood

Several drivers were trapped and rescued after heavy rain flooded a Southern California neighborhood Thursday afternoon. A Metrolink train was also stranded during rush hour after ground gave way near the tracks. An inch-and-a-half of rain caused the flash flooding.

• Aug 4, 2017
• 0:28

Dad admits killing boy

Aramazd Andressian Sr., 35, pleaded guilty in a California court August 1, 2017 to killing his five-year-old son Aramazd Andressian Jr. Prosecutors say Andressian killed the child in April to get back at his estranged wife. The boy's body wasn't found for months.

• Aug 1, 2017
• 1:15

California critters

The contents of more than 500,000 cataloged photographs have identified rare species that live in northern California. CBS San Francisco's Emily Turner reports.

• Aug 1, 2017
• 1:52

Body found in lake search

A 20-year-old college football player disappeared one stormy day in 2016 while paddleboarding with friends in California's Lake Tahoe. Now police believe his body has finally been found. Jennifer McGraw of CBS station KOVR-TV reports.

• Aug 1, 2017
• 1:39

UC Irvine rescinds admission offers

The University of California, Irvine is apologizing to nearly 500 students whose admission offers were revoked. The school accepted around 40,000 first-year and transfer students, and more than 7,000 said they would enroll as freshmen -- hundreds more than the university expected. Tony Dokoupil reports.

• Jul 31, 2017
• 3:13

Suspected human-smuggling boat capsizes, killing 3

At least three people were killed when a suspected human-smuggling boat capsized off the coast of San Diego over the weekend. The captain is in custody. Lilia Luciano reports.

• May 3, 2021
• 2:00

Western wildfires

Firefighters pulled water lines into backyards and launched an aerial assault to protect homes from fast-moving flames in Highland, Calif. Homeowners hosed down their property as the blaze rolled down the foothills of the San Bernardino Mountains. Across the West several wildfires erupted on Saturday including one in Washington and another in Colorado. Mireya Villarreal reports.

• Jul 23, 2017
• 2:06

Bruce's Beach descendants speak out

A Black family is sharing their story as they prepare to reclaim Southern California oceanfront property taken from their ancestors almost a century ago. "60 Minutes+" correspondent Wes Lowery joins CBSN AM with more from his conversation with a great-great-grandson in the Bruce family.

• May 3, 2021
• 7:52

Calif. wildfire doubles in size

Thousands of firefighters are trying to stop a quickly growing wildfire burning near Yosemite National Park in California. The Detwiler fire has burned more than 48,000 acres and destroyed 29 buildings. It is only seven percent contained. Mireya Villarreal reports.

• Jul 20, 2017
• 2:16

Skeletal remains ID'd

Richard Allen Saimons left his California home in August 1998 and was never seen again. Officials have now identified his remains. CBS San Francisco's Joe Vazquez has more.

• Jul 19, 2017
• 1:19

Strangers surprise man

Strangers from across the world surprised this man with Down syndrome hundreds of movies after he lost his 300-piece collection in a fire - and he had the best reaction.

• Jul 19, 2017
• 1:20

Calif. wildfire emergency

More than 2,000 firefighters have been battling a massive blaze near Yosemite National Park since Sunday. Thousands were ordered to evacuate the town of Mariposa. Mireya Villarreal reports.

• Jul 19, 2017
• 1:56

Small businesses "doing cartwheels" as Disneyland reopens

Three in eight businesses at nearby strip mall closed over past year due to lack of visitors to theme park.

• May 3, 2021

Austin housing booms as workers move to Texas

Remote workers are moving from high-priced areas like Silicon Valley to cities like Austin, Texas, creating a housing boom. Home values in Austin have jumped more than 18% in the last year -- creating a shortage of affordable units. And while the newcomers are bringing spending power and jobs with them, some say they're changing the fabric of a city that's motto is "Keep Austin Weird." Janet Shamlian reports.

• May 3, 2021
• 3:14

Dangers of high-speed police chases

Police chases are becoming so common in California, you can even find them on the beach. Cops pursued a man across the sand in Southern California this week, eventually capturing him in the ocean. A Los Angeles grand jury has a grim warning about the city's high-speed police chases, finding they cause "unnecessary bystander injuries and deaths." Jamie Yuccas reports.

• Jul 14, 2017
• 2:50

Risk of high-speed chases

A report this week by a grand jury in California strongly urges police to ease up on high-speed chases, which put bystanders at risk. Jamie Yuccas reports from Los Angeles, the car-chase capital.

• Jul 13, 2017
• 2:12

Wildfire evacuations

Fire crews are being stretched thin in the West. More than a dozen fires are burning in California, where more than 8,000 people have fled their homes. In Santa Barbara County, at least 20 homes have burned. Mireya Villarreal reports.

• Jul 10, 2017
• 1:56

Raging California wildfires

More than 8,000 people were evacuated from their homes on Monday as dry conditions continue to fuel more than a dozen wildfires in California. A fire burning north of Sacremento led to a state of emergency, while in Santa Barbara County, the Whittier fire has burned 7,800 acres. More than 85 active wildfires are burning across the west. Mireya Villarreal reports.

• Jul 10, 2017
• 2:42

Construction fires in Bay area

In Oakland, California, federal authorities have joined local investigators who are trying to determine the cause of a huge fire that broke out Friday at a construction site. At least 700 people who live nearby were evacuated. Jamie Yuccas reports.

• Jul 8, 2017
• 2:05

Reptiles discovered

Todd Kates was arrested Wednesday for cruelty to animals in Thousand Oaks, California. Illegal alligators in the swimming pool, buckets of cobras, rattlesnakes, vipers and Gila Monsters were hauled away from Kates' property. CBS Los Angeles' Crystal Cruz reports.

• Jul 7, 2017
• 1:27

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