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A player from Milikan High was seen kicking a Lakewood High player -- whose helmet had come off -- in the head

A high school football game Friday night in Long Beach, California, turned violent after a player from Milikan High was seen kicking a Lakewood High player -- whose helmet had come off -- in the head. After the game, the family of a Lakewood player allegedly pushed past security into the Milikan locker room and attacked some of those players. Erica Nochlin of CBS Los Angeles reports.

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A man is under arrest Monday in connection with the deadly hit and run accident on Halloween that killed three teen girls who were out trick-or-treating in Santa Ana

A man is under arrest Monday in connection with the deadly hit and run accident on Halloween that killed three teen girls who were out trick-or-treating in Santa Ana. Jaquinn Raymond Bell, 31, has been arrested for felony hit and run causing death. Police say Bell did not stop to help the children and kept driving.

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Parts of California are under a state of emergency. Crews are struggling to contain the Valley Fire, where the flames have killed one person and have destroyed at least 400 homes

Parts of California are under a state of emergency. Crews are struggling to contain the Valley Fire, where the flames have killed one person and have destroyed at least 400 homes. The Valley Fire is one of 12 burning across the dry California landscape. It has destroyed many parts of Middletown, just 30 miles north of Napa Valley. Danielle Nottingham reports.

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At least 33 large wildfires are burning in half a dozen states across the West. In Northern California, the fast-moving "Butte fire" has grown to more than 100 square miles in two days, threatening thousands of homes

At least 33 large wildfires are burning in half a dozen states across the West. In Northern California, the fast-moving "Butte fire" has grown to more than 100 square miles in two days, threatening thousands of homes. Dangerous conditions have also sparked new evacuations for another fire that has been raging for weeks. Carter Evans reports.

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The historic drought fueling California’s fire season is now considered “extreme” or “exceptional” in more than 70 percent of the state

California’s biggest wildfire is burning east of Fresno. A lightning strike set off the Rough Fire more than a month ago, ripping across well over 100 square miles. The historic drought fueling California’s fire season is now considered “extreme” or “exceptional” in more than 70 percent of the state. John Blackstone looks at the firefighters scrambling to keep up.

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