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A Sacramento, California woman who survived a bear attack in Alaska says playing dead saved her life. However, California wildlife officials say playing dead may work in Alaska but not in California.
Many people turn to the Better Business Bureau when they suspect a scam, but now there's a new twist that involves the consumer organization itself. Jericka Duncan reports.
Thousands of people attended a memorial service at UC Santa Barbara to honor and remember the victims of the mass killing that left six UCSB students dead and 13 other people injured.
It was a day of hugs and tears around the campus of University of California, Santa Barbara. Students visited a memorial in front of the Tri Delta sorority, where two women were killed in Friday's shooting rampage, while the college’s student body president is set to address her fellow students at a planned memorial service. Danielle Nottingham reports.
About 100 homes near Yosemite National Park are under a mandatory evacuation order as a wildfire grows, while a wind-whipped fire burned 248 square miles in Alaska. Norah O'Donnell reports.
Friends and family came together at makeshift memorials in Santa Barbara, California, to mourn the victims of the shooting rampage carried out by Elliot Rodger. All six victims were University of California, Santa Barbara students. Ben Tracy reports.
Elliot Rodger had a history of mental problems but had never been judged to be a danger or legally committed for treatment, so he passed the necessary background checks to purchase weapons. Bob Orr reports.
A Marysville, Calif., man was arrested after he crashed into a traffic pole, knocked a red light camera into the back of his truck and drove away from the scene, police said. Mojgan Sherkat reports.
Miss the second half of the show? The latest on the mass murder in California and the ongoing Veterans Affairs hospital scandal. Plus a panel of experts.
Sen. Richard Blumenthal, D-Conn., says the deadly shootings in California should prompt a reconsideration of measures to curb gun violence.
The latest on the mass murder in California and the ongoing Veterans Affairs hospital scandal with Sens. Richard Blumenthal, D-Conn., and John Thune, R-S.D., Rep. Adam Kinzinger, R-Ill., and others.
Police say Elliot Rodger killed six on Saturday before turning a gun on himself, and that he was severely mentally disturbed. CBS News' Danielle Nottingham reports.
The family of the troubled man accused of killing six people in Isla Vista, Calif., say they warned police. Elliot Rodger went on a murder spree Friday night, killing six people before taking his own life. Danielle Nottingham reports.
In a YouTube video recorded the day before a deadly shooting rampage in Isla Vista, California, shooting suspect Elliot Rodger warned of "retribution" for feeling spurned in love.
Alan Shifman, an attorney for the family of Elliot Rodger, says the family believes the 22-year-old was the gunman who went on a shooting rampage near the University of California, Santa Barbara, killing six people and leaving several others injured before dying of a gunshot wound.
Seven people are dead and seven injured after a nighttime drive-by shooting spree in Isla Vista, California. Eyewitnesses say a gunman opened fire from a car near the University of California, Santa Barbara. The suspect was found dead with a gunshot wound to the head. Danielle Nottingham reports.
At least seven people were killed and seven were injured in a drive-by shooting near the campus of the University of California at Santa Barbara. Authorities say the shootings were apparently premeditated. Danielle Nottingham reports.
Alice Walner waited more than six decades to get her high school diploma. KOVR-TV's Maria Medina reports from the graduation in Turlock, Calif.
The singer is being sued for copyright infringement by California clothing company Lucky 13. Gayle King reports.
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The Carson City Council voted to defeat a bill that would have made bullying a crime. Norah O'Donnell reports.
Surveillance camera video shows an arsonist pouring lighter fluid over the top of a car parked in a San Jose, California, driveway, and then lighting it - using an aerosol can as a makeshift blowtorch. KPIX's Joe Vazquez reports.
The city of Carson, California, is set to vote on a unique law that if passed would create one of the nation’s first bully-free zones. The proposed anti-bullying ordinance would ticket someone who bullies another person between the ages of 5 and 25. Ben Tracy reports.
A California teen is being lauded after running into a stranger's backyard to prevent a wildfire from spreading. Chris Simmons, 17, and several others ran through a police barricade to stop a fire in San Marcos before it spread from the backyard to the home. Simmons then left a note, telling the homeowner to "return the favor to others." KFMB-TV's Matt Johnson reports.
Nearly a dozen fires scorched 39 square miles in southern California. Norah O'Donnell reports.
