The family of a 13-year-old says he complained to an administrator that he was being bullied at his Southern California middle school days before the assault that was caught on cellphone video that killed him.

A Cal Fire airplane dropped fire retardant on a fire that has burned 2,000 acres and caught an NBC 7 reporter by surprise while he was reporting on live television.

Body camera footage released Tuesday shows the tense moments a Utah state trooper spotted a kidnapping suspect’s van on Interstate 15 in Cedar City, where the lawman conducted a traffic stop and encountered the suspect, two other adults, and the victims.

A utility worker was killed and 15 other people were injured Monday in a natural gas line explosion and fire that reduced a Murrieta home to charred rubble.

An F-16 fighter jet crashed Thursday into a warehouse just outside March Air Reserve Base in California, sending a dozen people to hospitals for evaluation after they were exposed to debris, authorities said.

Thirty-eight dogs were confiscated Monday evening from a suspected puppy dumper’s home in Riverside County, animal services said.

A Southern California home where authorities say a couple tortured most of their 13 children has been sold in an online auction.

A 69-year-old man was arrested in Thermal for possessing hundreds of pounds of lemons allegedly stolen from a nearby farm, a sheriff’s sergeant said Saturday.

A 22,158-acre wildfire allegedly set by an arsonist has forced the evacuation of more than 7,400 homes and destroyed about a dozen buildings as it rampaged through dry brush and into a Riverside County neighborhood.

Prosecutors are expected to make their case Wednesday against a Southern California couple accused of starving and shackling some of their 13 children.

A black-and-white photo displayed on a courtroom wall Monday provided a stark reminder of how much had changed in Robert Durst’s life over nearly four decades.

A California judge who sentenced two men to life in prison for murder was secretly recorded during the trial calling them “a——s” and “clowns” and saying that he planned to make a ruling that would help the prosecution, a newspaper reported.

A California couple charged with torturing their children by starving, beating and shackling them is now facing additional charges in connection with the case.

A former college classmate of one of the 13 tortured children said she will never forget the young man who wore the same clothes every day and never looked anyone in the eye.

The grandparents of 13 starved and tortured children say their son’s family looked happy and healthy when they last visited California six years ago.

A former college classmate of one of the 13 children who were tortured by their parents in Perris spoke with NBC4 on how he looked famished and unhappy. Hetty Chang reports for the NBC4 News at 11 on Thursday, Jan. 18, 2018.

The sister of Louise Turpin gave an emotional interview with NBC News Tuesday, and described her relationship with her sister, brother in-law, and 13 nieces and nephews. NBC 7’s Mari Payton has more.

A wildfire broke out near the 91 Freeway by the border of Orange and Riverside counties on Monday, prompting mandatory evacuations for 300 homes.

A day after pop star Ariana Grande came under fire for video that appeared to show her licking pastries at a Southern California doughnut shop and saying, “I hate America,” the establishment is now being investigated for possible health code violations, deputies said Wednesday.

A boy lost three of his fingers after a firework blew up in his hand in Moreno Valley.