2 h. ago College freshman identified as one of three hikers found dead on California’s Mount Baldy

Marcus Alexander Muench Casanova, 19, died on the Devil’s Backbone trail after reportedly falling 500ftA 19-year-old college freshman has been identified as one of the hikers whose remains were found on California’s Mount Baldy on Monday.The San Bernardino county sheriff announced this week that Marcus Alexander Muench Casanova, a resident of Seal Beach, California, was discovered along a mountain trail known as the Devil’s Backbone. Continue reading...

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14 h. ago Tommy Lee Jones' daughter 'found dead by guest at swanky hotel' who 'thought she was drunk'

Victoria Jones, who was the daughter of Tommy Lee Jones, was found unresponsive at the Fairmont Hotel San Francisco in California on New Year's Day and was later pronounced dead

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3 d. ago Three hikers found dead on southern California’s Mount Baldy

One person had made an emergency call after companion fell 500ft, but rescue copter couldn’t land due to high windsA man and two of his companions are dead after high winds prevented rescue crews from responding to a report of an injured hiker near a southern California mountain trail, the San Bernardino county sheriff’s department announced on Monday.The three bodies were discovered Monday evening along the Devil’s Backbone trail at Mount Baldy, which rises more than 10,000ft and sits just east of Los Angeles, according to a statement from the San Bernardino county sheriff’s department. Continue reading...

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3 d. ago Three hikers found dead in California including teen who fell 500ft from ‘Devil’s Backbone’

The hikers were found on Mount Baldy, known as one of the deadliest peaks in the country

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3 d. ago Rescue crew finds 3 hikers dead in Southern California mountains during strong winds

Authorities say rescue crews responding to a report of an injured hiker who fell down a slope near a Southern California mountain trail found the man and two of his companions dead

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4 d. ago Female triathlete's corpse is found six days after she was killed in shark attack while swimming with her husband off California coast

Rescue teams recovered a corpse from the ocean south of Davenport Beach in Santa Cruz on Saturday, around 2 pm, according to the county sheriff's office.

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4 d. ago Body of female triathlete found after suspected shark attack off California coast

Rescue teams recovered a corpse from the ocean south of Davenport Beach in Santa Cruz on Saturday, around 2 pm, according to the county sheriff's office.

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7 d. ago Southern California hit by deadly floods as atmospheric river storm strikes

Heavy flash flooding has hit southern California over Christmas, forcing hundreds to evacuate and leaving four dead.

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9 d. ago Major update on Rob Reiner and wife Michele's murders as death certificates emerge

Hollywood legend Rob Reiner and his photographer wife Michele, who were found dead in their home in Brentwood, California on December 14, have both since been cremated

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1 week ago Triathlete who‘d discussed dangers of shark attacks is feared killed by shark after going missing off Monterey coast

Erica Fox, who spoke to The Independent about the dangers of sharks for swimmers, went missing on Sunday

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1 week ago Woman who hired hitman to kill her husband is found dead outside bar

Tatyana Remley, 44, was found dead outside a bar in San Diego's Little Italy, California, after phoning her estranged husband and complaining about a man she had been out with

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1 week ago One dead in California floods as state braces for brutal week of Christmas storms

An atmospheric river is forecast to drive storms across the state this week, bringing rain, high winds and risk of floodsOne person has died in California amid heavy flooding, as residents across the state brace for a week of brutal storms that are predicted to bring extensive rainfall throughout the Christmas weekend.Authorities in Redding, a city in northern California, reported that a motorist died on Sunday after becoming stranded in their vehicle. Continue reading...

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1 week ago One dead amid heavy rains in California as storms threaten flooding over Christmas

More heavy rain brought by atmospheric rivers is expected for California by midweek

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2 w. ago TikTok star Tucker Genal found dead at home days after final post

Tucker Genal, who had more than 2.5million followers, was found dead at his home in Los Angeles, California, with tributes pouring in from heartbroken fans and friends

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3 w. ago Vain mom left son, 2, to die in hot car while she enhanced her 'trout pout' with lip filler, murder trial hears

Maya Hernandez, 20, is charged with second-degree murder, manslaughter and child cruelty for allegedly leaving her son in a hot car while she got lip-filler.

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3 w. ago A teen was found dead with ‘obvious trauma’ on a California hiking trail. Twenty years on, an arrest has been made

Reynaldo Burts’ body was discovered March 21, 2004

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4 w. ago ‘Biggest band that ever lived’: inside the Grateful Dead art show

As the band celebrate their 60th anniversary, a California exhibition draws attention to the unique psychedelic artwork that has long told their storyArtist Bill Walker is one of those guys who always seems to be in the right place at the right time. Having met Phil Lesh, the Grateful Dead bassist and avant-garde classical composer, as a student at Nevada Southern University (now the University of Nevada, Las Vegas), Walker was invited in 1967 to make an album cover for the band’s second album, Anthem of the Sun. This experience led to an epic LSD and ayahuasca trip in the Valley of Fire outside Las Vegas over New Year’s Eve and when Walker returned to San Francisco, he painted Anthem of the Sun, complete with figures he came across in the desert.The Anthem of the Sun painting visually demonstrates the intense innovation that happened in the psychedelic revolution, when music was electrified and LSD became central to the burst of culture that defined the 1960s. The Grateful Dead enc...

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