A Californian town is as Mexican as it is American, writes Darren Cartwright.

The flowers in the hair have long gone but there is still music in the air.

Crew's warning: "You are paddle-boarding next to approximately 15 great white sharks".

A teen is in rehab and refuses to go home as she claims she loves her teacher abductor.

G-Dragon is set to perform in Auckland as part of a world tour.

Police have charged a man who drunkenly attacked a robotic patrol droid in a car park.

A 15yo student's ordeal with her teacher traverses nine states and ends in a rustic cabin.

"London don't want me here having served my time. S*** is crazy", Meeks says.

Special service remembers the incredible WWII derring-do of the Long Range Desert Group.

An investigator went too far in pursuit of the widow of a Nasa engineer.

Details of the killer's dark past are revealed.

Three people, including a teacher and an 8-year-old boy, died in the school shooting.

The shooter and teacher found shot dead in classroom, two students airlifted to hospital.

Ricardo Simich finds the other side of this old Hollywood hangout.

A US tourism chief's fears about the Trump impact are not being felt by Hawaiian Airlines.

Rain-fed wildflowers blooming in the Californian desert have drawn crowds from overseas.

More than 80m Americans could be free to enjoy cannabis if a new bill proceeds.

The demeaning and disparaging way two black women were treated has not surprised many.

There are many ways to fall in love in - and with - this city, writes Dominic Bowden.

Previously classified footage of nuclear explosions tested during the Cold War have been rescued from high-security vaults.

The group said the vandalism was designed to send a message to the president.

A new study blames as much as half the decline in Arctic sea ice over recent decades on natural causes.

Liam Dann and family check into a hotel overlooking Disney California Adventure Park.

A burger-flipping robot has just completed its first day on the job at a restaurant.

The Cecil Hotel gained infamy for the litany of murders that have occurred there.

For pure tennis joy, nothing beats Palm Springs in March, writes Gerald Marzorati.

Total Disney and friends immersion is the order of the week in Anaheim, writes Liam Dann.

A week of theme parks is fun for the whole family, writes Liam Dann.

An off-duty US cop was caught on camera pulling and firing his gun around a large gang of teens.

Surf City here we come, say Liam Dann and family.