A man has been arrested after Robin Kaye, music supervisor for "American Idol" since 2009, and husband Tom Deluca were found dead at home.

Despite California's expansion of clean energy use, Texas leads in producing the most electricity from renewable energy sources.

Video captures the moment a California hiker jumped into action after a suspected arsonist appeared to have set a tree on fire at a popular hiking trail in Los Angeles. NBC News' Steven Romo reports on how the hikers kept the alleged arsonist there until police and firefighters arrived at the scene.

SpaceX sent 26 more Starlink satellites into low Earth orbit on Tuesday (July 15), after a launch from southern California. A Falcon 9 rocket lifted off at 7:05 p.m. PDT local (10:05 p.m. EDT or 0205 GMT July 18), escaping the fog and cloud cover blanketing Space Launch Complex 4 East at Vandenberg Space Force Base.

Drew Hall, 36, was found dead at the bottom of Sawtooth Peak in Sequoia National Park by friends and family. He had been reported missing a day before.

California remained the top choice for Chinese buyers, attracting 36% of purchases, followed by Maryland and New York, each accounting for 9%, according to the data. About 66% of buyers said the homes were intended for personal use, including as primary residences, student housing or vacation homes.

California has hit a new record for clean energy. Solar, wind, hydropower and other carbon-free sources made up 67% of the state’s retail electricity supply in 2023, the most recent year that data is available, according to new statistics released Monday by the California Energy Commission.

A farmworker who fell from a greenhouse roof during a chaotic ICE raid this week at a California cannabis facility died Saturday of his injuries.

An animal shelter in California has received pets whose owners have been deported, NBC Los Angeles reports.July 15, 2025