Mika Edwards is executive producer of streaming and digital for CBS News Los Angeles. She started at KCAL News as a news producer and previously worked in the Bay Area in both print and broadcast. Los ...

The critical trajectory of Santa Clarita Diet across its three seasons tells the story of a show that got progressively better as Netflix grew less interested in paying for it. The first season earned ...

A 32-year-old woman who worked as an after-school program employee is accused of sexually assaulting a minor in Santa Clarita, and authorities believe there may be additional victims. Elizabeth ...

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A hand-sized spider from Asia that can travel by air is expanding its US web presence, penetrating deeper into the country than ever — with the potential to invade the Northeast. This golden arachnid, ...

A newly discovered species of spider in the Ecuadorean Amazon mimics a pathogen, known as a zombie fungus, to protect itself. By Alexa Robles-Gil Alexander Bentley, a herpetologist, often leads ...

Freddy's Frozen Custard and Steakburgers is opening a restaurant on Betteravia Road in Santa Maria. The chain, which was founded in 2002 in Wichita, Kansas, is known for its 1950s atmosphere. The menu ...

A tricky matchup awaits Kentucky today when it faces off with Santa Clara in the first round of the NCAA Tournament. Tip-off is at 12:15 p.m. ET on CBS. My Kentucky vs. Santa Clara predictions believe ...

Spring is here, and with the season comes invasive spiders that experts say have spread to a handful of states over the past decade. The spider, called the Joro spider, is native to East Asia and was ...