Lafayette

A gun, law enforcement badge and credentials were stolen from an FBI agent’s car over the weekend in Lafayette, the agency said.

The California Department of Fish and Wildlife (CDFW) confirmed Thursday that a coyote responsible for two previous attacks in Moraga is the same one that attacked a grocery store clerk in neighboring Lafayette earlier this week.

Officials from the city of Lafayette are making plans to rid the area of a surprising problem—aggressive feral pigs.

A Louisiana district judge has found a public defender in contempt of court after he filmed a bailiff duct-taping a defendant’s mouth during a sentencing hearing this month. State District Judge Marilyn Castle barred attorney Michael Gregory from bringing a cellphone into the 15th Judicial District court building or from using anyone else’s cellphone in the courthouse for six months,...

The lively cultural heritage of Louisiana – including its music, dance and food – will take over San Diego’s waterfront this weekend in the form of a beloved, 4-day festival.

A 911 dispatcher in Lafayette, Indiana, has earned herself extra credit with her bosses after she took the time to aid a young caller seeking help with his homework, NBC News reported. Antonia Bundy, who works for the Lafayette Police Department, answered a call earlier this month from a boy who told her he “had a really bad day” and...

Restaurants in Baltimore are now officially barred from including sodas and other sugary drinks on kids’ menus, according to a city ordinance that went into effect Wednesday. Baltimore is now the biggest U.S. city and the first on the East Coast to pass this kind of measure, said Shawn McIntosh, director of the Sugar Free Kids Maryland advocacy group. Seven...

Kyung Kim sat for three days in the dark as 2 feet of water invaded her home.

“The Force” has awoken in the Bay Area. Homeowner Colby Powell built a Death Star space station on top of his house in Lafayette, about 30 miles east of San Francisco.

A Lafayette, California, man has built a “Death Star” battleship replica on the roof of his home ahead of the new “Star Wars” film, which hits theaters next month.

Movie theater chain Regal Entertainment Group has begun to check bags in response to shootings at theaters around the country, a procedure it acknowledged on its website was “not without flaws” and would inconvenience guests but provide better security. It’s unclear when the policy began, but several local TV stations reported online that customers noticed the change in Texas, Virginia,...

Comedian Amy Schumer spoke tearfully of two women who were shot to death during a screening of her movie, “Trainwreck,” and asked lawmakers Monday to support a gun control bill sponsored by her second cousin, U.S. Sen. Charles Schumer. “I’ve thought about these victims each day since the tragedy,” she said at a news conference at the senator’s office in...