Carlos Abundez, 35, is facing federal smuggling charges after U.S. Customs and Border Protection officers made the discovery.

On July 1, Lukas Le Grice, 16, led the fourth annual Ojai Valley Summer Bird Count.

The California man allegedly bound and hid 14 juvenile birds inside the dashboard of his car, federal prosecutors said ...

Carlos Abundez allegedly attempted to smuggle 14 live toucans across the U.S.-Mexico border. The birds are protected and can ...

A San Ysidro man who allegedly tried to smuggle 14 live toucans across the border while the birds were hidden inside his car ...

The case is the fourth filed in San Diego in recent months against people allegedly attempting to smuggle protected exotic ...

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Southern California fire chiefs cautioned Friday that a season of devastating wildfires is all but guaranteed, amid parched conditions following a dry winter. The warning, delivered at the L.A ...

As a Southern California local, I think there are several tourist attractions worth visiting. However, others aren't quite worth the trip.

A California man arrived to the U.S. from Mexico with a commercial amount of alcohol, candy, snacks and soda in his car — as well as seven exotic, protected birds inside a cardboard SKYY vodka ...

Medina is the third person “charged with illegal trafficking of protected exotic birds through Ports of Entry in the Southern District of California” in the last few weeks, prosecutors said.

Why mosquito season will have less bite this year in Southern California Warmer months are on their way, and so are mosquitoes.