CALIFORNIA—A new electrical stimulation treatment allowed movement in a paraplegic. It is anticipated this could become a standard clinical treatment for paralysis.

BRENTWOOD—The name of the staff member with whom Arnold Schwarzenegger fathered a child has been released, after the former governor admitted the affair to his wife on May 16.

BRENTWOOD—Former Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger admitted to his wife on May 16 that he fathered a child more than 10 years ago with a household staffer.

MALIBU—The court hearing, on a request for a preliminary injunction to stop the beginning of the Malibu Lagoon overhaul project, has been postponed.

LONG BEACH—A man convicted of beating his girlfriend’s toddler son to death was sentenced on May 4 to 31 years to life in state prison, according to a press release.

SAN DIEGO—Two San Diego women were arrested on April 24 for allegedly stealing a MacBook laptop from a man who apparently refused to pay one of them for sex at a local motel.

SAN FRANCISCO—A group of protesters broke into song interrupting President Obama’s speech at an event held at the St. Regis Hotel in San Francisco on Thursday, April 21.

OAKLAND—Jurors in the triple-murder trial of Yusuf Bey IV were shown a videotape of the defendant laughing while discussing the 2007 shooting of journalist Chauncey Bailey.

PACIFIC PALISADES—The woman who filed a lawsuit against Match.com after a man she met on the dating site allegedly raped her went public on April 19.

CALIFORNIA— California is considered a biodiversity hotspot; home to plants and animals that are not found anywhere else. This diversity is recognized during the week of April 17 to 23.

LOS ANGELES—A Santa Ana shop owner who allegedly tortured his pit bull with a machete to the point that it had to be euthanized has been charged with felony animal cruelty.

WEST HOLLYWOOD—In an effort to fight prescription drug abuse, the United States Department of Justice is hosting its second annual National Take Back Day.

SYLMAR—An LAPD Officer who was shot during a standoff on April 4 is in critical but stable condition, and is expected to make a full recovery. The alleged gunman was found dead.

BURBANK—During a record-setting heat wave in Southern California on March 31, an infant was left unattended inside a vehicle in the parking lot of a Costco store located in Burbank.

SACRAMENTO—The annual quarantine of sport-harvested mussels along the California coast began today because of elevated levels of domoic acid and paralyctic shellfish poisoning.