5 California Things to Know for Today

Your daily look at late-breaking California news, upcoming events and the stories that will be talked about today:

1. FRESNO SHOOTINGS

Police chief: Black gunman’s killing of four white men was racial, not terrorism.

2. DAMAGED DAM

Oroville Dam received uncommon exemption from rules requiring release of huge amounts of water; durability of spillways overestimated.

3. GANG CRACKDOWN

Trump administration vows to crack down on MS-13, the notoriously brutal Central American street gang.

4. MISSING PLANE

Civil Air Patrol searches for single-engine plane with two aboard missing on flight from Truckee-Tahoe to Petaluma.

5. POLAR BEAR DIES

Szenja, a 21-year-old female polar bear, dies unexpectedly at SeaWorld in San Diego.