Drivers reminded to keep eyes on the road for Distracted Driving Awareness Month
CENTRAL COAST, Calif. (KION-TV) — April is Distracted Driving Awareness Month and local law enforcement officials continue to ask people to pay…
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California: Newsom and Bonta launch lawsuit aimed at Trump administration
By Allie Rasmus and Tori Gaines CALIFORNIA (KTVU-TV) — California Governor Gavin Newsom and Attorney General Rob Bonta are taking on the Trump…
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Newsom urges California-made products to be exempt from Trump tariff retaliation
SACRAMENTO, Calif. (KION-TV) — Gov. Gavin Newsom on Friday released a 30-second video saying how much he values global trade, imploring…
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Xavier Becerra running for California governor
LOS ANGELES, Calif. (KTVU FOX 2) — Xavier Becerra, former U.S. Secretary of Health and Human Services and former Attorney General of California, on…
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CHP brings awareness to distracted driving with 24 hour maximum enforcement period
SCOTTS VALLEY, Calif. (KION-TV) — California Highway Patrol is in the midst of the 24-hour Maximum Enforcement Period for distracted driving…
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Ag communities react to the first-of-its-kind pesticide notification system
GREENFIELD, Calif. (KION-TV) — A first-of-its-kind pesticide notification system SprayDays has been launched in California. With the new system,…
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FBI launches task force targeting anti-Tesla ‘domestic terrorism’
By Matthew Rehbein, Hannah Rabinowitz, Javon Huynh, Zoe Sottile and Sharif Paget, CNN (CNN) — The FBI has created a task force intended to…
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Sheriff’s deputy dies during violent pursuit crash
KCAL, KCBS By Chelsea Hylton, Dean Fioresi Click here for updates on this story California (KCAL/KCBS) — A San…
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Central Coast counties qualify for statewide earthquake retrofitting grant
MONTEREY COUNTY, Calif. (KION-TV) — The California Residential Mitigation Program (CRMP) announced Wednesday that a state-run program for certain…
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Gov. Newsom announces stronger homelessness accountability measures with new website
SACRAMENTO, Calif. (KION-TV) — California Governor Gavin Newsom announced a new website that holds California counties accountable in tackling…
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Customers describe moment bullet flew through San Joaquin County steakhouse
By Tori Apodaca Click here for updates on this story California (KOVR) — The search is on for a shooter after a bullet was fired into the…
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Mammoth Mountain ski patroller caught in avalanche dies week later
By Brandon Downs Click here for updates on this story MAMMOTH, California (KOVR) — A Mammoth Mountain ski patroller who was injured in an…
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Starbucks is laying off workers and paring back the menu as it tries to turn the business around
By Nathaniel Meyersohn and Maria Sole Campinoti, CNN New York (CNN) — Starbucks announced Monday it will lay off over 1,000 corporate workers and…
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New immigration enforcement operations underway in Los Angeles area
By Josh Campbell, Jamie Gangel, Norma Galeana and Michelle Watson, CNN (CNN) — US immigration officials launched a new round of enforcement…
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Suspect identified in the murder of a Cal Fire captain
RAMONA, Calif. (KION-TV) — A suspect has been identified in the murder of Cal Fire Captain Rebecca Marodi in Ramona, the San Diego Sheriff’s Office…
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Flying for a cause: Florida pilots aid wildfire relief effort in LA
By Meghan Moriarty Click here for updates on this story MELBOURNE, Florida (WESH) — Florida Institute of Technology pilots Blaise Pasquier and…
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Series of earthquakes rattle Hayward
By KTVU Staff HAYWARD, Calif. (KTVU) – Hayward experienced rounds of earthquakes on Thursday, according to the U.S. Geological Survey. Series of…
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Martinez refinery fire released chemicals that cause cancer, heart and lung disease
By Tony Hicks MARTINEZ, Calif. (KPIX) — Contra Costa Health on Tuesday responded to a Martinez Refining Company report that chemicals and…
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Wildfire losses and damage costs could reach up to $164 billion, UCLA report says
By Marissa Wenzke LOS ANGELES, Calif. (KCAL/KCBS) – The two deadly wildfires that left widespread devastation after erupting on opposite ends of Los…
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Governor Newsom calls on CAL FIRE to update fire hazard zone map
WASHINGTON, D.C. (KION) — Last week, Governor Gavin Newsom signed an executive order to prepare for future urban firestorms. The order is after a…
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How an iron gate empowered an Altadena family to persevere after the Eaton Fire
By Pat Harvey Click here for updates on this story ALTADENA, California (KCAL/KCBS) — After losing nearly everything, a wrought iron gate amid…
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SoCal Edison says its equipment “may be associated with the ignition” of January’s Hurst Fire
By Julie Sharp LOS ANGELES, Calif. (KCAL) — Southern California Edison said Thursday that “its equipment may be associated with the ignition of the…
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Legendary KTVU anchor Dennis Richmond dies at 81
BY KTVU Staff GRASS VALLEY, Calif. (KTVU) — Legendary KTVU anchor Dennis Richmond, the quintessential newsman of four decades – an anchor still…
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Santa Clarita family turns to fireproofing technique after losing home in 2019 Tick Fire
By Phillip Palmer Click here for updates on this story SANTA CLARITA, Calif. (KABC) — For families impacted by wildfires, the idea of…
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Senators Padilla, Schiff join Senate Judiciary Committee Democrats demanding answers in removal of DOJ, FBI officials
WASHINGTON, D.C. (KION) — Two California senators, along with other Senate Judiciary Committee Democrats, are demanding answers on major changes…
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State Farm seeks an emergency insurance rate increase after LA wildfires. It’s the latest blow to California’s housing market
By Samantha Delouya, CNN (CNN) — State Farm General, California’s largest insurance provider, has requested an emergency interim rate hike…
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Man proposes to girlfriend on the spot after finding engagement ring in rubble of Altadena home
By Rob McMillian Click here for updates on this story ALTADENA, California (KABC) — Much like thousands of families who lost their homes in the…
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Local nonprofits teaming up to distribute ‘red cards’ to undocumented community
By Eduardo Huijon Jr. Click here for updates on this story SAN LUIS OBISPO, California (KSBY) — The Diversity Coalition San Luis Obispo County…
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Classes canceled for hundreds of students after copper thieves cut power to school
By J.R. Stone Click here for updates on this story VALLEJO, California (KGO) — It’s the middle of the school year and hundreds of kids in…
Continue Reading Residents in Palisades Fire zone share fire-hardened features of their homes, still standing
By Kristine Lazar Click here for updates on this story California (KCAL/KCBS) — Stories of survival are emerging in the aftermath of the…
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Man seeks witness to mother’s 1983 disappearance from Paradise
By Kelli Saam Click here for updates on this story PARADISE, California (KHSL) — A man is looking for a potential witness to his mother’s…
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SPCA Monterey County disaster response team heads to Los Angeles for rescue efforts
MONTEREY, Calif. (KION-TV) — SPCA Monterey County is aiding in rescue efforts for animals affected by the Palisades fire in Los Angeles County. The…
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Fire-ravaged Southern California grapples with new infernos this week as much-needed rain could unleash more deadly hazards
By Holly Yan, Amanda Musa and Hanna Park, CNN (CNN) — Exhausted firefighters battling deadly infernos for weeks are now grappling with more…
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Sonoma State discontinues all athletic programs amid massive budget cuts
ROHNERT PARK, Calif. (KTVU-TV) — Sonoma State University announced on Wednesday that the school would be discontinuing all athletics and eliminating…
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Hughes Fire in LA County explodes near Castaic, with tens of thousands urged to evacuate
By Marissa Wenzke CASTIAC, Calif. (KCAL/KCBS) — With high winds driving the flames, a fast-moving wildfire exploded to roughly 10,200 acres near the…
Continue Reading Trump threatens to withhold wildfire aid ahead of Los Angeles visit
By Kathryn Watson Washington — President Trump is threatening to withhold federal disaster aid for the Los Angeles area if…
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Modesto High School student raises thousands for Southern California fire victims
By Nina Burns Click here for updates on this story MODESTO, California (KOVR) — What started as a hope by a Modesto High School to raise a few…
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Immigrant rights groups, ACLU sue Trump administration over birthright citizenship order
SAN FRANCISCO, Calif. (KTVU) – Immigrants’ rights advocates, including the American Civil Liberties Union and the Asian Law Caucus, on Monday…
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Celebration of Life scheduled for Rickey Henderson, ticket registration starts Monday
OAKLAND, Calif. (KION-TV) — The MLB’s Athletics announced the Celebration of Life for the late Oakland A’s legend, Rickey Henderson, will be on…
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How to make the most of your donation to LA wildfire victims
By CNN Impact Your World (CNN) — Thousands of displaced fire victims in Los Angeles need help, even as donations pour in from around the world.…
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Stephen King wants the Oscars canceled in light of the Los Angeles wildfires
By Lisa Respers France, CNN (CNN) — Stephen King is not only declining to vote for this years Academy Awards nominees, but he doesn’t believe…
Continue Reading Dry weather along the Central Coast prompts potential fire concerns
CENTRAL COAST, Calif. (KION-TV) — The Southern California wildfires started from extreme Santa Ana winds combined with dry conditions in the areas,…
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Central Coast firefighters add to the crews battling the Los Angeles wildfires
CENTRAL COAST, Calif. (KION-TV) — The deadly fires still burning across Southern California may see further spread if the expected 70 mph winds pick…
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Wildfires have been raging in Los Angeles for days. When will they end?
CNN, EL SEGUNDO FIRE DEPT, KABC, ULYSSES GUEVARA HUGO By Eric Levenson, CNN (CNN) — It’s been less than a week since the year’s first…
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16 people dead in Palisades and Eaton fires as Los Angeles braces for more high winds, red flag weather
By Marissa Wenzke LOS ANGELES, Calif. (KCAL) — Wildfires have killed at least 16 people and left behind widespread destruction in Los Angeles…
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Children who vanished after mother found dead still missing 6 months later
KOVR By Tori Apodaca Click here for updates on this story SACRAMENTO (KOVR) — It has been six long months of searching for Athena and Mateo Lee…
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3.7 magnitude earthquake shakes San Francisco Bay Area, followed by aftershocks
SAN FRANCISCO, Calif. (KPIX-TV) — The San Francisco Bay Area was rattled by a minor earthquake Friday morning that struck just off the coast,…
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3.7 magnitude earthquake shakes San Francisco Bay Area
SAN FRANCISCO, Calif. (KPIX) – The Bay Area was rattled by an earthquake Friday morning that struck just off the coast of San Francisco. The 3.7…
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How California’s growing wildfires will affect homeowner’s insurance in Santa Cruz
SANTA CRUZ, Calif. (KION-TV) — The wildfires in Los Angeles have sparked many questions for homeowners living in fire prone areas like Santa Cruz…
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Six dead as fires in Southern California decimate Los Angeles area
By Faris Tanyos, Jordan Freiman, Brian Dakss, Kerry Breen LOS ANGELES, Calif. (CBS NEWS) — Fires across the Los Angeles area, including one…
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