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Aug 8, 2026

Searing heat on tap for SoCal this weekend — and there's more fire danger ahead

Wide swaths of California will face searing temperatures over the weekend, with forecasters issuing a heat advisory for non-coastal areas and warning about the risk of adverse fire weather.

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Aug 8, 2026

Ridge fire prompts evacuation orders near Gorman, closes 5 Freeway for hours

The blaze was reported around 3 p.m. near the 39000 block of Gorman Post Road and quickly burned roughly 100 acres of surrounding brush in northwestern Los Angeles County.

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Aug 8, 2026

Bomb threat at Pasadena hospital linked to violent extremist group

Huntington Hospital was the scene of a massive law enforcement response Friday morning after a person claiming to be part of a global online network of extremists made a 911 call threatening a bomb and other violence, authorities said.

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Aug 7, 2026

One rescued in Olympic Avenue fire

BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) -- One person was taken to the hospital Friday after being rescued from a structure fire on Olympic Avenue, a City of Buffalo spokesperson said. Around 4 p.m., the Buffalo Fire Department responded to 44 Olympic Avenue, where a fire that started on the first floor extended to the attic. Firefighters were [...]

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Aug 7, 2026

Niagara Falls Family Demands Relocation After Uncovering Suspected Industrial Waste

BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) — Daniel and Jocelyn McKiernan were excited to install an above ground pool for their three children. That excitement quickly washed away when they discovered what was buried beneath the soil: unusual black cylinders, metallic-looking rocks, porous gravel-like material known as slag, an industrial waste byproduct, and dark black soil. Put another [...]

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Aug 7, 2026

Niagara County residents concerned about more rain amid flood clean up

BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) -- While it's been days since Sunday's devastating flooding in Niagara County, with rain in the forecast, residents are afraid of what any more will do. "This has been a very costly issue for me ... I don't even know how to recover from this," Niagara County resident and property owner Leon [...]

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Aug 7, 2026

Mountain lion safely captured after strolling through San Dimas neighborhood

A mountain lion that was spotted under the shade of a tree in San Dimas triggered a response from authorities.

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Aug 7, 2026

Buffalo woman sentenced for drunk driving crash that killed 81-year-old

BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) -- A Buffalo woman was sentenced to six months in jail followed by five years of probation for a drunk driving crash that killed an 81-year-old man last December, the Erie County District Attorney's Office said Friday. Renaiyah A. Cornelious, 32, hit and killed Daniel H. Zuchlewski at the intersection of McKinley [...]

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Aug 7, 2026

Justice Samuel Alito confirms he's staying on the Supreme Court for another term

Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito is confirming that he’s staying on the nation’s highest court for another term

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Aug 7, 2026

Some oppose plan to move historic LGBTQ+ bar into their L.A. community

Some are raising concerns about opening a bar near six school campuses in the Westlake neighborhood.

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Aug 7, 2026

Buffalo's Theodore Roosevelt site last national park in U.S. waiting on federal funding

BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) -- Buffalo's Theodore Roosevelt Inaugural Site is the only national park site in the United States that hasn't received its federal funding yet this year. The designated National Historic Site keeps President Theodore Roosevelt's legacy alive in the very room where he became the 26th President of the United States. "The Theodore [...]

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Aug 7, 2026

'Vindictive motivations': Don Lemon seeks to dismiss charges from anti-ICE protest

Don Lemon's lawyers say the government had "vindictive motivations" in charging him in connection with an anti-iCE protest at at church.