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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.
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.
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.
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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.
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 [...]
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
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.
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 [...]
'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.
