'Cognitive stunting' and the potential threat generative AI poses for children's brains

09/14/26 4:00 PM

As LAUSD starts moratorium, there aren't much data on what AI does to kids. The little information that is available doesn't look good

'We've lost contact': NBC4 covers its own helicopter tragedy with grief, purpose

09/16/26 6:00 AM

NBC4 news reported on its own news chopper that crashed and burst into flames, killing three.

1 injured after fire at former Pomfret restaurant

09/18/26 3:52 PM

BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) -- One firefighter sustained non-life-threatening injuries responding to a fire at a former restaurant in Pomfret, according to the Fredonia Fire Department. Crews were notified about the fire at the former White Village Restaurant on Route 5 shortly after noon on Wednesday. The two-story building previously had apartment space on the second [...]

18-year-old Cal State Fullerton student dies after frat party

09/16/26 5:16 PM

Anthony Joseph Blas was pronounced dead shortly after someone dropped him off at Providence St. Jude Medical Center around midnight, Fullerton police said.

2 homes destroyed, another damaged in Palos fire in La Habra Heights

09/14/26 11:04 PM

A fast-moving brush fire dubbed the Palos fire erupted Monday in the hills near La Habra Heights, destroying at two structures and damaging a third, authorities said.

A California gender gap: Young Latinas want to fight Trump harder than Latinos, study finds

09/17/26 10:00 AM

Young and working-class Latina voters in California care more about protecting immigrant communities and fighting President Trump's agenda than their male counterparts, according to a UCLA study.

A Summer Olympics economic windfall is headed for SoCal, a new analysis says

09/15/26 6:30 PM

L.A.-based analysts say the 2028 Olympics will supercharge revenue, jobs and taxes. Projections for the Paris Olympics didn't pan out.

At least 5 dead in helicopter crash and bus accident in Chatsworth. Driver arrested

09/16/26 1:11 AM

A helicopter crashed into flames Tuesday night in Chatsworth, not far from a serious accident involving a Metro bus that left three people dead.

Broadcom buys its Irvine office building

09/14/26 7:49 PM

Broadcom paid its former landlord, PRP Real Assets, $325 million for the 660,000-square-foot research campus in one of the largest office sales in Southern California in recent years.

California firefighters, a trapped kitten and a collective 'aww' from the internet

09/17/26 8:56 PM

Ventura County firefighters rescued a black and white kitten from the clutches of an entertainment center and the internet went gaga.