Top Us News
$5M paving project begins across Erie County
05/16/26 2:46 AM
BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) -- A multi-million dollar paving project is underway across parts of Erie County, smoothing out some of the area's busiest roads. The New York State Department of Transportation said the $5.7 million project will repave parts of Niagara Falls Boulevard, Millersport Highway and Broadway. The work stretches through Amherst, Tonawanda, Cheektowaga, Sloan [...]
'Extremely scary': Specter of an all-GOP governor's race spurs push to remake open primary
05/11/26 12:35 AM
A political consultant filed an application with state officials seeking to alter California's voting system by reverting to a traditional primary with the top vote-getters from each party.
'We won!' UC service workers get tentative deal for big raises, averting threatened strike
05/14/26 2:23 PM
UC strike is averted as AFSCME Local 3299, representing 40,000 technical patient care workers and service staff, reaches a tentative agreement that it says won major raises and caps on healthcare premium costs.
05/14/26 10:00 AM
California has one of the most successful "virtual power plants" in the world, but it's on the chopping block.
3 teens help a beloved dojo owner return to fire-ravaged Pacific Palisades
05/12/26 10:00 AM
Soon, the Gerry Blanck Martial Arts Center, a small but much-loved business that burned in the Palisades fire 15 months ago, will return home.
40,000 UC workers gird for a strike, disrupting medical services, cafeterias at all campuses
05/13/26 10:48 PM
More than 40,000 University of California workers plan an open-ended strike Thursday morning unless contract demands are met. A walkout would disrupt some medical procedures, cleaning and dining services system-wide.
A third of the Congressional Black Caucus could lose seats amid redistricting fight
05/15/26 9:30 AM
As many as 19 members of the Congressional Black Caucus -- almost a third of its membership -- are at risk of losing their seats through the 2028 cycle.
05/13/26 10:00 AM
A new documentary, 'Going for Home,' follows Altadena's Little League in its historic season following the Eaton fire. A community screening of the film will be held Saturday in Altadena's Loma Alta Park.
Altadena's latest roadblock to rebuilding: Sewage
05/15/26 10:00 AM
Hundreds of Altadena residents worry that they may be on the hook for a share of the estimated $70 million needed to build sewer lines in neighborhoods that rely on septic tanks.
Another sales tax hike? Rising costs a concern for L.A. voters in healthcare measure
05/12/26 10:00 AM
With the electorate in a dour mood and reeling from rocketing gas prices, some speculate that voters' willingness to tax themselves may be dwindling as ballots arrive for the June 2 election.