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'Massive' Russian missile strike on Kyiv kills at least 12 people, Zelenskyy says
08/20/26 4:01 AM
A "massive" Russian missile and drone attack on Kyiv on Wednesday night killed at least 12 people and injured more than 40 others.
'Rock the Block' party returns with family fun
08/20/26 3:09 AM
BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) -- The sixth annual "Rock the Block" party happened on Wednesday, bringing family fun to neighbors on Vermont Street in Buffalo. West Side Community Services hosted the event, offering carnival games and family-friendly activities for attendees. Raffles and dental hygiene giveaways were also available for families. The event's director said a wide [...]
'Unacceptable': La Jolla man who admitted kicking a sea lion faces a year in jail and $100,000 fine
08/14/26 11:15 PM
Tyler Muehl from La Jolla was captured in a video that went viral, showing him kicking a sea lion in the head and body even as it tried to escape the attack.
08/13/26 7:05 PM
A two-year DOJ probe finds systemic sexual abuse and civil rights violations in California women's prisons. The state has 49 days to respond.
19-year-old UC Santa Cruz student ID'd as victim after car plunges off cliff into ocean
08/18/26 1:39 AM
The life of 19-year-old UC Santa Cruz student Alli Renee Singh was abruptly cut short when the car she was inside plunged off a cliff at night and into the ocean.
A 15-year-old killed Pop Smoke — then got caught smuggling fentanyl into juvenile hall
08/14/26 10:00 AM
A young man serving time for the 2020 shooting of rapper Pop Smoke in the Hollywood Hills pleaded no contest to charges that accused him of smuggling fentanyl into juvenile hall.
After local outcry, stalled Destination Crenshaw project sees movement
08/14/26 10:00 AM
Destination Crenshaw, a beautification project meant to transform the Crenshaw Corridor, has been stalled for years. After a local town hall demanding answers, the city has started to clean up the construction this week.
AI hallucinated case law in insurance company's filings in L.A. County house fire dispute
08/19/26 10:00 AM
Attorneys for State Farm apologized to a judge for submitting legal briefings rife with AI hallucinations and nonexistent case law, which were not fact-checked.
Amid fire danger, Malibu declares emergency to clear homeless encampments — fast
08/14/26 12:45 AM
Citing dangerously dry brush, the city approved the declaration to reduce the risk of fires associated with homeless individuals cooking outdoors or using fires to keep warm at night.
08/14/26 5:51 PM
The proposed fracking plan would quadruple production on an aging offshore platform in the Santa Barbara Channel.