Click here for updates on this story SANTA ANA (KCAL, KCBS) — The reward to catch the person who killed 6-year-old Aiden Leos has now increased to $200,000. “The reward has been increased to $200,000 as of tonight,” Carla Lacy, Aiden’s grandmother, said during a Tuesday night vigil. “This $200,000 is for the arrest and
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story SACRAMENTO (KOVR) — The recent spike in Asian hate incidents has local activists pushing to prevent another painful past. They remember being forced from their homes and hauled off to Japanese internment camps during World War II. Considering today’s Asian hate, they’re sharing their stories during AAPI heritage
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White House principal deputy press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre on Wednesday became the second Black woman in history to hold the daily press briefing Wednesday, saying that while she appreciates the “historic nature” of the moment she also acknowledges that the White House is not about “one person.” “It’s a real honor to be standing here
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story PIONEER (KOVR) — An Arnold woman who relies on AAA for roadside assistance, says they left her stranded in the sierra overnight. She called Kurtis to investigate. Carrie Stroble has AAA for peace of mind. But she says the roadside assistance company left her stranded overnight. An Arnold
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President Joe Biden‘s team shut down a closely-held State Department effort launched late in the Trump administration to prove the coronavirus originated in a Chinese lab over concerns about the quality of its work, according to three sources familiar with the decision. The existence of the State Department inquiry and its termination this spring by
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MOBERLY, Mo. (KMIZ) The cause of a house fire in Moberly late Wednesday morning is under investigation. Police posted on Facebook asking people to avoid the area around the 900 block of Franklin Street. According to the fire department, one person in the home at the time of the fire safely made it outside. Firefighters
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The Cole County Prosecutor’s Office filed charges against a man accused of threatening a school bus driver in Jefferson City on Tuesday morning.
Continue Reading A 10-month-old baby briefly left unattended by her father at their North Carolina home was killed Tuesday night by a pair of family Rottweilers, according to the Johnston County Sheriff’s Office. The father heard a commotion after stepping outside their Willow Spring home to move a water sprinkler, Capt. Danny Johnson said, according to CNN
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story MARIN COUNTY, California (KPIX) — When it comes to the drought, the situation for agriculture has gone from worrisome to downright scary. And anyone who plans on eating beef this year will likely feel the affects as well. In West Marin County’s cattle country, the outlook is especially
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Newly released videos show the sequence of events that led to the death of Ronald Greene, a Black man, in Louisiana in 2019, offering a graphic account of an encounter with the state police that has drawn fresh attention this week. Louisiana State Police (LSP) released the footage — nine body camera and dash camera
Continue Reading Ancient Judeans ate non-kosher fish at a time when it was thought to have been prohibited in the Bible, according to a new study. Researchers analyzed ancient fish bones from 30 archeological sites in areas that are now part of Israel and Egypt, dating from the Late Bronze Age (1550-1130 B.C.) to the end of
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The Jefferson City Parks and Recreation department is preparing to open pools for Memorial Day Weekend.
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story OAKLAND (KPIX) — Bishop Michael Barber of the Oakland Diocese was robbed over the weekend at gunpoint as he was on his afternoon walk, saying his rosary, near the Paramount Theater, church officials confirmed on Tuesday. At Pentecost Sunday mass, Bishop Barber told parishioners at the Cathedral of
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A reward for information leading authorities to the person responsible for killing a 6-year-old boy in a suspected road rage shooting in California last week has risen to $200,000, the boy’s family said Tuesday. The reward is for the arrest and conviction of whoever killed Aiden Leos on State Route 55, known as the 55
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Jamie Dimon acknowledged the housing boom may be getting out of hand, but the JPMorgan Chase CEO isn’t worried about a repeat of the Great Recession. Dimon acknowledged during a Senate hearing on Wednesday that there “is a little bit of a bubble in housing prices.” But, he added, “unlike in ’08 and ’09, when
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Former Republican Sen. John Warner, who represented Virginia in the US Senate for three decades and was widely respected for his views on military affairs, has died. He was 94. Warner died peacefully on Tuesday evening of heart failure, surrounded by his wife Jeanne Warner and other family members, a former staff member said. Funeral
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Russia and Iran are the top two sources of coordinated fake activity on Facebook, according to a new report released by the company. Facebook’s report, published Wednesday, shows how foreign and domestic covert influence operators have shifted their tactics and grown more sophisticated in response to efforts by social media companies to crack down on
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Bitcoin miner Marathon Digital Holdings held a call Sunday with Elon Musk about the potential to make mining greener. Musk’s announcement about the call — on Twitter, of course — sent bitcoin surging earlier this week. Prior to the call, Tesla reversed its position on bitcoin, saying it would no longer accept crypto for car
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story LOS ANGELES (KABC) — A Southern California couple decided to pay it forward by slipping cash into baby products at local Target stores. Krystal Duhaney, a mother of two children, posted a video on her Instagram account of her inserting money into diaper boxes and formula cans. “Being
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James Bond, meet Jeff Bezos. Amazon is investing even more heavily in growing its position in the entertainment world. The company announced Wednesday that it made a deal to acquire MGM, the home of James Bond and one of the most iconic movie studios in Hollywood. The deal, which is valued at $8.45 billion, gives
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