By Josh Haskell Click here for updates on this story TORRANCE, California (KABC) — Authorities are investigating why 300 unopened vote-by-mail ballots for the upcoming recall election were found – along with a gun, drugs and stolen mail – in a car parked at a Torrance convenience store. The discovery was made Aug. 16 when
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By KEN RITTER Associated Press LAS VEGAS (AP) — The county with jurisdiction over the Las Vegas Strip has joined a legal fight to try to collect what attorneys maintain could be hundreds of millions of dollars of unpaid hotel room taxes owed by more than 20 online travel companies. A lawsuit by Clark County
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By KEN RITTER Associated Press LAS VEGAS (AP) — The county with jurisdiction over the Las Vegas Strip has joined a legal fight to try to collect what attorneys maintain could be hundreds of millions of dollars of unpaid hotel room taxes owed by more than 20 online travel companies. A lawsuit by Clark County
Continue Reading ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) — Albuquerque’s municipal zoo says a 48-year-old female gorilla has died after being stricken by a bacterial infection. ABQ BioPark Zoo officials say Huerfanita was euthanized Saturday once it became clear she wasn’t going to recover from a digestive tract infection after being treated with medications. The 48-year-old western lowland gorilla had
Continue Reading By DAVID KOENIG AP Airlines Writer Federal officials are taking another look at the safety climate inside aircraft maker Boeing. The Federal Aviation Administration says 35% of people in a key engineering unit have raised concerns about their ability to work independently of the company and communicate with safety regulators. The FAA says it is
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By Jaysha Patel Click here for updates on this story LONG BEACH, California (KABC) — Mexihanas Hibachi Grill is a restaurant in Long Beach offering Japanese food with a Mexican twist. “Everyone was selling tacos, everybody was selling tortas, menudo, and pozole, so I wanted to bring to my city something that we didn’t have,”
Continue Reading ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — A 55-year-old Indiana man is in stable condition at a Fairbanks hospital after being attacked by a grizzly bear in Alaska’s Denali National Park. The man was hiking alone in dense fog Monday evening when the bear with two cubs attacked from about 100 feet away. The man was able to
Continue Reading By SUSAN MONTOYA BRYAN Associated Press ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) — An Indigenous leader from New Mexico and former U.S. Interior Secretary Bruce Babbitt are calling on the federal government to overhaul its oil and gas leasing program to ensure the protection of cultural resources. Acoma Pueblo Gov. Brian Vallo and Babbitt highlighted the recommendations outlined
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By Leo Stallworth Click here for updates on this story LOS ANGELES (KABC) — If you’ve had a terrifying run in with a slithery serpent you’re not alone. There’s a snake invasion in some Southern California communities. Snakes, like other wildlife, are starving during this drought and they’re coming into neighborhoods looking for a meal
Continue Reading By KATHLEEN RONAYNE Associated Press SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — If California voters recall Democratic Gov. Gavin Newsom, they could replace him with a 29-year-old YouTube star. It’s a very long shot, but Kevin Paffrath is the most well-known of the nine Democrats running to succeed Newsom should voters boot him from office. That’s by virtue
Continue Reading By DAVID KOENIG AP Airlines Writer Federal officials are taking another look at the safety climate inside aircraft maker Boeing. The Federal Aviation Administration says 35% of people in a key engineering unit have raised concerns about their ability to work independently of the company and communicate with safety regulators. The FAA says it is
Continue ReadingBy Mike Nicco and Andrew Morris Click here for updates on this story LAKE TAHOE, California (KGO) — Smoke produced by the Caldor Fire led to Lake Tahoe claiming some of the worst air quality in the world Tuesday morning, according to ABC7 News Meteorologist Mike Nicco. “This is the prevailing wind flow in the
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By Michelle Icard, CNN Your tweens used to think you were funny. And interesting. And helpful. They even sought you out for advice or help solving problems. Now they think TikTokers who cover themselves in shaving cream are interesting and hilarious (“you wouldn’t get it”) and turn to YouTubers for all the answers to life’s
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DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — A University of Iowa law professor and Democratic state legislator says she will challenge freshman U.S. Rep. Marianette Miller-Meeks next year. State Rep. Christina Bohannan made the announcement Tuesday. Miller-Meeks, a former state senator, won the seat by six votes defeating Democrat Rita Hart. It was the narrowest House election
Continue Reading JERUSALEM (AP) — Israel’s new prime minister set out for Washington on his first state visit overseas since taking office. Prime Minister Naftali Bennett departed Tuesday for a two-day trip to Washington to meet with President Joe Biden and discuss regional rival Iran. In a statement released by the Prime Minister’s Office before taking off,
Continue ReadingBy Web Staff Click here for updates on this story PLEASANTON, California (KGO) — GPS data is revealing new details in the death of a runner from Berkeley whose body was found earlier this month in Pleasanton. Investigators used Philip Kreycik’s smartwatch to trace his final hours. The Alameda County Sheriff’s Office confirmed to ABC7
Continue Reading BY CHRISTOPHER SHERMAN and EVENS SANON Associated Press LES CAYES, Haiti (AP) — More than a week after Haiti’s devastating 7.2-magnitude earthquake, a dilemma has emerged for the region’s limited health care services: how to turn over hospital beds when discharged patients have no place to go. Jertha Ylet was brought to Les Cayes’ General
Continue ReadingBy Tim Johns Click here for updates on this story MOUNTAIN VIEW, California (KGO) — It’s a trip many people dream of — an anniversary trip to Italy. But for Matthew and Katherine Walden of Mountain View, their anniversary to Milan has turned into a nightmare. “The night that we arrived here in Italy, I
Continue Reading ELY, Minn. (AP) — Ely is typically teeming this time of year with visitors heading out on or returning from excursions into the Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness. But about the only cars in the northeastern Minnesota town with canoes strapped to their tops this week are leaving. Several fires inside and just outside the
Continue Reading WICHITA, Kan. (AP) — A Wichita man who impersonated a police officer will serve a year of probation. Daniel J. Corrieri was charged with 10 misdemeanor counts after police received several reports of him impersonating an officer. Corrieri pleaded guilty earlier this summer to driving under the influence and false impersonation. A court affidavit says
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