Rising from the Ashes

California and six other states have a tough decision to make right now and not a whole lot of time to do it. They need to come up with plans by tomorrow on water reductions from the Colorado River. If they can't decide, the feds will decide for them how much water will be cut. We go In Depth into the drought and the future of water here in southern California.  You might soon once again be able t...

The entire city of Memphis is buckling down and bracing for potential protests and maybe more ahead of the release of the police video showing officers beating a Black man who later died. Police in LA are paying attention too in case protests erupt here over yet another death linked to a confrontation with police. We go In Depth into what happens now in Memphis and if it'll reverberate around the...

California has some of the strictest gun laws in all of the U.S. but it's reeling right now from three mass shootings lately that have left 19 people dead. There was the mass shooting at Monterey Park but also one in Half Moon Bay south of San Francisco and one in Oakland. We go In Depth into whether all these state laws actually work to prevent gun violence.  Is homelessness increasing or decreas...

The two recent mass shootings in California--the one in Monterey Park and the other south of San Francisco--seem so far to center around personal and workplace disputes. Those apparent motives are in line with a new report from the National Threat Assessment Center that finds half of recent mass attacks involve some kind of personal or workplace dispute. We go In Depth into the warning signs.  Ame...

For five hours, the public waited and waited...and waited for word from Monterey Park police about whether the shooter was still on the loose. It was hard to confirm details until that point which had many people wondering why it took so long. We go In Depth.  The FDA is looking to make the COVID shot a yearly event but will enough people get it?  Apparently classified documents were found at the...

Monterey Park in mourning following the mass shooting at a dance studio that killed 11 people and hurt nine others. The shooter was identified as a 72-year-old man who later shot and killed himself inside a van in Torrance. His age is unusual for a mass shooter. We go In Depth into that.  We also look into the bravery of the hero who confronted the shooter at the second dance studio in Alhambra. G...

Another icon of 1960s music and culture has died. David Crosby passed away yesterday at age 81. Of course, this follows the death early last week of legendary guitarist Jeff Beck. We go In Depth into the legacy of these music giants and whether the world can ever recapture that moment in time that made music from the 60s so special and long-lasting.  Doctors are concerned about an old STD that has...

We're following two major stories that are developing today. The first has a global economic impact that could slam your wallet and maybe leave you without a job. We're talking about the U.S. running up against the debt ceiling. The Treasury Department says it's started taking "extraordinary measures" as the government has reached its legal borrowing capacity of more than 31 trillion dollars. A de...

Another tech giant is going through a major workforce change. Microsoft says it's laying off 10,000 workers. It's the latest company to scale back its pandemic-era expansions. We go In Depth into what this round of layoffs and others will do to the tech industry moving forward.  Many workers fortunate enough to still have their jobs have the option to work from home. Companies are warming up to th...

San Francisco is looking at its own plan for slavery reparations separate from the state. If everything goes according to plan, Black residents of the city who qualify could be getting five million dollars each. We go In Depth into whether this plan though can work.  Elon Musk's tweeting has led to a big class-action lawsuit that's starting up right now.  Political extremism apparently led to a se...

Now that both President Biden and former President Trump are being investigated by the Justice Department over possessing potentially classified documents, what happens to them politically? Has the president lost the high ground on Mr. Trump now? We go In Depth into the upcoming battle between Democrats and Republicans over this explosive issue.   More rain is set to hit southern California this w...

Are President Biden and former President Trump all that different? When it comes to handling potentially classified documents, maybe not so much. Attorney General Merrick Garland has appointed a special counsel to look into the documents found at President Biden's home in Delaware and at an office. We go In Depth into how these two separate cases are very much connected. We also hear from two Cali...

Another mess at airports but this time there's no airline to blame. An FAA computer system failure led to a temporary ground stoppage of planes across the country. This is the first time since 9/11 that a national ground stoppage was ordered. We go In Depth into why this happened and whether it could happen again soon.  Grandma and grandpa are finding out the hard way that pot isn't what it used t...

Relentless rain has been pounding California as this latest storm sweeps through the state, causing lots of flooding, mudslides, evacuations, road closures and even deaths. The Central Coast and on down to Ventura County have been hit hardest by this storm and the storms last week. We go In Depth into this wicked weather.   We look into whether the discovery of potentially classified documents con...

Lots of questions and not a lot of answers right now surrounding a bizarre shooting in Virginia. An elementary school teacher is recovering after police say she was shot by a 6-year-old student in a first grade classroom. They say it was no accident. We go In Depth into what happens now to the child.  A special grand jury is done looking into whether former President Trump and others illegally tri...

Two years ago, the U.S. Capitol was under siege. Insurrectionists stormed the building, sending members of Congress running and barricading themselves into their offices and other secure parts of the building. The ramifications are still being felt today. We go In Depth.  We talk to historian Douglas Brinkley about January 6th, 2021 as well as his new book about the modern environmental movement....

This bomb cyclone that's hitting California as well as the series of storms that preceded it are raising questions about whether the state is keeping pace with climate change and how it handles storms. Some experts say the state might need a new approach that moves away from dams and levees. We'll go In Depth.  Nine votes in and still no House Speaker. We look into whether Kevin McCarthy needs to...

A huge storm system is now hitting much of California. We're getting rain down here right now with the worst of it expected tonight and tomorrow morning. This follows storms that hit late last month and comes before more expected storms on the way soon. We go In Depth into what this means for the drought. Will these storms make a dent?  More chaos in the House. Kevin McCarthy loses three times tod...

New year, new show for us, new Congress and a new House Speaker but not yet though. California's Kevin McCarthy failed to secure a majority of Republican support on the first two votes. He remains roughly 20 GOP votes short. What happens now? We go In Depth.  Another week of bad weather is hitting much of the country, California included. This has air travelers wondering if Southwest Airlines can...

If you're headed to the airport today to head east--good luck. Most of the country is now covered by a massive storm that's crashed temperatures into the sub-freezing realm. More than 200 million people are under some form of a winter weather advisory today. Hundreds of flights have already been canceled. Then, there are concerns about getting sick during holiday travel. Those big three viruses ar...

If you're headed almost anywhere east of the Rockies for Christmas, getting there could be rough. A huge Winter storm is moving across much of the country, creating blizzard conditions in the plains and upper Midwest with frigid temperatures and wind chills too cold for many of us here to even comprehend. We go In Depth into what you need to know if you're about to fly and maybe even drive into th...

A major visitor arrives in Washington D.C. Ukraine President Volodymry Zelensky is meeting with President Biden at the White House before he addresses a joint-session of Congress later today. Zelensky arrives at a time when the U.S. is pledging more aid to Ukraine. We go In Depth into whether that new money can realistically help Zelensky and Ukraine achieve their ultimate goals.  At what point do...

Wells Fargo is busted again. It's agreed to pay 3.7 billion dollars to settle charges that it harmed consumers by charging illegal fees and interest on auto loans and mortgages. It also incorrectly applied overdraft fees against savings and checking accounts. It's the largest fine against the bank which has spent years trying to rehab its image following past scandals. We go In Depth into whether...

History made at the U.S. Capitol. The January 6th Committee takes the never-before action of referring a former president to the Justice Department for criminal charges. The committee says former President Trump should face prosecution on the charges of insurrection, the obstruction of an official proceeding of Congress, knowingly and willfully making materially false statements to the federal gov...

A big dam problem could lead to a major water crisis soon for southern California and other parts of the American southwest. The biggest reservoirs for the Colorado River are shrinking and now federal officials say there's a serious danger they could get so low that water would no longer flow past Hoover Dam in just two years. We go In Depth into what that scenario would look like for us.  Elon Mu...