Rising from the Ashes

A serial killer is on the loose in California. Specifically, up north in Stockton where police say six murders since April of last year appear to be committed by the same person. We go In Depth into the mind of a serial killer and what motivates them to kill.  California seems to have energy problems. First it was the possibility of heat-related power outages and now we have record gas prices due...

The cyberhackers who broke into the LA School District computer system made good on their promise by apparently releasing some stolen data. The district has responded by setting up a hotline for people to call if they think they've been impacted. We go In Depth into what you need to know to protect yourself.  The latest poll shows the LA Mayor's race between Karen Bass and Rick Caruso is getting m...

Hurricane Ian is on the move again. It's smacking the coast of South Carolina right now, bringing winds and heavy rain to a state hoping it doesn't meet the same fate as Florida. Rescue groups and aid workers are combing through the wreckage and devastation left behind in Florida to assess the damage and help those in need. We go In Depth into Hurricane Ian.   The damage and destruction in Florida...

Death and destruction. Hurricane Ian has ripped through Florida leaving behind immense damage. There are reports that at least 15 people have been confirmed killed across the state but officials say that number could grow much higher as rescue crews wade through massive floodwaters from Fort Myers to Orlando and Daytona Beach. We go In Depth into one of the worst hurricanes to ever hit Florida.  G...

Hurricane Ian finally slams into Florida. It's now smashing into the southwest part of the state in the Fort Myers area as a Category 4 storm with winds of about 150 miles an hour. There's already been power outages, flooding and storm surges in the region. We go In Depth into what damage it might do to Florida.  A couple million people have been told to evacuate but some people are staying home t...

More than 2.5 million people in Florida are packing up and heading away from the state's west coast as they've been told to evacuate ahead of incoming Hurricane Ian. It just tore into western Cuba as a Category 3 storm and has left one million people without electricity. We go In Depth into what to expect when Ian slams Florida.  The latest attack ad in the LA mayor's race tries to link Karen Bass...

Hurricane Ian is slowly creeping up toward Florida and could pack a massive punch. It might hit the Tampa area as a Category 4 storm as early as Wednesday. Hundreds of thousands of people could face mandatory evacuation orders. Officials are already saying if you're told to leave and don't--they won't come save you. We go In Depth into what to expect from Ian.  The January 6th Committee is back in...

The Dow is down big today in a brutal week that ravaged the stock market. It's now on track to close the week 1,000 points below where it started. This comes after the Federal Reserve raised interest rates. We go In Depth into whether we're moving full speed toward a recession.  NASA is smashing a spacecraft into an asteroid, and it if works, it could save human civilization.  Hurricane Fiona is f...

We have more questions than answers now that Karen Bass and Rick Caruso have debated for the first time. They tried to skirt around some questions about conflicts of interest and a potential scandal. We go In Depth into whether we all really learned more about what each candidate stands for and if either one stood out.  The LA School District plans to do something about a recent rash of teenage dr...

The first of what could possibly be several legal dominoes has fallen on former President Trump. New York Attorney General Letitia James has filed a civil lawsuit against Trump, three of his children and two longtime company executives.  The lawsuit alleges business fraud. We go In Depth into what this means for other cases against Trump moving forward.  Russia is calling up more troops to fight i...

The mental health crisis in the U.S. has now reached the point to where an influential group of medical experts is now recommending all adults under 65 years old get screened for anxiety. The U.S. Preventive Services Task Force made similar recommendations earlier this year to begin anxiety screening in children and teens. We go In Depth into this growing problem.  President Biden apparently won't...

A country lays to rest its Queen of 70 years. The UK honored Queen Elizabeth today with a massive state funeral--the first since Winston Churchill. Crowds of people lined the streets of London and around Windsor Castle to pay tribute to the only monarch many of them had ever known. We go In Depth into the funeral of Queen Elizabeth.  President Biden says the COVID pandemic is over but not everyone...

Can 17 million dollars worth of television ads sway enough voters to side with Rick Caruso in the LA Mayor's race? He apparently hopes so which is why he's launching a big advertising blitz as he trails in the polls. We go In Depth into whether flooding TV sets with ads will pay off in the end.  Former President Trump seems to be embracing the big QAnon conspiracy theory about him. We look into wh...

LA County Supervisor Sheila Kuehl goes on the offensive, slamming the search of her home by sheriff's investigators as a politically motivated act by the sheriff himself--Alex Villanueva--who's had several conflicts with the Board of Supervisors. A court affidavit shows the search is connected to non-competitive contracts awarded by Metro to a nonprofit organization run by a friend of Kuehl's. We...

Have you ever wondered how so many former members of Congress leave Washington D.C. far wealthier than when they got there? Well, a New York Times analysis may help answer that question. It found 97 lawmakers or their families bought or sold financial assets over a three-year span in industries that could be affected by their legislative committee work. One of them is Senator Dianne Feinstein. Two...

The latest inflation numbers are out and Wall Street isn't too thrilled. Consumer prices surged more than eight percent in August compared to a year earlier. That rate is down from a four-decade high of just over nine percent in June but investors didn't react well as the Dow plunged downward today. We go In Depth into inflation.  King Charles apparently refused to sit idly by over the years and c...

This recent rain may have been welcome as we deal with drought but don't get used to it. The World Meteorological Organization says La Nina is back for a third straight year. That means we're probably in for another dry Winter. We go In Depth into what to expect and La Nina's impact on southern California.  The UK continues to mourn the death of Queen Elizabeth. Her coffin is now at a cathedral in...

The new king addresses the U.K. for the first time as head of state. King Charles III praised his mother, Queen Elizabeth, as the country mourns her death.   We go In Depth into what's next for King Charles and the U.K. and the challenges they face.  We then head to Las Vegas to try to figure out the details of the murder of an investigative journalist. His accused killer is an elected official.  ...

The long reign of Queen Elizabeth II is now over. Queen Elizabeth was 96. She was the longest reigning monarch in U.K. history at 70 years. She was crowned after her father's death in 1952. She leaves behind one of the biggest legacies in the country's long history. We go In Depth into the life and reign of Queen Elizabeth.  Her son, Charles, is now King--King Charles III. We explore the reign ahe...

Drugstore giant CVS is getting into the house call business. It's going to buy a company that runs a network of doctors who make house calls. This comes as a big corporation like Amazon is getting more involved in the health care industry, looking to become a one-stop-shop for everyone's medical needs. We go In Depth into what CVS' move means for itself and, more importantly, for patients. We also...

Doctors have been saying that a COVID-19 shot would be like getting a flu shot--it would happen once a year. It turns out they're right. U.S. health officials now say most people only need to get their COVID boosters once a year. We go In Depth into the change. The LA School District has been hit with a big cyberattack. We look into what information could have been gathered by the attackers and if...

President Biden goes on the attack against Donald Trump supporters. We go In Depth into the president's aggressive speech in Philadelphia and whether it could sway people in the middle come the November midterm elections.  Court documents show the FBI found dozens of empty document folders labeled "classified" at Mar-a-Lago. But where are the contents and will we ever find out? New COVID boosters...

When the pandemic hit, schools across the country shut down and students went into remote learning. Some people at the time criticized the lengthy closures, saying it would hurt the kids academically. Now a new federal study shows math and reading scores for 9-year-olds fell dramatically during the first two years of the pandemic. We go In Depth into how far they dropped.  We know the pandemic hit...

This massive heat wave is starting to bear down on California. Temperatures will be scorching in many parts. With the heat, there's a flex alert, asking people to conserve electricity so the power grid doesn't get strained. But why are we still dealing with a strained power grid? Perhaps, the solution is nuclear energy. We go In Depth.  A picture can say nothing or a thousand words. The Feds have...

If you think the water problems here in southern California with drought and calls for conservation are rough, we assure you the capital of Mississippi has it much worse at the moment. Parts of Jackson are without running water right now as flooding exacerbated problems at two water-treatment plants. We go In Depth into what is happening and how bad it could get.  Millions of people in LA County a...