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Tropical Storm Elida expected to bring high surf to SoCal beaches; advisory takes effect Sunday
1+ hour, 2+ min ago (160+ words) A tropical storm system in the Pacific Ocean is expected to bring large swells along the Southern California coastline next week. Tropical Storm Elida is not expected to make landfall, but it has triggered a High Surf Advisory. The National…...
Venezuela earthquakes death toll surpasses 5,000
1+ hour, 2+ min ago (159+ words) The death toll from two powerful earthquakes that shook Venezuela last month rose to 5,069 late on Friday, local authorities said. Venezuela earthquakes death toll surpasses 5,000 CARACAS -- The death toll from the two powerful earthquakes that shook Venezuela last month rose…...
House of Representatives passes bill that makes the shift to daylight saving time permanent
6+ hour, 37+ min ago (410+ words) America already tried permanent daylight saving time, and it lasted less than a year. Could it work now? It's an idea whose time, as it were, may have come - again. Now it's a new era, one full of people working…...
SoCal Parents and Students: Where to find Back to School resources
3+ hour, 4+ min ago (542+ words) ABC7 keeps an updated list of resources to help our neighbors looking for Back to School Resources by county. If we have omitted a resource, please email our Community team for consideration. Back To School Backpack GiveawayKheir Clinic- Koreatown, Downtown LASaturday,…...
Federal appeals court rules that New Jersey's assault weapons ban is unconstitutional
3+ hour, 4+ min ago (321+ words) A federal appeals court ruled Friday that New Jersey's bans on assault firearms and magazines that can hold more than 10 rounds are unconstitutional. This is the first time a federal appeals court has struck down a state ban on such…...
Paul Pelosi charged with misdemeanor hit-and-run over collision with parked car in California
3+ hour, 4+ min ago (303+ words) LOS ANGELES -- Paul Pelosi, husband of former House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, was charged Friday with a misdemeanor hit-and-run over a collision with a parked car. Pelosi, 86, was driving his brown convertible July 3 in Yountville, California, a town in the heart…...
Family of grandmother killed after falling into open NYC manhole sues utility company that dislodged cover
22+ hour, 23+ min ago (206+ words) Donike Goncaj, 56,died of scald burns and thermal inhalation from steam NEW YORK -- The family of a Westchester, New York grandmother who died after falling into an open manhole in Midtown Manhattan filed a wrongful death lawsuit against the utility…...
Cyclosporiasis outbreak: Taylor Farms recalling all central Mexico iceberg lettuce from US market
1+ day, 53+ min ago (181+ words) Taylor Farms said Friday that it is voluntarily removing all iceberg lettuce sourced at a central Mexico farm from the United States market. Cyclosporiasis outbreak: Taylor Farms recalling all central Mexico iceberg lettuce from US market Taylor Farms said Friday…...
Brenda Fricker, the first Irish actress to win an Oscar for 'My Left Foot,' dies at 81
1+ day, 4+ hour ago (366+ words) LONDON -- Brenda Fricker, who won an Academy Award for her role as Bridget Fagan Brown in the 1989 film "My Left Foot,'' has died. She was 81. The Irish character actor died Thursday night in Dublin after a period of ill health,…...
Go on set of 'Descendants: Wicked Wonderland' with Kylie Cantrall, Malia Baker, Liamani Segura
1+ day, 7+ hour ago (186+ words) From props to costumes, dance class and more, see what it takes to put a movie like "Descendants: Wicked Wonderland" together! VANCOUVER, British Columbia -- From a trip to the Walt Disney World Resort, to an exciting press tour and a…...