Trump administration officials began releasing significant amounts of water from two dams in California’s Central Valley on Friday in a move that seemed intended to make a political point as President Trump continued to falsely blame the Los Angeles wildfires on water policies in the Democratic-run state. The releases, as ordered, have sent water toward…
A miles-long cluster of dolphins has been filmed leaping and gliding across Carmel Bay off the central coast of California, forming an unusual “super pod” of more than 1,500 of the marine creatures. “They were on the horizon I feel like as far as I could see,” said Captain Evan Brodsky, with the Monterey Bay…
Lawsuit claims utility company’s equipment sparked Eaton Fire – CBS News Watch CBS News Altadena resident Evangeline Iglesias is suing Southern California Edison, alleging the utility company failed to shut off the power in time despite weather warnings about hurricane force winds. Edison International CEO Pedro Pizarro denies the allegations and says the company has…
A palm-sized mammal that lives underground in California has been caught alive on camera for the first time. Three undergraduate students came up with an idea to capture the elusive Mount Lyell shrew, native to the Eastern Sierra Nevada region, as part of their fall 2024 project. Vishal Subramanyan, Prakrit Jain and Harper Forbes laid…
Mel Gibson has said he wants to “fix” the problem of stars leaving Hollywood. “A lot of people have left, and I don’t blame them,” Gibson said in a recent interview. He was recently named one of President Donald Trump’s “special envoys” to Hollywood. Mel Gibson has said he wants to help solve the problem…
Trump during his Los Angeles visit says “You don’t need FEMA” – CBS News Watch CBS News As President Trump visited Los Angeles and met victims who lost their homes in the area’s historic wildfires, he suggested that the future of FEMA is uncertain. The damage caused by the Palisades and Eaton fires is now…
Los Angeles family says they will rebuild medical practice that served neighborhood for decades – CBS News Watch CBS News On a visit to Los Angeles, Michelle Miller reconnected with a family who built a medical practice that served residents in Altadena, devastated by the Eaton Fire, and neighboring Pasadena for over 50 years. The…
Trump visits North Carolina, California disaster zones; talks about dismantling FEMA – CBS News Watch CBS News President Donald Trump toured disaster zones in North Carolina and California in his first official trip since retaking the White House. During the visits, Trump said he was considering dismantling FEMA and shifting disaster management responsibilities to the…
Evacuation orders for tens of thousands of Californians have been lifted in some areas as firefighters battling three of the largest blazes still burning in Los Angeles made progress on slowing the spread of flames. After new fires ignited further south in the city of San Diego and on the Mexico border, a red flag…
New wildfires erupt in Southern California – CBS News Watch CBS News Fire crews are still battling multiple wildfires across Southern California, including the Hughes Fire which broke out Wednesday and has already torched more than 10,000 acres and forced tens of thousands of evacuations in north Los Angeles County. The threat of Santa Ana…