$5M paving project begins across Erie County

05/16/26 2:46 AM

BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) -- A multi-million dollar paving project is underway across parts of Erie County, smoothing out some of the area's busiest roads. The New York State Department of Transportation said the $5.7 million project will repave parts of Niagara Falls Boulevard, Millersport Highway and Broadway. The work stretches through Amherst, Tonawanda, Cheektowaga, Sloan [...]

'We won!' UC service workers get tentative deal for big raises, averting threatened strike

05/14/26 2:23 PM

UC strike is averted as AFSCME Local 3299, representing 40,000 technical patient care workers and service staff, reaches a tentative agreement that it says won major raises and caps on healthcare premium costs.

200,000 Californians create as much power as a nuclear plant to help the grid. Now that's up in the air

05/14/26 10:00 AM

California has one of the most successful "virtual power plants" in the world, but it's on the chopping block.

3 dead as vehicle strikes pedestrians in Oakland, officials say

05/17/26 3:15 PM

The juvenile driver of the vehicle was arrested, Oakland Police said.

3 teens help a beloved dojo owner return to fire-ravaged Pacific Palisades

05/12/26 10:00 AM

Soon, the Gerry Blanck Martial Arts Center, a small but much-loved business that burned in the Palisades fire 15 months ago, will return home.

40,000 UC workers gird for a strike, disrupting medical services, cafeterias at all campuses

05/13/26 10:48 PM

More than 40,000 University of California workers plan an open-ended strike Thursday morning unless contract demands are met. A walkout would disrupt some medical procedures, cleaning and dining services system-wide.

A third of the Congressional Black Caucus could lose seats amid redistricting fight

05/15/26 9:30 AM

As many as 19 members of the Congressional Black Caucus -- almost a third of its membership -- are at risk of losing their seats through the 2028 cycle.

After the L.A. fires, Altadena's Little League almost folded. Then, they had the season of a lifetime

05/13/26 10:00 AM

A new documentary, 'Going for Home,' follows Altadena's Little League in its historic season following the Eaton fire. A community screening of the film will be held Saturday in Altadena's Loma Alta Park.

Ahead of Tuesday primary, GOP Rep. Massie says billionaires trying to 'buy' his seat

05/17/26 12:53 PM

Ahead of his primary Tuesday where he's fending off a Trump-backed challenger, Rep. Thomas Massie joined "This Week."

Altadena's latest roadblock to rebuilding: Sewage

05/15/26 10:00 AM

Hundreds of Altadena residents worry that they may be on the hook for a share of the estimated $70 million needed to build sewer lines in neighborhoods that rely on septic tanks.