$29M project to renew Buffalo's 100-year-old sewage pipes begins

04/09/26 5:23 PM

BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) -- City leaders broke ground on a new project Thursday that's costing nearly $30 million to help reduce sewer overflows throughout Buffalo and replace the city’s 100-year-old pipes. “The infrastructure for this vibrant neighborhood on Buffalo’s west side will be transformed,” said Rosaleen Nogle, principal sanitary engineer with the Buffalo Sewer Authority. Leaders [...]

$500,000 in stolen catalytic converters seized in L.A. County theft ring bust

04/03/26 8:45 PM

A spike in catalytic converter thefts sparked a nine-month probe that led to properties where some 1,800 catalytic converters were being held, police said.

'Abysmal': Trump's budget cites L.A. homelessness agency as he proposes housing cuts

04/03/26 9:47 PM

Trump's proposed budget attacks L.A.'s homelessness agency in push to eliminate a federal program that funds housing and services for homeless Americans.

'Amateur hour at the U.S. attorney's office': L.A. prosecutors face more losses in protest cases

04/03/26 10:00 AM

This week, L.A. federal prosecutors were in two separate trials involving a charge of assault on a federal officer tied to immigration protests. They have not won a single assault case at trial so far. But this time they have a video of a punch.

'Beautiful family' shattered as Pomona couple expecting first child killed in police pursuit

04/03/26 9:53 PM

Pomona couple Jennifer Alejandra Loera-Zarco and Marc Anthony Trejo Saldívar were expecting their first child when they died in a high-speed police chase.

'Bogus Toll Bill Report' part of Senate's budget proposal

04/09/26 12:00 PM

ALBANY, N.Y. (WIVB) - As New York state lawmakers work toward finalizing the state budget, an issue that has quietly burdened drivers for years — and that months of Call 4 Action reporting helped bring to light — is now part of budget negotiations: License Plate Fraud and the growing number of bogus toll bills [...]

'Gladiator fight' cases against L.A. juvenile hall staffers are falling apart

04/07/26 10:26 PM

Last year, California Atty. Gen. Rob Bonta indicted 30 probation officers for arranging fights between youths housed at L.A. juvenile halls. But recently, prosecutors dropped charges against a third of the officers and are offering lenient plea deals to several others.

'Revolution' or 'chaos': The massive stakes if a Republican becomes California governor

04/09/26 10:00 AM

If California gets its first GOP governor since Arnold Schwarzenegger, it could allow new cooperation with the White House but also cause gridlock in Sacramento.

50-year-old facing DWI, Leandra's Law charges

04/09/26 2:54 AM

BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) -- A 50-year-old man is facing charges of driving while intoxicated and Leandra's Law following a crash in Newfane on Wednesday that allegedly resulted in a 13-year-old being ejected from the vehicle, the Niagara County Sheriff's Office said. The incident took place around 6:15 p.m., officials said. Officials said a 2018 Dodge [...]

A rehab may be in the works for this 125-year-old landmark in West L.A.

04/03/26 10:00 AM

The U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs is asking contractors to explore a rehabilitation of the Wadsworth Chapel, a 125-year-old icon on its West Los Angeles campus that has been locked and left to deteriorate since 1971.