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01/25/2025

A new drug may be able to restore vision for people battling illnesses like MS:

Many of the estimated 1 million people in the U.S. with multiple sclerosis deal with eye and vision problems, as well as others with certain neurological conditions. A new drug may be able to restore vision for people battling these illnesses.

01/19/2025

Trump landed in D.C. Saturday night --

President-elect Donald Trump has landed in Washington, D.C., ahead of his upcoming inauguration. That event is expected to be held inside due to cold weather in the Capitol, he announced Friday.

01/19/2025

Even before devastating wildfires destroyed structures in L.A. County, the city of L.A. was making headlines for its housing crisis. A new report from The United States Conference of Mayors indicates that this crisis actually extends nationwide

Even before devastating wildfires destroyed structures in L.A. County, the city of L.A. was making headlines for its housing crisis. A new report from The United States Conference of Mayors indicates that this crisis actually extends nationwide.

01/18/2025

We're learning more about the galaxy closest to us with research published this week

With images from the Hubble Space Telescope, we have new information here in the Milky Way about our closest neighboring galaxy, Andromeda. Researchers unveiled the most comprehensive survey of the galaxy to date in a paper published Thursday.

01/18/2025

Fans of “Gremlins” and “Goonies” – classic films from the 1980s – may soon be able to see new live-action releases tied to them, according to a new report.

Get ready for creepy creatures and treasure hunts. Fans of “Gremlins” and “Goonies” – classic films from the 1980s – may soon be able to see new live-action releases tied to them, according to a new report.

01/17/2025

SAN FRANCISCO (KCBS RADIO) – Former Oakland mayor Sheng Thao made her first court appearance Friday to face an eight-count indictment charging Thao, her partner, and two businessmen with bribery.

The indictment, unsealed Friday, alleged Thao made promises to the businessmen – David Duong and Andy Duong – to take official actions to benefit the pair in exchange for financial gains to her and her partner, Andre Jones, in the weeks leading up to the November 2022 mayoral election.

Federal prosecutors said David Duong was the president and CEO of a recycling company that serviced homes in Oakland and was the chairman and co-owner of a prefabricated manufactured homes company. His son, Andy, worked for the recycling company and was a founder and co-owner of the manufactured homes company.

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01/15/2025

As Prescribed: Understanding the cancer risks of drinking alcohol.

SAN FRANCISCO (KCBS RADIO) — The U.S. Surgeon General’s recent recommendation to put cancer warnings on alcohol products marks a significant shift in how alcohol is viewed in terms of public health.

The recommendation is based on a growing body of research linking alcohol consumption to various forms of cancer. It also reflects alarming findings: alcohol is responsible for 20,000 cancer deaths and 100,000 cancer cases in the U.S. each year, according to the Surgeon General.

Dr. Robert Hiatt, an epidemiologist and professor emeritus at UCSF, said the evidence connecting alcohol to cancer has been accumulating over decades.

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01/12/2025

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01/12/2025

Here's what the changes announced for Facebook this week could mean for users

This week, Facebook parent company Meta announced that it would make changes to its fact checking policy. Here's how those changes are expected to impact users.

01/11/2025

According to researchers from UC San Francisco, most 11- and 12-year-olds in the U.S. use TikTok, Instagram, Snapchat and YouTube, even though age restrictions prevent users under 13 from having accounts

A new study indicates children download TikTok and other social media without permission as the U.S. Supreme Court considers a ban on the popular social media platform.

01/11/2025

Former Ohio Sen. JD Vance will become vice president by the end of this month, but an upcoming book reveals that the job almost went to Fox Business host Maria Bartiromo...

Former Ohio Sen. JD Vance will become vice president by the end of this month, but an upcoming book reveals that the job almost went to Fox Business News host Maria Bartiromo.

01/10/2025

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01/09/2025

WASHINGTON (AP) — Jimmy Carter was celebrated Thursday for his personal humility and public service before, during and after his presidency during a funeral at Washington National Cathedral featuring the kind of pageantry the 39th U.S. president typically eschewed.

All of Carter’s living successors were in attendance, with President Joe Biden, the first sitting senator to endorse his 1976 run for the White House, delivering a eulogy. Biden and others took turns praising Carter’s record — which many historians have appraised more favorably since losing his bid for a second term in 1980 — and extolling his character.

“He built houses for people who needed homes,” said Joshua Carter, a grandson who recalled how Carter regularly taught Sunday school in his native hamlet of Plains, Georgia, after leaving the White House. “He eliminated diseases in forgotten places. He waged peace anywhere in the world, wherever he saw a chance. He loved people.”

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01/09/2025

Harrowing escapes from Los Angeles wildfires were made by foot, by car or by the grace of strangers:

PASADENA, Calif. (AP) — Flames and pillars of smoke rose from both sides of the road and a woman yelled in panic as firefighters ushered a crowd of fleeing residents along. Aaron Samson positioned his 83-year-old father-in-law behind his blue walker, and they began shuffling down the sidewalk.

“My father-in-law was saying, ‘Aaron, if we are ever in a position where the flames are right there, you just run and leave me here,’” Samson recounted Wednesday.

It didn’t get to that point. For the second time in a matter of hours, a good Samaritan picked them up, then drove them to safety in Santa Monica.

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01/09/2025

LOS ANGELES (AP) — At least five people were killed and more than 1,000 structures were destroyed as fierce wildfires raged in the Los Angeles area, officials said. Fast-moving flames burned through homes and businesses as residents fled smoke-filled canyons and picturesque neighborhoods that are home to many celebrities.

Many of the towering fires began Tuesday and were fueled by powerful Santa Ana winds, which gusted to more than 70 mph (112 kph) in some spots. The winds persisted Wednesday and for a while made it too dangerous for aircraft to attack the fires from the sky, furthering hampering their efforts. Aerial firefighting resumed Wednesday morning.

Gov. Gavin Newsom said the state has deployed more than 1,400 firefighting personnel to battle the blazes. In a rare, urgent plea, the Los Angeles Fire Department asked all off-duty firefighters in the city to help. Oregon was sending 300 firefighters and Washington state 146 personnel. Utah, New Mexico and Arizona were also dispatching teams.

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01/08/2025

Wildfires latest: Hundreds of thousands without power as wildfires tear across California

By The Associated Press

Wildfires tore across the Los Angeles area with devastating force on Wednesday after setting off a desperate escape from burning homes through flames, ferocious winds and towering clouds of smoke.

Flames broke out on Tuesday evening near a nature preserve in the inland foothills northeast of LA while another blaze that started hours earlier ripped through the city’s Pacific Palisades neighborhood. A third wildfire started around 10:30 p.m. and prompted evacuations in Sylmar, the northernmost neighborhood in Los Angeles. The causes of all three fires were under investigation.

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01/08/2025

LOS ANGELES (AP) — A wildfire whipped up by extreme winds swept through a Los Angeles hillside dotted with celebrity residences Tuesday, burning homes in Pacific Palisades and prompting evacuation orders for tens of thousands. In the frantic haste to get to safety, roadways were clogged and scores of people abandoned their vehicles and fled on foot, some toting suitcases.

The traffic jam on Palisades Drive prevented emergency vehicles from getting through and a bulldozer was brought in to push the abandoned cars to the side and create a path, according to the LA Fire Department.

California Gov. Gavin Newsom, who was in Southern California to attend the naming of a national monument by President Joe Biden, made a detour to the canyon to see “firsthand the impact of these swirling winds and the embers,” and he said he found “not a few — many structures already destroyed.”

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01/08/2025

LOS ANGELES (AP) — A wildfire whipped up by extreme winds swept through a Los Angeles hillside dotted with celebrity residences Tuesday, burning homes and forcing the evacuation of tens of thousands of people, some of whom abandoned their cars and fled on foot to safety with roads blocked.

California Gov. Gavin Newsom, who was in Southern California to attend the naming of a national monument by President Joe Biden, made a detour to the canyon to see “firsthand the impact of these swirling winds and the embers,” and he said he found “not a few — many structures already destroyed.”

Officials did not give an exact number of structures damaged or destroyed in the Pacific Palisades wildfire, but they said about 30,000 residents are under evacuation orders and more than 13,000 structures were under threat.

And the worst could be yet to come. The blaze began around 10:30 a.m., shortly after the start of a Santa Ana windstorm that the National Weather service warned could be “life threatening” and the strongest to hit Southern California in more than a decade. The exact cause of the fire was unknown and no injuries had been reported, officials said.

The winds were expected to increase overnight and continue for days, producing isolated gusts that could top 100 mph (160 kph) in mountains and foothills — including in areas that haven’t seen substantial rain in months.

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