Alexandrea Bonilla

Layton

Reporter and Associate Producer at KSL-AM (Salt Lake City, UT)

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Articles

Understanding Utah gun laws after deadly protest shooting

6 days ago | kslnewsradio.com | Daniella Rivera |Bridger Beal-Cvetko |Alexandrea Bonilla

SALT LAKE CITY — As investigators piece together the events that led to the deadly shooting at Saturday’s protest in Salt Lake City, they’re looking at the actions of two armed citizens. The first is a man in jail who carried a rifle but didn’t pull the trigger. The second is a man who did fire his gun and killed an innocent bystander and later identified himself to officers as a peacekeeper, according to Salt Lake City police.
"Yellowstone" spinoff, 3 other projects, get Utah incentives

6 days ago | kslnewsradio.com | Carter Williams |Bridger Beal-Cvetko |Alexandrea Bonilla

SALT LAKE CITY — “Yellowstone” is coming back to Utah — sort of. A new CBS series called “Y: Marshals,” a spinoff of the popular Western drama that ended last year, is one of four new film productions in Utah that will receive incentives from the state that were approved by the Utah Board of Tourism Development, the Utah Film Commission announced on Friday.
Mike Lee criticized after posting apparent jokes about the killing of a Minnesota lawmaker

6 days ago | kslnewsradio.com | Bridger Beal-Cvetko |Alexandrea Bonilla |Mariah Maynes |Bryanna Willis

SALT LAKE CITY — Utah Sen. Mike Lee is facing criticism after posting what appear to be jokes about the man who police believe shot and killed a Minnesota lawmaker and her husband on Saturday. In a widely shared post from his personal X account on Sunday, Lee, a Republican, shared two pictures of the suspect in the shootings, saying: “Nightmare on Waltz Street,” an apparent misspelling of the name of Minnesota’s Democratic Gov.
911 calls may be sorted with AI in Salt Lake City

6 days ago | kslnewsradio.com | Alexandrea Bonilla

SALT LAKE CITY — Those behind Salt Lake City’s 911 emergency system are considering using artificial intelligence to sort emergency calls. The Salt Lake City 911 Communications Bureau said only 30% of it’s 650,000 yearly incoming calls are actual emergencies like life-threatening situations, fires, or crimes in progress. An AI-automated system would help sort emergency calls from non-emergency calls.
John Curtis says July 4 deadline to pass Trump’s tax bill is ‘false’

1 week ago | kslnewsradio.com | Cami Mondeaux |Alexandrea Bonilla

WASHINGTON — Utah Sen. John Curtis is raising doubts about whether Congress can pass President Donald Trump’s “big beautiful bill” by the Fourth of July, urging his colleagues not to sacrifice quality to meet a self-imposed deadline. The Senate has yet to release its version of the massive tax reconciliation bill as Republicans continue negotiations on certain provisions passed by the House.
Salt Lake's Green Loop "a go," city officials say

1 week ago | kslnewsradio.com | Alexandrea Bonilla

SALT LAKE CITY — The Green Loop, a construction project to expand biking and pedestrian pathways through Salt Lake City is moving forward. This week, city officials said they’d have no problem working within the parameters of an omnibus transportation bill passed by Utah lawmakers in 2025. The bill, SB295, requires the city to work with the Utah Department of Transportation before construction on the Green Loop project begins. What is the Green Loop? The Green loop was proposed in 2023.
Man arrested at Salt Lake Int'l Airport after attempting to steal backpack and officer’s weapon

2 weeks ago | kslnewsradio.com | Michelle Lee |Alexandrea Bonilla

SALT LAKE CITY — A man was arrested after he was accused of stealing a backpack at the Salt Lake International Airport and then attempting to steal an officer’s weapon. On Sunday at approximately 8:24 p.m., an officer at the Salt Lake City Int’l Airport was approached regarding a piece of luggage left at the Delta Sky Club. According to the police affidavit, police tracked Joseph Johnson, 29, after he failed to return the backpack, which contained approximately $4,000 in property.
Church of Jesus Christ helping women and children worldwide

2 weeks ago | kslnewsradio.com | Emily Janeen Ashcraft |Alexandrea Bonilla

SALT LAKE CITY — A few weeks ago, Sharon Eubank said she visited a young mother with a daughter who had been suffering from severe malnutrition. Although she had received medical care, her child’s health deteriorated again — something she said happens 80% of the time due to problems in the child’s environment.
Utah Pride Festival returns to downtown Salt Lake City

2 weeks ago | kslnewsradio.com | Emma Benson |Alexandrea Bonilla

SALT LAKE CITY — Downtown Salt Lake City is getting ready to go rainbow with the return of the annual Utah Pride Festival — one of the state’s biggest celebrations of diversity and inclusion. Festivities kick off Friday night with a youth dance, followed by Saturday’s rally at the Utah State Capitol and march down State Street to Washington Square Park, where there will be entertainment, food vendors and community booths.
Staff speaks out after University of Utah announces partnership with Israeli university

2 weeks ago | kslnewsradio.com | Alexandrea Bonilla

SALT LAKE CITY — A group of faculty, staff and students are petitioning against the University of Utah after the school signed a partnership with an Israeli university in in the West Bank. A petition headed by Faculty for Justice in Palestine is now making the rounds. They petition authors are taking issue with the U’s partnership with Ariel University.