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Jan 13, 2025 | 
abc7.com | Christiane Cordero
PASADENA, Calif. (KABC) -- Thousands of people impacted by the Eaton Fire are still trying to figure out what's next. To help share some insight on the recovery process, officials held a community meeting Sunday night at the Pasadena City College. The gym was filled with people, many of whom lost something or someone in the fire. "I didn't know what to expect," said Altadena resident Ron Carter, who drove home on Wednesday to find he lost his neighborhood.
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Jan 2, 2025 | 
ktbb.com | Christiane Cordero |Ashley Riegle
Posted/updated on: January 3, 2025 at 5:29 am (NEW ORLEANS) -- The quiet in New Orleans' famous French Quarter early Thursday morning was first cut by crews sweeping up trash -- then power washing Bourbon Street. The goal was to reopen it to pedestrians by the time the Sugar Bowl kicked off nearby, 36 hours after the New Year's Day tragedy.
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Oct 1, 2024 | 
abc7.com | Christiane Cordero
Recovery has only begun in western North Carolina, where Hurricane Helene triggered mudslides and flooding like nothing that region has seen before. The storm has killed more than 130 people, now ranking it among the deadliest storms to hit the U.S. in modern history. This, as search and rescue teams work to find hundreds more still unaccounted for still five days after it made landfall in Florida.
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Aug 24, 2024 | 
abcnews.go.com | Briana K. Stewart |Rachel Wenzlaff |Christiane Cordero
As the Democratic National Convention made history with Vice President Kamala Harris becoming the first Black and South Asian woman to accept the Democratic nomination for president, the most viral moments in a week of "firsts" were captured by social media content creators who received first-of-its-kind credentialed access to the convention.
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Jul 5, 2024 | 
6abc.com | Christiane Cordero
WASHINGTON -- President Biden plans to visit Philadelphia on Sunday. The campaign stop is to ease concerns that the 81-year-old is able to continue serving as commander-in-chief and even the party's nominee. The president also scheduled a sit-down interview with ABC News for Friday night, to prove he is alert and up to the job. He stood on a White House balcony waving at a 4th of July crowd. For President Joe Biden these days, every move is a bid to show he belongs at top of the democratic ticket.
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Mar 12, 2024 | 
abc7.com | Christiane Cordero
An Alhambra family is showing resilience after a home break-in. The thieves thought they destroyed all the surveillance cameras but they missed one. ALHAMBRA, Calif. (KABC) -- An Alhambra family was victimized by a pair of burglars who broke in and robbed them while they were away. The thieves destroyed surveillance cameras but they were still caught in the act. The burglary happened Friday afternoon after the suspects got into the home through a window facing an alley.
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Mar 8, 2024 | 
abc7.com | Christiane Cordero
LOS ANGELES (KABC) -- On International Women's Day, the fight for freedom varies depending on who you ask. At the Simon Wiesenthal Center in Los Angeles, one walks past Holocaust reminders and quotes of solidarity to get to a corner of the building where an event is about to start. Once speakers take the mic, the fight for freedom clearly becomes against the echo chambers online, and the trauma that resurfaces as a result.
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Mar 7, 2024 | 
abc7.com | Christiane Cordero
Video captured the shocking moment a mail carrier in Gardena was attacked while on the job. GARDENA, Calif. (KABC) -- A mail carrier in Gardena was assaulted in a seemingly unprovoked attack caught on video. Bruce Jennings, who has worked 20-plus years for the U.S. Postal Service, was assaulted Feb. 21 by a man with a decades-long criminal history that includes assault with a deadly weapon and burglary.
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Feb 21, 2024 | 
abc7.com | Christiane Cordero
Anyone will be able to watch the count in person or through video surveillance streamed online. The ballot-processing center will tally the majority of the votes cast by the 5.6 million registered voters in Los Angeles County. CITY OF INDUSTRY, Calif. (KABC) -- With the March primary less than two weeks away, Los Angeles County has opened a new facility in the City of Industry that aims to streamline the voting process.
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Feb 14, 2024 | 
abc7.com | Christiane Cordero
Called to the stand as the defense's first witness, the director of the Grossman Burn Centers testified in her murder trial that he had been in a vehicle hundreds of times when she was behind the wheel but he could not ever recall her driving over the speed limit. Rebecca Grossman is charged with two counts each of murder and vehicular manslaughter with gross negligence and one felony count of hit-and- run driving resulting in death in connection with a Sept.
