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Joy Benedict

Studio City

Journalist • Mac & Cheese Connoisseur @KCALNews I believe everyone has a story to tell. Daughter, Aunt, Sister, Friend...always a Jayhawk! ❤

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  • 1 month ago | cbsnews.com | Joy Benedict

    A San Bernardino County family pleaded not guilty to torturing and abusing six children living in their Victorville home. Kenneth Key and Tina Marie Sheffield Key, both 60, and their daughter Katlynn Key, 23, were arrested following a months-long investigation by the San Bernardino County Sheriff's Department Crimes Against Children Detail.

  • 1 month ago | kesq.com | Joy Benedict |Dean Fioresi

    By Joy Benedict, Dean FioresiClick here for updates on this story HEMET, California ( KCAL, KCBS) - The fate of four bengal tigers who live at the Diamond Valley Lodge near Hemet is up in the air, after a legal dispute led to the owner's eviction last week. The property is now gated up, meaning no one is there except for the big cats. "Very, very inhumane," said Mario Felix. "You have to observe them, you can't just leave them.

  • 2 months ago | cbsnews.com | Joy Benedict

    A proposed megachurch faces pushback from Norco residents concerned that the traffic will disturb the peaceful town affectionately known as "Horse Town, USA.""Horses and cars do not always get along," neighbor Marilyn Gursha said. "I had no opposition to it being a church.

  • 2 months ago | cbsnews.com | Joy Benedict

    Big Bear celebrated its unique weekend, where visitors enjoy the best winter and spring. "It's the first time we've had both options available for people," Justin Kanton from Big Bear Mountain Resort said. With the snow slowly melting along the mountains, organizers were able to hold an early opening of the mountain bike park at the Snow Valley base area while skiers and snowboarders enjoyed the slopes at the Big Bear Mountain Resort.

  • 2 months ago | cbsnews.com | Joy Benedict

    Two men face a myriad of charges stemming from an alleged gun battle in an Ontario park filled with children. One of the stray bullets struck 12-year-old Jojo Garcia. "I thought I lost him," mother Carla Garcia said. "The way his eyes rolled back and he started fading. That was it, I thought that was it."Garcia rushed her boy to the a local hospital for emergency surgery. The medical staff made it clear to Garcia that her son may not survive.

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Joy Benedict
Joy Benedict @joybenedict
2 Mar 25

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Bald eagles Jackie and Shadow are expecting again after last year's unsuccessful hatch. The celebrity couple is preparing their nest atop a pine tree in the San Bernardino National Forest to welcome triplets. @joybenedict has more. https://t.co/3kAxEG2gj1

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Joy Benedict @joybenedict
20 Jan 25

RT @CBSNews: “If you are out, stay out, do not come back.” @kcalnews reporter @joybenedict reports on the devastation in central Altadena…

Joy Benedict
Joy Benedict @joybenedict
28 Oct 24

The @CHPInland is in the process of reopening the SB lanes of the 15 Freeway in the Cajon Pass, after an apparent road rage incident ended with a three car collision and one man shot. Officers are still looking for the shooter. @kcalnews https://t.co/yENyg88fsI