Kate Cagle

Los Angeles

Anchor and Political Reporter at Spectrum News 1 SoCal

Anchor and Political Reporter at Spectrum News

Musings and News things | Anchor & Reporter @specnews1socal | Vice President SPJ-LA | mom 👱🏻‍♀️ | vegetarian 🌱 [email protected]

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Lawyers point to 'idle' SoCal Edison tower in Eaton Fire lawsuit

1 month ago | spectrumnews1.com | Kate Cagle

ALTADENA, Calif. — He said he was standing at the right place at the wrong time when Jeffrey Ku recorded some of the earliest footage of the Eaton Fire in the canyon behind his home. “I didn’t realize how bad things could get so fast,” Ku said of Jan. 7, when the wind was howling outside his Altadena home. Minutes before recording the flames, Ku said he was sitting in his dark living room with his two dogs.
Palisades pastor hopes to create 'center for hope and healing' amid destruction

2 months ago | spectrumnews1.com | Kate Cagle

LOS ANGELES — When he became a pastor, John Shaver knew he would deal with life-shattering moments. He never imagined that a firestorm, during one of the worst natural disasters in U.S. history, would incinerate his church. “It’s tough being someone who is trying to truth-tell,” Shaver said amid the ruins of the Community United Methodist Church in Pacific Palisades. “It’s a bad situation right now.
Eaton Fire destroyed only 24-hour day care in Altadena

Jan 21, 2025 | spectrumnews1.com | Kate Cagle

ALTADENA, Calif. — Amid the ash and rubble, a melted playground and a dusty plastic tricycle offer a glimpse of the place generations of children called their “home away from home’ in Altadena. Fortunately, the Allen Family Daycare was empty the night the Eaton Fire erupted, but after 25 years, the daycare is now reduced to ash. The owner, Edna Allen — known affectionately as “granny” — is now starting from scratch and scrambling to place five infants she cared for in other daycares.
Unleashed: LAPD SWAT integrates 'robot dog' into the unit

Jan 1, 2025 | spectrumnews1.com | Kate Cagle

LOS ANGELES – It looks like something straight out of science fiction, but the Los Angeles Police Department’s Quadruped Unmanned Ground Vehicle — or “robot dog” — is now a well-worn piece of equipment in the department.
'I’m an Independent': LA Times owner explains decision to not endorse

Oct 24, 2024 | spectrumnews1.com | Kate Cagle

EL SEGUNDO, Calif. — The owner of the Los Angeles Times is responding to backlash over his decision not to endorse either presidential candidate on the paper’s editorial page. The editorials editor resigned in protest this week, telling the Columbia Journalism Review the Times was remaining silent on the contest in “dangerous times.”“I think my fear is that if we chose either one that it would just add to the division,” Dr. Patrick Soon-Shiong told Spectrum News in an exclusive interview.
Long Beach pilot aims to transform Section 8 voucher program with cash

Sep 5, 2024 | spectrumnews1.com | Kate Cagle

LONG BEACH, Calif. — After four years of sleeping in her car, April Hurd keeps her new apartment keys around her neck and close to her heart. “I’m grateful for each and every day,” Hurd said inside her newly rented apartment in South Los Angeles. After years of waiting to receive a Section 8 housing voucher, it took Hurd months of frantic searching to find a landlord to accept it. If she missed the deadline, her voucher could have expired — sending her to the back of the line for a new one.
Journalists question deal with Google to fund newsrooms

Aug 28, 2024 | spectrumnews1.com | Kate Cagle

LOS ANGELES — Standing across from the old, empty Los Angeles Times building, former reporter Matt Pearce is hoping the remaining façade is not just a memorial to a dying industry. What You Need To KnowAssemblymember Buffy Wicks announced last week the results of closed-door negotiations: a deal to provide $250 million in private and taxpayer funds to print and digital newsrooms over the next five yearsGov.
Report: More people have left Inside Safe program than found housing

Oct 17, 2023 | spectrumnews1.com | Kate Cagle

LOS ANGELES — To persuade her to give up her tent and move off Aetna Street in Van Nuys, city workers promised La Donna Harrell a clean bed and a hot shower. What You Need To KnowAs of Aug.
Los Angeles looks to Vienna for solutions to housing crisis

Oct 2, 2023 | spectrumnews1.com | Kate Cagle

LOS ANGELES — Getting your hands on a Section 8 voucher can feel like winning the lottery if you’re homeless in Los Angeles County. After all, the wait list to receive a federal voucher has more than 30,000 people on it. But a voucher is no guarantee you’ll find a landlord to accept it.
LA's Ethics Commission unable to meet after Council torpedoes nominee

Aug 31, 2023 | spectrumnews1.com | Kate Cagle

LOS ANGELES — Months before she became the center of political controversy, community advocate Jamie York was fighting for greater transparency in Los Angeles’ government. After a devastating unanimous vote to sink her appointment to LA’s Ethics Commission, she’s even more adamant the city’s biggest policy decisions are influenced by lobbyists in secret.