#community-response

#community-response

We came to light a candle, said Sisi Boisard, a regular visitor to Crans-Montana from France for the last 20 years. We have five children and can't begin to imagine what these families are going through. This is a tragedy that has cut profoundly, but not just here it's being felt across the world. She and her husband, Arlindo, were celebrating the new year with their daughter, who lives in a nearby town, when they heard about the fire.

2025 was a tumultuous year that tested our resolve from federal funding cuts to local road safety and climate resilience projects, a lengthy government shutdown that caused federal workers to miss paychecks and suspended nutrition assistance programs and the loss of subsidies for health insurance premiums for those who buy their insurance through the Affordable Care Act marketplace. Marilyn Ezzy Ashcraft is the mayor of Alameda.

I swear I can remember standing right there on 8th and Clement thinking, 'This is where I'm going to live when I grow up,'

OAKLAND - An Oakland elementary school canceled classes and officials locked down the campus Wednesday after an unmarked van with a Department of Homeland Security license plate was sighted in the area.

A mass shooting in Newark left two people killed, including an 10-year-old boy, and three others injured Saturday night, according to the Essex County Prosecutor's Office. The office said Newark Police were called to the scene at the 300 block of Chancellor Ave. around 7:00 p.m. Saturday. A 21-year-old woman was also killed in the shooting. The woman and the boy were pronounced dead at University Hospital.

On Wednesday, executives from a group called the Esmeralda Land Company will present their plans to officials in Cloverdale, a small city of roughly 9,000 residents in northern Sonoma County. The project, titled Esmeralda, is led by Devon Zuegel, a tech worker who hopes to build a hotel, new housing, and a park on a 266-acre piece of land in the southern end of the city.

We want them to feel safe, we want them to come back to their normal routine. So we're calling off the physical search. I'll go out with my drone once a day or so, and then see what we can find. But unfortunately, it's going to be a little bit of a ti

A Louth nurese and county councillor has praised the courage of residents and the compassion shown by Drogheda locals in the aftermath of the deliberate arson attack that tore through an International Protection Accommodation Service (IPAS) centre in the town on Halloween night.

A gentle and peaceful dog walker who was just trying to help has died and two people have been injured in a triple stabbing in west London. A 22-year-old Afghan national has been arrested on suspicion of murder as neighbours paid tribute to the victim, who they said was just doing the normal dog walk that he does every day.

This gentleman's father was from Mexico, and they celebrated the crossing not too long ago,

Mitchell did not attend the meeting. "I do not blame the chief for leaving, because he's been run out and obstructed by these activists who are off and on the dais," said District 4 resident Rajni Mandal during the public comment portion of the meeting. She blamed the commission, the Coalition for Police Accountability, and the Anti Police-Terror Project for "plunging the city into chaos."

The rural Nova Scotia community is part of Pictou County, an area of dense forests and meandering rivers, where memories of recent tragedies in the province-a horrific mass killing in 2020 and a missing toddler that same year-remain vivid. Over four months after the siblings' disappearance, a sense of unease permeates the region, even as residents rally at vigils and in community Facebook groups to try to keep hope alive.

A woman is assisting police after a baby boy was found dead inside a storm water drain. Two workers carrying out routine maintenance made the confronting discovery in Alexander Heights in Perth's northern suburbs on Monday afternoon. Western Australia police confirmed a woman in her 30s is assisting with their investigation into the newborn's death. The woman is receiving appropriate care and support, police said in a statement on Wednesday evening.

Rebecca Haro claimed her 7-month-old son, Emmanuel, was kidnapped while she was changing his diaper outside a vehicle, but her story has inconsistencies.

Emergency repairs at an L.A. Department of Water and Power pump station left approximately 9,200 households in Granada Hills and Porter Ranch without water. A valve failure during repairs halted water flow from a 10-million-gallon tank to local pipes.

The San Jose Police Department announced Tuesday that they had arrested 20-year-old Mercedes Rosales on suspicion of murder, believing that she was wielding the knife that killed Orozco.

Newman, 51, of Natick is charged with enticement of a child under 16 and attempting to commit a crime, the Middlesex County District Attorney's office said in a statement.

"The youth of Sebastia have learned to hide in their homes whenever Israeli soldiers approach the town. They try to get back before invading soldiers reach their street, knowing all too well the potentially grave consequences if they don't."

Local residents in Dublin 15 express a variety of reactions to the increasing use of drones, balancing the excitement of modern technology with concerns about noise and privacy.

At least 120 people have been confirmed dead, with more than 160 still unaccounted for, making it the deadliest inland flooding in the US since 1976.

Stephen Falco, during a sermon, used derogatory slurs and said queer people should kill themselves or be murdered, indicating there's nothing to be proud about their identity.

Gardaí believe Mr. McEvoy's murder is linked to a violent local feud which has seen over 50 incidents reported in the past year.

Someone deliberately set dogs on a defenseless cat while people watched and cheered, calling the incident pure evil, said Dan Rimada of Bodega Cats of New York.

Gerard Flaherty allegedly expressed his fear of facing jail time if the girl continued with her pregnancy, stating, 'I would go to jail if that happened.' He seemed panicked, worried about the implications for his life and family.

Leonna Ruka's family expressed their heartbreak, describing her as "the light in their lives." She died after a tree partially collapsed in Chalkwell Park, Essex.