AngelPietro / Getty Images High School Basketball Player Hailed as a Hero After Saving Opponent's Life During Game A high school basketball player with lifeguard training jumped into action after a member of the opposing team went into cardiac arrest. By Ben Zeisloft January 22, 2025
@brunolobo31 / Instagram screen shot Miracle: Drowning Teen Prays for Help and in Same Instant, Olympic Kite-Surfer Appears Out of Nowhere Just when the situation seemed hopeless, the drowning girl said a prayer. Moments later, she was plucked from danger. By Ole Braatelien January 19, 2025
KERO-TV / YouTube screen shot Local Churches Band Together to Help Wildfire Victims by the Truckload While the Greater Los Angeles fires have sometimes revealed the worst side of humanity, they have also shown the best part of it, too. By Ole Braatelien January 17, 2025
Valerie Macon - AFP / via Getty ImagesCommentary Electric Vehicles Create Hazardous Situation for LA Fire Cleanup, Delay Homeowners' Return to Properties As many look to return home after the devastation caused by the LA wildfires, EV owners are finding unique hurdles in doing so. By Samuel Short January 17, 2025
Wesley Hitt / Getty Images LSU Quarterback Found Unresponsive After 'Terrible Accident' A 17-year-old LSU football player was hospitalized after he was pulled from the wreckage of his car after it hit a tree at 3 a.m. By Jack Davis January 17, 2025
Rodin Eckenroth / Getty Images Jay Leno Hops in His Own Fire Truck and Volunteers to Help as Hollywood Fires Rage "It's good to have your own fire truck when you live in LA," comedian and car collector Jay Leno told CNN's Anderson Cooper. By Lorri Wickenhauser January 15, 2025
Ali Matin - Middle East Images - AFP / Getty Images Former Child Star Dies at Age 32 in California Fires In a heartbreaking interview, the man's mother described the desperate circumstances surrounding the last time she saw her son alive. By Joe Saunders January 14, 2025
Mario Tama / Getty Images; Apu Gomes / Getty Images Just 7 Months Before Fires, Gavin Newsom Cut $101 Million in Forest Wildfire Funding California Gov. Gavin Newsom cut spending related to wildfires by $101 million in the state's current budget. By Jack Davis January 11, 2025
Ethan Swope / APCommentary LA Officials Send Fake Evacuation Alert to Entire County, Nearly Flood Streets with 10 Million Panicking Residents Los Angeles authorities mistakenly sent a mass evacuation order, marking the latest of several blunders amid the wildfire crisis. By Ben Zeisloft January 10, 2025
Chris Haston - WBTV / Getty Images; Melina Mara - The Washington Post / Getty Images Bizarre: Somehow Henry Winkler Was Ahead of the LA Fire Dept. When It Came to Potential Fire Cause Actor Henry Winkler alleged an arsonist is behind the outbreak of multiple wildfires in the Los Angeles area since Tuesday. By Randy DeSoto January 10, 2025