Our diversity is our strength, and hate must always be condemned.

CONGRESS HISTORY MADE TODAY:

When Japan Prime Minister Fumio Kishida addressed the U.S. Congress today, he became the first foreign leader addressing a Joint Meeting of Congress ever to get applause for saying 'Yabba-Dabba Do!'

Also welcome to some of our favorite reporters today. Sara Welch, Chip Yost, Kimberly Cheng, Ellina Abovian, & Eytan Wallace Happy Thursday. 🙌😎

The OJ Simpson story was the only story I covered everyday for three years. It became a part of my life and a part of this city.

Assembly Speaker Robert Rivas took several questions from reporters after early budget action vote this morning.

He says the Legislature needs to do what it can to avoid big deficits in future years, as it grapples now with a shortfall in flux.

O.J. Simpson dead at 76, family announces ktla.com/news/o-j-simps…

BREAKING: South Korea's prime minister and top presidential officials offer to resign after election defeat apnews.com/article/south-…

Good Afternoon Eytan Wallace Happy Wednesday.

JUST NOW: Acting Gov. Eleni Kounalakis has proclaimed today as “Dolores Huerta Day” in California. Huerta, a civil rights activist and labor leader who co-founded United Farm Workers United Farm Workers, turns 94 today. Huerta has spent much of her life in Kern County and CA’s Central Valley.

NEW: Audit finds CA 'lacks current information on the ongoing costs and outcomes of its homelessness programs, because Cal Interagency Council on Homelessness has not consistently tracked & evaluated the state’s efforts to prevent & end homelessness.' auditor.ca.gov/reports/2023-1…

A group of six Jewish women and six Palestinian women are working together to foster change by creating safe environments for open dialogue amid the Israel-Hamas conflict. The sisterhood's motto: “Refusing to be enemies.”

Lawmakers in the Senate Judiciary committee passed a bill to create a new agency that would oversee reparations.

The CA Legislative Black Caucus didn’t introduce any bills for direct cash payments, which advocates are disappointed about but say this bill is a good first step.

NEW: 3rd District Court of Appeals rules against CA Sec. of State Shirley Weber's effort to knock Vince Fong (R-Bakersfield) off the Congressional ballot in his race to replace former Rep. Kevin McCarthy.

Weber could still appeal to the CA Supreme Court.

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San Diego’s the spot 11,000 people from Los Angeles searched for homes in San Diego between January and March. San Francisco was the 2nd city on Redfin’s list with more than 2,600 homebuyers expressing interest in San Diego followed by Dallas with 1,122, New York City and Seattle

.Lester Holt: [We] cover a lot of difficult things to report sometimes, but this is magical... we are in a sea of strangers right now, united by this moment.'

My special report tonight.

“A Mother’s Love.”

CBS47 Fresno Breaking the Chains

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Our final wrap up of a phenomenal #solareclipse day in Batesville, Indiana.

Assemblymember Asm. Isaac G. Bryan is presenting #AB2716 to penalize stripper wells.

Stripper wells are low-volume wells that produce less than 15 barrels a day.

If passed, oil and gas wells near communities would face a $10K daily penalty.

More here: spectrumnews1.com/ca/la-east/ins…