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Emmy-winning Anchor, Reporter and Disaster Chaser for WNYT. Voice-Over artist. MMA. Husband & Father to 2 cool kiddos.

New York, USA
Joined March 2009
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Steve Kuzj
8 months
It’s the start of a new chapter. If you’re not in New York and REALLY want to watch me and my new team have fun, you can catch us here at 5, 9 and 11p.m. ET:
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Flipped on the TV and Rachel @maddow just happened to be airing on @MSNBC . My 4-month-old son, Asher, seems to REALLY enjoy you, Ms. Maddow! I’m bewildered. This was his first time watching, but if you continue to put him in such a happy mood I think he’ll be a permanent fan.
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BREAKING: The search for missing former WWE star wrestler Shad Gaspard is over. Officials say his body washed ashore on Venice Beach. Gaspard was swept away by strong waves while swimming with his young son. Witnesses say Gaspard told lifeguards to save his son first. #RIPShad
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4 years
HOLY COW! Is anyone in Los Angeles seeing how many people are shooting off fireworks??? Hundreds are being launched in all directions. Looking at this video, you’d never know these types of fireworks are completely ILLEGAL in LA County... 😮 #HappyFourthOfJuly #FourthofJuly2020
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9 years
Doing an epic @KTLA news story on the @GameGrumps . The scandals they're hiding! @razzadoop @egoraptor @RubberNinja
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4 years
YOU CAN SEE THE GROUND MOVING! Magnitude 7.7 earthquake strikes southern Mexico. The quake is centered near Oaxaca, Mexico. Reports of damage are coming in.
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5 years
As families and friends of the 34 victims who died on a diving boat fire near Santa Cruz Island come to mourn, 12-year-old CJ Andelman fills the air with the soothing music of her harp.
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8 years
2 things I love: video games & telling stories. See how the @GameGrumps are becoming the next big online sensation!
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8 years
The drink of choice for those like @egoraptor who 'GOTTA GO FAST' through a bad game! @GameGrumps
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10 years
#Ferguson protesters lying in the middle of Beverly Hills' famous Rodeo Drive, playing dead for Michael Brown. @KTLA http://t.co/cFFm5gJz3D
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7 years
The weapons stash confiscated from the home of a 17-year-old who threatened to shoot-up his Whittier, CA high school: 2 AR-15 style assault rifles, 2 handguns, and enough ammunition magazines to hold more than 1,200 bullets.
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4 years
I wish we could all be as happy as this pup sliding on the playground. Dogs are awesome.
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4 years
I love this video! A Chicago police officer runs to the rescue of a dog that falls into a cold lake.
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4 years
WATCH: A Wisconsin family out fishing save the life of a young bear swimming with a jug stuck on its head! The family said “You could hear the bear gasping for air." This rescue took guts and heart.
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6 years
INCREDIBLE shot of the U.S. Air Force’s Thunderbirds stunt team flying over Hollywood Blvd. on their way to the premier of the new #CaptainMarvel movie! The setting sun adds a touch of beauty, spectacularly captured by @KTLA photographer Michael McGregor.
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5 years
A man with a heart as big as his gigantic body. Thank you @SHAQ !
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Ex-Lakers star @SHAQ donates a year's rent to help paralyzed boy get new home; the 12 y/o and his mom were living in an apartment that wasn't accessible for people with disabilities
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6 years
A man holding a microphone with the word “offensive” on it was chased away by supporters of Congresswoman Maxine Waters in South LA. He appeared to be antagonizing the crowd. You can see a church pastor protect the man until he was safely gone.
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5 months
There will never be another like Sam. Whether he was breaking a huge celebrity story, or poking a friendly jab at you during one of his segments, Sam was a rare talent, and a one of a kind human being who will be extraordinarily missed.
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KTLA 5 is profoundly saddened to report the death of Sam Rubin. Sam was a giant in the local news industry and the entertainment world, and a fixture of Los Angeles morning television for decades. His laugh, charm and caring personality touched all who knew him. Sam was a loving
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5 years
This lady doesn’t look too happy that her street is filled with foam. 😑 A storm along the coast of Spain created tons of sea foam and sent it crawling into dozens of towns.
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3 years
I’m proud to announce that you can now flip to @PIX11News in New York City and catch me holding this microphone in front of the big news of the day.
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7 years
I've gotten pretty dang close to wildfires, but I've NEVER had this happen. Thankfully everyone is ok. #PlaceritaFire #Placerita
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8 years
Firefighters and citizens salute fallen firefighter Ryan Osler from Santa Barbara County to Ventura County as his body is transported.
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6 years
A mother and daughter from Guatemala, forcibly separated at the U.S. border, are reunited at LAX after more than a month apart. Immigration agents told the mother of 12-year-old Yoselin they were taking her daughter to get a bath. They never brought her back.
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6 years
We captured what appears to be a small tornado forming near one of the evacuation zones at the Holy Fire currently burning in Corona, CA. Wildfires can create their own weather conditions. #HolyFire
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6 years
@conner_omalley This is my life; smiling politely and waving as winded strangers sprint up on me and scream wholeheartedly.
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5 years
Can’t hold this back anymore. People are asking too many questions. YES... we’ve got ANOTHER baby on the way. What does Asher think? Click this:
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8 years
No worries @delirious_stuff ! I will post a video link of our @GameGrumps story tomorrow for you and everyone to watch. @KTLA
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8 years
As the largest #trumpprotest in Los Angeles yet, the LAPD says it remained non-violent.
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8 years
@MCB0311 yep. You can watch the @GameGrumps story on @KTLA at 11pm PT here
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2 years
KTLA is like one big family. It’s sad to see all this going on. From management, to the employees, to the viewers, certainly this is something that everyone wished wasn’t happening. A lot of people are feeling hurt. Hopefully all the facts can come out.
@Variety
Variety
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KTLA Anchor Mark Mester Fired After On-Air Reaction to Lynette Romero’s Departure
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7 years
@egoraptor I didn't think I would laugh... but I did. "Good Game?" More like, "Good Show!"
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6 years
CAUGHT ON CAMERA: The LAPD released video showing the moment two of their officers got into a shootout with an armed felon. The officers survived. The felon did not. *GRAPHIC WARNING* Full story on @KTLA
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9 years
After 28 years and playing Take Me Out to the Ball Game more than 4,000 times for Dodgers, Nancy Bea is retiring. http://t.co/Z5tclIYcEL
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8 years
In the midst of a massive protest in downtown Los Angeles, an LAPD officer takes a quiet moment to play baseball with a kid.
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3 years
Well, that’s some crazy timing. My old coworker @GeneKangTV was reporting on one of LA’s most dangerous traffic areas when this crash happened! Did you stage this, Gene? @KTLA
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5 years
BREAKING NEWS: Massive out of control fire burning along the 405 Fwy in the Sepulveda Pass in the Bel Air community of Los Angeles. This wildfire is spreading fast.
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Even though I can’t be there in person when my little guy wakes up in the morning, I can still drop by here and there through the magic of TV. #Newsies #Parenting
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4 years
Who else thinks the debate moderator needs a mute button to cut the mics off when the candidates start interrupting one and other and talking over each other too much? This is headache inducing.
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5 years
Caring for your family isn’t an emotion exclusive to humans. Watch this horse run through a wildfire zone to reunite with the family he was separated from.
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5 years
They had me try the #BottleCapChallenge at @KTLA this morning. I know the objective is to make the cap “elegantly” lift off into the air... but my attempts look more like someone taking a sledgehammer to a flower. *See one of my failed attempts at the end.*
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We are all trying to be more careful when we have to go out in public... but a scuba diving mask and snorkel? #CoronaVirusUpdate #FashionFriday
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5 years
Parenting is simultaneously beautiful and terrifying. Every day I come home there is a new mess for me to clean up. But somehow… I’ve never been happier. 🤷🏻‍♂️ #ocdproblems
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6 years
Here he is. The guy has a history of putting himself in these situations and seems to agitate a lot of different people.
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8 years
Time change! @MCB0311 The @GameGrumps story is airing on @KTLA at 10:30p.m. PT
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3 years
Watch this neighborhood dog bite and chase off a man trying to rob an innocent woman. Good boy!
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7 years
If you’ve noticed that I’ve been absent for a while, here is the reason why: My wife Christine and I are extremely excited to announce the birth of our son and first child, Asher Gregory Kuzj. Asher was born 7 lbs,...
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8 years
Florida airport shooting having immediate impact on airports around the country. #FtLauderdale
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LAX beefs up security after 5 killed, 8 injured in Fort Lauderdale airport mass shooting
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2 years
@Davidlaz Hey “wise-guy”! Why don’t you stop being so smart? Walking around, knowing all these things… You’re just looking for trouble.
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6 years
As a person who struggles to carefully navigate a car slowly through a parking garage, I have mad respect for the skill of these firefighting pilots who fly their huge planes at high speeds through tree lines and mountain tops to save homes from fires!
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4 years
@KevinVesey Keep your head up, @KevinVesey . This can be a pretty thankless job some times.
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5 years
The @Avengers are now forever part of Hollywood history. The main cast, @RobertDowneyJr , @ChrisEvans , @Scarlett_Jo , @MarkRuffalo , @chrishemsworth , and @Renner4Real left their handprints and names at the Chinese Theatre in Hollywood. The theatre’s largest cementing event ever.
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The FDNY lost a beloved firefighter today in Brooklyn. 31-year-old Timothy Klein died on the job when a burning house he was in partial collapsed. Hundreds of his fellow firefighters came to the hospital to pay their respects to the 6-year veteran.
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Just one of those days where I’m rattling off information about a suspect in a crime... and someone fitting that EXACT description pops up behind me! Could this be the criminal? Maybe...
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The CDC has advised people not to fly unless absolutely necessary because of the Coronavirus. That means my family is now DRIVING back to California from New York. It’s going to be 2,883 miles of... something. 😐
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7 years
The moment Dodgers tied up #Game5 ! #WorldSeries #Amazing
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Just one of those days where I’m rattling off information about a suspect in a crime... and someone fitting that EXACT description pops up right behind me! Could this be the criminal? Maybe... #Coincidence #newsies #MyDayInLA
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This is sad. Huge amounts of trash washed up on Seal Beach, CA after storms washed out a polluted riverbed that runs through the city and into the ocean. JUST LOOK AT SOME OF THIS GARBAGE! #Pollution #Recycle
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6 years
When I would be out in the community, more people would talk to me about the enjoyment they got from watching Chris than anyone else. Starting their weekend mornings with their friend Chris was the only way to begin the day for so, so many people. #RIPChrisBurrous
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We have some sad news to report. Chris Burrous, a fixture on the KTLA 5 Morning News since 2011, passed away Thursday. He was a beloved member of the KTLA family and will be deeply missed. He was 43.
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To honor Prince, Warner Bros. Records @wbr has turned their building into a giant memorial. #RIPPrince
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Meet Jackson. He's one of the many animals being evacuated from the #SandFire in #SantaClarita .
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A good man gone far too soon. What a strong, courageous daughter he has left. A testament to the great father he was. #RIPChrisBurrous
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"In my heart, he’s still there and alive and I hope he is for all of you, too," said Isabella, the 9-year-old daughter of beloved KTLA anchor and reporter #ChrisBurrous Loved ones bid a final farewell to the late journalist during a memorial service
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Coronavirus testing locations are full in Los Angeles county with waits stretching hours. We need more tests and more places for people to be safely tested. Many many MANY people who want to be tested STILL can’t get tested for COVID-19. This is a problem. #CoronaVirusUpdates .
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6 years
Wow! We’re out here getting hit with hail in Woodland Hills, CA! Some pieces the size of marbles! We ducked into our car because this stuff hurts! #LARain
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“I love you Allie and you know I always will! I’ll miss you forever.” None of the bodies of the 34 missing people aboard the Conception have been identified, but loved ones are already saying their goodbyes. The diving boat caught fire and sank on Labor Day off Santa Cruz Island.
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Watch this massive C-130 airplane drop a line of flame-retardant directly behind a Lake Elsinore neighborhood in the path of the destructive Holy Fire. These firefighting pilots are incredible! This will hopefully stop the approaching flames. #HolyFire
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5 years
SICKENING: This landlord should be ashamed. Some 40 people (children included) were removed from a South Los Angeles building that was illegally converted into a place for low-income renters. Bugs and filth everywhere. No water. No power. The 40 are now in temporary housing.
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4 years
We’ve reached that stage where HE picks out what he wants to wear when we go stick hunting. As my toddler can demonstrate, fashion doesn’t have to be a compromise. You can wear what you want AND look terrific. #parenting
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(1/4) People always ask about my last name, Kuzj. It comes from my Ukrainian grandfather. The family name used to be Kuzyk. Long ago, my grandfather was forced to be an officer in the Soviet Army. After losing his brother in WWII, nearly being killed himself, and witnessing…
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Bad things happen when your foot gets stuck on the gas pedal. A man driving his mother in Long Beach lost control of his truck, plowed straight through a metal fence and tumbled into the ocean! Luckily, lifeguards and Good Samaritans saved him, his mother, and their little dog.
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5 years
Here’s one way to ruin another reporter’s big interview! My friends at @FOXLA , @Newzysteph and Tony, recorded this. I was just walking by this crime scene where they were talking to this neighbor, Kathy. I guess she’s a big fan of mine? Oops! #Newsies #newsbloopers #reporterlife
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5 years
Who’s that on the TV? If only everyone had this kind of enthusiasm when they watched me. 😃
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6 years
As a kid who hated being dressed up in dorky outfits with bow ties, I swore I’d never do the same to my future children. -sigh- I’ve now become what I always despised... but hey, my little man looks smashingly top-notch!
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7 years
It was the perfect storm: my cat threw up, I stepped in it and kept walking, ants found it. Now I have a vomit smeared house with ants.
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They may have lost, but hundreds #Mexico fans are still celebrating in #HuntingtonPark . Heavy police presence. http://t.co/r09RYpqRiR
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Once you report in one big city you want to report in another… and there are only so many cities bigger than Los Angeles. Hello NYC.
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8 years
Hundreds at LAX protesting President Trump's ban on people from certain Muslim countries sing the U.S. national anthem together. #MuslimBan
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3 years
Happy 6th Anniversary to the most supercalifragilisticexpialidocious wife in the world! @thechristineod Some 14-years, 2 kids, and different in homes in multiple states later… and I’d still say “I do.” 100%
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4 years
It’s official. I am the @KTLA punching bag. By the end of this video EVERYONE takes a shot at me. Where’s the love?😂
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It’s a... BABY GENDER REVEAL! @thechristineod hid the results in a random cupcake and put me through a snacking marathon to get to the answer. See the full scoop here...
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Thanks @LAFD for making this little guy feel special. Don’t worry, I won’t show the part where you let us use the high-power water hose to blast those illegally parked cars. 😉
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3 years
Live on Broadway tonight with my one-man show, “That’s the News.” Still plenty of tickets left!
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All hail the king of hide-and-seek, my 19-month-old son.
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Slipping in a winter wonderland. My driveway and car are both frozen in a sheet of ice. 🥶
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@latimes @SotisValkan Look at the shift in the landscape! This is how all of the planet's continents split apart from each other since the era of the dinosaurs; just a few feet at a time, spread out over millions of years.
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Proud to be reporting from Times Square where the billboards are lit up with the Ukrainian flag. Thousands came out to demonstrate for an end to the war, and to show support for the people of Ukraine.🇺🇦
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7 years
In the friggin' middle of class 4 #HurricaneHarvey , a woman hands a reporter a 6-pack of beer! WHERE ARE THESE PEOPLE WHEN I'M WORKING?!
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FOX 4 NEWS
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That time a woman in Galveston gave a FOX News reporter beer while covering a hurricane. #TexasHospitality #Harvey
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A great day for this Taco to spend with his taquito. #HappyFathersDay
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6 years
@KTLA Boycotting In-N-Out? No, I don’t think that is going to go over well, even with the most liberal of Californians.
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Fire reporting is dirty work. Look at just HOW dirty. This is the result of covering the #SaddleRidgeFire . I can’t say enough good things about the hundreds of men and women from the fire departments out here battling this wildfire to protect the community and save homes.
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Did you ever hear about the mysterious death of Elisa Lam? She died during a stay at the Cecil Hotel in Los Angeles back in 2013. A new @netflix series explores one of the most bizarre stories I ever covered.
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A little more than a year ago I hurt my back. It was incredibly frustrating. Finally, after MANY months of training and exercising to repair the damage, I'm happy to be back to my old strength. 405 lbs. x 6
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Looks like President Trump’s new border wall is going to need a new design. Hurricane Hanna blew down parts of the new wall in Texas along the Mexican border. The wind speeds were only around 60 mph at the time. That’s not a sturdy wall.
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Dodgers now up 2 games to 0 against the Cubs with an INSANE walk-off home run!
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I had some unexpected guests show up right before my Live TV shot last night. We need more types of this #photobomb ! #Dance
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4 years
WARNING GRAPHIC VIDEO: Shots fired as protesters carrying Trump flags breach Capital Hill.
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8 years
For the 130,000 people under evacuation near the #OrovilleDam and it's failing spillway, here is a list of shelters:
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This dude on a rollercoaster in Spain caught a cellphone that flew out of the hands of a rider in front of him... all while they were going 83mph! In the meantime, I struggle to catch my receipt as it’s handed to me at the fast food drive-thru. 🤦🏻‍♂️
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Gyms closed? Time to workout with the whole fam at home. @thechristineod isn’t letting her pregnancy or this quarantine stop her from being our personal trainer. Our little guy is... doing what he can. #StayAtHome #coronavirus
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