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He sold a track to Ice Cube. His father heard Britney and Rihanna were interested. But 21-year-old hip hop producer Kevin Robert Harris II was gunned down outside his studio — and he may have seen it coming.
A Los Angeles judge awarded Britney Spears the right to choose her own attorney to represent her in her conservatorship case. The 39-year-old pop singer continues to fight to regain control of her personal life and $60 million estate from her father, Jamie Spears. Carolyn Reinach Wolf, an executive partner and director of mental health law for the firm of Abrams Fensterman, joined CBSN's Lana Zak to discuss where Spears' case now stands.
Officers arrested a man who was trying to enter a parking garage at a federal building in Los Angeles. Officers said he had a gun and was wearing body armor.
Firefighters in the West are stretched thin as fires cause extensive damage.
The National Interagency Fire Center says the fires have burned 2 million acres — an area larger than the state of Delaware.
Before even reaching peak fire season, a new record has already been set, with more than 33,000 fires scorching over 2 million acres this year. CBS News correspondent Lilia Luciano spoke to California residents and fire crews dealing with the new norm when it comes to battling flames in Western states.
A fight broke out at a town hall for California Democratic Representative Katie Porter over the weekend. Los Angeles Times political writer Seema Mehta has been covering this story. She joined CBSN's Elaine Quijano to discuss.
Between January 1 to July 11 of this year, approximately 4,163 fires have burned in California.
Huge wildfires continue to grow in California and Oregon. Officials say the amount of acreage burned in California in 2021 is more than three times what it was for the same time last year, and 2020 was the worst year for wildfires in California history. Lilia Luciano reports.
Lightning sparked two wildfires that have burned nearly 90,000 acres in Northern California.
Fire crews in California are fighting to contain flames that ignited over the weekend. About 30 million people are also under excessive heat warnings or advisories. CBS News' Laura Podesta joins "CBSN AM" with more.
Blistering heatwave smothers much of the West with triple-digit temps as crews battle raging fires in two states that have cut power lines to California.
Candidates hoping to challenge California's Democratic Governor Gavin Newsom in a September 14th recall election have until Friday to get their names on the ballot. SFGate politics editor Eric Ting joins CBSN's Lana Zak with more on the recall and why Governor Newsom is suing his own appointee, California Secretary of State Shirley Weber.
Scientists who are breeding the California condor in captivity and releasing them into the wild say the endangered bird faces a critical hazard: lead poisoning from hunters' ammunition used to fell game which this bird of prey may scavenge. Correspondent Conor Knighton talks with conservationists who are promoting lead-free ammunition to protect the species' future.
The aircraft was helping perform reconnaissance and command and control over the Cedar Basin Fire when it crashed.
"Sunday Morning" takes us to a real hot spot – Lassen Volcanic National Park in California. Videographer: Jaime McDonald.
The fast-growing wildfire has prompted mandatory evacuations, threatening about 3,000 homes.
The Western U.S. is experiencing yet another record-breaking heat wave. Some parts of California are expecting temperatures as high as 130 degrees Fahrenheit. Lilia Luciano has more.
With a string of dangerously hot temperatures blistering the West, millions of Americans are waiting on relief. CBS meteorologist Jeff Berardelli has more on what to expect in the coming days.
Western states are getting hit with another heat wave just a week after a previous round of extreme summer temperatures killed nearly 200 people. In Palm Springs, California, simply going on a walk can turn deadly in triple-digit heat. David Begnaud teamed up with the crew in charge of rescuing hikers before it's too late.
The operation is the largest marijuana eradication of illegal cultivations in the history of the Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department, officials said.
Authorities in Southern California have seized more than 16 tons of marijuana worth an estimated $1.19 billion, Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department officials said Wednesday. The 10-day sting is the largest eradication of illegal marijuana cultivations in the history of the department. Read more here.
The Western U.S. continues to suffer through extreme heat that is causing wildfires in the region. Jeff Berardelli has more.
The Supreme Court ruled in favor of Arizona's Republican-backed voting rights case, deciding neither of provisions of the state's voting law violates the section of the federal Voting Rights Act that deals with race. Ilya Shapiro, vice president of the CATO Institute and director of the Robert Levy Center for Constitutional Studies, joins CBSN for more on the ruling.
CBS News' Natalie Brand joined "Red and Blue" host Caitlin Huey-Burns to break down the last opinions from the Supreme Court this term, including a voting rights case from Arizona that has major implications for election laws in all states.
