Month: September 2026

By Julia Sandor

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    GRANTSVILLE, Utah (KSTU) — As Utah’s fall archery season gets underway, one Grantsville family said they’ve been surprised by a growing interest in the deer that frequently visit their property.

JoAnn Orr reached out to FOX 13 News after hunters began knocking on her and her family’s door asking for permission to harvest deer on the family-owned land within Grantsville city limits.

The property has been in Orr’s family for generations and remains a place filled with memories and wildlife.

“This was my father’s, father’s field that he bought when he was just a young man,” Orr said. “This is like a happy place for me. Just a great place to be.”

For Orr, her nephew Tristen Shepherd, and their family, the deer that roam through the field have become familiar neighbors.

“A couple months ago there used to be like five or four every time they would come, but now there’s only like two or three,” Shepherd said.

But recent visits from hunters seeking access to the property raised questions about what hunting activity is allowed within city limits.

“We have had people coming to our door asking if they can come into the property and harvest a deer and that just didn’t feel right to me,” Orr said. “I’ve been a hunter in the past. I just think there’s a time and a place.”

According to Grantsville City Code, it is generally unlawful to discharge a weapon, including a bow and arrow, within city limits. However, the ordinance includes an exception for legal seasonal hunting authorized by the Utah Division of Wildlife Resources (DWR).

Grantsville Police told FOX 13 News that hunting under those circumstances has been allowed in the past when hunters obtain permission from the property owner.

Mike Wardle, the DWR’s Big Game Coordinator, said hunting remains an important wildlife management tool, but safety is a top priority.

“Hunting is an important management tool for us,” Wardle said. “We want to make sure recreationists are doing it safely. We don’t want people discharging high-power rifles in the middle of a city.”

Wardle noted that state regulations prohibit the discharge of a firearm within 600 feet of a building. However, a bow and arrow is not considered a firearm under that regulation.

He emphasized that hunters should also consider the impact of their actions on nearby residents.

“We do support fair chase hunting and ethical hunting,” Wardle said. “We want our hunters to be aware of their impact on their neighbors. Especially in a town setting, you really need to be careful.”

For Orr and her family, the message is simple, their property is not open for hunting.

“I have too many good memories to want to do something like that,” Orr said. “I’d rather have it as a sport than just a deer lying in a field.”

While only a couple of deer are frequenting the field these days, the family hopes more of their four-legged visitors return soon.

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By J.J. Zavalla

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    LOS ANGELES, California (KABC) — A South Bay family has grown from four to seven overnight after welcoming a rare set of naturally conceived triplets, a pregnancy that medical professionals described as an uncommon occurrence.

Nyla Craft said she first learned she was expecting triplets during a doctor’s appointment earlier this year.

“Earlier this year, I went to the doctor and I saw like two different sets,” she said. “I was like, oh my goodness, I’m having twins. And she was like, no, there’s three. And I was like, oh my gosh, triplets.”

Craft said there is a family history of multiples.

“My mom’s a twin, and there are triplets in the family,” she said. “They’re all boys as well. So it skipped a few, but it came to me.”

Like the triplets in her family, Craft’s newborn trio are all boys.

Her husband, Marco Bernal, recalled his reaction to the news.

“I was like, freaking out,” Bernal said. “I was like, we have two right now. Then five from 2 to 5 was insane, you know?”

The newborns join older sister Naya and older brother Maceo. According to their parents, Naya has eagerly embraced her role as a big sister.

“She’s been excited. She wants to come help,” Craft said.

Maceo, however, has been less interested in the babies.

Craft said the physical demands of carrying the triplets were unlike anything she had experienced before. When she learned the three babies weighed a combined 19 pounds at birth, the number put her difficult pregnancy into perspective.

“Knowing that it was 19 pounds of baby in there just hanging was like, ‘oh my gosh,'” Craft said. “I was like, now it makes sense why I was in so much pain.”

Craft said she was no stranger to carrying large babies.

“I was carrying 9 pounds something ounce, and he was 10 pounds, so I’ve carried big babies already,” she said. “But this time, since it’s 3 babies moving in my stomach at the same time, it was rough. But I pushed through it because, you know, I wanted them to come out healthy.”

The trio’s combined birth weight of about 19 pounds also put them close to the reported world record for the heaviest set of triplets at birth, 22.7 pounds.

The family said they received extensive support from medical staff throughout the pregnancy and delivery.

“Amazing care. Everyone was just so caring and, you know, making sure I was okay,” Craft said.

Quynh Vo-Hanser of Kaiser Permanente South Bay said the pregnancy was especially unusual.

“This is a really rare event,” Vo-Hanser said. “This is what we would refer to as mixed triplet. This is a spontaneous pregnancy, which meant that it was achieved naturally. And within this triplet set, there’s an identical twin set, and then the fraternal sibling.”

Vo-Hanser emphasized the rarity of the birth.

“Within the United States, there’s 3.5 million deliveries and about 2,400 are triplets. And even more rare than that are these special triplets,” she said.

“The other thing is that they’re all the same sex. I have never seen this, all these conditions within the triplet, in my three decades.”

Gina Renteria, chief nurse executive, said the delivery required a significantly larger medical team than a typical birth.

“We had three NICU nurses, one for each of the babies. We had two doctors for the babies, doctors for the mom, an extra nurse for the mom,” Renteria said. “There were about 15 people in the delivery room when we normally have about five.”

Dr. Rohit Passi, chief of neonatology at Kaiser Permanente South Bay, said Craft’s care reflected a broader effort to support mothers facing pregnancy-related challenges.

“We know that Black moms have a higher mortality rate and other complications within pregnancy,” Passi said. “We adopt a holistic approach and equity lens to really meet patients where they are at in elevating their voices. And Nyla’s case is a perfect example of that.”

Passi added that Craft’s experience was particularly meaningful because of challenges she had faced earlier in life.

“You know, she shared her story of having struggles early on. She wasn’t even sure she would be able to become pregnant,” he said. “And it’s our job as health care providers and as a healthcare organization to elevate their voices, particularly of moms like Nyla, because they are truly inspirational.”

For Bernal, the arrival of the triplets also carries a personal significance.

“How can you forget your kids’ birthdays if they’re on your birthday, you know?” he said.

Craft said she is grateful for the family she now has.

Meanwhile, a GoFundMe campaign was created to help the family of seven cover future expenses.

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By Jory Rand

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    NORWALK, California (KABC) — For years, the abrupt end of the 105 Freeway in Norwalk has been a problem for drivers. Dozens of crashes have led to injuries, several deaths and a lot of repairs.

Eyewitness News has covered more than one crash in recent years that saw a car go into the building at the dead end on Studebaker Road.

Oswald Ponce lives close enough that he doesn’t need to be told there’s been another crash.

“Some of them would even wake me up at night,” Ponce told ABC7.

He witnessed so many crashes there that he started an Instagram account to document them all.

“It’s been like bigger than I thought it’d be,” Ponce said. “It was more of like a gag at first. I didn’t think a lot of people would really see it.”

Well, people have seen it. His account, @105exitcrashes, has over 19,000 followers, and one video has close to 18 million views.

At the suggestion of several of his followers, Ponce began keeping a tally of how many days it’s been since the last crash. He’s had to replace the dry-erase sign counting the tally around a dozen times after it was stolen or damaged, including a spray paint tagging the night before he met with Eyewitness News. But last week, the sign reached triple digits.

“It’s the first time I’ve reached 100 while running the account, Ponce said. “And probably the first time it’s reached 100 days here without a crash in years.”

Things got so bad two years ago that L.A. County Supervisor Janice Hahn all but begged Caltrans to put in lights, signs and rumble strips.

“It still is a bad design that probably should’ve never been allowed to happen,” Hahn told Eyewitness News in April 2024. “But until we have major changes at that intersection, the least the state of California could do would be to make it as safe as possible.”

But even with all of those additions, the crashes are still happening, albeit less frequently. Ponce says he’s been told his account may have something to do with the decrease.

“That’s possible,” Ponce said. “Maybe people are too embarrassed to crash here now because they’ll be put on blast on my account… If I’m making a good impact on society, that’s good.”

“I don’t want to take away from the seriousness of it. People getting hurt, it’s obviously an issue,” Ponce continued. “If it’s causing less crashes, it’s a good thing.”

Maybe someday soon, if the crashes dwindle and the string of crashless days continues to grow, it will make his Instagram account obsolete. Ponce says he’d be just fine with that.

Eyewitness News reached out to the city of Norwalk, which said it is still working with Caltrans and other authorities to make the intersection safe.

Caltrans sent a long list of additions that have been made in the intersection over the years, and it says there are many more that will continue into the year 2029.

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