Veteran surprised with thousands of Christmas lights, decorations

A local veteran got quite the surprise when he returned home to find his house totally decorated for Christmas on Tuesday. 

98-year-old Pearl Harbor survivor recalls attack: 'We were just doing our jobs'

Saturday is the anniversary of the attack on Pearl Harbor in which nearly 2,500 Americans were killed. Now, 78 years later, a Bay Area man is one of the few survivors who remembers December 7, 1941.

Farm donates more than 400 Christmas trees to military families

Organizers said 465 donated Christmas trees were loaded onto two FedEx trailers Monday, Dec. 2 by almost 100 volunteers. 

China to suspend US Navy visits to Hong Kong over new law

The law, signed last Wednesday by President Donald Trump, mandates sanctions on Chinese and Hong Kong officials who carry out human rights abuses.

Family seeks to shed light on Marine’s death, California’s lax isolation laws

Edwin Villalta’s treatment and the events that led to his death not only haunt his family to this day, they raise serious questions about how county jails across the state care for people with mental illness and how they use isolation cells. Villalta’s story also sheds light on California’s lax laws governing the amount of time inmates can be held in solitary confinement.

Specialized canine auditory gear developed to protect military dogs from hearing loss

Specialized canine auditory gear has been developed to protect military dogs from hearing loss during training, the U.S. Army said Wednesday in a news release. 

President Trump, first lady pay respects to Army officers killed in Afghanistan crash

President Trump and first lady Melania Trump paid their respects Thursday evening to two U.S. Army officers who were killed this week in a helicopter crash in Afghanistan.

Navy vet, 51, found in Texas apartment, presumed dead for three years, medical examiner says

A Navy veteran living in Texas was found dead in his apartment last week after vanishing about three years ago, and the medical examiner’s office is now saying he’s been dead the whole time.

Two Air Force Airmen killed during training mission in Oklahoma

Two Air Force Airmen were killed Thursday morning during an "aircraft mishap" out of Vance Air Force Base in Oklahoma.

Last living link to Hiroshima bombing mission passes away

“I have no regrets about what I did,” Russell Gackenbach said. “We were at war. The Japanese and the Germans were working on the atomic bomb, just like we were. We just happened to get it first.”

‘I will be fine telling the truth’: Lt. Col. Vindman issues moving statement at impeachment hearing

Lt. Col. Alexander Vindman, one of four witnesses who testified in the impeachment hearings Tuesday, issued a moving opening statement and mentioned how his father inspired his “sense of duty and service.”

Navy dad surprises son at school in heartwarming reunion

A Central Florida father who has been deployed for nine months gave his son the surprise of a lifetime at his Winter Garden school Friday.