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CHP Santa BarbaraRecent storms in our region delayed travel both on the ground and in the air, especially in Santa Barbara County. -
Gabriela FernandezCentral Coast leaders and immigration advocates gathered outside the Santa Maria ICE facility Friday calling attention to what they describe as a sharp surge in immigration enforcement during the holiday week.
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D.C. police officers experienced some of the most intense violence during the attack on the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021. We sat down with two of them to rewatch their body camera footage from that day.
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300 kilometers north of Helsinki, Finland, correspondent Tom Wilmer shares the tranquility of punkaharju-valtionhotelli, a lakeside resort and a chance meetup with former WWII Finnish resistance fighters who have come from across Finland for a reunion in the village of Punkaharju. -
Mike Wolfe visits with correspondent Tom Wilmer at his home in Leiper's Fork, Tennessee. -
Jimmy Hawkins, 6 year-old Tommy in It's A Wonderful Life, talks about working as a cast member and his subsequent Hollywood career
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In honor of Sergeant York’s birthday (born December 13, 1887) we re-share a visit to his family farmstead in Pall Mall, Tennessee for a visit with his daughter, Betsy and granddaughter Deborah.
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