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California Wildfire Emergency

NOW TO THE WILDFIRE EMERGENCY IN CALIFORNIA...

FIREFIGHTERS ARE FACING... AN UPHILL BATTLE...AS WIND-DRIVEN WILDFIRES... CONTINUE TO TEAR INTO COMMUNITIES .. ACROSS CALIFORNIA. 
               
IN A MATTER OF DAYS...TENS OF THOUSANDS OF ACRES HAVE BEEN TORCHED.
               
NEW FIRES HAVE BEEN "ERUPTING" EVERY DAY...LEAVING FAMILIES ON EDGE.
               
THE LATEST FIRE TO ERUPT WAS THE MARIA FIRE IN SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA.
               
IT BROKE OUT LAST NIGHT IN VENTURA COUNTY.

THOUSANDS HAVE ALREADY EVACUATED THEIR HOMES BECAUSE OF THE FIRES.
             
​MEANTIME CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS STILL REMAIN IN EFFECT... AS MOST OF THE REGION IS STILL UNDER RED FLAG WARNINGS... FOR DRY AND WINDY WEATHER.

A$AP Rocky Charges

PRESIDENT TRUMP IS CRITICIZING SWEDEN AFTER RAPPER A$AP ROCKY WAS CHARGED WITH ASSAULT OVER A FIGHT IN STOCKHOLM LAST MONTH. 

IN A TWEET LAST NIGHT.... THE PRESIDENT SAID HE WAS VERY DISAPPOINTED IN THE SWEDISH PRIME MINISTER.
 
HE WENT ON THE SAY THAT THE COUNTRY SHOULD GIVE THE RAPPER FREEDOM AND THAT COUNTRY SHOULD BE FOCUSING ON IT'S REAL CRIME PROBLEM. 
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A$AP ROCKY'S CASE WILL GO TO TRIAL NEXT TUESDAY. 
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Stratford Sex Assault 

A BRIDGEPORT MAN IS IN JAIL THIS MORNING... ACCUSED OF SEXUALLY ASSAULTING A GIRL HE LURED ON SNAPCHAT. 

STRATFORD POLICE SAY REGINALD SHARP CREATED FAKE SOCIAL MEDIA PROFILES... AND THEN CONNECTED WITH THE PRE-TEEN... CONVINCING HER TO LEAVE HOME... AND THEN ALLEGEDLY ASSAULTED HER. 

SHARP WAS ARRESTED TUESDAY.

HE'S CURRENTLY ON THE SEX OFFENDER REGISTRY. 

HE'S NOW CHARGED WITH SEXUAL ASSAULT AND ENTICING A MINOR.
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HE'S BEING HELD ON A 2 MILLION DOLLAR BOND. 

New Water Numbers

NEW WATER CONSERVATION NUMBERS SHOW CALIFORNIANS CONTINUE TO DO THEIR PART IN HELPING FIGHT THE STATE'S ONGOING DROUGHT.
 
IN MARCH -- RESIDENTS DOUBLED THEIR WATER CONSERVATION EFFORTS -- COMPARED TO FEBRUARY.

NOT ONLY THAT -- OFFICIALS SAY CALIFORNIANS USED ABOUT 24 PERCENT LESS WATER IN MARCH COMPARED TO 2013.

CALIFORNIANS ARE NOW EXPECTED TO USE AT LEAST 20 PERCENT LESS WATER, A BREAK FROM THE PREVIOUS ORDER OF 25 PERCENT.

Deadly West Haven Fire 

THIS MORNING...  INVESTIGATORS SEARCHING FOR ANSWERS IN A DEADLY FIRE IN WEST HAVEN.

FIREFIGHTERS WERE CALLED TO A HOME ON TETLOW STREET AROUND 10-30 YESTERDAY MORNING.

THEY SAY A MAN, AND HIS ELDERLY MOTHER WERE INSIDE.
HE WAS  ABLE TO GET OUT... BUT HIS BEDRIDDEN MOTHER WASN'T.... AND SHE DIED IN THE FIRE.

THIS IS THE THIRD DEADLY HOUSE FIRE IN OUR STATE IN JUST THE PAST COUPLE OF WEEKS.

​INVESTIGATORS ARE NOW, PIECING TOGETHER THE CAUSE.

Cookie Dough Recall

CHECK YOUR FRIDGE....
               
NESTLE IS RECALLING ITS READY-TO-BAKE COOKIE DOUGH...BECAUSE THERE MAY BE PIECES OF RUBBER IN IT.
         
THE RECALL INCLUDES.... NESTLÉ TOLL HOUSE COOKIE DOUGH BARS, TUBS AND TUBE-SHAPED "CHUBS."
               
IF YOU BOUGHT THE DOUGH....YOU'RE ASKED TO REACHED OUT TO NESTLE WITH A PROOF OF PURCHASE.
             
SO FAR NO ONE HAS BEEN HOSPITALIZED BECAUSE OF THIS.

Puerto Rico Governor Resigns

BREAKING OVERNIGHT...  EMBATTLED PUERTO RICO GOVERNOR RICARDO ROSSELLÓ WILL BE OUT OF OFFICE NEXT MONTH.

HE OFFICIALLY RESIGNED LAST NIGHT IN A RECORDED MESSAGE FROM HIS OFFICE AMID OUTCRY OVER A SCANDAL INVOLVING LEAKED PRIVATE CHATS.

HIS RESIGNATION WILL BE EFFECTIVE AUGUST 2ND.

FOR ALMOST 2 WEEKS MANY PEOPLE IN THE PUERTO RICAN COMMUNITY IN CONNECTICUT AND ACROSS THE NATION HAS BEEN DENOUNCING THE BEHAVIOR OF THE GOVERNOR. 

PLUS... THE ISLAND HAS BEEN OVERRUN BY PROTESTS CALLING ON THE GOVERNOR TO RESIGN.

JUSTICE SECRETARY WANDA VAZQUEZ WILL ASSUME THE POST.

Hartford Homicide 

POLICE  ARE INVESTIGATING HARTFORD'S 17TH HOMICIDE THIS YEAR.

THE SHOOTING HAPPENED LAST NIGHT AFTER 11 NEAR HILLSIDE AND SHERBROOKe AVENUE.

POLICE SAID THE VICTIM... YOWSEF LOPEZ WAS SITTING OUTSIDE A HOUSE WITH SOME FRIENDS WHEN HE WAS SHOT.

HE WAS TAKEN TO THE HOSPITAL WHERE HE LATER DIED.

IF YOU HAVE ANY INFORMATION ABOUT THIS CASE YOU ARE ASKED TO CALL POLICE. 

Dancing With The Stars

IT IS SEMI-FINALS NIGHT ON DANCING WITH THE STARS.

THE FOUR REMAINING COUPLES WILL BE VYING FOR A SPOT IN THE SEASON FINALE.

THE FINAL FOUR CELEBRITIES ARE SIMONE BILES.. RASHAD JENNINGS.. NORMANI KORDEI AND DAVID ROSS.

EACH CELEBRITY WILL PERFORM TWO DANCES.... AND ONE OF THEM WILL BE A JUDGES  CHALLENGE.
               
TUNE IN TONIGHT AT EIGHT RIGHT HERE ON 23ABC TO SEE WHO IS ABLE TO STAY ALIVE FOR THE MIRROR BALL TROPHY.