Terrorism has come to Southern California, taking many forms over the last few days.

An alleged terrorist plot by a former member of the U.S. military to plant explosives on L.A.-area freeways, blow up the Santa Monica Pier and target LAPD officers for assassinations is disrupted. Authorities holding a news conference and we will take it live when it happens

This comes after a weekend that saw yet another attack on a house of worship: this time it was a synagogue in Poway, near San Diego, that was the target of an extremist. He was allegedly inspired by other extremist attacks and propaganda. We'll go In Depth

Avengers: Endgame has now earned enough money at the box office to match the size of a small country's economy..........and it's quickly closing in on the all time ticket sales champion, "Titanic." But what's really crazy is that this is just the start of several blockbuster movie releases from Disney this year that should only expand the empire's staggering power.

And how a scientist at UC Davis went from studying butterflies to perhaps developing a landmark new non-addictive painkiller.

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