Nov 18th, 2008 · Residents of a fire-ravaged mobile home park in the Los Angeles suburb of Sylmar are allowed to return home. About 500 of 600 homes in the complex were destroyed Saturday as wildfires raked Southern California.
Nov 15th, 2008 · A wildfire is tearing through the foothills north of Los Angeles. Wind gusts of near-hurricane force are fueling the blaze in the suburbs of Sylmar and Porter Ranch. Dozens of homes have burned, thousands have evacuated the area, and power lines are threatened.
Nov 12th, 2008 · As markets around the world take record losses, ramifications of the financial crisis are being felt from board rooms to beauty salons. At a shop in the Washington suburb of Sliver Spring, Maryland, the chairs are empty and the stylists worried.
Nov 4th, 2008 · Across the country, there are small armies of volunteers whose sole purpose today is to get out the vote. Dusty Kline of Lancaster, Ohio, who's canvassing for John McCain, Donna Grantinetti who's hitting the Pittsburgh suburbs for Barack Obama, Michele Boyer and her daughter, Nicole, who are working the phone banks for the GOP in Indianapolis, and and John Tull, who's been canvassing in Reno, Nev., for Barack Obama, offer their insight.
Oct 20th, 2008 · Republican John McCain has campaigned in Missouri. Unlike rival Barack Obama who held large rallies in city centers over the weekend, McCain is holding his rallies in the suburbs. McCain is talking about keeping spending low, while also discussing his plan to buy at-risk mortgages.
Oct 8th, 2008 · The Johnson family, who makes about $200,000 a year and live in an affluent suburb of Chicago, say that despite the state of the economy, they're only making small changes in their daily lives. "We're not in any panic mode," John Johnson says.
Sep 17th, 2008 · Stepping on dog droppings is one of the more irritating aspects of life. In Israel, a suburb of Tel Aviv is testing a new way to determine who isn't scooping the poop. The local vet is collecting samples of doggie DNA, using a mouth swab from the pets. If droppings end up on someone's shoe, the city can check it against its database and fine the owner. Owners contribute the DNA sample voluntarily, but the city is considering making it the law.
Sep 15th, 2008 · Federal investigators in the north L.A. suburb of Chatsworth are still poring over the deadly scene of Friday's head-on collision between a commuter train carrying 225 people and a freight train. As of this morning, 25 people have died and 135 are injured—40 of them critically.