CALIFORNIA FIRES
A wildfire east of Los Angeles has grown to 12.5 square miles in less than 24 hours.
Firefighters are dealing with explosive vegetation, nasty conditions and high temperatures
http://www.fire.ca.gov

MANDELA CELEBRATES HIS 95 BIRTHDAY IN THE HOSPITAL
South Africa's most famous political leader has been close to death for weeks with a lung infection.

RELIEF FROM US HEAT WAVE IS DAYS AWAY
A cold front is moving from Canada, but not until the weekend, as residents of the Northeast and Midwest states bake with temperatures in the 90s.

City Island Images decided to take an afternoon ride as temperatures soared towards the 100 degree mark and you believe me, it was hotter than I expected it to be.

We spoke with a cop who told me he had been outdoors for four hours directing traffic. Unfortunately, weather forecasters say that today is going to be an even hotter day.

Some less fortunate New Yorkers were forced into the city’s cooling centers and even emergency rooms. Senior citizens were hit the hardest by this amazing heatwave, flocking to NYC cooling centers to find refuge.

Tech entrepreneur Jack Hidary says he will run as an independent candidate in the crowded race for Mayor of New York City.

45 year old Hidary got rich after creating a website to let people search for work online. Wednesday night, he launched his own bid for a new job: mayor of New York.

Let's see what City Islander and elder statesman, Adolfo Carrion does and how he reacts. He now has to make room for his competition inside the Independence Party.

A Panamanian mystery is turning into a totally bizarre story involving a North Korea-bound ship being seized, then searched and finally detained following a violent struggle on the Panama Canal? This sounds a bit like an old scene from the Cold War era.

Just because a handpicked Sanford, Florida jury acquitted George Zimmerman does not mean he's seen his last courtroom. There are other legal possibilities. One could see Zimmerman in another defendant role. Sanford is located in Seminole County, Florida.
The county was named after native Americans, but only has 127 Indian residents, which may not reflect the same level of civility in America.

In at least one, Zimmerman might justifiably be nervous about his chances. But he may go three-for-three. 29-year old Zimmerman was found not guilty in the shooting death of Trayvon Martin, an unarmed black teenager. The case that sparked a national debate on race and gun laws.

Zimmerman, who was a want to be cop attended community college and was shy of an associate's degree in criminal justice. He was kicked out of school because he allegedly posed a danger to the campus.

History indicates that attempting to live a normal life after a major trial could be difficult, even for those acquitted of headline-making crimes. Casey Anthony, the Orlando Florida mother acquitted in 2011 of killing her 3-year-old daughter Caylee, remains hidden and unemployed while attorneys fight civil lawsuits seeking monetary damages from her.

Former football super star O.J. Simpson was acquitted in 1995 of killing his wife and an acquaintance, but his life fell apart. He lost a $33 million wrongful death civil suit in 1997, moved to Florida where he was arrested and eventually sent to prison in 2008 for up to 33 years for robbery and kidnapping.

Zimmerman will never be the same. He apparently goes out wearing disguises, along with a bullet proof vest because of threats to his life. Is this outcome an acceptable level of equal justice for all?