The Ventura County Sheriff's Office is seeking the public's help in locating 17-year-old Genesis Bagriella Balch, who was reported missing by family members in Thousand Oaks. VCSO is asking anyone who sees Genesis to call Ventura County Sheriff’s Dispatch 805-654-9511.
Magical moment captured at Disneyland!
Woody noticed a girl was deaf during a meet-and-greet and began communicating with her in ASL.
“It was our first time there as a family,” the girl's mother said, adding, “Woody made her day.”
A herd of about 100 to 150 goats stopped traffic in Calabasas after they escaped through a hole in a fence!
The herd's handler, known locally as the "goat man", was able to use herding dogs to bring the goats back home. No people or goats were harmed. 🐐
Thank you so much for asking; here are some things I heard that shouldn’t have been said,
1- You have other kids so that’s ok
2- God is punishing you
3- Maybe it’s a curse on your family ( yes someone said it!!)
4- Honestly, 4 kids were too many!
5- You must have been a bad mom to them
6- God took them because they would have grown up to be evil!!!
7- Why didn’t you call me to invite me to the funeral of your boys!!!!
Things that I appreciated hearing
1- I know you will be ok
2- I don’t know why this happened to you but I know you are loved
3- God will hold and won’t leave you
4- I am with and crying with you.
5- because you are grieving so deeply one day will experience joy just as deep
6- You will be ok! ( repeat a hundred times)
The hardest thing after my boys were killed wasn’t just the unbearable grief.
It was becoming “that person” everyone was suddenly scared to approach.
Friends who used to stop and chat would look right through me, cross the street, or pretend they hadn’t seen me. I know many didn’t know what to say. The idea of child loss is terrifying — it shakes people to their core. They freeze, they avoid, they disappear.
But that silence? It hurt almost as much as the loss itself.
If you’ve ever lost someone and felt invisible… or if you’ve been the one who didn’t know what to say and pulled away… I see you. This grief journey is lonely enough without the extra isolation.
#BREAKING: At least 6 earthquakes have battered a mountain range in Ventura County on Thursday morning, with preliminary magnitudes measured between 2.5 and 3.3, officials say. Details: https://t.co/wlDYDfOslE
Construction is underway to bring Porto’s Bakery & Cafe, a Southern California staple, to Downtown Disney, the resort announced Monday. https://t.co/zMdyZ6UvuM