Michael Yoshida

The storm is expected to bring coastal flooding, strong winds, and heavy rain throughout this weekend.

Michael Yoshida has more for us on that nor'easter today.

Coastal communities in the northeast getting ready for a windy and wet weekend.

We're preparing for coastal flooding, high winds, heavy rains.

Prepare for power outages.

If you see floodwaters, even if it doesn't look that deep, please try to avoid going in it, wading, swimming, driving.

I'm Michael Yoshida reporting.

And so for our next story, not really weather related, but we're going to stay on the East Coast.

And because satellites help power everything from GPS to communications and weather forecasting, what happens in orbit can matter here on Earth.

Michael Yoshida explains.

The United States now has on-orbit space control weapons.

For the first time, the United States military saying publicly it has weapons in space.

Space is the highway of our world when it comes to essential services, critical infrastructure, the data that we use day to day, our economies.

This is not a space where we want to see, you know, open armed confrontation.

I'm Michael Yoshida reporting.

Outside, it's sunny, it's warm, it's breezy, it's nice, but it's going to change maybe as early as midweek.

All the victims' names were read aloud at the Ground Zero reflecting pools where the Twin Towers once stood.

Reporter Michael Yoshida has more details about those somber ceremonies across the country.

25 years since the 9-11 terror attacks.

At Ground Zero in New York City, families gathered where the Twin Towers once stood, honoring the 2,753 people killed there.

We miss you so much, Dave.

May God bless the United States of America and bring peace and comfort to all who mourn here today.

I'm Michael Yoshida reporting.

And here locally, an annual remembrance in Madera County honored the lives of firefighters who died running into the building, the burning buildings, on September 11th.

The recent multi-billion dollar meta settlement is just the latest case in a growing legal reckoning for tech companies over child and teen protections online.

Michael Yoshida has

more.

Big Tech has faced lawsuits, hearings, and viral moments in Washington.

Congress has tried but failed to pass broad industry-wide safety rules, but there is hope the latest court outcome provides fresh momentum to pass legislation like the Kids Online Safety Act and to strengthen children's online privacy protections.

There has to be a standard of protecting children, and we need the federal agencies to have the power to enforce that.

In Washington, I'm Michael Yoshida reporting.

Here at home, a popular surf and snorkeling spot in West Maui may be added to the list of visitor attractions around the state that could get measures to ease crowding.