September is National Preparedness Month.

The government banned 19 chemicals commonly found in antibacterial hand soap on Friday after the manufacturers failed to prove their products are safe and effective.

Roller Coaster Crawls to End Alzheimer’s Michael Moran rides roller coasters to honor his brother, who died of Alzheimer’s, and raise funds for the association.

The city’s annual photo contest is now open.

Television viewers can catch the SCV NewsBreak on SCVTV at the top of every hour from 7 p.m. to 11 p.m., repeating the following morning at 6 a.m. and 8 a.m. SCVTV runs on Time Warner Cable Channel 20 and AT&T U-Verse Channel 99, and streaming on SCVTV.com.