Even after growing reports of sexual harassment by movie producer Harvey Weinstein, and his subsequent removal from his namesake company, the Weinstein Company still faces other huge problems, NBC News reported.

Many see the company as short on financial firepower and clout. In recent years, the company found more success in television, but it still suffered. Its marquee series, "Marco Polo," was canceled by Netflix after less than two years. And Netflix is known for seldom killing its original programs.

When the company sought a major new investor for its TV business, Weinstein couldn't get a bite. The industry viewed the TV operation — with an asking price reportedly as high as $900 million — as grossly overpriced.

The Weinstein Company was thrown into tumult when The New York Times reported last Thursday that Weinstein had been accused over nearly three decades of sexually harassing women, both inside and outside of his company. Before the company board fired the founder on Sunday, three of its directors resigned.

The East Lyme Police Department responded to East Lyme High School to investigate a possible bomb threat made on Instagram Monday night, but no threat was found.

East Lyme Police said they were notified of the situation by police in San Jose, Calif. A San Jose resident had reported that an Instagram account using their name was threatening to call in a bomb threat to East Lyme High School.

San Jose police said they had investigated similar incidents. Though a threat was not actually called in, East Lyme Police and the Flanders Fire Department responded to East Lyme High School and checked over the facility as a precaution. Nothing was found.

Worried residents in Orange County were forced to watch as a wind-driven fire raced toward their houses Monday, some returning to their neighborhoods only to find that the flames had already consumed their homes.

The fire, dubbed the Canyon Fire 2, originated in Anaheim Hills and quickly tore through the hillsides, threatening nearby homes and setting some alight as it grew to 6,000 acres by the evening. By 9 p.m., 24 structures were destroyed as a thousand firefighters battled the blaze to 5 percent containment.  

"The hillside was on fire," said John Tague. "I've lived up here 21 years and I've never seen it like this, ever."

Tague said his wife and kids were at home when he heard about the fire and told them to "get out instantly." He was forced to park three miles from his home, returning to find his neighbors' houses up in flames. "It came up so quick," Tague said. "There was nothing you could do."

Kevin Shaevitz was one of the unfortunate residents whose home did not survive.

"It's pretty surreal," said Shaevitz, who raced home with his wife upon learning of the fire. Their four children were safe at school at the time, but the couple wanted to try to salvage what they could. As Shaevitz saw the flames reach his neighbor's backyard, he knew he had to go. Fortunately, Shaevitz and his wife were ready, grabbing important documents and photos before taking off.

Crestfallen but relieved no one was hurt, Shaevitz said he will "probably try and handle this the best I can for now and then deal with it emotionally a couple months down the road."

Tague sympathized with residents like Shaevitz, who lost more than just a house to the fire.

"I know people who have lost everything, a whole life of memories," Tague said. "Not just their homes, but everything they've accumulated over the last 30 years. It's just sad."

At least two people are hurt after a car crashed into a house early Tuesday morning in Thomaston.

Police said the accident occurred at a home in the on 200-block of North Main Street near Williams Street around 4:30 a.m.

According to police on scene, the car hit the building with such force it did not stop when it hit and instead tore a hole through a corner of the home then ended up hitting the house next door.

Police said at least two people were injured but the extent of their injuries was not immediately clear.

North Main Street was closed for about two hours but reopened around 7 a.m. so school buses could pass through the area. 

An Indonesian man who has lived in Connecticut for decades and is facing deportation has sought sanctuary at a Meriden church.

The Connecticut Immigrant Rights Alliance confirmed that 68-year-old Sujitno Sajuti has sought sanctuary at the at Universalist Church in Meriden.

Sajuti came to the United States in 1981 as a Fulbright Scholar and currently lives in West Hartford.

After receiving stays of removal for four years, Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) ordered Sajuti's deportation on Tuesday.

ICE released a statement on Sajuti last week, saying, in part:

"Sujitno Sajuti is an illegally present citizen of Indonesia who entered the U.S. legally in 1989, but overstayed his lawful visit by several years. A federal immigration judge issued him a final order of removal in October 2003. In an exercise of discretion ICE chose not to place Mr. Sajuti into custody and has allowed him ample time, and numerous stays of removal, to pursue legal options to resolve his case."

Sajuti was issued a GPS tracking device. His lawyers filed another stay of removal last week and a rally was held in support of Sajuti. He remains in Meriden at the church. A press conference scheduled for 11 a.m. is expected to provide additional details on the situation.

A little girl from East Windsor decided to use her birthday to give back to others.

East Windsor police say Maggie collected donations for the East Windsor Animal Shelter this year, donating Petco gift cards, toys, food, and more.

She was awarded an East Windsor Police Department challenge coin for her generous act.

If you are interested in donating to the animal shelter, contact the East Windsor Animal Control Officer at 860-292-1962.

A 33-year-old man was shot in the back in New Haven Tuesday morning and police are investigating.

New Haven police said the victim was found on Richard Street. His injuries are not life-threatening and he was taken to Yale-New Haven Hospital for treatment.

No suspect description was available.

Detectives are interviewing witnesses and reviewing surveillance footage as part of the investigation. Anyone with information on this crime should contact New Haven police at 203-946-6304. Tips may be made anonymously.

Three Hartford schools were on alert after a report of shots fired Tuesday morning.

Hartford Public Schools spokesman Pedro Zayas said the MD Fox School at 470 Maple Avenue, the Burr Elementary School at 400 Wethersfield Avenue and Bulkeley High School at 300 Wethersfield Avenue were all on alert Tuesday morning. As of noon, normal operations resumed. 

Deputy Chief Brian Foley said there was a ShotSpotter activation near Franklin Avenue and Benton Street, but no one was shot and there was no danger to students.

Hartford police are investigating.

Here are before and after images from the deadly wildfires that have burned tens of thousands of acres and destroyed over 1,500 homes and businesses across several Northern California counties.

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Two Connecticut couples currently on vacation in California's Napa Valley found themselves in the line of fire overnight. The couples, from Branford and Northford, are now safe after having to evacuate from their accommodations in Calistoga.

Deadly wildfires in Northern California have forced thousands to flee their homes. At least nine people have died and 1,500 structures have been destroyed. 

Billy Previdi and his wife, Jill, said they suddenly heard banging on the door of their AirBnB with the owner of the property telling them they needed to get out immediately. The property owner alerted Previdis and their friends to the flames, which could be seen coming closer in the hills nearby.

"We were lucky that she came and got us because we were dead asleep," said Mr. Previdi. "We would have never known anything was going on," he said.

The Previdis and the other couple heeded that urgent warning, got into their rental vehicle and tried to find their way to safety. Several other fires also burning in the area.

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"The fact that we drove through all that, nothing falling on our car, didn't crash into any trees," said Mr. Previdi. "We just really consider ourselves fortunate, but we feel so badly for the people that have lost so much up there."

Like the Previdis and their friends, many people were forced to evacuate on very short notice.

The Connecticut couples did drive out safely and headed south to the coastal town of Carmel. They are scheduled to return to Connecticut on Saturday.

A slew of wildfires continued to blaze through Northern California Tuesday morning, destroying structures in the region's wine country and forcing thousands to evacuate.

The fires, which have left at least 11 people dead, can even be seen from space, satellite imagery from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration on Monday shows.

Patches of flame and plumes of billowing smoke scores of miles long can be seen at the sites of several wildfires north of the San Francisco Bay.

In a nighttime image, the glow of the fires is as bright as city lights in San Francisco and Sacramento, and smoke can be seen rising from the Tubbs Fire, the Redwood Complex Fire and others.

At least a dozen fires in Northern California, driven by up to 55 mph winds, have torn across dozens of square miles, forcing more than 20,000 people to evacuate their homes. Area hospitals are treating at least 100 for fire-related injuries. Another fire has burned several homes in Orange County in Southern California.

Gov. Jerry Brown declared a state of emergency in seven counties in the face of one of the most destructive set of fires in California's history.

The high winds are expected to die down on Tuesday, but many parts of the state are still at high risk, Cal Fire said. The fires have scorched at least 73,000 acres so far.

"Hopefully we'll start seeing some turnaround throughout the course of today and into tomorrow," Scott McLean, deputy chief of the California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection, or Cal Fire, said Tuesday on NBC's "Today" show.

The fires have prompted than 100 missing-persons reports in Sonoma County alone, though an emergency operations official told NBC News that some were duplicates and others were already found.

The state Department of Energy and Environmental Protection is reminding drivers to watch out for deer and moose on the roads as we move into their breeding season.

Fall is peak breeding season for moose, and breeding season for white-tailed deer runs from October through late December.

Drivers should pay attention to “deer crossing” signs along the highway and keep an eye when driving through wooded areas, particularly during early morning and evening hours.

DEEP officials said approximately 3,700 deer were killed in crashes in 2016, and there have been an average of two moose-involved accidents per year since 2002. There have already been two moose-involved crashes this September.

Because of their height, moose often wind up hitting windshields when hit by cars. Drivers are advised to slow down if they see a moose or deer by or on the road. Moose-involved accidents are more likely than deer-related crashes to cause injury to humans.

All moose and deer vehicle crashes should be reported to local, state, or DEEP Environmental Conservation Police Officers (860-424-3333).

Concerns are swirling in Connecticut as President Donald Trump promises to make changes to the Affordable Care Act (ACA), also referred to as Obamacare.

On Tuesday he tweeted “Since Congress can't get its act together on HealthCare, I will be using the power of the pen to give great HealthCare to many people – FAST.”

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He also met with Democrats last week to gauge whether the minority party was interested in helping pass "great" health legislation.

Open enrollment on Access Health CT is Nov. 1, 2017. Despite the indecision in Washington, James Wadleigh Jr., the chief executive officer for Access Health CT said the company has been working diligently toward open enrollment. Wadleigh told the Connecticut Health Care Cabinet on Tuesday that all the plans for 2018 have been set and they hired a full-time outreach team to help with marketing and advertising.

Other cabinet members expressed concern about inaction in Congress.

Kate McEvoy, with the Department of Social Services, said Congress failed to renew funding for the Children’s Health Insurance Program (CHIP) by the September 30 deadline. CHIP provides health insurance for 17,000 children in Connecticut. CHIP funds support HUSKY B as well as children served by Medicaid.

“We have funding that should take us around through mid-January, but if Congress does not reauthorize, we’d have to make some very difficult decisions about what we can continue to cover,” said McEvoy.

Leaders of community health centers in Connecticut are also worried about funding.

The Bureau of Primary Health Care typically disperses funding to health centers through a grant. Charter Oak Health Center’s grant ends on December 31 and the CEO has not yet been notified if the grant is renewed.

“With a reduction of at least $4 million, I think about the number of staff I might have to lay off, the number of sites I might have to close. And our ability to still provide access to care to so many people in our underserved community is really concerning,” said Nichelle Mullins, the president and CEO of Charter Oak Health Center in Hartford. Charter Oak provides care for approximately 18,000 patients per year.

An arrest warrant has been issued for a black man who was brutally beaten in a parking garage during a deadly far right-wing rally in Charlottesville, Virginia, police told NBC News Monday.

DeAndre Harris, 20, was wanted for unlawful wounding in connection with the Aug. 12 assault, according to a statement from the Charlottesville Police Department, NBC affiliate WVIR reported.

The beating occurred after a white supremacist tried to spear a counter-protester with a flag pole, the Washington Post reported in August.

Then, Harris — a former special education instructional assistant — swung a flashlight at the man, possibly striking him, according to the Post.

With 15 different wildfires currently raging across California, charring more than 100,000 acres, we take a look at some of the state’s biggest wildfires since the 1900's.

A Michigan judge has ruled that a convicted sex offender has joint parental rights to a child born from an alleged rape of a 12-year-old girl.

The decision, made by Sanilac County Circuit Judge Gregory Ross, came after a DNA test last month confirmed that Christopher Mirasolo, 27, is the biological father of the 8-year-old boy, the victim’s lawyer, Rebecca Kiessling, said on Sunday. The judge’s order said the the decision was “based solely on consent.” 

But the mother, who is now 21, told NBC affiliate WDIV that she hoped Mirasolo would never have any rights to her son. Her lawyer said her client gave no consent and had not requested joint custody.

The process was set in motion after the mother applied for food stamps and was required to name the child's father. 

Mirasolo’s lawyer, Barbara Yockey, said he did not request joint custody. 

The Berlin Board of Education is considering charging students to play sports. Reactions to this "Pay to Play" proposal are mixed.

"I’m sure they have to pay enough with uniforms and everything else, so I don’t think they’d probably approve," said parent, Sara Mortensen.

"I don’t see a problem with it," Marie Janelle said.

Berlin School Superintendent David Erwin says nothing is happening yet. It’s on Tuesday’s meeting agenda to decide if talks should move forward. Some who spoke to NBC Connecticut say the conversation should end now.

"There might be some kid who are good athletes that might not be able to participate if it becomes a pay for play situation and that would be a shame," Mark Harris said. "There are other things they can cut other than keeping kids from playing sports."

As long as there is no state budget, Berlin could face deep education funding cuts. Under Gov. Dannel Malloy’s plan, Berlin is one of 85 towns with a zeroed out Education Cost Sharing Grant for Fiscal Year 2018. It’s money school leaders say they need.

The meeting is Tuesday at 7 p.m. If they decide to move forward, the idea will go on to a special subcommittee.

The death of a 2-year-old boy in Manchester on Monday is being treated as suspicious, police said. 

The boy was brought to Manchester Memorial by his father on Monday morning. He later died of his injuries but the details of those injuries have not been released, according to police. 

Manchester Police Captain Chris Davis said the death is considered suspicious.

Police are working with the Medical Examiner to determine the cause and manner of the boy's death. 

No other details were immediately available. 

Route 83 in Vernon is closed due as police and SWAT are on the scene of a barricade situation. 

Vernon police said a barricaded man with a gun in an apartment above a business on the 200 block of Talcottville Road.

Police are not sure how many people are inside with the suspect. 

People in several nearby businesses have been evacuated. The situation is contained to one building.

The road is shut down between Naek Road and Sunset Terrace, according to police.

About a dozen of different police districts are helping on the scene. 

Police are asking drivers to avoid the area.

No other details were immediately available. Please check back for updates on this developing story.