Click here for updates on this story SAN FRANCISCO (KGO) — San Francisco’s Bayview neighborhood is making a name for itself. 10-foot-tall letters spelling out “BAYVIEW” were installed Monday off Third Street, near Meade Avenue. It is a community-designed initiative by the Bayview Community Parks Project. The engineering firm behind it says the letters are
Continue ReadingThe Justice Department has charged at least 400 people in connection with the January 6 insurrection at the US Capitol, according to CNN’s latest review of court documents. The 400 known defendants come from 43 states and Washington, DC, according to CNN’s analysis. The massive federal inquiry has added several defendants nearly each day since
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High temperatures remained in the 70s for the second day in a row in Palm Springs. The desert experienced plenty of clouds through the afternoon hours. Showers developed over the High Desert and brought light rain to parts of the Coachella Valley, though nothing measurable. https://twitter.com/KESQHaley/status/1387245371018018818 The trough of low pressure won’t be influencing Southern
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Britney Spears will address the court at an upcoming conservatorship hearing. Spears’ attorney, Samuel D. Ingham III, spoke at a hearing Tuesday at Los Angeles Superior Court. He stated, “Britney wants to address the court directly,” adding that she would like it to happen within the next month. CNN attended virtually. That hearing will take
Continue ReadingThe Senate confirmed Colin Kahl to be the No. 3 civilian at the Pentagon on Tuesday, approving President Joe Biden’s nominee for Pentagon policy chief on a party-line vote. The 49-45 vote came one week after Vice President Kamala Harris broke a 50-50 tie on a procedural vote to advance Kahl’s nomination, in the first
Continue Reading The Oscars were different this year, and not everyone was thrilled about it. Ratings plummeted 58 percent from last year, making it the lowest-rated Academy Awards ever. And while there were some shining moments, to some, the ceremony seemed to have ended abruptly — instead of ending with best picture, the awards ended with best
Continue Reading The FBI’s Charlotte field office confirmed they have opened a federal civil rights investigation into last week’s police shooting of Andrew Brown Jr. in Elizabeth City, North Carolina. “Agents will work closely with the US Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of North Carolina and the Civil Rights Division at the Department of Justice to
Continue ReadingNew York Gov. Andrew Cuomo has asked state Attorney General Letitia James to review legal options after the state came just 89 residents short of maintaining all of its congressional districts in the 2020 US Census Bureau count. A Democratic stronghold in Congress, the state is set to lose one of its seats in the
Continue ReadingAn Alaska state lawmaker who had called flight attendants “mask bullies” and clashed with airline employees on video over mask rules is now banned from Alaska Airlines for her “continued refusal to comply” with the mask policy, the airline said in a statement. The restriction on Republican state Sen. Lora Reinbold will make her job
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Cal Fire / Riverside County firefighters are working to contain a fire that fully engulfed a single wide mobile home park in Desert Hot Springs. The fire was first reported at approximately 2:31 p.m. near Long Canyon Road and Dillon Road. No injuries were reported. The flames appear to be out but smoke is still
Continue ReadingThere’s no end in sight for the ongoing love affair between Crocs, the maker of the often-mocked foam clog, and comfort-seeking consumers. On Tuesday, Crocs reported that sales surged 64% in its first quarter, to $460 million. The company also raised its 2021 sales forecast, saying it now expects revenue for the year to increase
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) — Two friends from central Minnesota are on the mend after hitting a bear on a highway. “My friend Tyler and I, we were going to hang out with our friend Sam,” Cynthia Thompson said. Thompson was looking forward to a Friday night with friends when
Continue Reading An attorney for Amber Guyger, the White former Dallas police officer convicted of killing of Black neighbor Botham Jean in his apartment, asked a Texas appeals court Tuesday to acquit her of murder or find her guilty of a lesser charge. Guyger testified at her 2019 trial that after working long hours on September 6,
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story HILL COUNTY, Texas (KTVT) — Law enforcement officials joined The Humane Society of North Texas in removing more than 50 dogs from a dilapidated, trash-filled and feces-covered home still inhabited by its human owner. Investigators entered the property on April 12 in Hazmat suits and respirators due to
Continue ReadingPresident Joe Biden and first lady Jill Biden will meet with former President Jimmy Carter and former first lady Rosalynn Carter in their hometown of Plains, Georgia, on Thursday, White House press secretary Jen Psaki said Tuesday. The event will mark the first time the couples will meet in person since Biden became president. The
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A 43-year-old NYPD officer was struck and killed early Tuesday morning on the Long Island Expressway by an intoxicated driver who fled the scene and was later arrested, police officials said. Officer Anastasios Tsakos was on the LIE in Queens, New York, directing traffic and helping investigate another fatal crash that had occurred earlier on
Continue ReadingThe State Department on Tuesday ordered the departure of government employees from the US Embassy in Kabul “whose functions can be performed elsewhere” as the withdrawal of US troops from Afghanistan gets underway. US Special Representative for Afghanistan Reconciliation Zalmay Khalilzad told senators in a Tuesday hearing that some diplomats who “are not necessary to
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story DALLAS (KTVT) — There are overturned headstones and grave markers completely covered with dirt at Lincoln Memorial Cemetery in Southeast Dallas. Wild hogs are causing the damage. It’s a sight that’s tough for anyone to see. But especially to Dwayne Ford and others who have loved ones buried
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story MONTECITO, CA (KCAL, KCBS) — A terrifying flock of small birds that became trapped in a Montecito chimney were freed, much to the relief of the homeowners and the birds. Montecito firefighters checking on a report of birds or bats trapped in the chimney of a home in
Continue ReadingPresident Joe Biden will nominate Harris County, Texas, Sheriff Ed Gonzalez, a critic of former President Donald Trump’s immigration policies, to serve as director of Immigration and Customs Enforcement, the White House announced Tuesday. Gonzalez, who was elected sheriff of Harris County in 2016, has a decades-long career in law enforcement, according to his biography.
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