By TOM MURPHY AP Health Writer Rite Aid has been banned from using facial recognition technology for five years over allegations that its surveillance system was used incorrectly to identify potential shoplifters, especially Black, Latino, Asian or female shoppers. The settlement with the Federal Trade Commission addresses charges that the struggling drugstore chain didn’t do
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A Riverside County man who engaged in a years-long scheme to defraud the U.S. Veterans Administration, stealing over $100 million by falsifying records to make it appear veterans were attending educational programs that they weren’t, was sentenced today to a year in federal prison. Philip Abod, 57, of Calimesa was sentenced during a hearing at
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Authorities today identified two suspects who were arrested in connection with an alleged road-rage shooting in Lancaster that left a 4-year-old boy dead. The shooting occurred at about 7:30 p.m. Friday in the area of Sierra Highway and East Avenue J, according to the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department. On Monday, the sheriff’s department identified
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Following an embarrassing loss to the Raiders on Thursday night, the Los Angeles Chargers today fired head coach Brandon Staley and General Manager Tom Telesco. “I want to thank Tom and Brandon for their hard work, dedication and professionalism, and wish both them and their great families nothing but the best,” team owner Dean Spanos
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The Los Angeles County Department of Medical Examiner announced today that the cause of death of actor Matthew Perry was “the acute effects of ketamine.” “Contributing factors in Mr. Perry’s death include drowning, coronary artery disease and the effects of buprenorphine, used to treat opioid use disorder. The manner of death is accident,” the medical
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A Marine was killed this week when an amphibious combat vehicle full of service personnel overturned at Camp Pendleton, military officials reported today. The fatal crash took place about 6 p.m. Tuesday during a training exercise at the northern San Diego County Marine Corps installation, according to I Marine Expeditionary Unit public affairs. The name
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By SCHUYLER DIXON AP Sports Writer DALLAS (AP) — LeBron James didn’t get the same break as his Los Angeles Lakers teammates after they won the NBA’s inaugural In-Season Tournament. The superstar went back to LA from Las Vegas on Sunday to watch oldest son Bronny James make his collegiate debut for Southern California nearly
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A U.S. Customs and Border Protection Officer pleaded guilty today to using unreasonable force on a woman at the San Ysidro Port of Entry and has agreed to resign from law enforcement as part of a plea agreement with federal prosecutors. Andre Maurice Chevalier, 41, admitted to pulling a woman out of a vehicle and
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A 23-year-old schizophrenic and chronic marijuana user today was found sane when he fatally shot a young man and woman as they watched a movie at a Corona theater. Late Tuesday afternoon, Riverside County Superior Court Judge Timothy Hollenhorst summarily announced his ruling after the defense and prosecution concluded closing statements in the roughly two
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A 44-year-old man accused of accosting a Jewish couple in their 70s in Beverly Hills, attacking the man with a belt while allegedly making antisemitic comments and attempting to rob the woman, was charged today with elder abuse and other charges, along with a hate crime allegation. Jarrin Jay Silagi was also charged with assault
Continue Reading A judge today rejected a bid by more than two dozen Southland cities for an injunction blocking Los Angeles County’s use of a “zero-bail” system, but the cities were given time to amend their complaint. The legal challenge to the zero-bail system was filed in September, just days before it took effect on Oct. 1.
Continue ReadingBy Ella Nilsen, CNN (CNN) — A group of 18 California children – ranging in ages from 8 to 17 – has filed a new constitutional climate case in federal court against the US Environmental Protection Agency, alleging it has harmed children’s health and welfare over decades. The case, Genesis B. v. United States Environmental
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By ADAM BEAM Associated Press SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — A long-sought and disputed project in drought-prone California aimed at capturing more water during heavy rain storms reached a key milestone on Friday when Gov. Gavin Newsom’s administration finished an environmental review for an underground tunnel. The tunnel would be about 45 miles (72 kilometers) long
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By WILL WEISSERT Associated Press LAS VEGAS (AP) — President Joe Biden went to Las Vegas to showcase $8.2 billion in funding for 10 major passenger rail projects across the country, including to spur work on high-speed, electric train routes that could one day link Nevada and California, as well as Los Angeles and San
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By CHRISTOPHER WEBERAssociated Press LOS ANGELES (AP) — Hundreds of Californians released from prisons could receive direct cash payments of $2,400 — along with counseling, job search assistance and other support — under a first-in-the-nation program aimed at easing the transition out of incarceration and reducing recidivism. Recipients will get the money over a series
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Former La Habra Police Department Chief Alan Hostetter, a prominent COVID-19 restrictions critic and activist, was sentenced today in Washington D.C. to more than 11 years in federal prison for his role in the insurrection at the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021. Hostetter, a 59-year-old yoga instructor who used to live in San
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Three indictments were unsealed in San Diego today charging 29 people with drug trafficking offenses on the same day the U.S. Treasury Department announced sanctions against nine of those defendants for their alleged ties to a major Mexican drug trafficking organization. The indictments unsealed in San Diego were announced along with five other indictments
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By HALELUYA HADERO AP Business Writer NEW YORK (AP) — An internal Amazon memo has provided a stark look at the company’s carefully laid out plans to grow its influence in Southern California through a plethora of efforts that include burnishing its reputation through charity work and pushing back against “labor agitation” from the Teamsters
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An ex-cop created a false narrative in his head and acted unreasonably when he fatally shot a developmentally disabled man in a Corona Costco and critically wounded the victim’s parents, a prosecutor told jurors today, but a defense attorney said his client only had seconds to react after being “brutally, violently and unexpectedly” knocked to
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By KEN RITTERAssociated Press LAS VEGAS (AP) — A planned high-speed rail line between Las Vegas and the Los Angeles area got a Biden administration pledge on Tuesday of $3 billion to help start laying track, Nevada elected officials said. The $12 billion project led by Brightline West has been talked about for decades, and
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