By BETH HARRIS AP Sports Writer LOS ANGELES (AP) — The first Shohei Ohtani bobblehead giveaway of the season snarled traffic outside Dodger Stadium on Thursday and created long lines of eager fans. Cars snaked the roadways around Chavez Ravine and stadium parking lots were filling up quickly two hours before the Los Angeles Dodgers
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There’s a push to rename the Cottonwood Visitor Center at Joshua Tree National Park after the late Senator Dianne Feinstein. U.S. Senators Alex Padilla and Laphonza Butler, along with local Representative Raul Ruiz announced the legislation on Wednesday. The Committee on Energy and Natural Resources Subcommittee on National Park held a hearing on the bill the same
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Special Enforcement Bureau personnel are searching tonight for an armed suspect who fired shots at a Riverside County Sheriff’s Department deputy in Jurupa Valley. The shooting was reported around 7 p.m. when the suspect shot at a deputy near Pats Ranch Road and 68th Street, CBS Los Angeles reported. Â Â The suspect is wanted for
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The Space Weather Prediction Center is a branch of the National Weather Service and monitors the space environment around Earth. They have confirmed that G5 conditions have been observed tonight! This is the first time G5 conditions have been observed since 2003. The SWPC says that the best time to see the northern lights is
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By ADAM BEAM Associated Press SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — California has a budget deficit of $27.6 billion, Gov. Gavin Newsom announced Friday — a gap so wide that he’s proposing eliminating 10,000 vacant state jobs and cutting spending across 260 state programs. The Democratic governor outlined the deficit Friday as part of his proposed $288
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Sam Rubin, one of the most recognizable and likeable entertainment reporters in the business and a fixture on the KTLA Morning News since 1991, died today at age 64. KTLA Morning News anchor Frank Buckley confirmed the news on the air early Friday afternoon, his voice trembling and fighting back tears as he spoke about
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ANAHEIM, Calif. (AP) — Disney has received another key approval to expand its Southern California theme parks in its first push to make major changes to its iconic Disneyland in decades. The Anaheim City Council voted unanimously Tuesday to approve the plan to transform Disney’s 490-acre (488-hectare) campus in densely-populated Southern California by moving parking
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Shohei Ohtani’s former interpreter has agreed to plead guilty to two federal charges for stealing nearly $17 million from the Dodger slugger’s bank account to pay off illegal gambling debts, prosecutors announced today. Â Â Ippei Mizuhara, 39, is expected to plead guilty to one count each of bank fraud and subscribing to a false tax
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A man described by prosecutors as a Mexican cartel enforcer pleaded guilty in San Diego federal court today to drug trafficking charges. Edgar Herrera Pardo was originally indicted in 2019 for his role in Los Cabos, a group of cartel enforcers the U.S. Attorney’s Office says worked to control the border region to ensure drug
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A tuberculosis outbreak among residents of a single-room occupancy hotel in Long Beach has left one person dead and led to the hospitalizations of nine others, prompting the declaration of a public health emergency, city officials said today. The city Department of Health and Human Services insists the risk of exposure to the general public
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The captain of the dive boat Conception, which caught fire near Santa Cruz Island on Labor Day 2019 was sentenced today to four years behind bars for gross negligence in the deaths of all 33 passengers, including two Santa Monica residents and a crew member. Jerry Boylan, 70, was sentenced in downtown Los Angeles for
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LOS ANGELES (AP) — Former Los Angeles Dodgers pitcher Julio UrÃas pleaded no contest to one count of misdemeanor domestic battery on Wednesday. According to court records, four other misdemeanor charges against UrÃas were dropped. Urias had also been facing one count of spousal battery, one count of domestic battery involving a dating relationship, one
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April 2024 was a very comfortable month for the Coachella Valley! The warmest day of the month was the 22nd with a high of 100°F, the first of the year. The coolest day of the month was the 5th with a high of only 69°F. Most of the month (17 days) saw temperatures below the
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Embattled children’s television producer Dan Schneider, whose rise to fame guiding programming at Nickelodeon was chronicled in the recent docuseries “Quiet on Set,” filed a defamation lawsuit today against the series producers, saying the show falsely implies that Schneider sexually abused children who worked on his various shows. Â Â The Los Angeles Superior Court lawsuit,
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