4 children found with 'lacerations' at Lancaster home; 2 dead
Published Thu, 21 Nov 2024 23:32:51 GMT
The Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department is investigating the deaths of two children and the hospitalizations of two others in Lancaster.According to an LASD release, deputies were dispatched to the 1800 block of East Avenue J-2 shortly before midnight on Saturday after a call came in alleging children were being harmed at the location. “Upon arrival, deputies contacted a female adult and conducted a check of the location,” the LASD release said. “Deputies found four children under the age of ten suffering from lacerations to their bodies.” According to an LASD release, deputies were dispatched to the 1800 block of East Avenue J-2 in Lancaster shortly before midnight on Saturday, Oct. 28, 2023 after a call came in alleging children were being harmed at the location. (Luis Meza)The children were immediately transported to a local hospital where two of them were pronounced dead, authorities said. The other two children are said to be in stable condition with non-life...Santa Ana winds prompt fire weather warning for L.A., Ventura counties
Published Thu, 21 Nov 2024 23:32:51 GMT
A Red Flag Warning is in effect for part of Southern California Sunday as potentially dangerous fire weather conditions develop with the arrival of Santa Ana winds.According to the National Weather Service, the warning affects Los Angeles and Ventura counties; consistent wind speeds of 40 to 60 miles per hour are forecast for Sunday, with an isolated chance of a 70 mile per hour burst. “Our first significant Santa Ana wind event of the season will likely bring critical Red Flag conditions to wind prone areas of Los Angeles and Ventura counties,” NWS said. “The onset of Santa Ana winds will bring rapid drying to the region late Saturday night, with widespread single digit humidities Sunday into Monday.” Click here to view the forecast for your community In addition, a wind advisory is in effect for multiple communities across the L.A. area until 10 p.m. Monday. Included in the list of affected locations are Oxnard, Port Hueneme, Ventura, Camarillo, Topanga, Burbank, Universal...Fire department says large structure fire west of city
Published Thu, 21 Nov 2024 23:32:51 GMT
(BCN) -- The Petaluma Fire Department said at 8:29 a.m. Sunday firefighters are on the scene of a large structure fire west of Petaluma. The department said, though there's smoke in Petaluma, there is no threat to the city. Copyright © 2023 Bay City News, Inc.Newsom requires diversity reporting, but not for himself
Published Thu, 21 Nov 2024 23:32:51 GMT
(BCN) -- Coming soon to California: a diversity reporting mandate for venture capital firms. Not coming soon to California: a diversity reporting mandate for Gov. Gavin Newsom.As the bill signing period wrapped up earlier this month, Newsom approved a measure that will force venture capital firms operating in California to collect and disclose demographic data about the founders of the companies they invest in -- while on the very same day, he vetoed for the third time a similar transparency requirement for his own gubernatorial appointments.Senate Bill 54 by state Sen. Nancy Skinner, a Berkeley Democrat, was among nearly 900 measures that Newsom signed into law this year. It represents an effort to boost lagging venture capital investments in businesses founded by women, Latino and Black entrepreneurs. Fans, friends, co-stars react to Matthew Perry’s sudden death Under the law, venture capital firms must annually survey the founding teams of the companies they invested in during ...Should San Jose ask developers to pay for public art?
Published Thu, 21 Nov 2024 23:32:51 GMT
(BCN) -- San Jose creatives want more funding for the arts--and they are turning to the city for help.San Jose Arts Advocates, a coalition of art and culture leaders, is asking city officials to move forward on applying a "percent for art policy" on new development to fund art and culture projects. The coalition held a meeting Thursday to prepare for a city council arts funding study session on Nov. 30. Pregnant woman, baby killed in San Jose hit-and-run crash The city council first broached the idea in 2007 with a goal to implement it by 2020, but it didn't happen. In 2020, just a month before the COVID-19 pandemic hit, six councilmembers approved of the fee creation as one of the city's top priorities. But priorities shifted during the pandemic. The hospitality sector collapsed and revenue from a tax charged to hotel guests--the city's main funding for art projects--plummeted.Brendan Rawson, executive director of San Jose Jazz and a founding member of San Jose Arts Advocates, sa...AP Top 25 Takeaways: No. 6 OU upset; No. 8 Oregon flexes; No. 1 UGA, No. 4 FSU roll before CFP debut
Published Thu, 21 Nov 2024 23:32:51 GMT
The upsets have arrived.Kansas made it two weeks in a row with an unranked team beating a top-10 team, when the Jayhawks knocked No. 6 Oklahoma out of the ranks of the unbeaten Saturday to snap an 18-game losing streak against the Sooners.OU’s loss comes a week after then-No. 10 North Carolina lost to Virginia at home, and three days before the first College Football Playoff rankings are released. Before the Tar Heels were tripped up, there hadn’t been a top-10 loss to an unranked team since Week 1.Kansas’ upset wasn’t as stunning at Virginia’s. These are not your older brother’s Jayhawks (6-2). Coach Lance Leipold has Kansas bowl eligible for the second year in a row. That’s only happened one other time in the history of the program.“It’s time for me to start talking about how far we’ve come,” Leipold said.In just three seasons in Lawrence, Leipold has turned around what was the worst Power Five program. The Jayhawks won 21 games from 2010-...Wrong distance takes women’s walk race athletes to mistaken world record at Pan American Games
Published Thu, 21 Nov 2024 23:32:51 GMT
SANTIAGO, Chile (AP) — Peru’s Kimberly García thought she set the world record in the women’s 20 kilometers walk race at the Pan American Games. She later found out she didn’t.Organizers of the largest multi-sports in the continent said in a statement that the times of the race were annulled due to “a measuring problem” in Santiago’s O’Higgins Park. They blamed the Association of Pan American Athletics for the mistake.Athletes believe the distance they ran in Chile was about 3 kilometers (almost 1.9 miles) shorter.The gross mistake adds to Santiago’s woes in the organization of the Pan American Games, which started on Oct. 20 and finish on Nov. 5.García finished her race in a cold and damp morning in 1 hour, 12 minutes and 26 seconds. The record belongs to China’s Jiayu Yang in 1 hour, 23 minutes and 49 seconds. Eleven other competitors seemingly finished their race below the world record. “We do control our pace a lot and right out of the g...Mbappe scores late winner as PSG edges Brest 3-2 in French league
Published Thu, 21 Nov 2024 23:32:51 GMT
BREST, France (AP) — Kylian Mbappe scored twice to reach 250 goals in his club career as defending champion Paris Saint-Germain edged Brest 3-2 to stay a point behind provisional leader Nice in the French league on Sunday. Nice had beaten Clermont 1-0 to take the provisional league lead on Friday but Monaco can snatch back top spot with a victory at Lille later Sunday. Mbappe scored the winner in the 89th minute with his league-leading 10th goal this season. The France striker converted the rebound after Brest goalkeeper Marco Bizot had saved his penalty, which was awarded after a video review showed that Lilian Brassier had tripped Randal Kolo Muani. Mbappe was shown a yellow card for taunting Brest supporters while celebrating his goal. There was no love lost between them as the supporters replied with insulting chants. PSG midfielder Warren Zaire-Emery opened the scoring in the 16th by evading a challenge from Hugo Magnetti on the edge of the box to unleash a powerful strike into...How to prepare for increase in avalanche danger with new snow accumulation
Published Thu, 21 Nov 2024 23:32:51 GMT
DENVER (KDVR) — Any time there is a snowstorm, it increases the risk of avalanche danger.The natural hazard kills six people on average in Colorado every year. Live Updates: Tracking snow and cold weather in Denver, across Colorado Ethan Greene, director of the Colorado Avalanche Information Center, told FOX31 it takes a little bit of knowledge, training and the proper equipment to avoid them. The map on the CAIC's website showed no avalanche danger in the state of Colorado on Saturday, but forecasters said that's all about to change. “Anytime we have a snowstorm, we’re going to see the increase in the avalanche danger," Greene said.He said how much and where the avalanche danger increases depends on the time of year.“We document over 5,000 avalanches a year. We put out daily products for public recreation and for the Colorado Department of Transportation to manage the avalanche threats to the state and federal highways. Every day starting in November and going into Memorial Day,"...American hockey player Adam Johnson dies after getting cut in the neck by a skate in England
Published Thu, 21 Nov 2024 23:32:51 GMT
NOTTINGHAM, England (AP) — American hockey player Adam Johnson, who appeared in 13 NHL games with the Pittsburgh Penguins in 2019 and 2020, has died after his neck was cut by a skate blade during a game in England on Saturday, his team said. He was 29.Johnson was playing for the Nottingham Panthers in a Challenge Cup game against the Sheffield Steelers when he suffered the skate cut during the second period of the Elite Ice Hockey League game at Sheffield’s Utilita Arena.“The Nottingham Panthers are truly devastated to announce that Adam Johnson has tragically passed away following a freak accident at the game in Sheffield last night," the team said Sunday.“The Panthers would like to send our thoughts and condolences to Adam’s family, his partner and all his friends at this extremely difficult time. Everyone at the club including players, staff, management and ownership are heartbroken at the news of Adam’s passing."A Minnesota native, Johnson spent 13 games over parts of the 2018-1...Latest news
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