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L.A. Mayor Karen Bass rides Metro to promote public transit amid 10 Fwy commuting nightmare 

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 11:48:59 GMT

It’s no secret that the 10 Freeway fire has caused a traffic nightmare in Los Angeles, especially in downtown. Now, with nearly 300,000 commuters being affected by the detours while the highway is repaired, city officials – including Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass herself – are taking it upon themselves to promote public transportation. Bass rode the Metro’s E line to work on Wednesday morning, hopping on at the Expo/Western station and hopping off in Little Tokyo, her office said in a release. “This morning, I didn’t sit in any traffic on my way to work thanks to Metro,” she said. “My ride was fast and easy, thanks in part to the partnership between the city and Metro to speed up the E line trains while the freeway closure is ongoing.”  10 Freeway fire: All you need to know In addition to speeding up E line trains, Metrolink trains are also being sped up, and trains from West Covina to Union Station have had one more car installed on them to allow for more passengers. The mayor has...

Ron Balden Arrested after Ambulance Collision on Main Street [Ventura, CA]

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 11:48:59 GMT

Three Hospitalized after Pursuit Crash near Donlon StreetVENTURA, CA (November 15, 2023) – Ron Balden was in police custody Monday night following a collision involving an ambulance on Main Street.Law enforcement officers had initially responded to a different incident at approximately 11:10 p.m., where a motorcycle and a Hyundai sedan had collided on Ocean Drive and Oxnard Avenue.As the officers conducted their investigation, a black Audi carelessly sped through the scene, putting the safety of the investigating officers at risk.A pursuit of the Audi ensued, heading northbound on Victoria Avenue. Due to safety concerns, the officers decided to call off the chase. Shortly thereafter, the suspect was sighted by one officer near Channel Drive and Lemon Grove Avenue, leading to another pursuit.The pursuit came to a halt when the Audi collided with a Gold Coast ambulance at the intersection of Main and Donlon Streets. The impact resulted in the ambulance being pushed into a large ...

12 Injured in Multi-Vehicle Crash at Exposition Park [Los Angeles, CA]

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 11:48:59 GMT

Multiple Hospitalized after Auto Collision near Martin Luther King BoulevardLOS ANGELES, CA (November 15, 2023) – A multi-vehicle crash occurred at Exposition Park Saturday night, resulting in injuries to twelve individuals. Emergency responders arrived at the scene at approximately 8:44 p.m., located at the 930 block of West Martin Luther King Boulevard near Vermont Avenue.The circumstances leading to the collision are not yet clear. However, paramedics transported five individuals to a hospital for the treatment of severe injuries. Furthermore, two people were hospitalized with injuries that are not life-threatening.Additionally, five individuals involved in the incident chose not to be transported for medical care. Currently, the identities of those involved in the collision remain unknown. Anyone possessing additional information about the Exposition Park multi-vehicle crash is encouraged to contact the LAPD promptly.It’s crucial to recognize that a minor driving err...

Geza X to Showcase Label at Redwood

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 11:48:59 GMT

Geza X to Showcase Label at Redwood: This is a special party for iconic punk producer Geza X’s eponymous record label, and it promises to be a special event. Not least because Geza himself will be putting in a rare performance. Geza’s You Goddam Kids! album from way back in ’81 is an L.A. punk classic, and hopefully we’ll hear “Isotope Soap” at the Redwood. Also on the bill are the Magnet Hearts, Carnage Asada, Stompbox Holiday, Naughty Women, They Call Us Scoundrels, and Strychnine 99.Geza spoke to us in 2019 and said of his career, “Darby Crash said that he was making a record for Slash [the punk label], so could I produce them. That was right before Don Bolles joined the Germs so Nickey Beat from the Weirdos was going to play drums on the record. They auditioned him in the men’s room. Darby was a cheerful kid with a death wish.”When considering the many genre-defining records that X worked on, he picks the DK’s “Holiday in Cambodia” as his absolute favorite.“I worked with them a ...

He sold luxury watches on Rodeo Drive. The FBI says he scammed customers out of $3 million

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 11:48:59 GMT

By Faith Karimi | CNNAnthony Farrer’s lifestyle was as flashy as the luxury wristwatches he sold in Beverly Hills.His watch consignment business, The Timepiece Gentleman, had a storefront on the city’s fabled Rodeo Drive. His red Lamborghini and his Ducati motorcycles sat outside his lavish rental in Santa Monica. He made frequent gambling trips to Las Vegas, where he spent tens of thousands of dollars.Farrer, 35, collected Patek Philippes, Rolexes and other pricey timepieces and sold them to collectors. The typical agreement with his clients netted him a 5% commission on every sale, according to a federal criminal complaint obtained by CNN.Business was thriving, or so his clients thought. Farrer displayed watches worth up to $430,00 on social media, where his 300,000 followers on Instagram and YouTube marveled at his haul.But it all came crashing down when FBI agents arrested him last week for allegedly scamming customers out of $3 million by selling their fancy watches and pocketi...

Protesters in San Francisco try to block CEOs from APEC trade summit

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 11:48:59 GMT

Hundreds of protesters waved signs and badgered men in suits headed toward an historic Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation summit Wednesday in San Francisco that President Joe Biden and Gov. Gavin Newsom will attend and that demonstrators argue will do more harm than good for working people.Police in riot gear pushed up against a crowd of demonstrators representing workers’ rights, environmental and other causes gathered at Fifth and Mission streets trying to prevent attendees from entering the conference at nearby Moscone Center.“The goal is to try to shut down meetings,” said Donna Denina of Seattle, one of the No to APEC protest organizers. “They’re going to talk about trade deals that are not good for people or the planet. What they’re doing impacts billions of people around the world. There’s a lot of collusion between government and corporate interests, not in line with working people. We don’t have a seat at the table, they should...

49ers’ Nick Bosa earns another NFL award

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 11:48:59 GMT

SANTA CLARA — Nick Bosa’s best game of the season earned him NFC Defensive Player of the Week honors.Bosa was just one of several 49ers defenders who led the way out of a three-game losing streak and produced Sunday’s 34-3 win at the Jacksonville Jaguars.Bosa’s marquee moment came when he and Chase Young split a sack on Trevor Lawrence, with Bosa forcing and recovering a fumble on the play at midfield. It was one of five sacks the 49ers (6-3) had on the day.Bosa again sacked Lawrence to end the third quarter, after earlier hitting him as he threw an interception to Talanoa Hufanga.It wasn’t just Bosa who excelled in his native Florida. So did fellow defensive linemen Javon Hargrave, Arik Armstead, Clelin Ferrell and Young, the latter of whom was making his 49ers debut after last month’s trade reunited him with Bosa, an Ohio State teammate.Related ArticlesSan Francisco 49ers | 49ers mailbag: Purdy’s NFL-leading passing stat, chance...

Review: Amazing vocalist delivers music and hope during only NorCal concert

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 11:48:59 GMT

She gave them new songs. She gave them old ones. She gave them ones that rank somewhere in between.Most of all, however, Lauren Daigle gave them reasons to feel hopeful as she performed a roughly two-hour concert that was filled with uplifting music and encouraging words.“You have a purpose. You are here for a reason,” she told the roughly 10,000 fans in attendance at the Golden 1 Center in Sacramento on Tuesday night (Nov. 14). “And if you need to know that, this song is for you.”With that intro, the 32-year-old pop star — who is blessed with one of the finest singing voices in all of music — unraveled a simply gorgeous version of “Valuable.” Each lyric came with a sense of purpose, dispelling guilt, shame and feelings of unworthiness and replacing them with warmth, kindness and compassion.“I watch you from afar and think, ‘What a work of art,’ like the depths of the Grand Canyon or a canopy of stars,” Daigle s...

A little do-ahead help for that Thanksgiving feast

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 11:48:59 GMT

Hosting a Thanksgiving feast isn’t a leisurely walk in the park. The race to get all the dishes done at the same time is worthy of an Olympics of cooking medal. But a few hours of cooking ahead can reduce the hassle. Prepare in advance, and you’ll even enjoy this holiday meal, in all its gravy and side dish glory.Sure, you can’t stuff the turkey ahead. The potatoes taste best when cooked and mashed the same day they’re served. And the gravy, made from turkey drippings, is still a last-minute chore.But you can make the cranberry sauce, salad dressing, braised red cabbage and dessert in advance and tuck them in the refrigerator or pantry, depending on the dish.That’s your insurance policy for sanity on the big day.Pumpkin Cake with Buttermilk IcingThe flavors in this delicious pumpkin Bundt cake continue to develop when made a couple of days in advance. I like to serve it with ice cream; when I can find it, my ice cream choice is pumpkin or rum raisin.To make a...

California program to lease land under freeways faces scrutiny after major I-10 freeway fire

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 11:48:59 GMT

By JULIE WATSON and AMY TAXIN | Associated PressLOS ANGELES — The area under an elevated Los Angeles freeway that burned last weekend was a kind of open-air warehouse with businesses storing everything from wood pallets to cardboard boxes to hand sanitizer on lots leased by the state through a little-known program that now is under scrutiny.The blaze Saturday burned about 100 support columns, forcing the closure of a vital mile-long stretch of Interstate 10 near downtown that is used by hundreds of thousands of people daily. It could take crews working around the clock between three and five weeks to repair the freeway, Gov. Gavin Newsom said.Newsom said the state would reassess the practice of leasing land under roads to bring in money for mass transportation projects.Details of that program remain opaque. Newsom’s office directed questions about whether the state has any regular inspection protocols to state transportation officials. The California Department of Transportation, kn...