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Elderly woman punched in face while watering plants in East Los Angeles

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:49:00 GMT

Authorities are asking the public for help Tuesday in their search for a man who assaulted an elderly woman as she was watering her plants in the East Los Angeles area over the weekend.The victim was watering around 6:15 a.m. in the 1000 block of Fraser Avenue when she was approached from behind by the suspect, a spokesperson for the Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department said.The suspect, believed to be a man in his 30s, repeatedly punched the woman in the face before pulling down her pants and underwear, the spokesperson said. A neighbor eventually came by and scared the suspect, who fled on a bicycle that was nearby. 2 men robbed while walking in Beverly Hills The suspect was described as a Hispanic man who was wearing a brown sweatshirt, gray shorts, white shoes with red laces, and a red satchel that was wrapped around him.There were no recent reports of similar attacks in the area, according to the Sheriff's Department.

The heat is on: Triple-digit temperatures to get even hotter this weekend

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:49:00 GMT

While only a portion of Southern California remains under an excessive heat warning, the rest of the Southland will soon be back into dangerous temperatures this week.The Apple and Lucerne valleys, including the cities of Victorville, Hesperia, Apple Valley and Lucerne Valley, are expected to see "dangerously hot conditions with high temperatures of 102 to 112" until 8 p.m. Saturday, the National Weather Service said.The forecast for the Inland Empire is shown on July 18, 2023. (KTLA)"The heat for this week is expected to peak around Friday and Saturday," the NWS added. Southern California weather While Los Angeles and other areas will be a bit cooler, the difference is not expected to be too significant.In L.A., temperatures are expected to be 90 degrees or higher on Friday, Saturday and Sunday."Drink plenty of fluids, stay in an air-conditioned room, stay out of the sun, and check up on relatives and neighbors," the NWS said. "Young children and pets should never be left unatten...

No Powerball winner yet; jackpot hits $1 billion

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:49:00 GMT

The Powerball jackpot rose yet again to an estimated $1 billion after no winning ticket was sold for the latest drawing.No ticket for Monday’s drawing matched the white balls 5, 8, 9, 17, 41 and red Powerball 21. The jackpot was estimated at $900 million.The new jackpot for Wednesday’s drawing would be the third-highest in U.S. history and will keep growing until someone wins. Ticket buyers have a chance at $1 billion paid out in yearly increments or a $516.8 million one-time lump sum before taxes.Three people won $2 million after matching all five numbers plus the Power Play, lottery officials said. The winning tickets were sold in Arkansas, Georgia and Texas.Five people won $1 million after matching all five numbers. The winning tickets were sold in Connecticut, Florida, Kentucky, New York and Pennsylvania.The game’s abysmal odds of 1 in 292.2 million are designed to build big prizes that draw more players. The largest Powerball jackpot was $2.04 billion P...

TikToker claims Kim Kardashian's shapewear saved her life

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:49:00 GMT

A woman's story of survival went viral on TikTok after she credited Kim Kardashian's shapewear. Angelina Wiley, from Kansas City, Missouri, turned her terrifying story into a significant endorsement for Kardashian's Skims. “Kim Kardashian saved my life,” Wiley said in her video. “This New Year’s, I got shot four times. The night I got shot, under my dress, I was wearing a Skims shaping bodysuit.”Wiley said her injuries would have been worse if she wasn't wearing her Skims bodysuit, which was tight enough to slow the bleeding.“It was so tight on me that it literally kept me from bleeding out,” she said. "I should recommend it. I’m definitely gonna buy some more. I mean, I should wear it every day. It’s like body armor for women.”“Call it fate or Jesus, but Imma call it Kim," she said.Wiley spent several months in recovery before posting her video in May. She also added that she wrote the company to share her experience and got a full refund on the $68 bodysuit.The reality star repost...

Man faces murder charge in death of boy brought to Colorado hospital in 2017 with severe injuries

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:49:00 GMT

A man has been charged with first-degree murder in the death of a boy last year, more than five years after doctors diagnosed him with severe traumatic injuries after the man and the boy’s mother brought him to a hospital in Aurora, according to court documents.Eddie Meyers and the boy’s mother, Taja Shannon, also face charges of child abuse resulting in death, the 18th Judicial District court documents show.Arapahoe County District Attorney prosecutors allege that in 2017 they placed the infant in conditions that posed deadly threats and engaged in actions that led to malnourishment, lack of proper medical care, cruel punishment, mistreatment, and an accumulation of injuries.In 2017, the two brought the boy as an infant to the Children’s Hospital of Colorado in Aurora, where doctors determined he had broken legs, broken ribs, bruises, and a traumatic brain injury, a grand jury indictment filed May 8 said. Doctors told Meyers and Shannon the infant likely would not recover fully, th...

Disabled man in wheelchair shot multiple times with pellet gun and mocked; detectives seek culprits 

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:49:00 GMT

A disabled man in a wheelchair was shot with a pellet gun and then mocked early Saturday morning in Pontiac, Michigan, and detectives are seeking the public’s help in finding the culprits.Crime Stoppers is offering a  reward of up to $1,000 for information that leads to an arrest.According to the Oakland County Sheriff’s Office, the victim is a 30-year-old Pontiac man who was shot July 15 at 12:17 a.m. while he was on the sidewalk near the intersection of Bennett Street and Baldwin Road, heading toward a gas station. The suspect was reportedly in a small, tan sedan that pulled up next to the man, and multiple shots were fired. The occupants of the car reportedly laughed and shouted at the man, and then drove away. The injured man then went home and reported the incident to the sheriff’s office.Related ArticlesNational News | YouTuber apologizes after selling access to autopsy photos of 11-year-old murder victim Gannon Stauch National News | ‘Behold the Mon...

Santa Cruz Mountains vineyards expecting a late harvest

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:49:00 GMT

The harvests at most Santa Cruz Mountains vineyards are running about a month behind, especially those with coastal influence like Burrell School, Fogarty and Bargetto. From Kennedy Road in Los Gatos, Greg Perrucci reports, “Normally, we would be in veraison by the end of July. Not a snowball’s chance of that happening. Reminds me of 2010 and more so 2011. Thanksgiving harvests, anyone?”Local wineries, however, are still pouring. House Family Vineyards in Saratoga is once again open for tasting, Thursday-Sunday, noon-5 p.m., at Izumi Point by reservation to https://www.housefamilyvineyards.com. The grapes there are looking good, as is the crop at Cooper Garrod and Kings Mountain.Testarossa University is offering summer classes at the Los Gatos winery. Wines from the Santa Lucia Highlands will be throwing down against pours from the Santa Rita Hills on July 26, 6-7:30 p.m. Explore a vertical of coveted Diana’s Chardonnays July 30, 2-3:30 p.m. Registration for each class is $85 at htt...

YouTuber apologizes after selling access to autopsy photos of 11-year-old murder victim Gannon Stauch

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:49:00 GMT

Gannon Stauch National Center for Missing and Exploited Children via APA true-crime influencer on YouTube is apologizing after selling access to autopsy photos of 11-year-old Gannon Stauch, a Colorado Springs boy murdered by his stepmother three years ago.The poster, who goes by Zav Girl, has received intense backlash online after publishing the photos of Stauch in a video on her now-defunct Patreon page, which allows creators to charge money for content.The woman received the photos through an open records request with the Colorado Judicial Department, an agency spokesperson confirmed Friday.Autopsy photos normally are not releasable under Colorado’s open records laws, but the photos of the murdered boy became public record after they were introduced as exhibits during the May trial of his stepmother.Patreon removed the video and Zav Girl’s account from the site. A spokesperson said that the content violated guidelines for violent and graphic content.Zav Girl, who has nearly 8...

‘Behold the Monster’ author Jillian Lauren exposes America’s most prolific serial killer

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:49:00 GMT

The Middle Eastern folk tale of Scheherazade unspools in the opening pages of “Some Girls,” Jillian Lauren’s 2010 New York Times bestselling memoir recounting her experiences as a sex worker in the harem of the Sultan of Brunei.More than a decade after that book was published, Lauren herself became a kind of Scheherazade in “Behold the Monster: Confronting America’s Most Prolific Serial Killer,” out July 18. But instead of spinning tales to keep a murderous king from spilling the blood of innocent women, she lured another murderous despot – Sam Little, who confessed to murdering 93 women – into telling the stories of those he had already killed, in an effort to save their memory from police cold case files.By her account, that effort – which over the course of almost five years took her everywhere from maximum security prisons to courthouses and the homes of victims’ bereaved relatives – just about broke her.“I really never anticipated the emotional depths it would take me to,” Laur...

Jennifer Lin named executive director of Los Gatos Chamber of Commerce

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:49:00 GMT

The Los Gatos Chamber of Commerce has a new leader: Jennifer Lin.Lin replaces former executive director Catherine Somers, who held the job for seven years and oversaw the implementation of parklets, the popular summer Promenades and disbursement of the town’s American Rescue Plan Act funds.Lin is a Bay Area native who grew up in Danville, but she always wanted to live in Los Gatos. She said after years of manifesting it, her wish finally came true and she’s lived in town since 2019.“I love to hike and be outdoors. So that was another key reason that I love Los Gatos: the accessibility to the parks and the trails,” Lin said. “I have it on my bucket list to hike all the national parks, but I’m satisfied with everything we’ve got. So you’ll find me walking around Los Gatos and walking around the trails, probably with my dog Dashi.”Lin’s first day on the job was July 5. While she’s starting with a completely blank slate after Somers and her staff members Ra...