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Thieves arrested after stealing lottery scratch off games from liquor store, driving into dead end  

Published Tue, 04 Mar 2025 22:26:19 GMT

A pair of suspects were arrested after stealing lottery tickets from a liquor store in Orange County and leading authorities on a very brief chase. According to the Seal Beach Police Department, the two suspects, identified only as Zoryon and Marcus of Long Beach, used a crowbar to smash the glass window of West Beach Liquor located in the 400 block of Pacific Coast Highway around 3 a.m. on Tuesday. A patrol car in the area heard the store’s alarm sounding and upon arriving on the scene, located the two suspects fleeing the scene in a black Nissan Altima. After a short chase, the suspects were arrested in the 100 block of Coastline Drive – about a block away – when they drove up a dead-end street. Police recovered the stolen unused scratchers, the crowbar used to break into the store and a “few other items of evidence” in the suspects’ vehicle.  Downtown Los Angeles store owner sold $1B Powerball ticket Police recovered the stolen unused scratchers, the crowbar...

A 12-year-old is facing assault charges for allegedly throwing acid on a child after playground altercation, officials say

Published Tue, 04 Mar 2025 22:26:19 GMT

By Tina Burnside, Lauren Mascarenhas and Michelle Watson | CNNA 12-year-old girl facing assault charges after allegedly throwing acid on an 11-year-old girl at a Detroit playground appeared in court Tuesday, officials said.Deaira Summers, the 11-year-old, suffered second-degree burns on her back, legs and arms in the July 9 attack, her mother, Dominique Summers told CNN affiliate WXYZ.Deaira was playing with her siblings and cousins at a playground when she was caught in the middle of an altercation between the 12-year-old and one of Deaira’s family members, Summers said.The 12-year-old appeared in court Tuesday for a pretrial hearing, a news release from the Wayne County Prosecutor’s Office states. She has been charged with assault with intent to do great bodily harm and felonious assault, according to the release.“I feel like it was the most evil thing you could do to a kid and especially the fact that she was an innocent bystander,” Summers told WXYZ.“I hope she get what she dese...

Seeno asks city to reject new East Bay Costco

Published Tue, 04 Mar 2025 22:26:19 GMT

A local developer is appealing the approval of a new Costco warehouse to be built in north Brentwood.The Brentwood Planning Commission on June 20 gave the green light for the proposed new store south of Lone Tree Plaza and east of Heidorn Ranch Road. The approval would have been final had West Coast Home Builders, an Albert D. Seeno III company, not filed the appeal, requesting the City Council reconsider it.The council will hear West Coast Builder’s appeal at its regular 7 p.m. meeting Tuesday at City Hall.Under the appeal filed June 28, attorneys for West Coast Builders argue that the environmental documents the city used for the project are outdated and the proposal should be denied or at least continued for further environmental review.In an earlier letter to the Planning Commission on June 20, the developer’s attorneys noted that the city approved the environmental documents for the area’s specific plan in 2018 and then adopted an addendum, changing the land-use designation for...

10-year-old Michigan cheerleader collapses at practice, later dies

Published Tue, 04 Mar 2025 22:26:19 GMT

A 10-year-old girl collapsed at a cheerleading practice in Southfield, Michigan and later died.She was identified in a gofundme.com fundraising drive as Monea Pace.Chief Johnny Menifee of the Southfield Fire Department said firefighters were called to the Thompson K-8 International Academy, 16300 Lincoln Drive, at about 8 p.m. Friday, July 14, on a report of a girl not breathing.Menifee said bystanders were doing CPR and the firefighters took over.Monea was taken to a hospital, where she was pronounced dead.“We did everything we could to try to change this outcome,” Menifee said. “Unfortunately, we were not able to change the outcome. It was a sad day.”Monea was a cheerleader with the Southfield Falcons cheer and football organization.Related ArticlesCrashes and Disasters | East Bay motorhome driver suspected of hitting more than two dozen cars in heavy traffic Crashes and Disasters | Bicyclist hit and killed by falling tree branch near Gilroy Crashes...

Fed rate hikes chill California GDP growth to 16th-worst in US

Published Tue, 04 Mar 2025 22:26:19 GMT

The “Looking Glass” ponders economic and real estate trends through two distinct lenses: the optimist’s “glass half-full” and the pessimist’s “glass half-empty.”Buzz: Only 15 states started 2023 with slower economic growth than California.Source: My trusty spreadsheet looked at the past two years of economic growth, as measured by annualized changes in state gross domestic product tracked by the Bureau of Economic Analysis. GDP is an inflation-adjusted gauge of overall business output.Debate: How resilient are state and national economies in the face of a Federal Reserve determined to chill an overheated business climate?Half fullCalifornia’s economy grew at a 1.2% annual pace in the first quarter. That GDP expansion rate looks lethargic compared with the 2% US expansion pace.Yet nationally speaking, this year started surprisingly robust considering all the fears that the Federal Reserve’s attempt to throttle business activity would create a recession.Ponder that every state had GD...

San Jose: Capitol Expressway crash leaves one person dead, one with life-threatening injuries

Published Tue, 04 Mar 2025 22:26:19 GMT

SAN JOSE — A two-vehicle collision early Thursday on San Jose’s Capitol Expressway killed one person and left another with serious, life-threatening injuries, authorities said.In a tweet posted Thursday morning, San Jose police said the crash was reported at 1:11 a.m. at intersection of Capitol Expressway and Snell Avenue, near Communications Hill. One man was pronounced dead at a local hospital, while another was fighting for his life after suffering from major injuries.Units are currently at the intersection of Capitol Expressway and Snell Av investigating a fatal collision involving two vehicles.One male adult pronounced deceased at a local hospital. Another male adult with life-threatening injuries. TOC: 1:11 AM pic.twitter.com/awjVBtrDRb— San José Police Media Relations (@SJPD_PIO) July 20, 2023Police did not release any additional details about the crash, including whether there were other people in the cars involved or what factors contributed to the collision.Rel...

Freeway shooting on I-580 in Oakland being investigated by CHP

Published Tue, 04 Mar 2025 22:26:19 GMT

(KRON) -- The California Highway Patrol is investigating a shooting on the westbound Interstate 580 in Oakland that occurred around 5:15 a.m. It appears that no one was injured as a result of the shooting, the CHP said. Officers make discovery in trunk of suspect vehicle after car chase on Pleasanton freeway The westbound 580 was completely closed temporarily for police to investigate. However, lanes have been reopened and the scene has been cleared.This is a developing story. Check back for updates.

'Oppenheimer' to play in large-screen format at 2 Bay Area theaters

Published Tue, 04 Mar 2025 22:26:19 GMT

(BCN) -- Only 30 theaters worldwide are playing the movie "Oppenheimer" in the large-screen format for which it is intended to be played -- and two of them are in the Bay Area. The film centers around the "father" of the atomic bomb, Julius Robert Oppenheimer, and some of its scenes feature the University of California, Berkeley campus, where Oppenheimer was a professor of physics from 1929 to 1943. 4 Bay Area restaurants receive new Michelin stars The AMC Metreon 16 theater in San Francisco and the Regal Hacienda Crossings theater in Dublin are the two venues in the Bay presenting the movie in the 70mm format. The film was shot using one of the highest resolution cameras available today, a combination of IMAX 65mm and Panavision 65mm film stock. It is then best projected on IMAX 70mm, which Bay Area moviegoers can enjoy. What's special about seeing the movie in the 70mm presentation is essentially the sheer size of the screen. Only in these theaters will sequences expand vert...

Tornado provoca graves daños a una planta de Pfizer en Carolina del Norte

Published Tue, 04 Mar 2025 22:26:19 GMT

Al menos 16 personas sufrieron heridas, dos de gravedad, cuando un tornado se abatió en Carolina del Norte y causó daños graves en varias estructuras, incluida una planta de la firma Pfizer, que tuvo que ser evacuada.Las autoridades evaluaban este jueves los daños causados por el tornado, que alcanzó hasta 150 millas por hora y causó estragos durante una media hora la tarde del miércoles.El fenómeno recorrió 17 millas entre los condados Dortches y Nash, 45 millas al noreste de Raleigh, y concluyó nueve millas al noreste de Battleboro, en el condado Edgecombe.La empresa Pfizer, que entre otros medicamentos produce una vacuna contra el COVID-19, además del Viagra, confirmó que el tornado causó daños en una de sus plantas ubicada cerca de Rocky Mount, y que todos sus empleados allí fueron evacuados.El Servicio Nacional de Meteorología (NWS, por sus siglas en inglés) precisó que el ancho máximo del fenómeno fue de unos 600 metros y fue el primer tornado de categoría EF-3 en la región ce...

Kerr’s Women’s World Cup in doubt, but she still helps inspire Australia to win against Ireland

Published Tue, 04 Mar 2025 22:26:19 GMT

SYDNEY (AP) — How much of a role Sam Kerr can physically play for Australia at the Women’s World Cup remains completely uncertain.Even if her time on the sidelines with a calf muscle injury is extended, though, Australia’s iconic striker still has important role to play for the tournament co-hosts after helping to inspire the Matildas to a 1-0 opening win over Ireland on Thursday.“Obviously losing a player like Sam, probably the best player in the world, and just for her as a person, we were completely heartbroken,” said Steph Catley, who scored the 52nd-minute penalty that secured Australia’s win in front of a record crowd. “We had to gather ourselves pretty quickly, but we used her spirit and used the fact that she wasn’t able to be out there with us to help us push on. And I think that’s what it’s going to take for as long as maybe she misses.”Both host nations were in action on the opening day. The Australians were expected to have too much star power against I...