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SoCal mountain communities bracing for more snow

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 20:31:04 GMT

With a winter storm warning in effect for some mountain communities, many are bracing for snow as yet another weather system moves across the region, just weeks after blizzard conditions left many in San Bernardino County residents trapped in their homes and in need of emergency assistance. Snow had already started falling in the San Bernardino County Mountains by Wednesday afternoon, an area that has already received unprecedented amounts of snow in a short amount of time.   Mammoth Mountain sets all-time snowfall record “You know, it wasn’t too bad, actually,” said a woman who traveled to Big Bear from Whittier. “We got to the foot of the mountain, Caltrans pulled us over and said, ‘Chains required.’ So, we pulled over, paid our $50 and had our chains put on.”  The latest spring storm is expected to bring roughly 18 inches to Snow Valley in Running Springs and several inches to areas around Big Bear, Lake Arrowhead and Crestline. “The last couple of storms we’ve h...

2023 Remarkable Women Nominee: Lisa LaRusso

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 20:31:04 GMT

While responding to emergency calls, paramedics see things most people will never experience in their lives. Lisa LaRusso from Menifee is a longtime paramedic who has seen it all, and it influenced her decision to start her own nonprofit to prevent child drownings. Lisa is a nominee for the 2023 Remarkable Women Award. KTLA’s Shelby Nelson has her story.

Newsom Signs Law Against Alleged Gas Price Gouging

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 20:31:04 GMT

California Governor Gavin Newsom signed a law that will attempt to combat alleged gas price gouging, Wednesday.The law allows the State Energy Resources Conservation and Development Commission to set a maximum gross gasoline refining margin, regulating the amount of profits an oil company can make from gasoline sales. The commission will also have the authority to fine companies if it finds it exceeds the gross margins.“With this legislation, we’re ending the oil industry’s days of operating in the shadows,” Newsom said in a statement Wednesday. “California took on Big Oil and won. We’re not only protecting families, we’re also loosening the vice grip Big Oil has had on our politics for the last 100 years.”SBX1-2 was presented by California Senator Nancy Skinner and was passed by the California Senate Thursday. The bill then passed the state assembly by a 58-19 vote, before heading to Newsom’s desk to sign into law.“California has sent a clear message to the ...

Alameda: Missing man’s body found in harbor

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 20:31:04 GMT

ALAMEDA — A man reported missing to authorities earlier this week was found dead in the waters near Marina Village Yacht Harbor on Wednesday, authorities said.The Alameda County Sheriff’s Office coroner’s bureau identified him as Angel Ambriz, 56, of Alameda.Coroners from the Alameda County Sheriff’s Office wheel away the body of Angel Ambriz, 56, after he was found in the water at Marina Village in Alameda, Calif., on Wednesday, March 29, 2023. Ambriz, a native of Michoacan, Mexico, has lived on his boat at the marina for many years and has been missing since March 18, according to his family. (Ray Chavez/Bay Area News Group) Alameda police had asked for the public’s help in finding Ambriz since a missing-person report filed March 23, and investigators had recovered surveillance-camera video footage of Ambriz walking at the city’s Marina Village Yacht Harbor shortly before 2 a.m. March 18.In a social-media post Wednesday, police acknowledged...

Senate votes to end COVID-19 emergency in the US

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 20:31:04 GMT

By Ali Zaslav, Phil Mattingly and Manu Raju | CNNThe Senate on Wednesday passed a bill that would end the national Covid-19 emergency declared by then-President Donald Trump on March 13, 2020.The final vote was overwhelmingly bipartisan, 68-23. The joint resolution, which cleared the House earlier this year, now heads to President Joe Biden’s desk.The vote comes on the heels of two other successful efforts led by Republicans in approving legislation rescinding Biden administration policies.A White House official said in a statement to CNN that while the President “strongly opposes” this bill, the administration is already winding down the emergency by May 11, the date previously announced for the end of the authority.Still, the official noted, if the Senate passed the measure and it heads to Biden’s desk, “he will sign it, and the administration will continue working with agencies to wind down the national emergency with as much notice as possible to Am...

7 CHP officers charged in death of man in their custody

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 20:31:04 GMT

By Stefanie Dazio | Associated PressLOS ANGELES — Prosecutors charged seven California Highway Patrol officers and a nurse with involuntary manslaughter on Wednesday in connection with the 2020 death of a man who screamed “I can’t breathe” while multiple officers restrained him as they tried to take a blood sample.Los Angeles County District Attorney George Gascón announced the charges in the death of Edward Bronstein, which the LA County coroner said was caused by “acute methamphetamine intoxication during restraint by law enforcement.”“The officers had a legal duty to Mr. Bronstein,” Gascón said during a news conference. “He was in their custody. We believe that they failed their duty and their failure was criminally negligent, causing his death.”Bronstein, 38, was taken into custody following a traffic stop on suspicion of driving under the influence on March 31, 2020. He died at a CHP station in Altadena, north of downtown Lo...

As support for reparations grows statewide, anger simmers in Alameda County

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 20:31:04 GMT

In California, calls for reparations are getting louder: A state task force just released an $800 billion estimate for reparations for Black state residents, while earlier this month, the San Francisco Board of Supervisors expressed support for $5 million payments to every eligible Black adult in the county.The Alameda County Board of Supervisors meeting on Tuesday supplied a fresh victory for advocates of the growing movement to compensate Black people for generations of systemic racism, with the board voting unanimously to create a committee that will study reparations for Black residents.But the meeting also provided a look at just how ugly this fight could get.Although all four supervisors offered support for the study, the level of vitriol expressed against the very concept of reparations showed that, at least in corners of the mostly blue Alameda County, the issue is deeply divisive.Although a majority of residents stood in support of the measure, a vocal minority was vehement...

Kareem Abdul-Jabbar visits Oakland HS state championship basketball teams

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 20:31:04 GMT

OAKLAND, Calif. (KRON) -- Basketball legend Kareem Abdul-Jabbar was in Oakland on Wednesday to meet with a pair of state championship basketball teams. The Oakland High School boys’ basketball team and Oakland Tech High School’s girls’ basketball team each won state titles earlier in March. The former Los Angeles Laker took photos with the teams and gave out autographed copies of his book; On the Shoulders of Giants: My Journey Through the Harlem Renaissance. Oakland A’s ballpark ranked worst in U.S. "I think for the students, it's very important that they get recognized for something positive," he said. "So I was real happy to come up here and reinforce that and talk to them about what they're going to do for the rest of their life, cause that's the most important part now." Abdul-Jabbar gave the high schoolers words of encouragement and spoke about the importance of education.“Extraordinary models of social justice inspire us to do better and be better," said State Superintenden...

Sea Bowl in Pacifica to close after more than 60 years

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 20:31:04 GMT

PACIFICA, Calif. (KRON) -- A popular bowling alley in the Peninsula is closing after more than 60 years. Sea Bowl in Pacifica will close its doors for good on May 31, according to its website. Over $10K worth of vintage collectibles, electronics stolen in San Carlos: sheriff The business posted this statement below.It is with a very heavy heart that I inform all of you that Sea Bowl will be closing its doors for good on May 31st, 2023 after more than 60 years in business.It was a difficult decision, but it is time to retire. I know this news may come as a shock to many of you and I want to express our deepest gratitude for all the amazing support and loyalty you, our customers, have shown us over the years.All of us here at Sea Bowl will deeply cherish the memories of Sea Bowl providing a fun and exciting space for you all to enjoy: the parties, the countless hours of laughter, the friendships, the competitions... we could go on for hours. All this has made the decision to close ...

House committee passes bill to overturn DC police reform

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 20:31:04 GMT

WASHINGTON (AP) — Following through on plans for robust oversight of the nation’s capital, House Republicans on Wednesday accused Washington officials of losing control of local affairs, voting to overturn a police reform package passed by the D.C. Council amid nationwide protests about police brutality.“Your position seems to have been ‘Hands off our city’ and that’s not going to fly with the Republicans on the House Oversight Committee,” Rep. James Comer, chairman of the House Oversight Committee, told members of the D.C. Council. “We want to work with you and you’re going to have to work with us.” The measure, approved by the panel along purely partisan lines, now goes to the full House.The latest salvo against the district’s home rule followed Congress’ action earlier this yea r to nullify a rewrite of the local criminal code. Democrats defended the Council’s right to govern as they see fit and Republicans maintained that the police reform law had demoralized t...