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Pocket bike taken after rider downed in hit-and-run crash

Published Sat, 22 Feb 2025 11:00:41 GMT

A pocket bike or mini bike disappeared after the rider was injured in a hit-and-run crash in the Vermont-Slauson neighborhood of Los Angeles Monday morning. The incident was reported shortly before 5 a.m. near the intersection of South Figueroa Street and West 69th Street. The rider was involved in a crash with an unidentified vehicle that then fled the scene, a Los Angeles Police Department officer told KTLA at the scene.Police respond to a hit-and-run crash involving a pocket bike or mini bike in South Los Angeles on Sept. 25, 2023. (KTLA)An ambulance transported the victim to a nearby hospital in unknown condition. The officer said that someone also had taken the bike from the scene after the collision. It was unknown if the bike was taken by someone related to the incident or a passerby.The missing vehicle was described as either a mini bike or a pocket bike, which are small motorcycles that are not street-legal. Shirtless man in golf cart leads police on chase Investigators a...

Long Beach begins rolling out lower speed limits

Published Sat, 22 Feb 2025 11:00:41 GMT

Next time you're driving through Long Beach, slow down. Speed limits are set to be lowered in the city, including dozens to 20 mph or slower.The City Council approved the changes in December, and now, the city is beginning the process of phasing in the changes on 111 street segments.The segments, which total 92 miles, "include streets in all types of neighborhoods in every council district," the city said on its website."Notably, 50 segments totaling 37.7 miles will now have speed limits of 20 mph or less," city officials added. Dozens of Long Beach streets will soon see lower speed limits, as shown in this Sept. 25, 2023, map provided by the city.“The City of Long Beach is leading the way in making our streets safer for all types of commuters,” Mayor Rex Richardson said in a news release. “Not only will these changes encourage more walking and bicycling, reduce noise, and enrich our neighborhoods and business districts— but these speed limit reductions can help save lives...

California astronaut movie hits #1 on Amazon Prime, "A Million Miles Away"

Published Sat, 22 Feb 2025 11:00:41 GMT

The movie that was inspired by a Stockton, California farmer who became a NASA astronaut is #1 in the United States on Amazon Prime, according to flixpatrol.com.'A Million Miles Away' tells the story of José Moreno Hernández who turned a childhood dream of reaching outer space into a reality. It premiered on Amazon Prime on Sept. 15 in honor of Hispanic Heritage Month and has been in the #1 spot ever since. "I did not expect it to blow up this much, but I think it resonated with a lot of people. I believe we needed a film we needed a film like this," Hernández told KTLA's sister station, FOX40. "It's long overdue because so often we focus on the negative and don't celebrate the positive. " Hernández said his family immigrated from Mexico and he is a first-generation American. He is the first migrant farm worker recorded to make the trip beyond the stars. NASA identifies asteroid that could hit Earth in 2046 Besides being the number one movie on Amazon Prime as of Sept. 22, the mov...

Meet Artist for the People Tristan Eaton

Published Sat, 22 Feb 2025 11:00:41 GMT

Interdisciplinary painter, sculptor, and designer Tristan Eaton is above all a people person. Besides being a gregarious soul with a passion to talk art, ideas, inspiration, and changing the world, Eaton situates humanity firmly at the center of his wide-ranging practice. From examinations of what makes people tick in pop culture, political action, and private memory, to evocative portraiture and media-savvy hybrids, Eaton looks closely at people—perhaps more closely than they’d like. He had a blockbuster career survey exhibition at Long Beach Museum of Art in 2021, but for his latest project—a Dead Press pop-up at Sized Studio in Hollywood this weekend—he gets much more intimate. With a new folio, surprise drops, and an experiential contextualization for his ongoing Uprise works, Eaton evolves and rededicates his inspirations for protest art—believing that art has immense power to captivate and change minds, and that artists have a duty to engage toward a better world for everyone....

Jill On Money: UAW steps up, Fed stands down

Published Sat, 22 Feb 2025 11:00:41 GMT

Two notable events collided to paint a picture of the U.S. economy that remains in a post-pandemic transition: the UAW launched “targeted strikes” against GM, Ford and Stellantis, just days before the Federal Reserve convened a two-day policy meeting.Related ArticlesBusiness | How much hardwood flooring costs, and how to save Business | Discrimination in car sales: Here are tools to help buyers Business | What’s the difference between a home renovation and a remodel? Business | The interest rate hike you may already be paying for Business | Highest savings yields are topping inflation. Here’s why that’s important for savers In both instances, there are many questions that cloud decision-making for those involved.The now-expired 2019 UAW contract occurred at a time when the U.S. economy, as measured by GDP, grew by 2.3 percent and inflation clocked in at the same pace.The 14 years leading up to the 2019 c...

49ers’ Week 4 primer: What to know before Cardinals visit Sunday

Published Sat, 22 Feb 2025 11:00:41 GMT

SANTA CLARA — The 49ers were the NFL’s first team to reach 3-0, but eight other teams looked to equal that start entering Sunday’s slate of NFL games.Soon, only two other teams will be left standing in with the 49ers in the undefeated ranks: the Miami Dolphins, who scored a mere 70 points in Sunday’s win over Denver, and the winner of tonight’s Philadelphia Eagles’ visit to the Tampa Bay Buccaneers (barring a tie).That’s not to say the 49ers are already consumed by the potential playoff picture – or the 1972 Dolphins’ one-and-only undefeated season.After Thursday night’s home-opening 30-12 rout of the New York Giants, the 49ers had the weekend off to watch NFC challengers Dallas, Washington, Atlanta and New Orleans each lose, along with the AFC’s Baltimore Ravens, the franchise that handed the 49ers their first Super Bowl defeat a decade ago. (Still too soon?).The Cowboys’ defeat was the most stunning, not just to prove their mortality but that it came in 28-...

Kidnapped teen boy rescued from California motel room after 4 days of being held hostage

Published Sat, 22 Feb 2025 11:00:41 GMT

A 17-year-old boy who authorities said was kidnapped in Highland and held for ransom was rescued Friday, Sept. 22, after the three abductors who said the teen’s father stole from them were tracked to their hideout in Santa Barbara County.Fidel Jesús Patino Jaimes, 22, Jair Tomás Ramos Domínguez, 26, and Ezequiel Felix López, 27, who told law enforcement they were from Santa Maria, were charged Friday night with kidnapping, a felony that carries a maximum sentence of life imprisonment, the U.S. Department of Justice said.The defendants were scheduled to make their first court appearance on Monday in U.S. District Court in Los Angeles.No ransom was paid, the DOJ said.According to a sworn affidavit filed with the criminal complaint, at about 8:30 a.m. on Sept. 18, the men caused a traffic collision with the boy in Highland. When he exited the car, they forced him into their Jeep Grand Cherokee. That afternoon, the boy’s mother received a telephone call that appeared to come from Mexico...

An El Niño winter is coming. Here’s what that could mean for the US

Published Sat, 22 Feb 2025 11:00:41 GMT

A wetter southern tier and a drier northern tier in an outlook for this winter from the Climate Prediction Center have all the fingerprints of an El Niño winter.(CNN Weather) By Mary Gilbert | CNN MeteorologistFall has only just begun, but it’s not too soon to look ahead to winter, especially since this one may look drastically different than recent years because of El Niño.This winter will be the first in a few years to feel the effects of the phenomenon, which has a sizable impact on the weather during the coldest months of the year.El Niño is one of three phases of the El Niño Southern Oscillation, which tracks water temperature changes in the equatorial Pacific Ocean that can have rippling effects on weather patterns around the globe. The El Niño phase occurs when these ocean temperatures are warmer than normal for an extended period.This year’s El Niño began in June, is expected to be strong this winter and last at least into early next spring, according to NOAA’s Climate ...

Bay Area man indicted for assaulting federal agents with a firearm

Published Sat, 22 Feb 2025 11:00:41 GMT

A federal grand jury on Thursday indicted a 37-year-old Vallejo man for assaulting federal agents with a firearm and being a felon in possession of a firearm and ammunition, a U.S. Attorney said.Jurors returned a three-count indictment against Sean Thomas Delapp, who faces arraignment at 2 p.m. Monday in a Sacramento courtroom, Phillip A. Talbert, the U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of California, said in a press release.According to court documents, Delapp assaulted two FBI special agents by chasing them with his car, pulling up alongside them, and aiming a firearm at them through the window, making a recoil motion with the firearm. A subsequent search warrant at his residence yielded the discovery of a Glock 29 semiautomatic handgun, ammunition, and various firearm parts. Because of a previous conviction for felony evasion, Delapp is barred from possessing firearms or ammunition, Talbert noted in the prepared statement.Related ArticlesCrime and Public Safety | Qu...

Man rescued after falling off cliff at Lands End

Published Sat, 22 Feb 2025 11:00:41 GMT

SAN FRANCISCO (KRON) -- Search and rescue crews in San Francisco airlifted a seriously injured man to safety after he fell off a cliff at Lands End Sunday evening.San Francisco Fire Department rescue crews responded at 6:02 p.m. Sunday after a hiker at Lands End fell off a cliff down to the water’s edge. Authorities said that the man was able to make a cell phone call for help. A California Highway Patrol helicopter was sent to the area to assist San Francisco Fire in the search.After locating the man, an SFFD rescue technician paramedic was sent down a 75-foot hoist through trees and rough terrain for the rescue, officials said. The man was found to be seriously injured. Medics in the helicopter and on the ground provided care before the man was transported to a trauma center.(Photo: San Francisco Fire Department)(Photo: San Francisco Fire Department)The man's current condition is unknown at this time.Video from the scene in the player above shows the California Highway Patrol heli...