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5 children injured, 1 critically, after car plows into them in Thousand Oaks

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 11:48:00 GMT

Five kids were injured, with one of them in critical condition, after a traffic accident involving a vehicle that rolled over in Thousand Oaks Tuesday, authorities with the Ventura County Fire Department announced. Calls about the crash outside Westlake High School, located near the intersection of Thousand Oaks Boulevard and Lakeview Canyon Road, came in at around 3:40 p.m. While details are limited, officials with the Ventura County Sheriff's Office told KTLA that a vehicle plowed into a group of children. One child was taken to the hospital in critical condition. Several others were transported in various conditions, officials said. Authorities with Thousand Oaks Transit said that traffic in the area is at a standstill and that it's Route 43 bus "cannot proceed." "The route is significantly behind schedule and will be for the balance of the day. If you are able to use a nearby Route 44 stop, we suggest it at this time," officials tweeted. Thousand Oaks Boulevard is clos...

Pop star Aaron Carter’s cause of death revealed

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 11:48:00 GMT

Pop singer Aaron Carter drowned after ingesting prescription drugs and huffing chemicals, according to the autopsy report released Tuesday by the Los Angeles Country Medical Examiner-Coroner.Carter, 34, was found unresponsive by a house sitter in a bathtub at his home in Lancaster, California on Nov. 5. The house sitter was told to perform CPR until paramedics arrived on the scene, at which point he was pronounced dead, officials said. According to the autopsy report, Carter passed out after inhaling difluoroethane and ingesting alprazolam.Difluoroethane is a compressed gas often found in household items such as spray cleaners and alprazolam is a generic form of Xanax. Carter "became incapacitated while in the bathtub as the drugs took effect, slipping under the surface of the water and ultimately drowning," the report states.The Los Angeles County Medical Examiner-Coroner determined Aaron Carter died from inhaling difluoroethane and ingesting alprazolam. April 2023. Carter rose to ...

L.A. Mayor Karen Bass presents her first city budget 

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 11:48:00 GMT

Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass unveiled her first city budget on Tuesday that contains funds to tackle the homelessness crisis, expand mental health services and increase LAPD recruitment. Bass’ budget commits nearly $1.3 billion to combat homelessness, $250 million of which will go towards her Inside Safe program, which aims to get homeless individuals out of encampments and into hotel and motel rooms. “This budget is a reflection of our values and invests in the most critical needs of the city,” Mayor Bass said at a press conference on Tuesday. “This budget breaks new ground by funding the purchase of hotels and motels, which will reduce costs compared with renting rooms. This is long overdue, and something the community sees as common sense.”  L.A. Mayor Karen Bass delivers her first State of the City address In addition, Mayor Bass is also calling for the creation of the Mayor’s Office of Community Safety. “We want to have the office of community safety build out the i...

Knife-wielding arrested after forcing lockdown at Riverside City College

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 11:48:00 GMT

Students and faculty at Riverside City College were ordered to shelter in place for hours Tuesday due to a standoff with a man who was seen carrying a knife on campus, authorities said. He was eventually taken into custody and classes resumed as normal.The lockdown order was issued around 9:30 a.m. when the suspect was originally barricaded somewhere on campus, officials said. The man fled into a wash near the football field when law enforcement arrived, according to KTLA reporter Rich Prickett.Riverside police officers and county sheriff’s deputies contacted the suspect and sent a robot into the wash, aerial footage showed.Sky5 footage shows the suspect in custody near another entrance to the wash. April 18, 2023. (KTLA)According to Sky5 reporter Rich Prickett, the man who was seen with the knife was originally barricaded on campus but fled into a wash near the football field when law enforcement arrived. April 18, 2023. (KTLA)Students and faculty at Riverside City College were tol...

Destroy Boys Live Up to Their Name at Coachella

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 11:48:00 GMT

Destroy Boys Live Up to Their Name at Coachella: Sacramento indie punks Destroy Boys rocked the Sonora Stage on Saturday at Coachella Weekend One, and we caught up with guitarist Violet Mayugba shortly afterwards…How did the first set go?Oh my god, it was amazing. It was so cool. It was very overwhelming because we don’t have a lot of festival experience. But it was so cool. Everyone treated us so well. The crowd was awesome. It was just, overall, super fun. Had you been to Coachella before?No, never.Have you played any outdoor festivals?Yeah, we’d done Riot Fest before – that’s the biggest one we’ve ever done. We’ve done quite a few smaller ones. We did Sad Summer Fest for a little bit. But Coachella is “the one.” I’ve been telling a lot of people, when I was a little kid Coachella was the pinnacle of success for bands in my eyes. So the fact that we’re doing it now, and the fact that we get to do it twice, is really awesome.There wasn’t a lot of punk rock there t...

SF Giants’ Alex Wood leaves start early with apparent leg injury

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 11:48:00 GMT

MIAMI — If there was one thing the Giants were built to withstand, it was injuries to their deep starting pitching staff. After navigating multiple absences in their lineup through the first two-plus weeks of the season, that roster construction strategy will possibly face its first test.Left-hander Alex Wood left his start Tuesday against the Marlins early after pulling up gimpy while fielding a sacrifice bunt attempt in the third inning.The Giants have not announced announced the injury nor its severity, but it appeared that Wood hurt his left leg on the play.Marlins catcher Jacob Stallings led off the inning with a double, the first hit allowed by Wood, and their No. 9 hitter, Jean Segura, attempted to move him over to third with a bunt attempt that pulled Wood off the mound to the third base side. He cut off third baseman J.D. Davis, fielded the ball and fired to first in time to record the out, but afterward began to grab at his upper right leg.Alex Wood came out of the game af...

Letters: Deeper dredging | Rate change | Oakland baseball | Recycling example | Well-rounded views | Board at fault

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 11:48:00 GMT

Submit your letter to the editor via this form. Read more Letters to the Editor.Dredging deeperthreatens bay ecologyRe: “Future of bay dredging appears as clear as mud” (Page A1, April 10).Thanks for surfacing the issues of dredging in the San Francisco Bay and highlighting the Port of Oakland’s intention to widen and deepen its turning basins to accommodate larger cargo ships.We strongly caution the Port of Oakland against this course of action for two reasons:1. Due to their size and weight, mega-ships are fueled by heavily polluting fossil fuels. These fuels emit air quality pollutants that harm human health and add greenhouse gas emissions that disrupt our climate.2. Excessive dredging for channel and basin widening and deepening will irreversibly disturb marine and coastal ecosystems, threaten wildlife and impact the bay’s water quality.Ports must prioritize development for industry decarbonization — including electrification and zero-emission fuel bunkering for shi...

One of Bay Area’s largest homeless shelters to launch in Redwood City

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 11:48:00 GMT

One of the Bay Area’s largest homeless shelters is set to open in Redwood City, a key milestone in San Mateo County’s ambitious plan to move everybody off the street.At a ribbon-cutting ceremony Tuesday, local officials and project backers touted the 240-unit “navigation center” east of Highway 101 as a cost-effective and “dignified” model for getting unhoused people into lasting homes, as pressure mounts to solve the Bay Area’s worsening homelessness crisis.“Let’s all celebrate today this opening, with the hope that other communities in the Bay Area will follow the lead of San Mateo County and the city of Redwood City to end homelessness throughout our region,” said billionaire Silicon Valley developer John Sobrato, who helped plan the project.The center, at 275 Blomquist St. in a commercial and industrial area near Redwood Creek, will provide residents with private rooms and bathrooms, as well as onsite medical, mental he...

Letters: Car power | WNBA at bay | Musical light | Biden delivers | Leaders failing | No division

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 11:48:00 GMT

Submit your letter to the editor via this form. Read more Letters to the Editor.Powering homes withcars is nothing newI had to smile today when I read the lead story, “How your car can power your home.” (Page A1, April 17) Heck, we were doing that with a Land Rover 30 years ago when we lived in Tanzania.We were on the faculty of a theological college where the voltage was “220 volts plus or minus 220 volts.” Seriously.Because of this, I put together a system of battery chargers, golf cart batteries, an inverter, and a collection of meters and relays that stored power when it was available and automatically switched over to power lights, computers, music systems and whatever when it was not.At times, though, the electricity deserted us for several days and things went flat. That’s when we started the Land Rover and ran cables into the battery pack. It wasn’t fast, but it was reliable.Eventually, we broke down and bought a generator. But Land Rover was there before Tesla.James Bangsun...

Letters: Coyote Valley | Building hope | Feinstein’s future | Problem cops | States’ rights

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 11:48:00 GMT

Submit your letter to the editor via this form. Read more Letters to the Editor.Coyote Valley openspace must be protectedRe: “$22 million deal will preserve huge ranch” (Page B1, April 5).I’m glad to see Peninsula Open Space Trust has purchased the 1,958-acre Lakeside Ranch property adjacent to Coyote Valley. Green Foothills was proud to lead the Protect Coyote Valley coalition, which successfully campaigned for all of Coyote Valley to be zoned for open space and agriculture in 2021. POST’s purchase helps create a permanently connected corridor of open space where wildlife can cross the valley safely.Sadly, a few Coyote Valley landowners are still trying to pave over their land rather than steward it responsibly. A few are suing the city of San Jose to try to get their land rezoned for development and seeking permits to build an energy facility there. This is unfortunate. Coyote Valley’s rural landscape protects our groundwater and buffers against flooding, allows local ...