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PHOTOS: NCAA Tournament practice sessions begin at Ball Arena as March Madness comes to Denver

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:50:37 GMT

College basketball teams and fans began to descend on Denver Thursday as Ball Arena prepares to host first and second-round NCAA Tournament games on Friday and Sunday. Teams participating in the first-round games in downtown Denver held practices and press conferences on Thursday ahead of the tournament.Related ArticlesCollege Sports | Princeton stuns Arizona 59-55 in March Madness College Sports | March Madness: NCAA Tournament practice sessions open Thursday at Ball Arena in Denver College Sports | Want tickets to NCAA Tournament at Ball Arena? Some face-value seats may become available Thursday. College Sports | Back to work: CU Buffs women’s basketball begins NCAA Tournament prep College Sports | Coors Light debuts beer-flavored popsicles for March Madness

Innocent driver hurt when L.A. police chase ends in crash

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:50:37 GMT

An innocent driver suffered minor injuries when a police pursuit ended with a dramatic crash in L.A.’s Jefferson Park neighborhood Thursday afternoon.According to the Los Angeles Police Department, the chase started around 2:25 p.m. somewhere on Figuroa Street when officers tried to stop a driver in a stolen black sedan.The chase continued until the suspect slammed into another vehicle at the Arlington Avenue entrance to the 10 Freeway. Sky5 video showed the innocent driver's car on its side next to an embankment. An innocent driver was injured when a police pursuit ended with a dramatic crash in L.A.’s Jefferson Park neighborhood. March 16, 2023. (KTLA)The driver was treated at the scene for her injuries.Sky5 reporters Gil Leyvas says several people got out of the stolen vehicle and ran away. One person was taken into custody and officers were searching for two others as of 3:00 p.m., Leyvas said.

California congressman wants to make 32-hour workweek a U.S. law

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:50:37 GMT

One California congressman wants to make the four-day workweek a federal law.Rep. Mark Takano, a Democrat representing California’s 39th congressional district, which includes Riverside County, reintroduced the 32-Hour Workweek Act. This bill would reduce the standard 40-hour workweek to 32 hours by amending the Fair Labor Standards Act. The bill would also mandate overtime pay for any work done after 32 hours and applies to non-exempt employees who typically work hourly jobs in various sectors, including transportation, wholesale and retail. California lawmaker proposes bill to limit the risk of homelessness for state renters The legislation was initially introduced by Democratic Reps. Pramila Jayapal of Washington and Jan Schakowsky of Illinois. “Workers across the nation are collectively reimagining their relationship to labor – and our laws need to follow suit,” Rep. Takano said in a statement.“We have before us the opportunity to make common sense changes to wo...

LASD clears bomb threat at Whitney High School 

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:50:37 GMT

Authorities have given the all-clear and students are being released following a bomb threat at Whitney High School in Cerritos, the ABC Unified School District public information officer said. Los Angeles County sheriff’s officials received a call regarding a bomb threat at Whitney High School around 12:50 p.m. Thursday afternoon, and shortly thereafter the school was placed on lockdown. A memo sent to a parent said that a person called the Cerritos Station and threatened to detonate a bomb at the school unless they received $10,000. A spokesperson for the ABC Unified School District could not confirm the report regarding the money request sent in the memo. More than 10 squad cars were seen outside the school as the investigation was being conducted. Students are being escorted by deputies to Cerritos Park East to be reunited with their parents, who should have their IDs with them to speed up the process, officials said.Deputies are continuing their investi...

California bill would require schools to notify parents if their child identifies as transgender

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:50:37 GMT

A bill introduced in the California State Assembly would require teachers, counselors or public school employees to alert parents if their children publicly identified as transgender at school.AB-1314, introduced by Republican Assemblymembers Bill Essayli and James Gallagher, would give public schools three days to notify parents in writing should their child:Identify at school with a gender that doesn’t align with the gender stated on their birth certificate, official records, or sex assigned at birth.Use sex-segregated school programs and activities, such as athletic teams and competitions or facilities that do not align with the child’s sex on their birth certificate, official records, or sex assigned at birth.During a news conference on Monday, Essayli, who represents cities in Riverside County, including Menifee, Lake Elsinore and Norco, said, "Public policy should never presume that a parent does not have the best interests of that child.”State Sen. Scott Wiener, a Democratic ...

Man killed in Moreno Valley shooting

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:50:37 GMT

A man was shot to death and another was found injured in Moreno Valley Wednesday night, officials said.The incident was reported around 11:30 p.m. in the 12000 block of Clark Street near an apartment complex, according to the Riverside County Sheriff's Office.Responding deputies found a man with gunshot wounds who was eventually declared dead at the scene.While conducting their investigation, deputies located a second victim with injuries. He was taken to a local hospital but his current condition is unknown, Sergeant Deirdre Vickers told KTLA.It is unclear if the two people were injured in the same shooting or if they were separate incidents. No arrests have been made in the case. Investigators were at the scene Thursday combing the area for clues. No further details have been released.

Katrinna Gutierrez Killed in Vehicle Crash near 75th Avenue [Peoria, AZ]

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:50:37 GMT

30-Year-Old Katrinna Gutierrez Assaulted and Struck by Car near Golden LanePEORIA, AZ (March 15, 2023) – Monday night, police responded to an incident near 75th Avenue that claimed the life of Katrinna Gutierrez.The fatal incident happened on March 13th at around 9:30 p.m., at the intersection near 75th Avenue and Golden Lane, just south of Olive Avenue.Investigation showed that 30-year-old Gutierrez was assaulted by a man on the sidewalk of the intersection and an argument was started.Furthermore, he left Gutierrez on the road and was struck by a vehicle traveling on the highway.Consequently, the driver stopped and called for the authorities. He showed no signs of impairment and speed was not listed as a factor in the incident.Meanwhile, the man that assaulted Gutierrez was not located and no arrests have been made at this time.Both directions of the roadway were temporarily shutdown to allow for cleanup and preliminary duties.Any witnesses that have seen the suspect are urge...

After chaotic fight to save Oakland schools, closures again considered

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:50:37 GMT

OAKLAND — Just months after a drawn-out battle over efforts to close several Oakland Unified School District campuses— an issue that last year led to sit-ins and even a hunger strike — the board that voted to reject those closures in January may be reversing itself.It now appears that the possibility of shuttering schools, or at least merging the smallest ones with better-resourced campuses, can’t be dismissed so easily in an embattled district that continues to struggle financially.According to recently approved budget adjustments, about one-fifth of the $10 million freed up by the school board’s latest plan would come from potentially merging some of the district’s campuses ahead of the 2024-25 school year.The March 9 decision signaled a dramatic and sudden change of course by the Oakland school board, which in January had rescinded the planned closures of five schools — the ones remaining on the schedule after Parker and La Escuelita elementary...

NBA suspends Warriors’ Draymond Green after his latest technical foul

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:50:37 GMT

LOS ANGELES — Draymond Green had been walking a tight rope for the last month as he sat one technical foul short of an automatic suspension. But the Warriors star slipped up Wednesday night, and it’ll cost him a paycheck and a game.Green will serve his one-game suspension Friday in Atlanta after picking up his 16th technical foul.Green was assessed a technical foul with 40 seconds remaining in the first half of Golden State’s 134-126 loss to the Los Angeles Clippers after he appeared to intentionally toss the ball at Russell Westbrook.After the loss, Green said he was optimistic the league would rescind his 16th technical foul. But the league announced Thursday evening that the technical would stand, triggering an automatic one-game suspension (per league rules.)Green picked up his 15th technical on Feb. 13 against Washington, but the Warriors had remained confident their loud star would be able to avoid another one that would trigger a one-game suspension. Now that he’s picked up h...

Fact check: Musk amplifies lie that Jan. 6 video was ‘censored’

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:50:37 GMT

By Daniel Dale | CNNA conservative commentator with a substantial Twitter following went viral late last week by making false claims about the insurrection at the US Capitol on January 6, 2021 — and Twitter owner Elon Musk amplified some of the misinformation, pushing it to millions of people.The conservative commentator, Chuck Callesto, inaccurately tweeted that various publicly available videos of January 6 had been “censored.” Musk amplified one of these claims. Callesto also put inaccurate captions on other January 6 footage to push a baseless narrative that the riot perpetrated by Trump supporters was actually carried out by left-wing Antifa activists.Here is a fact check of three of Callesto’s tweets.A comedian, not AntifaOn Friday, Callesto tweeted a video of a man who was putting on pro-Trump attire and urging another man to do the same in order to “blend in.” Callesto wrote: “JUST IN: Previously censored video re-emerges showing ANT...