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Flash mob robbers ransack luxury clothing store in Hancock Park

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:50:38 GMT

A group of thieves remains at large after ransacking a luxury retail store in Hancock Park Tuesday night in a flash mob-style robbery.The thieves targeted denim retailer Ksubi located at 132 S. La Brea Ave. around 6:55 p.m., according to the Los Angeles Police Department.Around 11 masked men entered the luxury clothing store right before closing time and ransacked the shop.The suspects swarmed the shop and began quickly grabbing clothing from store shelves and display racks. A pair of Ksubi jeans are priced anywhere from $190 to $280 a pair with other clothing items priced even higher.Two security guards attempted to stop the mass theft, but were unable to overtake the thieves, authorities said.At one point, one suspect reportedly hinted at possessing a handgun in his pocket to encourage the guards to step away, police said.  Elderly woman violently dragged by purse snatcher in Hacienda Heights Ksubi store located at 132 S. La Brea Avenue. (KTLA)The suspects fled the store in...

Man, woman arrested, face charges of human trafficking, false imprisonment

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:50:38 GMT

A 44-year-old man and a 33-year-old woman have been arrested and are facing a slew of charges, including human trafficking, false imprisonment and sexual assault of a minor, authorities announced Wednesday.  In July, detectives with the San Bernardino Sheriff’s Department’s Specialized Investigation Division, as well as deputies from the Victor Valley Station were dispatched to investigate allegations of human trafficking, sexual abuse and labor trafficking of numerous victims.  During their investigation, authorities identified Rigoberto Hernandez Latin and Maria Olimpia Hernandez, both residents of Phelan, as the suspects, according to an SBSD news release.  Rigoberto Latin and Maria Hernandez, seen here, were arrested and face numerous charges of human trafficking and sexual assault against a minor. (SBSD)Latin and Hernandez were arrested and booked into the High Desert Detention Center in Adelanto. The pair have been charged with human trafficking, false imprisonment, ...

Gelof’s 4 hits, Blackburn’s gem key Oakland A’s shutout over Cards

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:50:38 GMT

ST. LOUIS — Rookie Zack Gelof had four hits and Paul Blackburn pitched seven scoreless inning as the Oakland Athletics snapped a nine-game road losing streak and avoided a sweep in St. Louis with an 8-0 win over the Cardinals on Wednesday night.“I’m just trying to be as consistent as I can,” Gelof said. “I think I’m just trying to keep it simple and, you know, be as athletic as possible in the box, and then, hit the ball hard somewhere.”Gelof had his second career four-hit game — and the second this week — after getting four against Washington on Sunday.“He plays a game hard, with an intensity about it that you want to see from the rest of the group,” A’s manager Mark Kotsay said. “And I think there was a little bit of that message this afternoon to the rest of the group, that this guy is leading by example. And he’s going out and playing the game hard and not recklessly, but just with the passion.”Another d̶a̶y̶ inning, another @ZackGelof highlight pic.twitter.com/VLDUQS75No...

Stripling struggles and SF Giants offense remains dormant in latest loss. Now a huge road trip looms

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:50:38 GMT

SAN FRANCISCO – After scoring just 18 runs and earning just two wins in six games at their China Basin ballpark, maybe it’s a good time for the San Francisco Giants to hit the road – even if they are set to face two of the National League’s best teams.Right-hander Ross Stripling struggled and the Giants were unable to find a timely hit in a 6-1 loss to the Tampa Bay Rays on Wednesday as they closed out a challenging six-game homestand with a 2-4 record.San Francisco, which has lost four consecutive series and is dangerously close to falling out of a playoff spot, now starts a six-game road trip on Friday with a three-game set with the MLB-leading Atlanta Braves. That’s followed by three games with the Philadelphia Phillies, who lead the NL Wild Card race.It’s all the Giants can look forward to after an at-times humbling six-game homestand in which they lost three games by five or more runs, including a 9-3 thrashing by the American League-West leading Texas Rangers on Saturday...

Armed carjackers targeting drivers in Castro Valley

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:50:38 GMT

DUBLIN, Calif. (KRON) -- Carjackers armed with guns have been searching for targets in Castro Valley. They find a victim backing her car out of her driveway in one incident recorded on a neighbor's surveillance cameras. The surveillance video shows armed carjackers roaming the streets of Castro Valley early Tuesday morning looking for victims.The incident occurred at 6:20 in the morning. Crimes happen at all hours of the day, but is a carjacking at that hour in Castro Valley, unusual? Teen girls nabbed after San Francisco business ransacked "Nothing is unusual right now," said Alameda County Sheriff's spokesperson Lt. Tya Modeste.In fact, Modeste, said that minutes before this carjacking on Sydney Way, there was a report that suspects matching the same description tried, unsuccessfully, to carjack someone parked at a Mobile gas station in the same neighborhood on Lake Chabot Road."She was parked in the parking lot and she noticed the silver sedan parked in front of her and attempt...

Angels left-hander Reid Detmers loses no-hit bid in 8th inning at Texas

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:50:38 GMT

ARLINGTON, Texas (AP) — Los Angeles Angels left-hander Reid Detmers’ no-hit bid against AL West-leading Texas ended when Marcus Semien had a one-out double in the eighth inning Wednesday night. The 24-year-old Detmers had thrown a no-hitter as a rookie for the Angels last season against Tampa Bay. He was only the second Angels rookie to do so. That was the 12th, and still last, no-hitter in Angels franchise. Detmers, who was 0-4 in his previous six starts coming into the game, had five strikeouts and four walks. Another runner reached on a throwing error by shortstop Luis Rengifo in the second inning. Detmers was pulled immediately after Semien’s hit, replaced by Reynaldo Lopez. There had been relievers warming up in the bullpen for the Angels in the fifth, sixth and seventh innings. The Angels led 1-0 after two-way star Shohei Ohtani, the designated hitter whose turn in the starting rotation this week was skipped because of arm fatigue, hit his 42nd homer in the first i...

Consejo Electoral de Ecuador aprueba candidatura de Christian Zurita como reemplazo de Fernando Villavicencio

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:50:38 GMT

(CNN Español) –– El Consejo Nacional Electoral de Ecuador (CNE) aprobó este miércoles la inscripción de Christian Zurita como candidato presidencial del Movimiento Construye. Zurita reemplaza a Fernando Villavicencio, asesinado el 9 de agosto en un ataque armado durante un acto de campaña.El anuncio de la decisión lo hizo la presidenta del CNE, Diana Atamaint, a través de X, antes llamado Twitter: “Por unanimidad y con base en el informe puesto a nuestra consideración, calificamos la candidatura presidencial” de Christian Zurita.El correísmo impugna la candidatura de candidato que reemplaza VillavicencioUn día antes, el martes 16 de agosto, el movimiento correísta Revolución Ciudadana había impugando la candidatura de Zurita. En el documento presentado ante el Consejo Nacional Electoral (CNE) se argumentó que Zurita “está actualmente afiliado a otra organización política”.Sin embargo, en su decisión, el CNE señaló que “negó la objeción presentada en contra de la po...

Djokovic wins first singles match in the US since 2021, Swiatek rolls at Western & Southern Open

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:50:38 GMT

MASON, Ohio (AP) — Novak Djokovic had a short night in his first singles match in the U.S. since 2021, beating Alejandro Davidovich Fokina on Wednesday in the Western & Southern Open after the Spaniard retired early in the second set with a lower back injury. The second-ranked Djokovic won the first set 6-4, then two points into the second set, Davidovich Fokina hunched over in pain following his return and ended the match after 46 minutes. “Kind of a mixed emotions tonight,” Djokovic said. “Really like Alejandro. Get along really well off the court. We train with each other while in Spain. He told me he has a lower back issue that appeared yesterday. It’s unfortunate.”Djokovic, 36, lost in doubles on Tuesday in his return to the country after missing events because of COVID-19 vaccine restrictions. It’s his first appearance in Cincinnati since 2019. The 2020 Western & Southern Open was played in New York due to COVID-19. It was Djokovic’s first singl...

Pastor of flooded DC church says area is often ‘forgotten’ by city leaders

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:50:38 GMT

(new Image()).src = "https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=9be9c680-c459-4acb-af21-654a2ccca384&cid=c2ffed0c-3624-46c0-b10f-97c976d290a3";cnx.cmd.push(function() { cnx({ playerId: "9be9c680-c459-4acb-af21-654a2ccca384",mediaId: "25152579-13b1-4821-9d13-86b2335eae07"}).render("b6e0f7045a6940158402d7851635f580"); });When heavy rains led to flash flooding in D.C. on Monday, Rhode Island Avenue Northeast wasn’t the only area to see devastation.Ten minutes down the road in Ivy City, stormwater mixed with sewage rose from storm drains outside Bethesda Baptist Church. The water would rise to almost 3 feet, stranding a car on nearby Mt. Olivet Road and pouring into the offices of the 100-year-old church.Pastor Michael Thompson said when he arrived at home Monday night he saw news reports of flooding in Northeast D.C. Since the church had seen five previous floods, he grew concerned.“I immediately turned around and came back to the church,” Thompson said.The water had receded when h...

Harper hits 2 solo home runs, Nola pitches 5 innings as Phillies beat Blue Jays 9-4

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:50:38 GMT

TORONTO (AP) — Bryce Harper hit two solo home runs, Aaron Nola pitched five innings and snapped a four-start winless streak and the Philadelphia Phillies won for the first time in four games, beating the Toronto Blue Jays 9-4 on Wednesday night.Jake Cave added a solo homer and Nick Castellanos had two hits and an RBI as the Phillies avoided a sweep in the two-game series north of the border.Philadelphia had scored only two runs in losing its previous three games, but broke out of that slump with an 11-hit effort against the Blue Jays.Harper went 3 for 4 with a walk in his 25th career multi-homer game and first this season. He tied the score at 2 by connecting off Blue Jays right-hander Kevin Gausman in the third inning, then made it 9-4 with a leadoff blast off righty Bowden Francis in the ninth. The homers were Harper’s eighth and ninth of the season.Nola (10-8) allowed four runs and four hits, including a two-run home run by Daulton Varsho. Nola struck out seven and walked four, t...