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Flower shop, house damaged in San Fernando Valley fire spree

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 15:58:49 GMT

A spate of fires destroyed a flower shop and a house in the San Fernando Valley Tuesday night and early Wednesday morning.A fire was reported at Mark's Garden at 13838 W. Ventura Blvd. in Sherman Oaks at about 11:20 p.m., according to the Los Angeles Fire Department.The blaze in the 3,000-square-foot shop was extinguished in 23 minutes, and a "well-coordinated firefight prevented fire damage to adjacent buildings," fire officials said."The cause of the fire is considered suspicious - and was among a handful of rubbish/debris/vegetation fires that occurred in the general area at the time of the fire. The other fires were quickly extinguished by LAFD responders, before they could cause structural damage or injury. A team of LAFD Investigators is actively investigating the fires," the LAFD said in an alert. One of those other blazes, this one at a 1,409-square-foot home at 4646 N. Nagle Ave. in Sherman Oaks, was reported at about 1:40 a.m. and was also extinguished in 23 minutes, the L...

Biden says Gaza hospital blast 'appears as though it was done by the other team,' not Israel

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 15:58:49 GMT

President Joe Biden opened his visit to Israel on Wednesday vowing to show the world that the U.S. stands in solidarity with the Jewish people and offering an assessment that the deadly explosion at a Gaza Strip hospital appeared to have been carried out “by the other team” and not the Israeli military.“Based on what I’ve seen, it appears as though it was done by the other team, not you,” Biden told Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu during a meeting, referring to Hamas militants. But Biden said there were “a lot of people out there” who weren't sure what caused the blast.The Hamas-run Gaza Health Ministry said an Israeli airstrike caused the destruction and hundreds of deaths. The Israeli military denied involvement and blamed a misfired rocket from the Palestinian Islamic Jihad, another militant group. However, that organization also rejected responsibility. Gaza hospital blast overshadows Biden’s Israel visit: Live updates Biden had been scheduled to visit Jordan af...

These Los Angeles-area Rite Aid stores are expected to close

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 15:58:49 GMT

More than 150 Rite Aid locations are expected to close after the Rite Aid Corporation filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection earlier this week.As part of the process, Rite Aid expected to close underperforming stores. In court filings submitted Monday, the company disclosed the initial 154 stores it will be closing nationwide. 31 of the 154 stores set to close are in California, with over half of those 31 located in Southern California.It's unclear when the Rite Aid stores are expected to close, but patients' prescriptions are expected to be transferred to other pharmacies, the company told Insider. Rite Aid did not immediately respond to Nexstar's request for comment or additional information. The stores set to close their doors in California, according to court documents, is below: Store #05448: 4044 Eagle Rock Boulevard, Los AngelesStore #05457: 4046 South Centinela Avenue, Los Angeles Store #05466: 7859 Firestone Boulevard, Downey Store #05521: 4402 Atlantic Avenue, Long Bea...

Driver dies after would-be rescuer disappears in San Joaquin River

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 15:58:49 GMT

After a stranger went missing while trying to rescue her, a woman has died of injuries suffered when her SUV plunged into the San Joaquin River.Related ArticlesCrashes and Disasters | Motorcyclist dies in Livermore traffic collision Crashes and Disasters | 2 Napa bicyclists die after being hit by lumber on flatbed truck Crashes and Disasters | San Jose man’s toxicology results released in double-fatal Santa Cruz County crash Crashes and Disasters | Man accused in downtown Long Beach crash was working for Uber, had passenger in car, DA says Crashes and Disasters | East Bay woman arrested in connection with fatal hit-and-run earlier this year in Tracy Melanie Caligiuri, 46, of Patterson, died at San Joaquin General Hospital, in French Camp, the San Joaquin County coroner’s office announced Tuesday, Oct. 17.A week earlier, on Oct. 10, Caligiuri was driving with her 5-year-old daughter when their...

$166,152 lottery ticket winner sold at Pittsburg liquor store

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 15:58:49 GMT

PITTSBURG — Maybe they also bought something to help celebrate the big win.The person who purchased Tuesday night’s Fantasy 5 lottery game-winning jackpot ticket worth $166,152 at Vintage Liquors, 1339 Buchanan Rd. didn’t immediately step forward to say.The winning numbers were 3, 5, 30, 32 and 37.Store owner Ajmer Sandhu said in a phone interview Wednesday he was aware the ticket had been sold there, but said he does not know yet who the winner is.Related ArticlesLatest Headlines | Letters: More than gaming | Helping police | Who benefits? | Dumping Trump | Hurting democracy Latest Headlines | Powerball ticket sold in California wins $1.76 billion jackpot Latest Headlines | Powerball jackpot leaps to $1.73 billion, second largest prize in the lottery’s history Latest Headlines | Powerball ticket worth $1.3 million sold in San Francisco Latest Headlines | Powerball jackpot climbs to an estim...

Colts QB Anthony Richardson opts for season-ending surgery on injured throwing shoulder

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 15:58:49 GMT

INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — Indianapolis Colts rookie quarterback Anthony Richardson will have season-ending shoulder surgery, coach Shane Steichen said Wednesday.Steichen said the team sought multiple opinions from doctors and ultimately decided surgery was the best option for the long-term health of the former Florida Gators star.“Anthony is a competitor, and we know how difficult and disappointing this is for him and our team,” Colts owner Jim Irsay said in a statement on X, formerly known as Twitter.Richardson, the fourth overall pick in the April NFL draft, suffered a sprained AC joint in his right shoulder at the end of a short run against Tennessee on Oct. 8. With Richardson out, veteran Gardner Minshew will continue to start. Indy (3-3) hosts Cleveland (3-2) on Sunday.Richardson was hurt when he hit the ground awkwardly. He stayed down for several minutes before walking slowly to the team’s medical tent, his right shoulder drooping. Richardson did not return to that 23-16 victory an...

Former Wisconsin Supreme Court justice fights order to appear in court over impeachment advice

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 15:58:49 GMT

MADISON, Wis. (AP) — A former Wisconsin Supreme Court justice is fighting a subpoena ordering her to appear in court in a lawsuit related to advice she gave about possible impeachment of a current liberal justice, calling it “unreasonable and oppressive.”Republican lawmakers have threatened possible impeachment of current Justice Janet Protasiewicz related to comments she made during the campaign calling GOP-drawn legislative maps “rigged” and “unfair.” She joined with the liberal majority of the court in agreeing to hear a lawsuit supported by Democrats that seeks to overturn the GOP maps and enact new ones.Wisconsin Republican Assembly Speaker Robin Vos asked three former conservative Supreme Court justices for advice on impeachment. Two of the three told him that impeaching Protasiewicz was not warranted. The third, former Chief Justice Patience Roggensack, has not said what her advice was and Vos has repeatedly refused to disclose it.The liberal watchdog group American Oversight...

Rivalry games, travel demands are top concerns as ACC officials plan to tackle new scheduling format

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 15:58:49 GMT

Atlantic Coast Conference officials are headed to North Carolina this week for their fall meetings. Perhaps Dallas or one of two California spots — Stanford or Berkeley — would have been a more appropriate location as a new scheduling format is discussed to accommodate the league’s expansion.Travel to those locations would have given athletic directors and administrators a preview of what they will be asking of their teams and fans when SMU, Stanford and Cal join the league in 2024.League officials are expected to discuss a new scheduling format for next year’s debut of the 17-team football conference. North Carolina coach Mack Brown and others are concerned about possibly losing rivalry games — a concern that other leagues, like the Big Ten, are also grappling with among all the changes.“With all this realignment going on, it’s kind of crazy,” Brown said Monday. “I’m a traditionalist and I love rivalries. I think championships and rivalries are the two things that this ...

Banned Fagioli apologizes for ‘naive’ betting error, Newcastle giving ‘full support’ to Tonali

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 15:58:49 GMT

TURIN, Italy (AP) — In his first public words since being implicated in a betting scandal, Juventus midfielder Nicolò Fagioli has apologized for a “naive error” but also hit out at newspapers for writing what he described as “rubbish.”Newcastle has also spoken out in response to midfielder Sandro Tonali being investigated by Italian authorities, saying the player had the club’s “full support.” Fagioli was banned for seven months by the Italian soccer federation for betting violations, and ordered to undergo treatment for a gambling addiction. On Wednesday, he issued a statement on his Instagram account. “I thought I would start by apologizing not only to Juventus fans but to all fans in the world of soccer and sport for the naive error that I made,” Fagioli wrote. “But instead I am obliged to start with the rubbish that newspapers write about me just to put me in a bad light with thousands of falsehoods…or maybe better, just to get a couple more views. I will speak soon....

Two Kansas prison employees fired, six disciplined, after injured inmate was mocked

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 15:58:49 GMT

TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — Two employees at a Kansas prison were fired, and six others were disciplined, after accusations that they mocked and failed to help an injured female inmate.Other inmates at the Topeka Correctional Facility said the injured inmate spent two hours crawling back to her cell after hurting herself in September, KCUR-FM reported. Inmates told KCUR that prison staff called the injured woman “fat” and “lazy,” and didn’t provide assistance because they thought she was faking.Hours later, the inmate was hospitalized with an injured foot, and didn’t return to the prison for several weeks, the Kansas news service reported.Kansas Department of Corrections spokesperson David Thompson said in a statement that officials take allegations of mistreatment seriously.“We are confident that these actions represent a temporary lapse in judgment for the handful of staff that were involved and do not reflect a systemic issue at TCF or the larger correctional system,” Thompso...