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Sierra Madre residents on edge over increasing number of bear encounters, attacks

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 11:24:09 GMT

The number of bears sightings, break-ins and close encounters is growing in a Sierra Madre community, leaving residents on edge.Locals and city officials said bear attacks are becoming too common and they’re concerned it’s only a matter of time before an encounter turns deadly.City leaders said they’re trying to create a plan that will make residents feel safer while also protecting the wild bears.Video from recent encounters shows bears of all sizes being spotted, with some clawing their way inside a kitchen or taking a dip in a backyard pool.“It’s more than a nuisance,” Glenn Lambdin, Former Sierre Madre mayor. “And it has already gone into the danger zones. I think we’re sitting on a time bomb that’s going to explode and we don’t know when.”Bear encounters growing in Sierra Madre, leaving residents concerned. (Sandy Duvall)Bear encounters growing in Sierra Madre, leaving residents concerned. (KTLA)Bear encounters growing in Sierra Madre, leaving residents concerned. (KTLA)Bear...

Berkeley police arrest man for sexual assault

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 11:24:09 GMT

(KRON) -- The Berkeley Police Department arrested a man on suspicion of sexual assault on April 5, it said in a press release. The announcement comes on the same day that another man was arrested in connection with multiple sexual assaults in Berkeley and Palo Alto. The arrest made on April 5 was for an incident that occurred March 26 on the 2000 block of Blake Street. At about 9:15 p.m., a woman in her 20s was grabbed from behind, pulled into a parking lot and sexually assaulted for several minutes, police said. UC Berkeley sexual assault suspect connected to assault in Palo Alto Police identified the suspect as 20-year-old Jonathan Castellanos Miller using forensic evidence collected at the scene. An arrest warrant was issued on April 5, and he was arrested that day outside of Berkeley city limits. BPD served a search warrant at an address associated with Castellanos Miller and found evidence of the assault, handcuffs and two replica guns. The Alameda County District Attorney's ...

Informan al Departamento de Estado de la detención de un estadounidense en Libia

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 11:24:09 GMT

(CNN) — El Departamento de Estado de EE.UU. tiene conocimiento de la detención de un ciudadano estadounidense en Libia por una milicia con base en Trípoli.“El Departamento de Estado de EE.UU. es consciente de los informes de un ciudadano de Estados Unidos en Libia detenido por una milicia con sede en Trípoli. Cuando un ciudadano de Estados Unidos es detenido en el extranjero, el Departamento trabaja para proporcionar toda la asistencia adecuada. El Departamento de Estado de EE.UU. y nuestras embajadas y consulados en el extranjero no tienen mayor prioridad que la seguridad de los ciudadanos estadounidenses en el extranjero”, dijo un portavoz del Departamento de Estado a CNN.La advertencia de viaje del Departamento de Estado para Libia es de nivel 4: advertencia a los estadounidenses de que no viajen debido a la delincuencia, el terrorismo, los disturbios civiles, los secuestros y los conflictos armados.The-CNN-Wire™ & © 2023 Cable News Network, Inc.,...

Lakers beat Wolves in OT, Hawks top Heat in play-in openers

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 11:24:09 GMT

LOS ANGELES (AP) — LeBron James had 30 points and 10 rebounds, and the Los Angeles Lakers claimed the seventh spot in the Western Conference playoffs with a grueling 108-102 overtime victory over the short-handed Minnesota Timberwolves in the NBA’s play-in tournament Tuesday night.Dennis Schröder scored 21 points and iced the win with two free throws with 8.4 seconds left for the Lakers, who will face second-seeded Memphis in the first round starting Sunday.Karl-Anthony Towns scored 24 points and Mike Conley hit three free throws with 0.1 seconds left in regulation to tie it for the Wolves, who will host New Orleans or Oklahoma City on Friday for the eighth spot and a first-round date with top-seeded Denver beginning Sunday. The Pelicans host the Thunder on Wednesday night.Anthony Davis had 24 points, 15 rebounds and one tremendously ill-advised foul on Conley, who scored 23 points. Los Angeles survived a back-and-forth meeting with Minnesota, which gave an inspired effort while pla...

Lakers outlast Wolves 108-102 in OT, advance to face Memphis

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 11:24:09 GMT

LOS ANGELES (AP) — LeBron James had 30 points and 10 rebounds, and the Los Angeles Lakers claimed the seventh spot in the Western Conference playoffs with a grueling 108-102 overtime victory over the short-handed Minnesota Timberwolves in the NBA’s play-in tournament Tuesday night.Dennis Schröder scored 21 points and iced the win with two free throws with 8.4 seconds left for the Lakers, who will face second-seeded Memphis in the first round starting Sunday.Karl-Anthony Towns scored 24 points and Mike Conley hit three free throws with 0.1 seconds left in regulation to tie it for the Wolves, who will host New Orleans or Oklahoma City on Friday for the eighth spot and a first-round date with top-seeded Denver beginning Sunday.The Pelicans host the Thunder on Wednesday night, and Minnesota must then beat the winner to reach the playoffs for only the third time in 19 seasons.Anthony Davis had 24 points, 15 rebounds and one tremendously ill-advised foul on Conley, who scored 23 points. L...

Burnes outduels Kelly, Brewers top Diamondbacks 7-1

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 11:24:09 GMT

PHOENIX (AP) — Corbin Burnes has had a lot of great outings over the past few years for the Milwaukee Brewers.Manager Craig Counsell said Tuesday night might have been his very best.Burnes threw eight scoreless innings, Willy Adames broke up Merrill Kelly’s no-hit bid in the seventh inning by smashing a solo homer to center field, and the Brewers piled up runs late to beat the Arizona Diamondbacks 7-1.“That’s as good of a start as Corbin has had in the big leagues,” Counsell said. “I thought he was just awesome.”Burnes (1-1) — the 2021 NL Cy Young Award winner — had two mediocre starts to begin the season but was excellent against the D-backs. The hard-throwing righty gave up three hits and struck out eight, navigating the D-backs’ lineup in just 89 pitches.“It’s about not hitting the panic button,” Burnes said. “It’s very easy to start to panic, start looking at things and dig into something that’s not there. So for me, I took a brief look at the mechanics, took a brief...

Amadio scores 2, leads Golden Knights past Kraken 4-1

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 11:24:09 GMT

LAS VEGAS (AP) — Michael Amadio had two goals and an assist, and the Vegas Golden Knights moved closer to claiming the Pacific Division with a 4-1 victory over the Seattle Kraken on Tuesday night.Edmonton’s 2-1 overtime victory over Colorado on Tuesday prevented the Knights from clinching the Pacific.Reilly Smith had a three-point game, scoring on the rebound of a shot by linemate Amadio. Smith also picked up assists on Amadio’s goals. Jonathan Marchessault scored on a 5-on-3 power play and William Karlsson had two assists for Vegas.Laurent Brossoit made 20 saves and ran his season record to 6-0-3, helped by a Vegas defense that allowed four shots on goal in the third period.Yanni Gourde scored for the Kraken.The Knights, who are 4-0-3 in their last seven games, lead the Pacific and Western conference with 109 points. They will face the Kraken again Thursday night in Seattle in the regular-season finale for both teams. A win gives Vegas the division title, while a loss, ...

Tree removal underway in Alpine to avoid fire danger prompts concern amongst residents

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 11:24:09 GMT

ALPINE, Calif. -- In an effort to prevent wildfires in at-risk areas ahead of this year's wildfire season in San Diego, an extensive tree and shrub removal is underway in the East County that clears anything posing a fire danger within a five-foot proximity of a structure, but the move is raising concern from some residents. “What we want to do is take anything that could be overhanging the roofline, cut that completely away," shared Alpine Fire Marshal Jason McBroom while taking to FOX 5 on a tour of one apartment complex in the area unveiling the fire risks just feet away from surrounding units. To alleviate the threat, a state law, SB 63, that went into effect last year is now underway in Alpine, requiring the removal of trees, shrubs and plants over 18 inches tall from homes, schools, businesses, or any structure in the area; something enforced by the Alpine Fire Protection District. “It’s like links in a chain. The tighter the chain, the stronger the community," McBroom said. ...

Musician Kauan Okamoto alleges talent manager assaulted him

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 11:24:09 GMT

TOKYO (AP) — When Johnny Kitagawa told one of the boys staying at his luxury house to go to bed early, everyone knew “it was your turn.” That was among the recollections shared Wednesday by musician Kauan Okamoto, then 15, about allegedly being sexually assaulted by Kitagawa, a powerful figure in the Japanese entertainment world. The Associated Press does not usually identify victims of alleged sexual assault, but Okamoto has chosen to identify himself in the media.Okamoto was part of the backup boys’ group Johnny’s Jr., which also worked as a talent pool for Johnny & Associates, a talent agency managing male idol actors and singers.He remembered the sound of Kitagawa’s slippers pitter-pattering down the hallway. He turned over in bed, feigning sleep. Sometimes Kitagawa handed him a 10,000-yen ($100) bill the morning after when no one was looking, like in the elevator, according to Okamoto.That continued for four years, starting in 2012 and lasting until Okamoto left Johnny &...

As Ukraine war drags on, civilians’ mental health needs rise

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 11:24:09 GMT

KRAMATORSK, Ukraine (AP) — Huddled in the back of a café near the train station where a missile killed dozens of people a year ago, Nastya took slow, deliberate breaths to calm herself. Overnight, her neighborhood had been bombed again, and she just couldn’t take any more.Heeding her parents’ advice, the 20-year-old woman had visited the nearby psychiatric hospital that morning — a place that also bore the scars of war after being repeatedly bombed, including by a missile that destroyed part of the building last September. But the staff swept up the shattered glass, shoveled away the debris and carried on working, determined to stay in Kramatorsk, in Ukraine’s eastern Donbas region, to help those in need. For Nastya, it was a lifeline. “After today’s shelling, I could no longer cope with anxiety, the feeling of constant danger,” the speech therapy student said, giving only her first name to talk last month about the difficult decision to seek mental health care. The stigma of ...