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Police shoot stabbing suspect in East Hollywood

Published Sat, 22 Feb 2025 18:37:11 GMT

Streets were blocked and crime scene tape surrounded the entrance to the Vermont/Beverly Metro station in East Hollywood after a police shooting Tuesday morning.The incident unfolded around 9:45 a.m. when someone called 911 to report a man trying to stab them, a Los Angeles Police spokesperson told KTLA.Officers responded and shot the suspect, police said. Both the stabbing victim and the suspect were hospitalized in unknown conditions.Streets were blocked and crime scene tape surrounded the entrance to the Vermont/Beverly Metro station in East Hollywood after a police shooting. May 2, 2023. (KTLA)Streets were blocked and crime scene tape surrounded the entrance to the Vermont/Beverly Metro station in East Hollywood after a police shooting. May 2, 2023. (KTLA)Streets were blocked and crime scene tape surrounded the entrance to the Vermont/Beverly Metro station in East Hollywood after a police shooting. May 2, 2023. (KTLA)Streets were blocked and crime scene tape surrounded the entra...

President Biden sending 1,500 troops for Mexico border migrant surge

Published Sat, 22 Feb 2025 18:37:11 GMT

The Biden administration will send 1,500 troops to the U.S.-Mexico border ahead of an expected migrant surge following the end of coronavirus pandemic-era restrictions.Military personnel will do data entry, warehouse support and other administrative tasks so that U.S. Customs and Border Protection can focus on fieldwork, White House spokeswoman Karine Jean-Pierre said Tuesday. The troops “will not be performing law enforcement functions or interacting with immigrants, or migrants,” Jean-Pierre said. “This will free up Border Patrol agents to perform their critical law enforcement duties.”The troops will carry out this support for 90 days, said Pentagon spokesman Air Force Brig. Gen. Pat Ryder, “until CBP can address these needs through contracted support.”It's unclear when the troops would be deployed. The COVID-19 restrictions allowed U.S. officials to turn away tens of thousands of migrants crossing the southern border, but those restrictions will lift May 11, and border officials...

Los Angeles County fully out of a drought

Published Sat, 22 Feb 2025 18:37:11 GMT

The latest update from the official U.S. Drought Monitor shows that more areas of the Golden State are no longer in a drought, including all of Los Angeles County.Drought conditions have continued to retreat across the state after the winter season brought heavy rain and historic snowfall.The data, released on April 27, shows that more than 60% of California is free from any drought classification, a percentage that has continued to increase since March when researchers found that more than 50% of the state was out of a drought, which was the first time that happened in three years.About 31% of the state is considered to be “abnormally dry,” the U.S. Drought Monitor’s least severe classification, while about 7% of the region is considered to be in a “moderate drought.”No area in the Golden State is considered to be in an “extreme or exceptional” drought, the U.S. Drought Monitor’s two worst classifications.In November, virtually all of California’s Central Valley was deemed to be in...

Jonas Brothers head to Dodger Stadium for upcoming tour

Published Sat, 22 Feb 2025 18:37:11 GMT

No need to send out an "S.O.S," the Jonas Brothers are hitting the road for a career-encompassing tour. The band made the announcement on Tuesday morning via social media and their website."It’s official!" the band's caption on Instagram read. "FIVE ALBUMS. ONE NIGHT. THE TOUR."Twitter: Jonas BrothersThey're swinging big and will take their act across the country for a 35-date tour that kicks off Aug. 12 at Yankee Stadium. They'll be at Dodger Stadium on Sept. 9.The tour wraps up on Oct. 14 in Miami at the Kaseya Center. The Brothers' new album called "The Album" drops May 12. Fans looking to snag tickets for the upcoming tour can register for Verified Fan on Ticketmaster now through May 6 at 8:59 p.m. PST. Presale for the L.A. show starts on May 9 at 10 a.m.

Hair Transplant Turkey – Could It Help You Permanently Overcome Hair Loss?

Published Sat, 22 Feb 2025 18:37:11 GMT

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Bay Area classical music fans have a LOT to choose from this weekend

Published Sat, 22 Feb 2025 18:37:11 GMT

Concerts, recitals, chamber music, and a pair of Baroque masterworks – music lovers have a thrilling array of events to choose from this weekend.Here’s a partial roundup.Marsalis at S.F. Symphony: Saxophonist Branford Marsalis joins conductor Thomas Wilkins and the orchestra in the first San Francisco Symphony performances of Erwin Schulhoff’s “Hot-Sonate,” a 1930 work that was banned by the Nazis and has finally assumed its rightful place in the repertoire. The program also includes Duke Ellington’s “Harlem,” “Three Dance Episodes” from Bernstein’s “On the Town,” and John Williams’ “Escapades” from the 2002 film “Catch Me If You Can.”Details: 2 p.m. May 4, 7:30 p.m. May 5-6; $20-$135; 415-864-6000; sfsymphony.org.“May the fourth be with you”: That’s what the Oakland Symphony is promising as the orchestra returns Friday night with “The Music of John Williams,” a family-friendly program featuring a sampler of some of the composer’s greatest Hollywood hits, including music from ...

Calling our shot: The top Pac-12 prospects for the 2024 NFL Draft

Published Sat, 22 Feb 2025 18:37:11 GMT

Welcome to the Hotline’s assessment of the top Pac-12 prospects for next year’s NFL Draft, an annual exercise in semi-futility that nonetheless helps frame the 2023 season.The two positions stocked with high-end talent are destined to collide on a down-by-down basis.As most fans are undoubtedly aware, the Pac-12 is loaded with elite quarterbacks. (No other conference comes close.)But the conference also is brimming with top-tier edge rushers, to a degree not seen on the West Coast in years.The broad narrative for 2023 — whether the touted quarterbacks dominate, as expected, or are held in check — depends partly on the outcome of that essential conflict.Because the collection of offensive tackles is, well, not very strong.Notes on the following:*** Projections include underclassmen who will be draft-eligible next spring and are, in our view, likely to declare.*** Not every player listed will declare for the draft, while some prospects who aren’t listed will as...

Exodus: Bay Area, California, San Jose, Oakland, San Francisco, Los Angeles all lose population

Published Sat, 22 Feb 2025 18:37:11 GMT

Downtown Oakland, April 2023. (Jane Tyska/Bay Area News Group)The Bay Area and California suffered a population decline in 2022, according to a disquieting new government report that hints at an ongoing exodus of residents from the nation’s largest state.The population decline engulfed all four of California’s largest cities and seven of the state’s 10 largest cities, which shows that the dwindling trend of residents isn’t merely some isolated cases, but extends to all of the state’s major population centers, the state Finance Department reported in its new release.The Bay Area lost just a shade under 34,000 residents in 2022, this news organization’s review of the state agency’s report shows. The Bay Area now has approximately 7.55 million residents. The nine-county region’s population shrank by 0.4%.San Jose lost nearly 4,500 residents and now has a population of 959,300, the state agency estimated. That puts the Bay Area’...

Biden sends more troops to border ahead of migrant surge

Published Sat, 22 Feb 2025 18:37:11 GMT

By Colleen Long, Aamer Madhani and Tara Copp | Associated PressWASHINGTON — The Biden administration will send 1,500 troops to the U.S.-Mexico border ahead of an expected migrant surge following the end of coronavirus pandemic-era restrictions.Military personnel will do data entry, warehouse support and other administrative tasks so that U.S. Customs and Border Protection can focus on fieldwork, White House spokeswoman Karine Jean-Pierre said Tuesday.The troops “will not be performing law enforcement functions or interacting with immigrants, or migrants,” Jean-Pierre said. “This will free up Border Patrol agents to perform their critical law enforcement duties.”The troops will carry out this support for 90 days, said Pentagon spokesman Air Force Brig. Gen. Pat Ryder, “until CBP can address these needs through contracted support.”It’s unclear when the troops would be deployed.The COVID-19 restrictions allowed U.S. officials to turn away tens ...

UC Berkeley student falls from 3-story building during frat party

Published Sat, 22 Feb 2025 18:37:11 GMT

(KRON) -- A female student at UC Berkeley fell three stories off the roof of a fraternity last month and suffered significant injuries, according to the Berkeley Police Department. Berkeley police received numerous calls on April 22 at around 12:11 p.m. about a female student who'd fallen off a fraternity roof on the 2300 block of Piedmont Avenue. Questions remain in Bob Lee homicide case Officers and medical personnel arrived on the scene and located the victim laying on the pavement outside. She was transported to Highland Hospital.The victim, described as a female Cal student in her twenties, is in stable condition and expected to survive, police said. She sustained significant injuries consistent with a fall from a high elevation, including numerous fractures and internal injuries.The incident occurred during a frat party on Cal Day. Numerous students were under the influence of alcohol, police said. While an investigation is still ongoing, police said that at this time, it lo...