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Surveillance video captures box truck explosion in Boyle Heights

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 11:21:25 GMT

The cargo area of a box truck exploded in Boyle Heights early Thursday and the incident was captured on video.The explosion was reported around 5 a.m. at 960 S. Grande Vista Ave., according to the Los Angeles Fire Department.A flash is seen as a box truck explodes in Boyle Heights on Aug. 17, 2023. No injuries were reported, but several vehicles parked nearby were damaged and windows were broken in nearby homes.“While the specific cause of the fire has yet to be determined, Investigators are pursuing the possibility that one of several propane tanks stored within the vehicle may have been leaking,” the Fire Department said in an alert.An box truck explosion caused significant damage in Boyle Heights on Aug. 17, 2023. (KTLA) Video provided to KTLA shows bright a flash as debris flies through the street.

49ers camp: Does Brock Purdy’s milestone shelve him for Saturday game?

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 11:21:25 GMT

SANTA CLARA — Wide receiver Jauan Jennings knew exactly how to describe Brock Purdy after a milestone in the quarterback’s comeback from elbow surgery.“Brock-star. We love him out there,” Jennings said Thursday.Purdy was out there practicing three consecutive days this week for the first time since his March 10 surgery, keeping him firmly on track to start the 49ers’ regular-season opener Sept. 10 at the Pittsburgh Steelers.When it comes to preseason football, however, the 49ers love Purdy out of danger and over on the sideline. He’s not expected to play in Saturday’s preseason game against the Denver Broncos at Levi’s Stadium, after he and every other would-be starter sat out Sunday’s 34-7 loss at the Las Vegas Raiders.Sam Darnold could get the start if coach Kyle Shanahan opts not to give Trey Lance a mulligan after his shaky outing against the Raiders.Purdy certainly got the most work in Thursday’s brisk practice. He too...

Interactive map: Where 12,800 California gun homicides happened

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 11:21:25 GMT

Gun homicides killed nearly 13,000 people in California from 2014 through 2022. This new map is a grim memorial of sorts for those lives taken by gun violence, each life lost a dot on the map.You can zoom in on your neighborhood, or any street in the state to see where these violent deaths happened. The map is from Hope and Heal Fund, a violence prevention nonprofit formed in the wake of the mass shootings in San Bernardino in 2015.Refujio “Cuco” Rodriguez-Rodriguez, the nonprofit’s Chief Strategist and Equity Officer, recalls people asserting that homicides in Los Angeles were driving the state’s homicide rate, and thinking “Where’s that data point? where are you getting that?”Now, after years of research and mapping, he has an answer, and it confirmed his hypothesis. One of the group’s main findings is that “rural counties are disproportionately impacted by gun violence.”The research shows that some counties in the Central Valley, an...

Yeti store and several restaurants head to Santana Row in San Jose

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 11:21:25 GMT

SAN JOSE — Santana Row in San Jose, described by its principal owner as one of the parent company’s “big four” centers, has landed new merchants, including an outdoor gear retailer.YETI, which specializes in outdoor apparel and equipment, held a grand opening on Thursday for its new store in Santana Row, a mixed-use destination center of shops, restaurants, homes, offices and hotel facilities.The new site represents the first time YETI has opened a store in the Bay Area or anywhere in Northern California, the retailer said.Several merchant openings are currently in the works at Santana Row, according to Collette Navarrette, senior marketing director at Santana Row, whose principal owner and developer is Federal Realty Investment Trust.Among the new openings:— YETI, a global designer, retailer, and distributor of cutting-edge outdoor items. Its products include coolers, drinkware, backpacks and bags. YETI opened on Thursday.— Suspiro, a Peruvian an...

Kate Middleton sips margaritas with socialite at center Prince William cheating rumors

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 11:21:25 GMT

Kate Middleton reportedly “let her hair down” at a music festival last weekend, enjoying dinner and sipping margaritas with her country friends, the Marquess and Marchioness of Cholmondeley, who have long been the objects of fascination in royal circles and among royal followers because of the longstanding but unsubstantiated rumor that Prince William and the marchioness once became too friendly, or even had an affair.Photos emerged this week on social media of the Princess of Wales in a rare private moment at the Houghton Festival, which was staged on the grounds of the Cholmondeleys’ 1,000-acre estate in Norfolk. Kate and William have an estate nearby.Royal watchers no doubt enjoyed seeing the usually polished princess in this unguarded moment, drinking what appears to be a cocktail and dressed casually in black jeans and sneakers. There also were reports that she tipped waitstaff nearly $900, as her friends also poured out tastes of a high-end French rose wine, ...

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Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 11:21:25 GMT

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'Bogus': Oakland mayor pushes back on claim that firing chief increased crime

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 11:21:25 GMT

(KRON) -- Oakland Mayor Sheng Thao pushed back on suggestions that crime in Oakland had increased as a result of the mayor's firing of Oakland Police Chief LeRonne Armstrong earlier this year. Last week, the NAACP published a letter directly tying Oakland's recent crime surge to the firing of the chief."Since Armstrong was fired, 'the City of Oakland is in the throes of a crime wave that has reached alarming proportions in 2023,'" the NAACP wrote, citing the Oakland Police Officer's Association. Antioch police officers arrested by FBI, mayor says OPOA stats cited by the NAACP included:Over 2,000 robberies, a 24% increaseMore than 400 carjackings, a 16% surgeOver 10,000 burglaries, a 42% rise"The situation has escalated into a public safety crisis that demands immediate attention," the OPOA said."Armstrong was an extraordinary chief who was exactly what Oakland always wanted. He was a person of color, grew up in Oakland, knew the city and worked well with people from different cult...

Tim Anderson of White Sox has suspension for fight with Guardians’ José Ramírez trimmed to 5 games

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 11:21:25 GMT

CHICAGO (AP) — Chicago White Sox star Tim Anderson had his six-game suspension for fighting Cleveland’s José Ramírez and triggering a benches-clearing brawl reduced to five games on Thursday under a settlement with Major League Baseball.Anderson will start serving the punishment Friday, when the White Sox open a three-game series at Colorado. Ramírez served two games after initially being suspended for three.Anderson was given the harsher penalty for instigating the fight on Aug. 5, when he and Ramirez faced off in the middle of the infield like boxers. Anderson connected with a couple of punches before Ramirez dropped him with a blow to the face.The fight started after Ramirez slid headfirst into second base between Anderson’s legs with an RBI double. He seemed upset by a hard tag and jumped to his feet. The two exchanged words, with Ramírez pointing in Anderson’s face as second base umpire Malachi Moore tried to step between them.Anderson then dropped his glove and cha...

Quarterback competition remains at forefront as UCLA prepares for final season in Pac-12

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 11:21:25 GMT

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Chip Kelly has faced nearly every scenario since becoming UCLA’s coach in 2018. The one thing he didn’t have to worry about, though, was who would play quarterback.After Dorian Thompson-Robinson’s graduation, Kelly enters his sixth season in Westwood with a quarterback competition between four players.Even though Kelly has not named a starter for the Sept. 2 opener against Coastal Carolina, he isn’t overly stressed about it.“Someone has to take a snap on the first drive and tell everyone who that will be,” Kelly said when asked if he was getting closer to a decision.Ethan Garbers and Dante Moore remain among the favorites to win the job. Garbers is in his third season with the program after transferring from Washington in 2021.The redshirt junior has seen action in 11 games over the past two years. Garbers came in late during last year’s Sun Bowl against Pitt and led the Bruins on an eight-play, 70-yard TD drive that gave the Bruins a 35-34 lead with 34 seconds re...

UN: North Korea is increasing repression as people are reportedly starving in parts of the country

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 11:21:25 GMT

UNITED NATIONS (AP) — North Korea is increasing its repression of human rights and people are becoming more desperate and reportedly starving in parts of the country as the economic situation worsens, the U.N. rights chief said Thursday.Volker Türk told the first open meeting of the U.N. Security Council since 2017 on North Korean human rights that in the past its people have endured periods of severe economic difficulty and repression, but “currently they appear to be suffering both.”“According to our information, people are becoming increasingly desperate as informal markets and other coping mechanisms are dismantled, while their fear of state surveillance, arrest, interrogation and detention has increased,” he said.North Korean leader Kim Jong Il closed the borders of his northeast Asian nation to contain COVID-19. But as the pandemic has waned, Türk said the government’s restrictions have grown even more extensive, with guards authorized to shoot any unauthorized person approach...