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Jose Mauricio Ochoa Jr. Pronounced Dead following Stolen Vehicle Crash on Southern Avenue [South Gate, CA]

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 19:25:02 GMT

Man Killed, Woman Injured after Pursuit Ends in Crash near State StreetSOUTH GATE, CA (October 12, 2023) – Monday afternoon, Jose Mauricio Ochoa Jr. was killed and a woman was injured following a stolen vehicle crash on Southern Avenue.First, deputies from the LA County Sheriff’s Department initiated the pursuit of a reportedly stolen Range Rover in East Los Angeles. At approximately 3:30 p.m., the driver of the stolen vehicle collided with multiple cars near the vicinity of Southern Avenue and State Street. Unfortunately, a man who was operating a Nissan Sentra suffered fatal injuries and was declared deceased at the scene. Additionally, a woman inside a Toyota 4Runner sustained minor injuries upon impact. Law enforcement arrested one of the suspects who was inside the Range Rover, while the search continued for two other individuals. Subsequently, the Los Angeles County Department of Medical Examiner identified the deceased Nissan driver as 34-year-old Jose Mauricio Ochoa Jr...

Leopoldo Padilla Mondragon Killed in Hit-and-Run Bicycle Accident on Riverside Avenue [Rialto, CA]

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 19:25:02 GMT

46-Year-Old Santos Lopez-Rosales Arrested after Hit-and-Run Collision near Santa Ana AvenueRIALTO, CA (October 12, 2023) – On Saturday, Leopoldo Padilla Mondragon lost his life in a bicycle accident on South Riverside Avenue.The incident occurred around 7:05 p.m. on South Riverside Avenue, near Santa Ana Avenue. First responders swiftly arrived at the scene.Upon their arrival, law enforcement discovered that a white 2008 Hyundai Elantra had collided with a cyclist who was traveling south in the middle of the No. 2 lane.Despite immediate efforts, emergency personnel pronounced the male bicyclist dead at the scene. Authorities later identified the deceased as 65-year-old Leopoldo Padilla Mondragon, a resident of Laguna Hills.After conducting preliminary investigations, officers determined that the suspect’s vehicle was located in Bloomington. Consequently, a warrant for the arrest of 46-year-old Santos Lopez-Rosales from San Bernardino was issued, as he was suspected of a ...

From Texas’ border to California: A tale of two cities’ response to migrants arriving unexpectedly

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 19:25:02 GMT

BY JUSTO ROBLES AND ALEJANDRA REYES-VELARDE | CalMattersLea este artículo en español.Aura Silva was among 36 migrants who in early June were driven from Texas’ border to New Mexico and then flown to Sacramento. She had no family there to take her in and no knowledge of how to find shelter. She had just learned about the capital city several days before, after crossing the U.S. border.The Diocese of Sacramento and partner organizations stepped in to help, offering clothes and food to the 31-year-old Colombian mother and her fellow travelers. The next few days, the migrants slept at a synagogue before being placed in a hotel.While grateful for that support, Silva soon began to feel frustrated because she couldn’t find a job. Without guidance on the convoluted U.S. asylum process, Silva didn’t know how to apply for a work permit, which can take six months or more to get.After three months of waiting, Silva decided to leave Sacramento.“A friend of mine told me I could find a job at a Me...

Photos: Americans rally in support of Israelis and Palestinians

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 19:25:02 GMT

Dueling pro-Israeli and pro-Palestinian rallies emerged in cities across the Golden State and the rest of the nation, as well as the world, within the last week after a deadly war broke out between Hamas and Israel Defense Forces.As the death toll climbed, scenes of anger and impassioned denunciations of violence turned to moments of grief and tears.CLICK HERE to read our latest, local coverage of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.Alice Sifen, 2, of Norfolk, plants Israeli flags during the Community Solidarity Gathering for Israel at the Tidewater Jewish Community Center in Virginia Beach on Tuesday, October 10, 2023. (Stephen M. Katz/The Virginian-Pilot) Hundreds gather in the parking lot of the Tidewater Jewish Community Center for the Community Solidarity Gathering for Israel on Tuesday, October 10, 2023. (Stephen M. Katz/The Virginian-Pilot) Alla Bezrodnaya, of San Francisco, originally from Ukraine, takes part in a rally at San Francisco City Hall in San Francisco, Cal...

Reservists flock to Gaza border as Israel preps ground invasion

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 19:25:02 GMT

By Jeremy Diamond Michael Schwartz | CNNThe signs of Israel’s massive mobilization for a potential ground invasion of Gaza are all around here.The highways are strewn with military vehicles – trucks full of ammunition, armored personnel carriers and tanks – as well as civilian cars and buses packed with reservists heading to bases to train and prepare for the next phase of Israel’s response to Hamas’s terrorist attacks. A formation of armored personnel carriers lies still in a field, facing Gaza, which lies just six miles away. Nearby, artillery guns deliver a steady thumping of strikes on Gaza.This is a country on a war footing.At a military base a dozen miles from the Gaza border, thousands of reservists flood through a narrow two-lane highway. They are answering Israel’s call for more than 300,000 reservists – one of the largest mobilizations in the country’s history – after Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu warned his country will “fight back with a force and scope that the enem...

Former SF Giants manager Bochy is back in a familiar place — deep in the MLB postseason

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 19:25:02 GMT

By STEPHEN HAWKINS | AP Baseball WriterARLINGTON, Texas (AP) — Bruce Bochy was home the past three Octobers, doing a little fishing and hitting a few golf balls after stepping away from a 25-year managerial career that included three World Series championships with the Giants.As enjoyable and relaxing as that all was, he found himself missing more and more where he preferred to be this time of the year.Bochy is back in the dugout for the postseason in his first season with the Texas Rangers, whose general manager is one of his former pitchers who lured him out of his brief retirement.“I’m having the time of my life,” said the 68-year-old Bochy, who is going to his first American League Championship Series.The Rangers were mired in a string of six consecutive losing seasons. With Bochy in charge, they went 90-72 before sweeping the first two rounds in these playoffs against the AL’s winningest teams this year — Tampa Bay in the Wild Card Series, then Baltimore in the Division Series....

Trump knocks Israeli PM Netanyahu, calls Hezbollah ‘smart’

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 19:25:02 GMT

By Kaitlan Collins, Kate Sullivan and Shania Shelton | CNNFormer President Donald Trump lashed out Wednesday at Benjamin Netanyahu, saying the Israeli prime minister was caught unprepared by Hamas’ attack and praising the Lebanese militant group Hezbollah as “very smart.”The remarks reflect the soured relationship between the two men and are notable at a time when Trump’s Republican presidential rivals have uniformly sought to position themselves as steadfast supporters of Netanyahu during Israel’s war with Hamas.“(Netanyahu) has been hurt very badly because of what’s happened here. He was not prepared. He was not prepared, and Israel was not prepared,” Trump told Fox News’ Brian Kilmeade in an interview clip that aired Wednesday night.Trump went further at a campaign event in West Palm Beach, Florida.“When I see sometimes the intelligence, you talk about the intelligence, or you talk about some of the things that went wrong over the last week, they’ve got to straighten it out becau...

Vehicle hits pedestrian near Vineyard Avenue and Adams Way in Pleasanton

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 19:25:02 GMT

(BCN) -- A vehicle hit a pedestrian in Pleasanton on Thursday morning, according to police.Pleasanton police said shortly after 9 a.m. that the collision happened near Vineyard Avenue and Adams Way. Investigators were still on the scene and police said roads in the area are expected to be closed for "several hours." Copyright © 2023 Bay City News, Inc.

Orsted puts up $100M guarantee that it will build New Jersey’s first offshore wind farm by 2025

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 19:25:02 GMT

OCEAN CITY, N.J. (AP) — The Danish wind energy company Orsted has put up a $100 million guarantee that it will build New Jersey’s first offshore wind farm.But it will lose that money if the project is not operating by Dec. 2025 — a year after the deadline approved by state utility regulators.New Jersey’s Board of Public Utilities approved an agreement Wednesday with Orsted under which the company would forfeit the money if the project is not up and running within 12 months of a series of deadlines previously ordered by the board.Those deadlines call for the project to reach commercial operation in stages by May 1, Sept. 1 and Dec. 1, 2024. But it would forfeit the guarantee money if the project is not operational by December 2025.The money put up on Oct. 4 by Orsted and placed in an escrow account was required under the terms of a law Gov. Phil Murphy signed in July allowing Orsted to keep federal tax credits that it otherwise would have had to return to New Jersey ratep...

Playwright Theresa Rebeck is busy in NYC this fall, with plays uptown and on Broadway

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 19:25:02 GMT

NEW YORK (AP) — If you’re ever tempted to offer playwright Theresa Rebeck an idea for a new play, maybe hold off. She has quite enough of those as it is. “A play is like a license to explore things that my curiosity is really piqued by. I have a lot of curiosity,” she says. “I have a lot of things on my mind and a lot of curiosity.” This fall, New York City has become Rebeck’s playwriting playground. She’s directing her own work “Dig” at 59E59 Theaters, and her “I Need That” has landed on Broadway starring Danny DeVito and his daughter Lucy.“I Need That” is Rebeck’s 21st professional production in New York and her fifth on Broadway, making her easily the most-produced female playwright of her generation on Broadway.“A friend of mine said to me one time, ‘Well, there’s no question the muse is with you.’ And I thought, ‘That’s an interesting way to put it,’” says Rebeck, laughing.“Dig” opened just before rehearsals began in earnest for “I Need That” a doz...