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Southern California beaches battered by waves again, prompting closures and warnings

Published Tue, 04 Mar 2025 08:20:22 GMT

Massive surf at Southern California beaches caused pier closures early Friday morning and warnings from first responders.While much of the focus was on Thursday's swells, including a dangerous rogue wave in Ventura, Orange County remains one of the epicenters for high surf and officials are urging residents and beachgoers to exercise extra caution.Lifeguards and first responders were out in force at Seal Beach early Friday morning. While the large waves might offer a spectacular view, officials were warning that those conditions could quickly turn for the worse. Rogue wave slams into Southern California beachgoers; 9 hospitalized Robert Canfield is a local videographer and surfer who came to get a look at the massive swells himself. He urged his fellow beachgoers to be extra careful while visiting."Stay on the berm, stay away from the water when it's this size. There's a lot of rip currents that you don't see," Canfield said. "I saw yesterday there was a lot of families that, obv...

10 Best Live Betting Sites – In-Game Sportsbooks Rated for Odds, Markets, & Bonuses (2024)

Published Tue, 04 Mar 2025 08:20:22 GMT

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Cohen says he included AI-generated cases in court filings

Published Tue, 04 Mar 2025 08:20:22 GMT

By Larry Neumeister | Associated PressNEW YORK — Michael Cohen, Donald Trump’s onetime personal lawyer and fixer, says he unwittingly passed along to his attorney bogus artificial intelligence-generated legal case citations he got online before they were submitted to a judge.Cohen made the admission in a court filing unsealed Friday in Manhattan federal court after a judge earlier this month asked a lawyer to explain how court rulings that do not exist were cited in a motion submitted on Cohen’s behalf. Judge Jesse Furman had also asked what role, if any, Cohen played in drafting the motion.The AI-generated cases were cited as part of written arguments attorney David M. Schwartz made to try to bring an early end to Cohen’s court supervision after he served more than a year behind bars. Cohen had pleaded guilty in 2018 to tax evasion, campaign finance charges and lying to Congress, saying Trump directed him to arrange the payment of hush money to a porn actor and to...

1 person dead in Oakland fatal collision

Published Tue, 04 Mar 2025 08:20:22 GMT

(KRON) – An Oakland resident has died after being struck by a vehicle, the Oakland Police Department announced Friday. Officers responded to the 7600 block of International Boulevard around 7:30 p.m. on Dec. 28. Officers were investigating the report of a vehicle that collided with a pedestrian. Oakland PD officer killed in line of duty Upon arrival, officers learned that a Mitsubishi Outlander Red SUV was traveling westbound through the 7600 block of International Boulevard. A 47-year-old Oakland resident stepped into the westbound lanes of traffic when the SUV struck him. The driver of the Mitsubishi SUV remained at the scene.Despite the aid provided by the Oakland Fire Department and Falck Ambulance, the victim succumbed to his injuries at the scene. The victim's identity is not being released at this time, pending further investigation.According to police, it is currently unknown if alcohol or drugs were a factor in the collision.This incident is still under investigation...

Police searching for Colorado mother suspected of killing her 2 children, wounding third

Published Tue, 04 Mar 2025 08:20:22 GMT

DENVER (AP) — Police were still searching Friday for a Colorado woman suspected of killing her two young children and wounding a third after police initially responded to a report of a burglary in their home.Kimberlee Singler, 35, was cooperative at first with police investigating the Dec. 19 deaths but then went missing as the probe, which eventually determined the burglary report was unfounded, continued, according to Colorado Springs Police Department spokesperson Ira Cronin. Police were able to present evidence to obtain a warrant for Singler’s arrest on Tuesday but police believe she had already disappeared by then, Cronin said. Singler, who was not under surveillance, was last seen on Saturday in Colorado Springs, he said. “In the initial stages of the investigation, we were treating her as a victim of a burglary,” Cronin said. Police said they answered a 911 call reporting a burglary at an apartment complex at around 12:30 a.m. on Dec. 19 and found the bodies of Singler...

Denver Zoo says goodbye to okapi after significant health decline

Published Tue, 04 Mar 2025 08:20:22 GMT

DENVER (KDVR) -- The Denver Zoo announced Friday that it said goodbye to a 14-year-old okapi after a "significant decline in her health last week."While its striped markings resemble that of a zebra, the Denver Zoo said the okapi is a relative of the giraffe. They can reach higher vegetation than most other hoofed animals thanks to their size and their versatile tongue. According to the Denver Zoo, okapi are one of the few mammals that can lick their own ears. 2 Colorado zoos named among best in US The zoo said that veterinarians and animal care teams anesthetized Kalispell, the okapi also known as Kali, to examine her and understand her health decline. Despite efforts and treatments, the zoo said she died on Dec. 19 surrounded by those who loved her.Kali, born in June 2009, was part of The Association of Zoos and Aquariums’ Species Survival Plan. She had a breeding recommendation with Sekele, a 14-year-old male okapi at the Denver Zoo, and was described as a fierce mother of two ...

Denver weather: Mild temperatures to cool over New Year's weekend

Published Tue, 04 Mar 2025 08:20:22 GMT

DENVER (KDVR) — Under the influence of high pressure, skies remained sunny in Denver weather, allowing temperatures to warm 10-15 degrees above normal. The weekend will start off with more abundant sunshine as temperatures stay very mild for this time of year. However, Pinpoint Weather, Colorado’s Most Accurate Forecast, is tracking slightly cooler temperatures to arrive by the end of the weekend.Forecast metro Denver highs on Saturday from Pinpoint WeatherWeather tonight: Few high clouds and coldThere will be some high thin clouds spilling across northeast Colorado overnight. The wind will be light and it will be cold again. There will be single digits for overnight lows in some Colorado mountain towns. However, most places across the higher elevation will stay above zero unlike the last few nights when temperatures crashed into negative territory. FOX31 Newsletters: Sign up for alerts from the Pinpoint Weather team The eastern half of the state will be cold with temperatures di...

Porch pirates target North Miami neighborhood; longtime resident has message for thieves: ‘get a job’

Published Tue, 04 Mar 2025 08:20:22 GMT

Police are looking for a pair of thieves who, they said, are going around a North Miami neighborhood and stealing packages from people’s front porches.Surveillance video shows two individuals carefully creeping up to a home Friday morning that had a go-cart parked out in the front.The homeowner said they heard noises coming from the outside of his property and turned the lights on, prompting the subjects to run away. But this is not the first time this North Miami home, located in the area of Northeast 125th Street and Fourth Avenue was targeted. Just a month prior to Friday’s incident, the same house was hit by a package thief. This porch pirate got away with $280 in Christmas gifts.Area residents said they are not a bit surprised.“Nope, absolutely not,” said Myron Roberts.Roberts, who has lived in the area 1997, said that in the past 26 years, he’s had three break-ins. “I had several packages stolen from my front door, and then I had my car whic...

Miami, Miami Beach and Fort Lauderdale to host multiple free New Year’s weekend celebrations

Published Tue, 04 Mar 2025 08:20:22 GMT

The cities of Miami and Miami Beach will host multiple free New Year’s weekend celebrations, including free concerts, a holiday festival of lights and two New Year’s Eve firework extravaganzas to ring in 2024.According to study by WalletHub, Miami is considered the sixth best place to party on New Year’s Eve out of 100 cities in the United States.And there is so much to do in the Magic City. Phenomenal restaurants? Check. Great nightlife? Cheap. Things that are cheap? Try free.Fireworks shows in downtown Miami begin around 6 p.m., and they will even go past the clock striking midnight.That’s why Miami Police Chief Manuel Morales said there’s absolutely no reason for revelers to pop off anything of their own.“As always, we please encourage everyone not to engage in celebratory gunfire, ’cause the bullets that come up absolutely have to come down,” he said. “It might be your life or someone of your loved ones that you might be saving.”In...

WATCH: Revere storeowner describes chasing down suspect behind botched robbery attempt

Published Tue, 04 Mar 2025 08:20:22 GMT

The owner of a furniture store in Revere says he’s grateful an attempted robbery ended without serious injuries after he and his friends ran after and captured a suspect.Thaier Tuffaha, the storeowner of B.D.’s Furniture Outlet on Squire Road, shared surveillance video with 7NEWS showing the incident and described how he and a group of friends snapped into action to foil the attempt.Surveillance video captured the moment the suspect tried to rob the store, with him leaping over a counter and attempting to lunge at the cashier, only to slip on the floor and fall on his side as the employee ran away.All the while, several others, including Tuffaha, were watching.“I was in the back, looking at the camera – I have to,” Tuffaha explained, noting how he immediately thought to protect the employee by the register. “He’s attacking the girl – I didn’t care about the money then – I thought of the girl.”He said he never thought ...