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Video shows Southern California mother violently struck by hit-and-run driver

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:40:25 GMT

A violent hit-and-run crash has left a mother of four hospitalized in Whittier as the suspect remains at large.Surveillance video captured the terrifying moment the victim, Lisa Park-Ortiz, was struck and nearly killed on Monday afternoon.She was taking her son to the barber shop around 2:30 p.m. when she was struck while exiting her parked car on Whittier Boulevard.“All I remember is just hearing a noise, almost like a car crash, but it was my body hitting the car and that was the last thing I remember,” said Park-Ortiz.Video captures Park-Ortiz getting violently sideswiped just moments after stepping out of her SUV parked along a busy street. Lisa Park-Ortiz and her children in a family photo.Lisa Park-Ortiz and her children in a family photo.The suspect’s black Hyundai SUV responsible for violenty hitting a mother of four in Whittier on Oct. 30, 2023. (Lisa Park-Ortiz)Surveillance video captured the terrifying moment a mother of four was struck and nearly killed by a hit-and...

Suspect with ties to organized crime wanted for burglaries in West Hollywood

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:40:25 GMT

Authorities with the West Hollywood Sheriff’s Station are searching for an approximately 34-year-old female burglary suspect associated with Romanian organized crime theft groups.  Andreea Catalina Rosca, also known as Nicole Morri, is wanted for at least two burglaries where she stole jewelry and credits cards out of lockers at a hotel spa and yoga studio, according to a bulletin released by LASD.  Rosca, who has a counterfeit Washington State ID card in the name of Morri, is described as a white female adult, standing 5 feet 1 inch tall, weighing around 100 pounds with black hair and brown eyes.  Authorities said Andreea Catalina Rosca, also known as Nicole Morri, is associated with Romanian organized theft groups, authorities said. (LASD)Authorities said Rosca is known to travel the country committing similar crimes.  No information on how the suspect gained access to the hotel and yogi studio lockers, nor the estimated worth of the stolen property was provided. &n...

Family speaks on elderly man murdered by transient inside Garden Grove home

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:40:25 GMT

The family of an elderly man who was killed by a transient inside his Garden Grove apartment on Wednesday night is speaking out about the tragic incident.Chuong Pham, 87, was killed after being attacked by Mario Brancato, a 26-year-old homeless man, inside his apartment on the 9900 block of Central Avenue at around 7:30 p.m., according to the Garden Grove Police Department.Surveillance video from Pham's Ring doorbell camera captures the moment Brancato somehow made it inside Chuong’s home where he stayed for over an hour. It’s unclear what the two were speaking about, but footage captures the two conversing near the front door for some time.Chuong, who had moved to the U.S. from Vietnam in 1996, had lived at the El Centrico apartment complex for over 20 years.His sons recalled the moment they received an alert on their phones of the intruder inside their father’s home.A Ring doorbell camera captured the moments before a homeless man allegedly murdered Chuong Pham inside his Garden G...

2 SuperLotto Plus tickets worth over $15K sold in Southern California

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:40:25 GMT

Two lucky SuperLotto Plus ticketholders in Southern California won thousands of dollars Wednesday night after both hitting five numbers. Wednesday's winning numbers were 8, 10, 23, 26, 45 with Mega number 19, which was the only digit missed by both of these players. Though they slightly missed their shot at the $10 million jackpot, both ticketholders won $15,453 respectively. One 5/5 ticket was sold at Primm Vallety Lotto, which is located at Interstate 15 Stateline Nev. in the unincorporated San Bernardino County community of Nipton.The other 5/5 ticket was sold at a gas station called United Oil, which is located at 8899 La Mesa Blvd. in the east San Diego County city of La Mesa.There were a total of 86,447 winning tickets in Wednesday night's SuperLotto Plus drawing, according to the California Lottery. Since there were no winning tickets sold with all six numbers during this round, the estimated jackpot for the next drawing is around $11 million. That drawing will take plac...

Crash involving 'Ferris Bueller,' 'Succession' actor Alan Ruck was not a crime: LAPD

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:40:25 GMT

No charges will be filed as a result of the multi-car crash in Hollywood involving "Ferris Bueller" and "Succession" actor Alan Ruck, Los Angeles Police told KTLA on Thursday.The collision happened around 9 p.m. on Halloween night at the busy intersection of La Brea Avenue and Hollywood Boulevard.In two surveillance videos obtained by KTLA, Ruck's Rivian electric pickup truck is seen stopped behind another car at a red light as pedestrians cross in the crosswalk.For reasons still unclear, the truck suddenly lunges forward and rear-ends the other car, and then careens across lanes of traffic, hitting another vehicle before crashing through the wall of Raffallo's Pizza. No one inside the restaurant was hurt.Actor Alan Ruck is seen at the crash scene. Oct. 31, 2023. (KTLA)At least one person is hospitalized after a three-vehicle collision sent a truck crashing through a pizza shop in Hollywood on Oct. 31, 2023. (KTLA)At least one person is hospitalized after a three-vehicle collision s...

Alarm goes out to East Bay casino attendees: Exposure to tuberculosis occurred

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:40:25 GMT

MARTINEZ — Health officials in Contra Costa County sounded a warning Thursday to anyone who has spent time in a Pacheco casino over the past five years that they were exposed to tuberculosis and should be tested.Related ArticlesHealth | Here’s the first glimpse of who is spending money to oust Alameda County DA Pamela Price Health | Body stuffed in suitcase discovered in Lake Merritt by volunteer cleanup crew Health | Pleasanton plans to drill new groundwater wells to address contamination Health | Former California planning official tailored child porn to LAUSD teacher’s liking, police allege Health | Will pilot’s bad trip be sobering setback for California quest to legalize psychedelic mushrooms? Contra Costa Health Services officials in a statement said that recent genetic testing revealed several related cases since 2018 among staff and customers at the California Grand Casino, located in...

Berkeley 1-year-old in ICU after ingesting meth, mother arrested

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:40:25 GMT

(KRON) -- A 1-year-old child is in the ICU after ingesting methamphetamine in Berkeley on Saturday, the Berkeley Police Department confirmed to KRON4. The child's mother was arrested on suspicion of willful cruelty to a child causing injury.A Berkeley officer was called to the scene at 1:32 p.m. for the report of a baby in "medical distress," BPD said. The officer requested reinforcements from the Berkeley Fire Department, and the baby was taken to a children's hospital after receiving medical treatment. Contra Costa County health officials link tuberculosis cases to casino The hospital did a toxicology test, and the child's urine was positive for methamphetamine, BPD said. BPD investigated the situation and learned that the baby was crawling on the floor and was exposed to remnants of the drug, according to the department. The child remained in the ICU as of Thursday, but police said they were doing better. The suspect was identified as Mabel Miranda, 35, of Berkeley.

How Loudoun Co. is responding to rise in student overdoses

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:40:25 GMT

Amid a controversy about whether Loudoun County Public School officials in Virginia notified parents about suspected student overdoses quickly enough, some parents say they were told about the incidents and praised the way school leaders handled them.In a news release earlier this week, Sheriff Mike Chapman said there have been at least eight opioid overdoses of Park View High School students, including seven that have been reported in the last three weeks. Chapman said Thursday there was a ninth incident involving a Park View student this week.Concerns about the notification process prompted Gov. Glenn Youngkin to intervene Wednesday, issuing an executive order to tell all parents about “school-connected” overdoses within 24 hours. But Amy Gazes, the school’s parent-teacher association president, said Principal Jason Jefferson has been communicative about the incidents.“Every time this has happened, we get an email from him,” Gazes said. “It stat...

Chargers WR Keenan Allen, “one of the greats,” closes in on 10,000 yards receiving

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:40:25 GMT

COSTA MESA, Calif. (AP) — Keenan Allen has never been the biggest, strongest or fastest wide receiver during his 11 seasons in the NFL.It isn’t physical traits alone that have put Allen on the verge of becoming the 54th player in NFL history with 10,000 yards receiving, 70 yards away from becoming the second to produce it all for the Los Angeles Chargers.“You know, he really plays the receiver position as an art form, and I think that when you play it like him, what makes Keenan special ages well the older you get,” Chargers head coach Brandon Staley said Thursday.Considering Allen has put up 70 yards or more in 63 of his 133 regular-season games with the Chargers (3-4), there is a good chance he will join the club against the New York Jets (4-3) on Monday night. To do it against one of the best passing defenses in the game, he will have to show the great hands, technical expertise and spacial awareness that have made Allen a model of consistency and quiet greatness.“His physical gi...

Trump asks appeals court to lift gag order imposed on him in 2020 election interference case

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:40:25 GMT

Former President Donald Trump asked a federal appeals court on Thursday to lift a gag order restricting his speech about potential witnesses, prosecutors and court staff in the case that accuses him of scheming to overturn his 2020 election loss.Trump’s attorneys urged the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit to block the gag order ruling from U.S. District Judge Tanya Chutkan while the former president pursues his appeals. “The Gag Order violates the First Amendment rights of President Trump and over 100 million Americans who listen to him,” Trump’s attorneys wrote in court papers. Chutkan, an appointee of former President Barack Obama, reimposed the gag order on Sunday after denying Trump’s request to let him speak freely while he challenges the restrictions in higher courts. The order bars Trump from making public statements targeting special counsel Jack Smith and his team, court employees and possible witnesses.It does not prohibit Trump from airing general co...