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Investigator with L.A. County Medical Examiner caught stealing from the dead

Published Mon, 16 Dec 2024 22:55:34 GMT

An investigator with the Los Angeles County Department of Medical Examiner has been charged with stealing property from deceased individuals during the course of his job, authorities announced on Wednesday.  Surveillance cameras captured 34-year-old Adrian Muñoz, a resident of L.A. who has worked for the Medical Examiner’s Office since 2018, take a gold crucifix off the neck of a deceased man and place it in his medical bag on Jan. 6.  The victim, a warehouse worker, suffered a heart attack and died at his job in South L.A. Muñoz was assigned to investigate the death. After he took the gold crucifix, Muñoz did not return the item, nor did he document it in the property receipt, the L.A. County District Attorney’s office said in a news release.   ‘Shockwaves of emotions’ after 4 L.A. Sheriff’s Department employees die by suicide in 24 hours Months later, rare antique coins with a receipt in the name of another man discovered dead on Nov. 12, whose case Muñoz had hand...

Another Bay Area child dead from fentanyl, another parent behind bars. ‘They don’t mean for their kid to die.’

Published Mon, 16 Dec 2024 22:55:34 GMT

FREMONT — Kristofer Ferreyra was 10 days shy of his second birthday last month when Fremont police say he somehow ingested fentanyl and became the Bay Area’s latest child victim of the deadly opioid.In San Jose last spring, Phoenix Castro was just three-months-and-1-day old when she, too, died of a fentanyl overdose.In each case, parents sobbed over tiny caskets. And in each case, a parent with drug problems is now in jail, facing charges that they are responsible for the deaths of their babies.“Everyone is grieving,” one of baby Kristofer’s uncles said Wednesday, a day after the toddler’s mother, Sophia Gastelum-Vera, was arrested at her Fremont home.On the mother’s Facebook page, she posted an invitation late last month to his rosary, viewing and funeral at a time he should have been trick-or-treating. The message included a collage of photos spanning his brief life. “God’s Little Angel,” it said.One week later, Gastelum-Vera, 26, was arrested and sent to Santa Rita ja...

Hollywood actors strike to end after union reaches tentative deal with studios

Published Mon, 16 Dec 2024 22:55:34 GMT

By Andrew Dalton | Associated PressLOS ANGELES — Hollywood’s actors union reached a tentative deal with studios Wednesday to end its strike, bringing an end to months of labor strife that ground the entertainment industry to a historic halt.The three-year contract agreement must be approved by votes from the union’s board and its members in the coming days, but the leadership declared the strike will end at 12:01 a.m. on Thursday.More than 60,000 members of the Screen Actors Guild-American Federation of Television and Radio Performers went on strike July 14, joining screenwriters who had walked off the job more than two months earlier. It was the first time the two unions had been on strike together since 1960. Studios chose to negotiate with the writers first, striking a deal that their leadership marked as a major win and bringing their strike to an end on Sept. 26.The details of the agreement were not immediately released, but are likely to be shared with the actors and the publi...

San Francisco bakery burglarized in SoMa neighborhood, community contributes to recovery efforts

Published Mon, 16 Dec 2024 22:55:34 GMT

SAN FRANCISCO (KRON) -- A small business was broken into early Tuesday morning in San Francisco. Rize Up Bakery in the South of Market (SoMa) neighborhood was burglarized and resulted in thousands of dollars in damage, owner Azikiwee "Z" Anderson told KRON4. The burglary happened at the bakery on 1169 Howard St. where one of the employees arrived around 4 a.m. and saw the garage door wide open. The employee checked the area and let Anderson know someone had broken into the business. Anderson arrived at the business around 5 a.m., and San Francisco police arrived around 6 a.m. Revel to end shared electric moped service in San Francisco No one was hurt, but it became a matter of finding out what was stolen, Anderson said. Unfortunately, for food and safety reasons, Anderson had to throw away all the bread that was already made for the possibility of the bread being tampered with. The property damage and items stolen totaled around $12,000, including five iPads used for transactions ...

San Francisco UN Plaza transforms into skateboarding park

Published Mon, 16 Dec 2024 22:55:34 GMT

SAN FRANCISCO (KRON) -- City leaders are hoping that a brand new skateboarding park constructed in the middle of United Nations Plaza will transform the space into a positive place for recreation. Mayor London Breed and the San Francisco Recreation and Parks Department unveiled and opened the skate park on Wednesday. "UN Plaza is at the heart of our Civic Center. I’m thrilled to see how we are bringing new life to this public space," Breed said. The 13,000-square-foot skating plaza, designed by local professional skateboarders and skate park advocates, is filled with elements from old iconic skate spots around the city, most of which no longer exist. City leaders proclaimed the plaza will be a "dynamic hub for recreation and community activities in the Civic Center neighborhood. The revitalized plaza now has the nation’s first street skating plaza of its kind, a fitness court studio, activities, and games." VIDEO: Police protect paramedics in San Francisco UN Plaza The city poured...

5 Republicans take the stage in Miami, while Trump holds a rally nearby. Follow live updates

Published Mon, 16 Dec 2024 22:55:34 GMT

Five candidates will take the stage at a whittled-down third Republican presidential debate in Miami as front-runner Donald Trump holds his own event a short drive away.What to knowWhat to watch during the Republican debateHow to tune in for the third GOP presidential debateTrump looks to upstage the debate with a rally targeting South Florida’s Cuban communityDebate will focus on Israel and foreign policy — and who can beat TrumpScott sticks to talking points instead of going after TrumpSen. Tim Scott needs a breakout moment in the third Republican debate, but he has so far has been sticking to his talking points.The South Carolina Republican on Wednesday night was given an opportunity by moderator Lester Holt of NBC News to contrast his candidacy with that of GOP front-runner Donald Trump.But instead of drawing bright lines, Scott talked about his optimism for America’s future and his own personal narrative, which he says portrays the kind of leadership that American needs.Candida...

Tentative deal is close with Las Vegas hotel workers union amid strike threat, says MGM’s CEO

Published Mon, 16 Dec 2024 22:55:34 GMT

LAS VEGAS (AP) — Following a breakthrough deal at dawn Wednesday between the Las Vegas hotel workers union and Caesars Entertainment, a tentative contract was taking shape for 20,000 hospitality workers at rival MGM Resorts International that experts say would almost certainly thwart an unprecedented strike on the Las Vegas Strip.“I believe we will come to a deal today. We know from listening to our employees that they are looking for a pay increase to combat inflation, among other concerns,” MGM Resorts CEO Bill Hornbuckle told investors in an earnings call at the same time negotiations were taking place in a casino ballroom. “This deal, when announced, will do just that.”The Culinary Workers Union had threatened to begin a strike in the pre-dawn hours Friday if negotiations failed.But the union’s tentative agreement with Caesars appeared to be providing the momentum needed for the union to win new contracts for all 35,000 of its members who have been working under expi...

Hospitalizan a Steve Wozniak, cofundador de Apple, en la Ciudad de México

Published Mon, 16 Dec 2024 22:55:34 GMT

(CNN Español) –– Steve Wozniak, cofundador de Apple, fue hospitalizado este miércoles en la Ciudad de México, de acuerdo con una fuente de los organizadores del World Business Forum (WBF), evento al que asistía en la capital del país.Noticia en desarrollo…The-CNN-Wire™ & © 2023 Cable News Network, Inc., a Warner Bros. Discovery Company. All rights reserved.Source

Anuncian arrestos por una “red de burdeles de lujo” en EE.UU. que utilizaban funcionarios electos, militares y otros

Published Mon, 16 Dec 2024 22:55:34 GMT

(CNN) — Tres personas fueron detenidas y acusadas de operar una “red de burdeles de lujo” en Massachusetts y Virginia con una clientela que incluía funcionarios electos, oficiales militares y contratistas del Gobierno con autorización de seguridad, anunció este miércoles el Departamento de Justicia de Estados Unidos.“Escoge cualquier profesión”, dijo Joshua Levy, fiscal federal en funciones de Massachusetts, sobre la extensa lista de clientes. “Probablemente esté representada en este caso”, señaló en una rueda de prensa en Boston.Levy no identificó a ninguno de los clientes del burdel y señaló que se realizan múltiples órdenes de registro en el caso en Massachusetts, California y Virginia.Han Lee, de 41 años y residente en Cambridge, Massachusetts; James Lee, de 68 años y residente en Torrance, California, y Junmyung Lee, de 30 años y residente en Dedham, Massachusetts, fueron acusados de conspiración para coaccionar e incitar a viajar con e...

The third GOP debate begins with candidates competing on foreign policy and who could beat Trump

Published Mon, 16 Dec 2024 22:55:34 GMT

MIAMI (AP) — A smaller field of presidential candidates took the stage in Wednesday’s third Republican primary debate, where they were expected to focus on the Israel-Hamas war and try to make the case that they can cut into Donald Trump’s sizeable lead.Trump, meanwhile, again skipped the debate, instead holding a rally not far from the Miami debate site. He refused to participate due to his large lead in national and early state polls.With voting set to start in leadoff Iowa in January, no one has thus far been able to shake Trump’s dominance of the Republican primary. Many of the candidates have gone after each other hoping to break out as a viable alternative to the former president, emphasizing their differences on foreign policy but also ripping Trump for his criticisms of the Israeli prime minister and claims that a group attacking Israel was “very smart.”Republican strategist David Kochel, who has advised several past presidential campaigns, said beforehand that d...