Olive Crest, others offer chain of centers to help young victims of human trafficking
Think of an office that’s opening Tuesday in Bellflower as the newest outlet in an unusual Southern California franchise network, a franchise that’s equal parts tragedy and cautious optimism. Technically, the office is being pitched as a drop-in center, meaning it’s a venue for unscheduled visits from the public. And most of the center’s amenities…
Niles: Disneyland, Universal focus on after-hours in 2025
At theme parks, anything is possible. You even can put more than 365 days into a year. When Knott’s Berry Farm launched its Halloween Haunt — now Knott’s Scary Farm — in 1973, it established a new model for selling theme park tickets. Sell customers one ticket for the day, and then sell them another…
2 face manslaughter charges in North Bay opioid overdose death
(KRON) — The Marin County Sheriff’s Office announced Monday that two people were arrested for voluntary manslaughter in connection to the opioid overdose death of a 22-year-old man in Corte Madera. On Saturday morning, the Central Marin Police Authority officers responded to a report of an unconscious man inside a vehicle on Sunnyside Avenue. Arriving…
Woman’s body found in Thousand Oaks hotel where man said he killed fiancée
A homicide investigation is underway into the death of a woman whose body was found in a Thousand Oaks hotel room after a man called authorities Monday night claiming he had killed his fiancée. The man called around 10:45 p.m. reporting the death at the Palm Garden Hotel in the 400 block of North Ventu…
Jimmy Carter’s casket arrives at the US Capitol, where he will lie in state
WASHINGTON (AP) — Nearly 44 years after Jimmy Carter left the nation’s capital in humbling defeat, the 39th president returned to Washington for three days of state funeral rites starting Tuesday. Carter’s remains, which had been lying in repose at the Carter Presidential Center since Saturday, left the Atlanta campus Tuesday morning, accompanied by his children and extended family. Special…
Dirt bike riders race through food court of busy Southern California mall
Some mallgoers in a Santa Clarita Valley neighborhood were surprised by a trio of motorcyclists riding through the food court Saturday night. The chaotic scene unfolded at the Town Center Mall in Valencia where three suspects on two dirt bikes, likely juveniles, were captured on cellphone video obtained by KTLA cruising through the food…
Incarcerated man escapes from conservation camp in Los Angeles County
Law enforcement is asking the public to be on the lookout for an incarcerated man who escaped from a conservation camp in the San Gabriel Valley on Monday afternoon. It was around 2:45 p.m. when staff learned that Santiago Duran, 35, was missing from Julius Klein Conservation Camp in Azusa, according to a release from…
Multiple Alameda businesses burglarized
ALAMEDA, Calif. (KRON) – The usually quiet City of Alameda is now dealing with a series of break-ins and robberies. In the Marina Village Shopping Center, 360 Gourmet Burritos was vandalized and burglarized last week. Additionally, in this same plaza, a Lucky grocery store was looted. “This problem affects everywhere. More in different cities –…
Robbery suspect in Southern California flees in driverless Waymo vehicle
A robbery suspect who hit a grocery store in the Fairfax District and attempted to flee in a self-driving vehicle Monday night is in custody, police confirmed to KTLA. Details are limited, but the Los Angeles Police Department said the incident unfolded just before 8:30 p.m. at the Ralphs grocery store located at the…
Motorcyclist goes 100+ MPH while evading Sonoma County deputies
(KRON) — A motorcyclist was arrested after leading Sonoma County Sheriff’s Office deputies on a chase that exceeded 100 miles per hour on Sunday, the sheriff’s office said. A deputy tried to stop the motorcycle with no license plate at about 4:15 a.m. in the area of Highway 101 and College Avenue. The driver fled…