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Chinatown renters rally against 300% spike in rent

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:49:36 GMT

Residents of a Los Angeles apartment complex marched to Mayor Karen Bass's home on Friday, seeking protection from a huge spike in rent as a result of the city's COVID-era eviction moratorium expiring.Advocates say the 124 families at Hillside Villa in Chinatown, many of whom are receiving Section 8 subsidies, are facing a 300% rent increase which they cannot afford.“Those are essentially evictions,” said Kris Chan, a community organizer. “Our tenants cannot afford that, and they’ll be pushed to the streets.”“We don’t want to be homeless, and we want to stay there," one tenant, Mary Ramos Monina, told KTLA. "We are not asking to (live) free as a tenant, but we want to pay what we can afford. That’s all we ask."Residents of a Los Angeles apartment complex marched to Mayor Karen Bass's home, seeking protection from a huge spike in their rent now that the city's COVID-era eviction moratorium has expired. April 14, 2023. (KTLA)L.A. County’s tenant evictions ban expired at the end of Mar...

2 face charges in connection with post-concert beating at Dodger Stadium

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:49:36 GMT

Two men have been charged in the beating of a man outside Dodger Stadium late last year.Reece Hopkin, 38, and Chad Reeves, 42, each face a felony charge of battery with serious bodily injury, Los Angeles County District Attorney George Gascón and Los Angeles Police Chief Michel Moore said in a Friday news release. Though the release did not identify the act performing at the concert, the details align with a Nov. 17, 2022, attack after a parking-lot fender bender following Elton John's concert.The dispute led to the beating of a 64-year-old man who "suffered serious injuries," the statement said. In addition, Hopkin faces a charge of felony vandalism or destruction of property, as he allegedly grabbed the phone of a man recording the attack and threw it to the ground. Arrest made in attack on couple outside Elton John concert in L.A. “What started out as a night of entertainment and revelry ended in violence. Verbal disagreements should never take such a dangerous turn,” Gascón sa...

Disneyland has paused the sale of select Magic Key annual passes

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:49:36 GMT

Sales of select Disneyland Magic Key passes have been temporarily pasused just four days after the annual passes went back on sale.  The Inspire Key is the only annual pass available for purchase. The Believe, Enchant and Imagine keys are available for renewals only, according to the Disneyland website.The Inspire Key is the resort’s most expensive pass that offers the fewest blackout dates. The Believe Key has more blackout dates than the Inspire Key, and the Imagine Key pass has the most blackout dates and is only available to Southern California residents.The theme park announced Monday that sales of its popular annual pass would resume on April 11. Prospective annual pass holders had to join an online queue to purchase the pass.Current pass holders could also upgrade their passes at ticket booths at the theme park.Disneyland launched the Magic Key program in August 2021 after retiring the popular annual passport program during a yearlong shutdown of Disneyland and Disney Ca...

These are the most photographed parks in California, Yelp says

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:49:36 GMT

It’s easy to get lost in the beauty of nature when visiting a national, state or local park, and to remember the astonishing sight, many visitors have snapped a photo or two of the beautiful scenery. That’s especially true for some of the parks nationwide. Yelp released its list of the 25 most photographed parks in the U.S. and Canada and multiple parks from the Golden State made the list, including some in Southern California. Experts at Yelp compiled the list based on the number of photos Yelp users submitted of parks in the U.S. and Canada. The best places to see the superbloom in California These are the California parks that made the listSAN DIEGO - AUGUST 02: One of the buildings along El Prado at Balboa Park on August 2, 2008 in San Diego, California. (Photo by Stephen Dunn/Getty Images)On the road through Joshua Tree National Park, a sign indicates the turn for Lost Horse Mine Road. (Getty)Visitors ride bikes in Yosemite National Park, California on July 04, 2020. (APU G...

How Rupert Murdoch replaced Jerry Hall with ex-San Francisco socialite known for ‘QAnon-style politics’

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:49:36 GMT

It struck many as defying the natural order of the universe when glamorous 1970s supermodel Jerry Hall, the longtime ex-partner of Mick Jagger, married conservative, 85-year-old medial mogul Rupert Murdoch in March 2016.But as Vanity Reports, Hall seemed to genuinely to love her billionaire husband, despite the fact that she’s “a BBC-loving liberal” and his Fox News effectively became President Donald Trump’s “de facto state TV.” The 25-years-younger Hall also seemed to enjoy Murdoch’s company and cared for him through his escalating health crises, including feeding him by spoon for months after he suffered a fall on his oldest son’s yacht.So, Hall felt “blindsided” when she received an email from Murdoch in June 2022, telling her, “Sadly, I’ve decided to end our marriage.” She and others close to her were left wondering: What happened?The possible answer came in January when Murdoch was photographed vacat...

Justice Samuel Alito temporarily extends access to abortion drug while Supreme Court considers case

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:49:36 GMT

Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito on Friday extended a hold on a lower court ruling that would have imposed restrictions on access to an abortion drug, a temporary move meant to give the justices more time to consider the issue.Alito said the order is stayed until 11:59 p.m. ET on Wednesday. He also asked plaintiffs to respond on or before noon ET Tuesday.The case is the most important abortion-related dispute to reach the high court since the justices overturned Roe v. Wade last term. It centers on the scope of the US Food and Drug Administration’s authority to regulate a drug that is used in the majority of abortions today in states that still allow the procedure.Alito issued a so-called administrative stay on the ruling while the high court considers an emergency appeal filed by the Biden administration and a manufacturer of the drug, mifepristone. The move does not reflect the final disposition of the case.Parts of the ruling by US District Court Judge Matthew Kacsmaryk that re...

Tupperware might go out of business. How long is yours safe to use?

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:49:36 GMT

Since Tupperware, the iconic kitchen brand that’s been a household name for decades, signaled recently that it might be going out of business, you might be wondering how long your stash of its food storage containers is safe to use — especially if it’s vintage.Figuring out the answer to that question for any type of reusable plastic food storage products — not just Tupperware — often comes down to understanding what they’re made of. Bisphenol A, more commonly known as BPA, is a chemical that, according to the United States Institute of Environmental Health Sciences, has been used for years in the production of certain plastics to make them more durable and shatter-resistant. Unfortunately, it can also make them potential health hazards.In human studies, BPA exposure has been associated with a higher risk of a wide range of health conditions or issues, such as infertility, altered fetal growth of the fetus, attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder and aggression among children, polyc...

Recrudecen los combates entre rusos y ucranianos por el control de Bakhmut

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:49:36 GMT

KIEV, Ucrania — La batalla por Bakhmut está retomando fuerza, aseguraron analistas y funcionarios rusos el viernes, al tiempo que los ucranianos que defienden la devastada ciudad resistieron un ataque coordinado de tres frentes por parte de las fuerzas del Kremlin y los intentos de impedir la llegada de suministros.“Rusia ha revitalizado sus ataques” a Bakhmut sostuvo el Ministerio de Defensa del Reino Unido sobre los recientes acontecimientos en la ciudad del este de Ucrania, que durante ocho meses y medio ha sido escenario del enfrentamiento más largo y sangriento de la guerra.“La defensa ucraniana todavía mantiene los distritos occidentales de la ciudad, pero ha estado lidiando con un fuego de artillería ruso particularmente intenso durante las últimas 48 horas”, de acuerdo con una valoración del Ministerio. Documentos filtrados del Pentágono revelan espionaje de EEUU en la guerra de Rusia y Ucrania “Como lo hicieron los nazis”: Rusia está...

Sentencian a exmodelo a 3 años de prisión por agredir policía en ataque al Capitolio

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:49:36 GMT

Un exmodelo de una novela romántica que arrastró a un oficial de policía por las escaleras del Capitolio de EEUU en los disturbios del 6 de enero, fue sentenciado en un tribunal federal a tres años de prisión el jueves.Logan Barnhart, de 42 años, de Michigan, ue identificado por detectives en línea que usaron el reconocimiento facial para mostrar imágenes de él en competencias de fisicoculturismo. Luego de su arresto en agosto de 2021, Barnhart se declaró culpable en septiembre de agredir, resistir o impedir el uso de un arma peligrosa a ciertos oficiales. Trump puede ser demandado por policías a raíz del ataque al Capitolio, según el Departamento de Justicia McCarthy da acceso a videos de vigilancia del ataque al Capitolio a presentador de Fox News Fiscal que investiga ataque al Capitolio cita al exvicepresidente Mike Pence “Durante el curso de este ataque, Barnhart agarró el cuello y el torso de un ofi...

JPMorgan Chase, BlackRock rise; Boeing, Lucid Group fall

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:49:36 GMT

NEW YORK (AP) — Stocks that traded heavily or had substantial price changes Friday: Boeing Co., down $11.88 to $201.71.The airplane maker said supplier problems could delay production and delivery of its 737 Max planes.Hartford Financial Services Group Inc., down $2.79 to $68.04.The insurer gave investors a discouraging financial update.Lucid Group Inc., down 52 cents to $7.73.The electric vehicle maker’s first-quarter production update disappointed investors.JPMorgan Chase & Co., up $9.74 to $138.73.The bank reported strong first-quarter profits aided by higher interest rates.BlackRock Inc., up $20.60 to $691.33.The investment firm’s first-quarter earnings beat analysts’ forecasts.QuidelOrtho Corp., up $4.49 to $94.16.The healthcare diagnostics company gave investors a strong revenue forecast.Alvotech, down $3.03 to $10.66.The biopharmaceutical company gave investors a disappointing regulatory update.Citigroup Inc., up $2.26 to $49.56.The bank beat Wall Street...