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Intruder breaks into L.A. County home while family was still inside

Published Sat, 22 Feb 2025 13:48:28 GMT

Surveillance video captured the moment an intruder broke into a Lakewood home while a family was inside.“It was about 8:30 p.m. and my sister, my grandchildren and myself, we were all here,” said Shimika Davis, the homeowner. “My grandchildren and I were upstairs and he was downstairs in my home.”Video shows the intruder climbing over a wall in the victim's backyard and walking to the back patio door. He peered into the home for nearly an hour before breaking in.“He got in through an unlocked door, unfortunately,” said Davis.When she received a notification of the intruder on her Ring camera app, she decided to go downstairs and confront him.“I went outside and I started yelling at him and he’s ducking down and I’m like, ‘I see you!’” she recalled. “Then he jumped up and jumped across my neighbor’s wall.”Surveillance video captured the moment an intruder broke into a Lakewood home as a family was still inside on Dec. 9, 2023. (Davis Family)Surveillance video captured the moment an i...

Thompson shines, but Warriors’ second-half rally falls short in yet another loss in L.A.

Published Sat, 22 Feb 2025 13:48:28 GMT

LOS ANGELES — James Harden scored his 25,000th career point while racking up 28 points, 15 assists, and seven rebounds, and Kawhi Leonard added 27 points and eight rebounds in the Los Angeles Clippers’ sixth straight victory, 121-113 over the slumping Golden State Warriors on Thursday.Norman Powell scored 10 of his 21 points in the fourth quarter for the Clippers, who overcame Paul George’s first injury absence of the season for their 11th win in 14 games. Los Angeles adroitly held off the Warriors’ late surge and improved to 5-0 at home in December.Klay Thompson scored a season-high 30 while hitting eight 3-pointers for Golden State, which went 0-3 on its road trip and has lost 12 of 16 overall.Stephen Curry scored 17 points on 5-of-17 shooting as the Warriors began another potentially lengthy stint without Draymond Green, who is indefinitely suspended after smacking Phoenix’s Jusuf Nurkic in the face on Tuesday.“I really liked our effort tonight...

City of San Francisco to use wastewater to track fentanyl use

Published Sat, 22 Feb 2025 13:48:28 GMT

SAN FRANCISCO (KRON) –The city of San Francisco has now surpassed its deadliest year on record for overdose deaths. More than 750 people have died of overdoses in 2023, and more than 80% of those deaths involve fentanyl. San Francisco is one of 70 cities taking advantage of the federal program to test wastewater for substances such as fentanyl. But critics who work in harm reduction say the federal money should be used in other ways.Wastewater testing during the pandemic has helped track COVID cases, and now it will be done at two wastewater treatment plants in San Francisco to track the trends of fentanyl. Dr. Hillary Kunins from the San Francisco Department of Public Health says the data will help guide the city’s overdose prevention efforts. ‘I’m sick of the lies’: Frank Somerville owns up to dark side, problems with alcohol “Increases or decreases as a way to predict what we might see in both non-fatal overdoses and fatal overdoses,” she explained. The federal program, sp...

Two arrested, linked to $300K of Bay Area burglaries

Published Sat, 22 Feb 2025 13:48:28 GMT

(KRON) -- The San Jose Police Department arrested two people linked to Bay Area burglaries that totaled at least $300,000 in estimated losses, police said on Thursday. The suspects were identified as Daemori Hunt, 20, of Moreno Valley and Dametrius Batchelor, 23, of Riverside. On Dec. 6, three residential burglaries were reported in the Evergreen and Silver Creek neighborhoods of San Jose. 2 arrested after $11K in over-the-counter medicine stolen from Los Gatos CVS After a burglary on the 3000 block of King Estates, SJPD burglary suppression officers saw a car believed to be involved in the earlier burglaries. The officers attempted to stop the car near Fontanoso Way, and the suspects abandoned the car and fled. With the help of an SJPD helicopter, the suspects were located in heavy brush. They were detained without incident. SJPD recovered cash, jewelry and high-end purses from the suspects' car. KRON ON is streaming news live now.embed-container { position: relative; padding-bo...

2 arrested after $11K in over-the-counter medicine stolen from Los Gatos CVS

Published Sat, 22 Feb 2025 13:48:28 GMT

(KRON) -- Two suspects were arrested in connection to a grand theft on Thursday afternoon at a CVS Pharmacy in Los Gatos, the Los Gatos-Monte Sereno Police Department said in a social media post. Police said approximately $11,000 worth of over-the-counter pharmacy items were stolen from the CVS on Blossom Hill Road.Officers spotted the two suspects as they attempted to drive out of town, police said. Police initiated a traffic stop, which led to the subsequent arrests. Police added that the two suspects are also associated with other thefts in San Jose. Here are Spotify’s top Christmas songs this holiday season Photos of the items recovered by police can be viewed above. (Los Gatos-Monte Sereno Police Department)(Los Gatos-Monte Sereno Police Department)The two suspects were not identified by police.Last week, Los Gatos police halted an attempted theft at a Lululemon store at N Santa Cruz Avenue. The suspects attempted to steal around $4,000 worth of items.The Lululemon is locate...

Steven Stamkos scores 4 goals to help Lightning end Oilers’ winning streak at 8

Published Sat, 22 Feb 2025 13:48:28 GMT

EDMONTON, Alberta (AP) — Steven Stamkos scored four goals, Andrei Vasilevskiy made 53 saves and the Tampa Bay Lightning beat Edmonton 7-4 on Thursday night to end the Oilers’ winning streak at eight.Nikita Kucherov had a goal and two assists to push his NHL-leading points total to 50. Tyler Motte and Anthony Cirelli also scored to help Tampa Bay improve to 14-12-5 with its fourth victory in six games.Darnell Nurse, Connor McDavid, Zach Hyman and Ryan Nugent-Hopkins scored for Edmonton. The Oilers fell to 13-13-1, falling a victory short of matching the longest winning streak in franchise history.Tampa Bay got off to a quick start with a power-play goal 1:07 into the opening period when Stamkos fired a snapshot past Stuart Skinner. It was Stamkos’ 200th career power-play goal, making him the 20th player in NHL history to hit the benchmark.Stamkos tied it at 3 early in the third, batting a rebound out of the air and bouncing it past Skinner. The Lightning captain made it 5-3 on a shot...

How the US keeps funding Ukraine’s military — even as it says it’s out of money

Published Sat, 22 Feb 2025 13:48:28 GMT

WASHINGTON (AP) — The White House has been increasingly pressuring Congress to pass stalled legislation to support Ukraine’s war against Russia, saying that funding has run out.On Tuesday, however, President Joe Biden touted a new military aid package worth $200 million for Ukraine.Money is dwindling. But the announcement of more weapons being sent to Kyiv just underscores the complexity of the funding. So has the money run out? Or are there still a few billion dollars floating around?It’s complicated. Store credit …In a Nov. 4 letter to Congress, White House budget director Shalanda Young said flatly: “We are out of money to support Ukraine in this fight. This isn’t a next year problem. The time to help a democratic Ukraine fight against Russian aggression is right now.”Since then, the U.S. has announced three more aid packages totaling $475 million. That may seem contradictory, but it’s due to the complex programs used to send aid to Ukraine. There are two pots o...

Steven Stamkos scores 4 goals, Lightning end Oilers’ winning streak at 8 with 7-4 victory

Published Sat, 22 Feb 2025 13:48:28 GMT

EDMONTON, Alberta (AP) — Steven Stamkos scored four goals, Andrei Vasilevskiy made 53 saves and the Tampa Bay Lightning beat Edmonton 7-4 on Thursday night to end the Oilers’ winning streak at eight.Nikita Kucherov had a goal and two assists to push his NHL-leading points total to 50. Tyler Motte and Anthony Cirelli also scored to help Tampa Bay improve to 14-12-5 with its fourth victory in six games.Darnell Nurse, Connor McDavid, Zach Hyman and Ryan Nugent-Hopkins scored for Edmonton. The Oilers fell to 13-13-1, falling a victory short of matching the longest winning streak in franchise history.Tampa Bay got off to a quick start with a power-play goal 1:07 into the opening period when Nick Paul won a battle in front of the net and sent it over to Stamkos, who fired a snapshot past Stuart Skinner. It was Stamkos’ 200th career power-play goal, making him the 20th player in NHL history to hit the benchmark.The Lightning extended the lead seven minutes into the first when Motte p...

¿Estaba el líder de Hamas en Turquía durante el ataque del 7 de octubre? “Puede haber estado”, dice el principal asesor de seguridad de Erdogan

Published Sat, 22 Feb 2025 13:48:28 GMT

(CNN) — El principal asesor de política exterior y seguridad del presidente de Turquía, Recep Tayyip Erdogan, defendió la decisión de su país de acoger a altos cargos de Hamas, afirmando que Turquía está involucrándose con Hamas “para lograr la paz”.Los miembros de Hamas pueden entrar y salir libremente de Turquía y tienen presencia permanente en el país.Sus altos cargos se han reunido periódicamente con el presidente Erdogan a lo largo de los años. El jefe de Hamas, Ismail Haniyeh, se reunió con Erdogan en julio y hay informes no confirmados de que Haniyeh se encontraba en Turquía —y no en Qatar, su domicilio habitual— durante los ataques del 7 de octubre.En su primera entrevista en inglés desde que comenzó la guerra en Gaza, Akif Cagatay Kilic dijo que no sabía si Haniyeh estaba en Turquía el 7 de octubre, pero admitió que “podría haber estado”.Kilic defendió los antiguos vínculos de Turquía con Hamas, que muchos países consideran un grupo terrorista....

Stock market today: Asian markets churn upward after the Dow ticks to another record high

Published Sat, 22 Feb 2025 13:48:28 GMT

BANGKOK (AP) — Asian shares powered higher on Friday after the Dow Jones Industrial Average climbed to another record on excitement that the Federal Reserve might cut interest rates several times next year. U.S. futures and oil prices also advanced. Hong Kong led Asia’s gains with property developers jumping after some Chinese cities eased buying restrictions.The Hang Seng surged 3% to 16,893.62. The Shanghai Composite index was up 0.3% at 2,968.49. Troubled developer Country Garden’s shares jumped 5.1%, while China Evergrande gained 3% and Sino Ocean Holding surged 5.7%. China’s National Bureau of Statistics reported that factory output rose 6.6% in November and retail sales were up more than 10%, glimmers of improvement for the economy after the post-COVID recovery faded much more quickly than expected.However, investments in property weakened further, indicating that the crisis over excessive debt in that industry is far from resolved. Tokyo’s Nikkei 225 index g...