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The cast of Joy Ride hits purple carpet to celebrate their premiere in Los Angeles 

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 19:32:19 GMT

Forget show biz, we’re here for some funny biz. The cast of the new comedy: “Joy Ride” hit the purple carpet in Los Angeles to celebrate the premiere of their new movie.Ashley Park: “I think we’re just really excited to share something that we made with genuine joy and love.”David Denman as Joe Sullivan: “To our daughter, big deal going back to your birth country.” Sherry Cola as Lolo: “We used to talk about it all the time, a grand adventure to find your birth mother.”Ashley Park as Audrey: “Who needs more parents when I have the two best parents in the world?”Ashley Park: “There are certain roles that find you in your life exactly when you need them. And it was my first time playing the protagonist in a story.”Ashley Park as Audrey: “People are always thinking I have this perfect life, but I don’t belong anywhere.”Ashley Park: “She’s a character that feels like she has...

Surveillance video captures man stealing liquor bottles from Vintage Liquors high-end store in Miami

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 19:32:19 GMT

Surveillance video captured a thief who gave new meaning to the term ‘Bottoms up’, he stole liquor bottles from the Vintage Liquors and Wine bar in Miami. It’s about bottom-of-the-barrel behavior that happened on Monday.Rosi Barrios walked through her family business explaining this incident to 7 News that occurred at her store. “He was a man with a plan, he came in, went straight into the whiskey, aisle,” said Barrios. He came for the good stuff at this high-end liquor store and as he walked into he started to talk on his cell phone to avoid any communication with the employees.“Speaking kind of loud like he was in a deep conversation,” said Barrios. He knew he wanted the expensive whiskey and he knew exactly which bottle he needed to steal. “Knowing what he wanted,” said Barrios. “Grabbed the Macallan 15.”But the subject had no intention to pay for it as he grabbed a boxed bottle of Macallan 15, priced at just under...

Man killed in City Heights shooting

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 19:32:19 GMT

SAN DIEGO — A 35-year-old man was killed Tuesday in a shooting in the City Heights neighborhood, police say.The shooting happened around 11 a.m. in the area near 40th and Thorn streets, according to San Diego police.The victim was found in the front of a home in the 3200 block of 40th Street with a gunshot wound to his upper body, SDPD said. Paramedics took the victim to Scripps Mercy Hospital, but he died from his injuries. 3 Camp Pendleton Marines among 4 dead in fiery crash on I-5 Police say the victim was confronted by the shooter in front of the home before he was shot. The shooter then ran off.Officials blocked off 40th Street from Thorn Street to Redwood Street as they investigated the shooting.Jaime Chambers contributed to this story.

Brush fire destroys at least 2 homes, other structures in Riverside County

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 19:32:19 GMT

This is a developing story. Hit refresh for updates.A brush fire erupted in a rural community west of Perris in Riverside County Tuesday afternoon, destroying several structures and vehicles. The Juniper Fire was first reported around 2:30 p.m. in the area of Santa Rosa Mine Road and El Nido Road, and had spread to 55 acres as of 5:45 p.m. with containment at 5 percent, according to Cal Fire.Mandatory evacuations were ordered for homes south of Santa Rosa Mine Road, east of El Baquero Road, west of Maywood Club Road and north of Rocky Hills.A home burns in the Juniper Fire in Riverside County, California. June 27, 2023. (KTLA)Riverside County's Emergency Management Department opened an evacuation center at Pinacate Middle School at 1990 S. A Street in Perris.Crews were digging containment lines as air tankers and helicopters battled the fire from above with water and flame retardant. Sky5 footage shows several structures, including at least two homes, along with several cars were de...

City Council formally passes homeless encampment ban

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 19:32:19 GMT

SAN DIEGO -- The San Diego City council voted Tuesday for a second time to affirm the adoption of a controversial policy banning homeless encampments on public property when a shelter bed is available, with some exceptions.“The ordinance says encampments will be prohibited at all times in areas where there are particular concerns about public health and safety -- within a two-block radius of a school, homeless shelters, canyons where you have fires that threaten homes, and other sensitive areas.”District 4’s Councilmember Stephen Whitburn authored the measure. It’s "that absolute ban" – 24-7 in certain areas -- that had City Council President Sean Elo-Rivera and others taking issue.Elo-Rivera said he still has problems with part of the measure. SeaWorld closes ‘Electric Eel’ rollercoaster after reported injury “I remain particularly concerned about the ban on sleeping near shelters, as my conversations with service providers and some folks who have experienced homelessness in tha...

Hillcrest Starbucks seeking union, becoming second in San Diego County

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 19:32:19 GMT

SAN DIEGO -- A Starbucks location in Hillcrest has initiated the process of forming a union, becoming the second in San Diego County to join nationwide collective bargaining efforts with the coffee franchise.Workers at the University & Richmond Starbucks announced the step Tuesday in a letter addressed to Starbucks CEO Laxman Narasimhan, stating that the store had filed a petition with the National Labor Relations Board to initiate unionization.“As Starbucks continually cuts labor to increase profits, baristas suffer. We must work twice as hard for the same compensation; we are in a financial crisis; and our quality of life is poor,” workers at the Hillcrest location said in their letter.This announcement comes about a month after an Encinitas Starbucks location, located right off Interstate 5 near Leucadia Boulevard, voted to unionize, becoming the first in the county and the 24th in California to take the step. This Hillcrest bar is one of the last of its kind Collective bar...

State of emergency declared over sewage contamination in Imperial Beach

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 19:32:19 GMT

IMPERIAL COUNTY, Calif. -- The County of San Diego Board of Supervisors has declared a state of emergency because of ongoing sewage pollution that has been flowing across the U.S.-Mexico Border into southern beaches, contaminating oceanwater and making some beaches not safe for swimming.Chairwoman Nora Vargas and Vice Chair Tera Lawson-Remer introduced the bill, which was passed unanimously during Tuesday's meeting.“Today marks a key moment in a long battle to protect our beaches and coastline, our coastal communities have suffered from this crisis for far too long," Lawson-Remer said during Tuesday's meeting prior to the vote. Major studios drop out of Comic-Con: report This declaration also requests Gov. Gavin Newsom and the federal government to declare an emergency, signaling a crisis, and aiming to cut the red tape to get action to the southern beaches fast. The declaration also requests the Biden administration to award federal assistance.Imperial Beach Mayor Paloma Aguirre ...

Wagner chief walks free after armed revolt. Other Russians defying the Kremlin aren’t so lucky

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 19:32:19 GMT

TALLINN, Estonia (AP) — Mercenary chief Yevgeny Prigozhin led an armed rebellion against the Russian military — and walked free. Others who merely voiced criticism against the Kremlin weren’t so lucky.On Tuesday, Russia’s main domestic security agency, the FSB, said it had dropped the criminal investigation into last week’s revolt, with no charges against Prigozhin or any of the other participants, even though about a dozen Russian troops were killed in clashes.The Kremlin had promised not to prosecute Prigozhin after reaching an agreement with him that he would halt the uprising and retreat to neighboring Belarus. That came even though President Vladimir Putin vowed to punish those behind the rebellion.Asked about this U-turn by The Associated Press during a conference call with reports on Tuesday, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov refused to comment. Prigozhin’s escape from prosecution — at least for now — was in stark contrast to how the Kremlin has deals with ant...

California man gets prison for nearly $9M phony cow manure-to-green energy investment scheme

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 19:32:19 GMT

FRESNO, Calif. (AP) — A California man is going to prison for running a cow dung-to-green energy scheme that authorities say was a load of manure.Ray Brewer, 66, of Porterville was sentenced Monday to six years and nine months in federal prison in a years-long scam that bilked investors out of $8.75 million, according to a statement from the U.S. attorney’s office.Brewer ran a scheme from 2014 through 2019 in which he claimed to be building anaerobic digesters at dairies in California’s Fresno, Kern, Kings and Tulare counties and in Idaho, prosecutors said.Anaerobic digesters “use microorganisms to break down biodegradable material and turn it into methane” that can be sold and that also provide the producers with renewable energy credits for producing green energy, the statement said. Brewer told investors he would turn cow manure into methane while they would receive 66% of net profits and tax incentives, federal prosecutors said.Brewer took investors on tours of dairi...

Special air quality statement issued for Toronto as wildfire smoke returns

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 19:32:19 GMT

Environment Canada has issued a special air quality statement for Toronto as wildfire smoke will blanket the city and the surrounding GTA.As part of the air quality statement, Canada’s weather agency mentioned that high levels of air pollution would develop on Tuesday night due to smoke from forest fires.Ontario’s air quality index currently has downtown Toronto at a 9 rating for Wednesday, considered “high risk.” A grade 9 and “high risk” rating is also in place for Wednesday in other parts of the GTA, including Mississauga, Brampton, Burlington and Oakville.“Smoke plumes from forest fires over northeastern Ontario and Quebec will move into the area overnight tonight, resulting in deteriorated air quality. Conditions may improve for some areas Friday,” Environment Canada said.“Wildfire smoke can be harmful to everyone’s health, even at low concentrations. Everyone can take action to reduce their exposure to wildfire smoke....