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$20,000 reward offered after woman with ties to Southern California kidnapped in Mexico

Published Sat, 22 Feb 2025 11:55:36 GMT

The FBI’s Los Angeles Field Office is offering a reward of up to $20,000 for information related to the kidnapping of 63-year-old U.S. citizen Maria del Carmen Lopez. Lopez, a dual citizen of the United States and Mexico, was abducted from her residence in Pueblo Nuevo in the Mexican state of Colima on Feb. 9 by several hooded men. The mother of seven and her husband have been living in Mexico for the last 10 years after raising their family in the Los Angeles area. Maria’s husband was in Los Angeles for a doctor’s appointment at the time of his wife’s abduction. “We don’t believe it’s drug related, and we don’t believe she was involved in criminal activity,” said FBI spokesperson Laura Eimiller. “We do believe she was the innocent victim of a kidnapping.” Maria del Carmen Lopez is seen in photos released by the FBI on March 16, 2023.Lopez’s kidnapping comes in the wake of several other American citizens being abducted, including four Americans being vi...

Man competing in Los Angeles Marathon to honor late wife's memory 

Published Sat, 22 Feb 2025 11:55:36 GMT

One year after his wife died of a heart attack at last year’s L.A. Marathon, Ryan Paddock will be lacing up his shoes and running to honor her legacy. Trisha Paddock was running as part of a charity team that was raising money for the Asian American Drug Abuse Program at last year’s half marathon when she collapsed at the finish line and died of a heart attack shortly after. She was 46 years old. It was the first marathon-related death in 15 years, and while Ryan and his children were slightly hesitant about his decision to participate in this year’s edition of the race, they felt as though there was no better way to honor her. "She’s dead, but I know she lives eternally,” said Ryan Paddock. “Maybe she's watching over...angels are meant to fly and when you’re doing things for a greater cause, they’re meant to help you.” Ryan has raised more than $20,000 so far and says that he will make sure that he finished a bit slower than Trisha’s run time, saying that she al...

Cambodian Restaurant Week returns to Long Beach

Published Sat, 22 Feb 2025 11:55:36 GMT

Cambodian Restaurant Week is back in Long Beach after skipping last year.For the next week, two dozen restaurants and other food businesses are participating in the event put on by the nonprofit United Cambodian Community.To see special offers, visit cambodianrestaurantweeklb.com.Megan Telles reports for the KTLA 5 Morning News on March 18, 2023.

Highland Park residents getting mystery Uber Eats deliveries

Published Sat, 22 Feb 2025 11:55:36 GMT

During the pandemic shutdowns, many Americans fell in love with the convenience of food delivery apps.However, one Highland Park neighborhood may be getting too much of a good thing, as the residents are being bombarded with Uber Eats deliveries they did not order or buy.One man said he received 13 deliveries in one day, none of which he ordered. His neighbors had similar stories.Caroline Aguirre said she's received "low-fat milk, to a Danish, to chicken McNuggets, french fries, an egg croissant.”William Neal noted the free food was "a nice treat at first.""Then, when it became too much food at once, we'd try to find places to donate it or give it away," he said. The deliveries seem to be focused on Range View Avenue, and they've been coming at all hours.A resident said the deliveries started about two weeks ago."It was bag after bag after bag, sometimes three at a time, 3 in the morning, 5 in the afternoon," he added. One neighbor even put a "no deliveries" sign on his front door, ...

Fremont woman killed in crash after assailant left her stranded on I-880 center divider

Published Sat, 22 Feb 2025 11:55:36 GMT

FREMONT — The Alameda County Coroner’s bureau on Friday identified a 20-year-old woman struck and killed by a car in January after an armed assailant allegedly left her and her friend stranded on an Interstate 880 center divider at night.Diamond Ki’ilani Kamehaiku-Sysco, of Fremont, was fatally struck around 10 p.m. Jan. 12 as she stood in the lefthand shoulder of southbound I-880 near the Dixon Landing Road exit. Kamehaiku-Sysco and a friend, a man police haven’t named, were accosted by another motorist who forced them out of their vehicle at gunpoint and left them there unable to move their van out of the fast lane, authorities say.According to police, the conflict was all over a plastic “Children At Play” sign that typically sells for around $30 at retail outlets.About 20 minutes before the crash, Kamehaiku-Sysco and her friend were driving through a Fremont neighborhood when they noticed the sign in the middle of the street, and allegedly swip...

Insulin to cost $30 as California secures contract to combat diabetes: Newsom

Published Sat, 22 Feb 2025 11:55:36 GMT

California will cut patients’ cost for insulin by 90% to $30, regardless of their insurance plan, Gov. Gavin Newsom announced Saturday.The state has a contract with non-profit generic-drug company Civica to manufacture insulin, a hormone used for treating diabetes.When the new, cheaper drug will become available is not clear: Civica and the state Health and Human Services Agency are working to identify a manufacturing facility in California, according to the governor’s announcement.Patients who pay cash for insulin will save $2,000 and $4,000 a year, Newsom’s office said, citing “egregious cost-shifting that happens in traditional pharmaceutical price games.”More than three million Californians have diabetes, according to the American Diabetes Association. Diabetics have medicals costs about 2.3 times higher than people without the disease, the group said.A 10-milliliter vial of insulin usually costs $300, according to the announcement. A box of five pr...

What are the most popular last names in California?

Published Sat, 22 Feb 2025 11:55:36 GMT

(NEXSTAR/WOWK) - Is there a certain last name that you encounter more often than others? Maybe you work with a few unrelated Garcias, or your graduating class had a handful of Moores in it. It's not just you - a new study found most Americans have one of six surnames and, in California specifically, one of three. Ancestry recently reviewed phone book listings from across the country to determine the three most popular last names in each state. Smith was far and away the most common nationwide, failing to land in the top three in just five states: California, Hawaii, Minnesota, New Mexico, and North Dakota. When will it stop raining in California? What meteorologists are saying California's most popular surname was Garcia, edging out Hernandez and Lopez. Garcia was most common across Southwestern states, including Arizona, New Mexico, and Nevada. It was the top last name in only one other state: Texas. According to Ancestry, the traditionally Hispanic surname was among the eighth m...

East Bay assemblywoman announces new bill combatting fentanyl overdoses

Published Sat, 22 Feb 2025 11:55:36 GMT

San Francisco (KRON) -- Fentanyl continues to take lives nationwide. Here in California, nearly six-thousand people died from fentanyl-related overdose deaths in 2021.More than 800 of those were from people aged 24 and under. Assemblywoman Liz Ortega, representing Hayward, joins KRON4’s Stephanie Lin to discuss how lawmakers are taking action.

Traffic safety top of mind at Prince George’s Co. high school after student killed in accident

Published Sat, 22 Feb 2025 11:55:36 GMT

Henry Wise High School’s gymnasium was full of neighbors from Upper Marlboro, Maryland, frustrated about the number of traffic incidents nearby. Just last week, one of the school’s own died in a traffic accident.The emergency meeting was held by Prince George’s Council Vice Chair Wala Blegay after 18-year-old Cayliy Haygood was killed in an accident on March 7. There have been two other accidents in the same area within the last week.More Prince George’s County NewsMore Local News“We were gonna meet about it the week before this young girl died,” Blegay said. “That’s what’s so tragic about the entire thing is that we were talking about the very thing and then she loses her life.”Thomas Jackson, who has lived in the area for 22 years, suggested traffic signals be installed at Ritchie Marlboro Road and Brooke Lane to reduce speeding near where the fatal accident happened.“My wife and I’ve been talking about (how) the developm...

What's the most popular last name in Colorado?

Published Sat, 22 Feb 2025 11:55:36 GMT

CHARLESTON, WV (WOWK) – Think you have a popular last name? A new study found most Americans have one of six surnames, almost regardless of where they live. In the study, Ancestry.com reviewed phone book listings from across the country to determine the three most popular last names in each state. The company found Smith is far and away the most common.In fact, Smith only failed to land among the top three surnames in just five states: California, Hawaii, Minnesota, New Mexico and North Dakota. Shop at Ikea? You may be entitled to part of a $24M class action settlement Smith was an occupational name, meaning a worker who specialized in metal like a blacksmith or farrier, per its English and Scottish roots, Ancestry explains. As of 2004, the average lifespan of people with the last name Smith was 73 years old, compared to the national average of 74.Other popular surnames included Johnson, Miller, Jones, Williams and Anderson. Regionally, Ancestry found a handful of differences. For...