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Security guards save life of choking baby in Beverly Hills

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 21:32:07 GMT

Video captured the moment a security guard in Beverly Hills grabbed a child who was choking and turning blue from his frantic mother and saved the baby's life.  The terrifying incident unfolded last Friday outside a 76 gas station on Santa Monica Boulevard and Crescent Drive.  Surveillance cameras at the station show the mother carrying her child, desperately calling out for a doctor who could help the choking baby. The security guard can be seen taking the child and lifting him up as the mother, bereft, falls to the ground.  “She was very devastated,” said Jose Peraza, an attendant at the 76 gas station who helped console the mother. “He was dying, not breathing or anything. So, a couple of security guards, they helped her out.” The guards work for Covered Six, a private security firm contracted by the city of Beverly Hills.  “My partner told the security guard to hit the little baby on the back. That’s the way he reacted, you know,” Peraza told KTLA.  ...

Jennifer Lopez, Ben Affleck buy $60 million Beverly Hills mega-mansion

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 21:32:07 GMT

Welcome to the neighborhood. After two years of house-hunting, Jennifer Lopez and Ben Affleck have purchased a new home together in Beverly Hills for a cool $60,850,000.The expansive 38,000-square-foot modern estate on Wallingford Drive, near Benedict Canyon Drive, features 12 bedrooms, 24 bathrooms, and a 12-car garage.Jennifer Lopez and Ben Affleck’s new Beverly Hills home purchased for $60,850,000 on May 31, 2023. (KTLA)Jennifer Lopez and Ben Affleck’s new Beverly Hills home purchased for $60,850,000 on May 31, 2023. (KTLA)Jennifer Lopez and Ben Affleck’s new Beverly Hills home purchased for $60,850,000 on May 31, 2023. (KTLA)Jennifer Lopez and Ben Affleck’s new Beverly Hills home purchased for $60,850,000 on May 31, 2023. (KTLA)Jennifer Lopez and Ben Affleck’s new Beverly Hills home purchased for $60,850,000 on May 31, 2023. (KTLA)Jennifer Lopez and Ben Affleck’s new Beverly Hills home purchased for $60,850,000 on May 31, 2023. (KTLA)Jennifer Lopez and Ben Affleck’s new Beverly ...

Redlands City Council shoots down Pride Flag proposal

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 21:32:07 GMT

Expect to see more LGBTQ and Pride flags lining the streets of Southern California when Pride Month begins Thursday - just not at City Hall in Redlands.In a 3-2 vote in early May, councilmembers in this San Bernardino County city opted not to fly a Pride Flag this year, marking a departure from previous years.“To roll this back, especially after flying it for the past two years, sends a horrifying message to the community,” one woman argued during a contentious council meeting.As it turned out, flying the rainbow flag, or any non-official flag, violated the city’s longstanding flag policy.City Hall in Redlands, California. The Redlands City Council has voted to not fly a Pride Flag for June's Pride Month, marking a departure from previous years. May 2023. (KTLA)The Redland City Council was being asked to amend the policy ahead of Pride Month.“It’s amazing. The people who claim that they’re being discriminated ... accuse us of being a bigot if we don’t go along with something. Shame ...

Diplomas and degrees — dozens of Riverside County high school students graduating with both

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 21:32:07 GMT

Thousands of seniors across the country are leaving their high school careers in the rearview this month, and dozens of those graduating from a Norco high school will have a leg up on the competition.Sixty-eight graduating seniors from John F. Kennedy Middle College High School will receive their high school diplomas on Thursday, and will be awarded Associate's Degrees only two weeks later thanks to the school's partnership with Norco College.Students at JFK can earn up to two years of college units before graduating high school. They can begin taking those courses immediately in their first year of attendance at the school.School officials say many of the grads parlay that experience into four-year schools or springboard directly into the workforce with a head start. The school says 85% of its graduates are usually accepted into universities. As part of the program, JFK students have direct access to college counselors on site, where they receive guidance to create a plan to take t...

Santa Ana hosting free movie events during the summer

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 21:32:07 GMT

The city of Santa Ana’s Summer Movies in the Park series is back for the upcoming summer season, with the first event scheduled for early June, city officials announced.Beginning on June 2, movie fans can watch their favorite films at various Santa Ana parks. The summer movie series will be family-friendly events, the city said.The events are free and will run every Friday until July 14. Orange County hosting free summer events at local parks The Santa Ana Summer movie line-up:June 2: “The LEGO Batman Movie” at Centennial ParkJune 9: “Puss in Boots: The Last Wish” at Roosevelt Walker Community CenterJune 16: “The Sandlot” at Thornton ParkJune 23: “Zootopia” at Prentice ParkJune 30: “Beauty and the Beast” (live-action) at El Salvador ParkJuly 7: “Night at the Museum” at Jerome ParkJuly 14: “Coco” at Portola ParkPre-movie festivities are scheduled to begin at 5:30 p.m., with the movie showing beginning after sunset, according to a news release. Free popcorn will be given out while s...

CIF state golf: De La Salle goes back-to-back, celebrates another team title

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 21:32:07 GMT

De La Salle got great performances from a trio of players at Poppy Hills Golf Course in Pebble Beach to win its second consecutive California Interscholastic Federation state team championship.The Concord powerhouse shot 9-under 346 on Wednesday to finish 10 strokes ahead of runner-up Torrey Pines, which shot 1-over 356.Crystal Springs Uplands was third at 363.DLS sophomore Joshua Kim and Amador Valley’s Kush Arora tied for second in the individual competition, each shooting 5-under 66.Capistrano Valley Christian’s UCLA-bound Luke Powell shot 7-under 64 to place first.In addition to Kim, De La Salle had two others shoot below par.Jack Jerge’s 4-under round included one eagle. He tied for fourth. Jaden Dumdumaya, who last week captured the NorCal individual title, shot 1-under to tie for 12th.Their DLS teammate James Williams shot even-par 71. He tied for 15th with Foothill’s Brandon Knight, last year’s state individual champion.Crystal Springs had two players finish below par, Edan ...

Pittsburg: Man sentenced to federal prison for selling 60 lbs of meth to undercover agent

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 21:32:07 GMT

OAKLAND — A Bay Area man was sentenced to 70 months in federal prison for possessing a huge amount of methamphetamine after agreeing to sell it to an undercover agent, according to court records.Alan Contreras was sentenced in late March and subsequently transferred from Santa Rita Jail in Dublin to the Bureau of Prisons system, court records show. He pleaded guilty to a federal offense of possessing more than 50 grams of methamphetamine for distribution, but authorities say he showed up to a meeting with an undercover federal agent with a duffle bag containing a whopping 60 pounds of the drug.The sentence was imposed by U.S. District Judge Yvonne Gonzalez Rogers.Contreras also sold more than 1,400 counterfeit painkiller pills to the agent, prosecutors alleged in court records. He was arrested at the final meetup in Pittsburg, in 2021, and charged with a federal offense in July 2022, according to court records.According to Contreras’ attorney, the meth proceeds would hav...

Santa Rosa mother arrested after toddler overdoses on fentanyl

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 21:32:07 GMT

(KRON) -- A mother in Santa Rosa has been arrested after her one-year-old toddler overdosed on Tuesday, the Santa Rosa Police Department said. Ousted SF DA Boudin says he won't run in 2024, takes new job Police were called to a house on Boyd Street around 5:15 a.m. on the report of a one-year-old experiencing a medical emergency. The first office at the scene found the toddler lying on the ground, unconscious and not breathing, and one person was attempting to give the child CPR. The officer took over CPR, and within the next moment, the little girl began to breathe on her own, police said. Emergency medical crews arrived and transported the girl to a local hospital. KRON On is streaming now.embed-container { position: relative; padding-bottom: 56.25%; height: 0; overflow: hidden; max-width: 100%; } .embed-container iframe, .embed-container object, .embed-container embed { position: absolute; top: 0; left: 0; width: 100%; height: 100%; }SRPD's Domestic Violence and Sexual Assault...

Champion UConn gets Newton back at NBA draft deadline; Kentucky’s Tshiebwe stays in

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 21:32:07 GMT

Connecticut’s reign as NCAA champion will begin with multiple starters having left for the NBA draft and one returning after flirting with doing the same.As for Kentucky, star big man Oscar Tshiebwe is sticking with his pro pursuit. UConn guard Tristen Newton announced that he is withdrawing his name from the draft Wednesday, the NCAA’s deadline for players who declared as early entrants to the draft to withdraw and retain their college eligibility. But Tshiebwe announced late in the afternoon that he would remain in the draft after a college career that included being named The Associated Press men’s national player of the year in 2022.The list of players facing decisions include another big who was voted AP player of the year in Purdue’s Zach Edey. The 7-foot-4 Edey was last season’s winner after guiding the Boilermakers to a No. 1 seed in the NCAAs.For the current champions, Newton (10.1 points, 4.7 assists, 4.5 rebounds) was one of four Huskies to e...

Yankees say there’s a chance Stanton, Donaldson, Kahnle could return in LA

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 21:32:07 GMT

SEATTLE (AP) — Yankees manager Aaron Boone said “it’s definitely in play,” that the trio of Josh Donaldson, Giancarlo Stanton and Tommy Kahnle could return to New York’s active roster this weekend in Los Angeles.Boone wasn’t willing to definitely say Wednesday that the trio would rejoin the Yankees before their series against the Dodgers. But indications were the three will soon be back.“It’s definitely in play, but let’s get through today,” Boone said.Stanton, Donaldson and Kahnle all played in a rehab game for Double-A Somerset on Tuesday. Donaldson went 1 for 4 in his fourth rehab game as he comes back from a strained right hamstring and Stanton was hitless in three at-bats in his first appearance since injuring his left hamstring on April 15. Kahnle pitched one inning, giving up one run, one hit and walked two.Boone said he wasn’t concerned about Stanton potentially returning after playing in just one rehab game. He did say that Stanton likely will be just a designated hit...