On the drive up to the Rose Bowl's front door, underneath the legendary glowing sign, toward the picturesque purple mountains, there stands the most impactful symbol of the school that plays there. It is a statue of Jackie Robinson in a UCLA football uniform. He is cradling the ball in his left hand and warding off impending tacklers with his right, a striking bronze symbol of a university's resilience and strength.
Jose, a quiet 14-year-old, was squatting and bending over for hours with other workers in a sprawling strawberry field. The pickers, many of them also minors, snapped berries from plants and placed them in plastic cartons, eight of them in a cardboard box. They moved quickly along the long rows that lined the field. Jose was exhausted but working as fast as he could; he was being paid $2.40 for each box he filled.
In July 2024, two men walked into his office holding guns, he testified with the help of a Mandarin interpreter. Pointing their weapons at his chest, the pair demanded money. He told them he had none. According to authorities, this was an old-fashioned shakedown carried out by the largest gang in the city, Pomona 12th Street. The Times is not identifying the witness over concerns about his safety.
Residents have been stumped over a patch of bubbles rising out of the ocean off the coast of Hermosa Beach this week, prompting several beachgoers to speculate at what exactly is under the surface and causing the water to spume. Videos of the bubbles, visible between 33rd Street and Longfellow Avenue, spread on social media, with commenters offering a variety of wild and not-so-wild theories. Neighbors stood on the street in the rain, gazing out into the ocean, wondering what was causing it.
"Gavin Newsom very effectively demonstrated during the Prop. 50 campaign that disliking Donald Trump is the most unifying principle that California Democrats possess. So for Swalwell, tapping into that same anti-Trump sentiment makes good strategic sense," Schnur said. "And given the recent controversy surrounding Kimmel, it's likely to be a fairly welcoming platform for an anti-Trump message."
The provocative move by the Berkeley-based Prison Law Office comes after years of the county agreeing about the need to improve its deputy-to-inmate ratios - by either increasing custody staff or reducing the jail population - but not making meaningful progress, said Donald Specter, a senior staff attorney and former executive director for the law firm, which secured the reform agreement.
Lawyers representing victims of the Palisades fire are seeking to depose Los Angeles firefighters to shed light on allegations that a California State Parks official restricted how the Los Angeles Fire Department handled an earlier blaze that reignited into the deadly firestorm that destroyed thousands of homes. The LAFD's handling of the Jan. 1 Lachman fire has come under increasing scrutiny after a federal investigation concluded firefighters failed to put the small brush fire out and it came roaring back to life on Jan. 7, killing 12 people and destroying more than 6,800 structures.
Brett Maxwell, a 51-year-old apartment manager, was arrested on suspicion of possessing firearms, assault weapons and narcotics for sale after the Santa Clara County Gun Violence Task Force located 19 firearms and "several pounds" of methamphetamine and heroin in his apartment and storage unit, according to a news release from the Santa Clara County District Attorney's Office. The cache of weapons also included explosives and ghost guns - weapons manufactured without serial numbers - and three of the firearms were assault weapons, prosecutors added.
The wolves were originally thought to be from separate groups but were declared a pack after a pup was seen with them on a remote trail camera, according to Fish and Wildlife spokesperson Peter Tira. Fish and Wildlife declares a group of wolves a pack if there is evidence of reproduction, along with other criteria, Tira told SFGATE in an emailed statement.
Four Bay Area men have been charged in a 19-felony complaint with crimes related to their alleged participation in a series of home burglaries and robberies that netted hundreds of thousands of dollars in valuables and cash, court records show. Randy Taylor, 27, of Fairfield, Terrell Mackey, 30, of San Francisco, Armani McFarland, 31, of Antioch, and Dajuan Menifee, 27, of San Francisco, were charged on Nov. 10 with a mix of burglary and robbery counts.
The first power projects in PG&E's pipeline to serve data centers could appear on the grid as soon as next year, despite some hints of softening demand, as the utility titan races to meet the tech industry's hunger for the data hubs. PG&E is in the final engineering stages for electricity projects that would produce a combined 1.6 gigawatts of energy to serve data centers in the South Bay, said Mike Medeiros, PG&E vice president of strategic commercial solutions,
Officers were dispatched to Lone Tree Way and West Tregallas Road around 2:45 a.m. for reports of a person down in the roadway, Antioch police Lt. William Whitaker said in a news release. They arrived to find a person "who appeared to have been involved in a physical altercation," Whitaker said. The victim received aid at the scene and was taken to an area hospital, Whitaker said.
Saratoga retained Lisa Wise Consulting, an urban planning and economics firm that specializes in walkable, transit-oriented communities. The goal of the meeting was to take the Village Design Guidelines from 2019 and turn them into objective design standards that would support the addition of housing in accordance with state law. SB330, also known as the Housing Crisis Act of 2019, was intended to address the state's housing shortage by expediting permit processes, increasing housing production and protecting existing housing stock.
The attack was witnessed by passers-by and others at the Josie de la Cruz Park at 1637 Fruitvale Ave. Authorities say a little after 3 p.m., one of the two suspects argued with Mejia-Lemus, then retrieved two bats from a nearby homeless encampment where they lived. One of the suspects was seen with a machete, according to police testimony.
From the get-go, police revealed that Rodriguez's blood/alcohol level was twice the legal limit and that he was bicycling the wrong was down Central Avenue in Fremont at the time Tay allegedly struck him. But at Tay's 2024 preliminary hearing, a judge threw out the manslaughter charge, finding that there wasn't even evidence that Tay knew he'd hit anything other than scrap metal, and that a second motorist struck Rodriguez's bicycle afterwards without noticing it.
California Republicans, now joined by the Trump administration's Department of Justice, have sued California in federal court to stop implementation of Proposition 50, a voter-passed ballot measure that creates a Democratic gerrymander of the state's congressional districts, adding up to five more Democratic seats. The lawsuit argues that the Legislature had an unconstitutional race-focused intent on the state's Latino voters when it passed the maps.
True Brading, 26, admitted to assault on a police officer and will spend 30 days in jail and 120 days on house arrest. Brading was driving as Yahyaa ran from police and ran over Officer Dan Pojanamat's foot during their escape. Yahyaa and Brading were tracked down and arrested in Berkeley later that week. The couple signed the plea deal with Deputy District Attorney William Bobseine on Oct. 27 and will be formally sentenced at the Palo Alto Courthouse on Dec. 17.
Palo Alto Police Department is moving across town to a new $123.5 million headquarters near California Avenue, but it plans to maintain a presence downtown even after the move is complete. The department will keep a "small footprint" at the current police station at 275 Forest Ave, Assistant Police Chief James Reifschneider told the Daily Post in an email.
The claim alleges that both the MRCA and the owners of Camp Wildcraft knew branches were dangerously dropping from the tree. "And yet, Camp Wildcraft and MRCA inexplicably directed groups of young children to play, paint and rest directly under the tree," states the claim. "That is exactly what Lamar was doing when he was tragically killed by the falling branch."
The incident occurred in August 2024, after the victim arranged to pay $600 to a woman he met on a website that promises to link "sugar babies" and "sugar daddies," according to police. Instead, when the man arrived at the Crowne Plaza Hotel in Union City and attempted to bring the woman up to his room, she pulled a gun on him, according to police.
SAN RAMON A magnitude 3.3 earthquake rattled the East Bay late Monday night, according to the U.S. Geological Survey. The quake struck around 10:47 p.m. about 2.4 miles southeast of San Ramon, the USGS reported. There were no immediate reports of injuries or damage. The earthquake was felt as far away as Oakland, Union City and Dublin, according to the USGS. Check back for updates.
Authorities on Tuesday identified a man who was fatally hit by a car on a city street late Sunday. The collision that killed 55-year-old Anthony Rizotto happened about 8 p.m. at the intersection of Monument Boulevard and Reganti Drive, according to police. The Contra Costa Sheriff's Office identified him publicly Tuesday and said he did not have a listed city of residence.
The water filling the pools in Piedmont's new community aquatic complex glistens alluringly in the mid-November sunshine. The all-new facilities changing rooms, outdoor showers, a lift assist compliant with the U.S. Americans with Disabilities Act, a grassy pavilion, ice cream and snacks counter, staff rooms, party rooms and more are pristine. Behind the scenes, advanced technology hums, whirs, clicks, modulates and self-regulates during testing of the chemical treatment, pumping, filtration and heating systems. For people eager to dive in or walk in via the zero-depth entry at one end of the activity pool the methodical pace of the project's required commissioning (testing) process feels like slow torture.
A 13-year-old boy was struck and killed by a hit-and-run driver in Dana Point while on his way to school Tuesday morning, authorities said. The crash took place around 8:15 a.m. The child was struck as he stood with his brother on the safety island between Park Lantern and Dana Point Harbor Drive, according to the Orange County Sheriff's Department.
Long before Orange County became known for Disneyland or surfing, the area was the agricultural heart of Southern California. The local economy hinged on cattle ranching and citrus growing-cowboys weren't an uncommon sight, and adobe homes once lined the streets. It may be hard to imagine the county's idyllic past, but that history is actually alive and well in San Juan Capistrano, a small town near the county's southern border.
