Burglars target antique, collectibles business in Riverside

An antique and collectibles business in Riverside is pleading for help, hoping someone can identify burglars that have broken into the store twice over the last month.   Surveillance footage shows thieves smash through glass doors in February and then, again last Friday. They stole high-end valuables and some rare movie props that were on display inside the shop.  “Glass everywhere. My building was ransacked, everything I worked hard to put in here was just thrown everywhere,” said Sharonne Leibscher, owner of Annie Rooster’s Sally Anne’s Antiques, Collectibles & More.  The business owner said she still gets emotional about the burglaries and estimates that she’s out more than $40,000 because of stolen merchandise and costly repairs to her store.   “The first one happened February 22. I received a phone call from property management stating that my building had been broken into,” Leibscher said.   She arrived that day to find shattered glass and items, like clothing, handbags, jewelry, old coins, vintage paper money and home goods items that were boxed up stolen. The store owner said the thieves even used her own boxes to

Los Angeles “mansion tax” has sellers giving away sports cars to entice buyers

Sellers of luxury homes in Los Angeles are scrambling to offload their properties before a new “mansion tax” takes effect on April 1. Agents are trying their best to entice buyers with extravagant freebies before the ULA tax takes effect. The measure will impose a 4% transfer tax on property sales over $5 million and a 5.5% tax on properties over $10 million. The tax must be paid by the seller which means those with properties on the market are doing everything they can to incentivize quick closes. Some sellers are even throwing in a free McLaren or a Bentley with a purchase. While sellers are dropping prices dramatically, agents are finding clever ways to entice buyers to snatch up these pricey estates. “We were trying to think outside of the box and we offered a $1 million bonus to any agent who brought the buyer to one of our listings if we closed before April 1,” said Josh Altman, CEO of Altman Brothers Real Estate and star of “Million Dollar Listing Los Angeles.” Altman explains the extravagant incentives are actually cost-saving measures as selling

Amazon delivery driver walks into North Carolina police standoff to drop off package

When Amazon guarantees delivery, it means it – especially in North Carolina. KTLA’s sister station WNCN reports. A TikTok video posted earlier this month shows an Amazon driver walking by multiple parked police cars, with lights flashing, toward a Raleigh house to deliver a package. The officers appear to be in a standoff at or near the recipient’s house. Officers appear visibly surprised upon noticing the man, wearing an Amazon vest, attempting to deliver the package. Once police realize what the man was doing, they approach him, ask him to stop, and take the package from him, the video shows. The video then shows the Amazon driver walking back to his car – but not before he takes a picture, to prove it was delivered. The video shows more than half a dozen Raleigh police cars visible at the standoff scene when the drop-off was made. Raleigh Police confirmed to Nexstar’s WNCN that, on March 18, when the video was captured, officers were arresting a man with an active warrant out of Texas. Police had established a perimeter around the home, which can be seen

Judge upholds Boy Scouts’ $2.4B bankruptcy plan

By Randall Chase | Associated Press DOVER, Del. — A $2.4 billion bankruptcy plan for the Boy Scouts of America has been upheld by a federal judge, clearing an important hurdle in the legal challenge by certain insurance companies and dissenting sex abuse survivors. The plan would let the Texas-based organization keep operating while it compensates tens of thousands of men who say they were sexually abused as children while involved in Scouting. The ruling released Tuesday in U.S. District Court in Delaware rejected arguments that the bankruptcy plan wasn’t proposed in good faith and improperly strips insurers and survivors of their rights. More than 80,000 men have filed claims saying they were abused as children by troop leaders around the country. Plan opponents say the staggering number of claims, when combined with other factors, suggest the bankruptcy process was manipulated. Judge Richard Andrews said he found no fault with the plan’s initial approval by a federal bankruptcy judge in September, although he agreed with the previous judge that it was “an extraordinary case by any measure.” “The appellants have failed to put forth evidence

‘He’s got some fire in him’: Pedro Grifol focused on the here and now as he begins 1st season as Chicago White Sox manager

Pedro Grifol sets expectations roughly seven to 10 days at a time. “I don’t talk about anything past (that),” the Chicago White Sox manager said recently. “I think it keeps you in the moment. It keeps you right where you’re thinking about, ‘OK, where am I right now? Where do I need to be in the next five days seven days?’ “When you get caught up too far ahead, you don’t worry about what’s going on right now. You lose sight of what you need to accomplish in this particular moment.” This seven-day period will include a first — Grifol’s debut as a major-league manager in a regular-season game with the Sox. That comes Thursday night against the defending champion Houston Astros at Minute Maid Park. But even Tuesday morning, Grifol’s mind wasn’t on the trip, rather the final game of the spring against the Cubs. “Maybe (Wednesday) you can ask that questions and I’ll say, ‘Yeah, I’m excited,’ ” Grifol said before the game in Mesa, Ariz. “I’m excited for (Wednesday) because we’re practicing, but right now I’m not there yet. I’m going through

Heritage star Amanda Muse shines among nation’s best at McDonald’s All-American Game

Heritage star and UCLA commit Amanda Muse shined among some of the nation’s elite high school basketball players during the McDonald’s All-American girls basketball game on Tuesday night at the Toyota Center in Houston. Muse scored 18 points for the West team on 6-of-7 shooting from the floor. The West triumphed 110-102 in a fast-paced game. The post player came off the bench but was arguably the best player on the court in the first half. Muse scored 12 points, two off a nifty step-through layup that left her defender flat-footed, and grabbed four rebounds in that time. The West led 52-46 at halftime. Amanda Muse has 12 points and 4reb at halftime. She has been arguably the best player in the #McDonaldsAllAmerican game so far. @HeritagePats @coachnatesmith @DarrenSabedra @GReeves23 @leftwich @thepress_sports #Bruins #ucla @Jesus_Cano88 pic.twitter.com/zE0ggnYjZz — Joseph Dycus (@joseph_dycus) March 28, 2023 Muse closed out the game for the winning team, and had a hand in the last five points of the game. She hit two free throws and then assisted Juju Watkins, the top player in the country, on a three-pointer as the

Contra Costa DA charges suspect in fatal Hercules chase, collision that killed a mother and her 6-year-old son

MARTINEZ — A 20-year-old Vallejo man was charged Tuesday with two counts of murder and other crimes in connection with a police pursuit in West County that ended in a car crash that killed a mother and her 6-year-old son, authorities said. The two counts of murder filed against Ralph White III come with enhancements for “committing the offenses while on bail,” the Contra Costa County District Attorney’s Office said on Tuesday, without elaborating. Hercules police said an officer on March 23 attempted to pull White over, but he allegedly drove off and led police on a chase before crashing into a Nissan driven by 31-year-old Ryniqueka Dowell. She died as a result of the crash and her twin 6-year-old sons, Jamani and Jamari Humble, who were in the Nissan, were taken to UCSF Benioff Children’s Hospital in Oakland, where Jamari was pronounced dead Monday. Jamani suffered a broken leg and other injuries, authorities said. The crash happened after Hercules police responded to a Contra Costa Sheriff’s Office alert about a stolen 2021 Mazda SUV seen heading eastbound along Interstate 80. Soon after, a Hercules police officer

Column: Nico Hoerner’s 3-year, $35 million extension was a small step forward in the Chicago Cubs’ future

The Chicago Cubs signed second baseman Nico Hoerner to a three-year, $35 million extension, according to multiple reports — a small but important step toward the team’s future. The deal with Hoerner, who had a .281 average and 10 home runs in 2022, buys out two years of arbitration and the first year of free agency. Cubs President Jed Hoyer had yet to sign a prospect to a multiyear deal before free agency, a strategy many other large-market teams have adopted to gain cost certainty while rewarding players they consider part of their future. While it pales in comparison to with deals such as the eight-year, $100 million extension Ronald Acuña Jr. signed with the Atlanta Braves four years before he was eligible for free agency, it was the Cubs’ first multiyear signing of a prospect since David Bote’s five-year, $15 million extension in 2019. Hoerner was deemed talented enough to take on a short-term risk but has not proved himself enough to get a megadeal. Hoerner, who moved to second after the signing of shortstop Dansby Swanson to a seven-year, $177 million contract, agreed

Political and cultural divisions over the AR-15

Nashville police said the shooter who carried out Monday’s shooting at the Covenant School, which left six people dead, including three children, was armed with two assault style rifles and a handgun. Todd Frankel, an enterprise reporter for the Washington Post, recently co-authored a piece about the popularity of the AR-15. He joined CBS News to discuss the issue.

Los Angeles “mansion tax” has sellers throwing in free sports cars to entice buyers

Sellers of luxury homes in Los Angeles scrambling to offload their properties before a new “mansion tax” takes effect on April 1. Agents are trying their best to entice buyers with free perks before the ULA tax takes effect. The measure will impose a 4% transfer tax on property sales over $5 million and a 5.5% tax on properties over $10 million. The tax must be paid by the seller which means those with properties on the market are doing everything they can to incentivize quick closes, including throwing in a free McLaren or a Bentley along with a purchase. Some sellers are dropping prices dramatically while others are finding clever ways to entice buyers to snatch up these pricey estates. “We were trying to think outside of the box and we offered a $1 million bonus to any agent who brought the buyer to one of our listings if we closed before April 1,” said Josh Altman, CEO of Altman Brothers Real Estate and star of “Million Dollar Listing Los Angeles.” Altman explains the extravagant incentives are actually cost-saving measures as selling after the

Video shows guards walking away during fire that killed 40

CIUDAD JUAREZ, Mexico (AP) — After migrants in northern Mexico placed mattresses against the bars of their detention cell and set them on fire, guards quickly walked away and made no apparent attempt to release the men before smoke filled the room and killed at least 40, surveillance video showed Tuesday. Hours after the fire broke out late Monday, rows of bodies were laid out under shimmery silver sheets outside the immigration detention facility in Ciudad Juarez, which is across the U.S. border from El Paso, Texas, and a major crossing point for migrants. Twenty-nine people were injured and were in “delicate-serious” condition, according to the National Immigration Institute. At the time of the blaze, 68 men from Central and South America were being held at the facility, the agency said. In the video, two people dressed as guards rush into the camera frame, and at least one migrant appears by the metal gate on the other side. But the guards did not appear to make any effort to open the cell doors and instead ran away as billowing clouds of smoke filled the structure