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A 54-year-old man was behind bars Wednesday in Florida awaiting extradition to Orange County to face charges of molesting three boys in Huntington Beach dating back to the 1990s. George Philip Foord was charged Nov. 19 with seven felony counts of lewd or lascivious acts with a minor, according to court records. The criminal complaint alleges Foord molested one boy between February 1996 to February 1998, another boy from April 1998 through April 2001, and a third boy from February 2000 through February 2002. One of the boys came forward to Huntington Beach police on Oct. 3, according to the criminal complaint. The victims ranged in age from 12 to 16, police said. Foord, who goes by Phil, lives in Ridge Manor, Florida, but lived in Huntington Beach at the time of the alleged crimes, police said. Foord was arrested on the charges by deputies with the Hernando County Sheriff’s Office last month, police said. Police suspect there may be more victims and asked anyone with relevant information to call them at 714-536-5967. Orange County Crime Stoppers will accept anonymous tips at 855-TIP-OCCS. Police released

A gang member convicted in the killing of a 22-year-old Indio man more than eight years ago was sentenced to life in prison Wednesday, following previous life sentences for four co-defendants. Miguel Cavazos, 44, of Indio, was previously found guilty of first-degree murder in October. He was identified as a potential participant in the killing of Adrian Valdez following an Indio police investigation that concluded well after the defendant’s cohorts had been sentenced. In addition to first-degree murder, jurors also found true sentence-enhancing gun and great bodily injury allegations, as well as a special-circumstance allegation of killing for the benefit of a criminal street gang. Judge Otis Sterling sentenced the defendant to life in prison without the possibility of parole on Wednesday at the Larson Justice Center in Indio, according to Thalia Hayden of the Riverside County District Attorney’s Office. According to an Indio Police Department statement, the defendant was identified after “additional information surfaced (indicating) Cavazos was present and a participant in the shooting.” Police declined to elaborate on the findings. In 2019, Cesar Anthony Monzon, Angel Zacarias Lopez, Andrew Marquie Malanche and Jose

6th grader describes shooting at Northern California school 6th grader describes shooting at Northern California school 06:50 PALERMO – Authorities say a suspect is dead and two students are hurt after a shooting at a school in the Northern California community of Palermo on Wednesday. The Butte County Sheriff’s Office says the incident happened around 1 p.m. at the Feather River School of Seventh-Day Adventists. A man was found by deputies with a self-inflicted gunshot wound, with the sheriff’s office confirming that the suspected shooter had died. Two students were also found shot; their conditions were not known at this time, the sheriff’s office says, but both have been taken to local hospitals and were receiving treatment as of Wednesday evening. Butte County Sheriff Kory Honea said one student was a 5-year-old boy and the other was a 6-year-old boy. The suspect has not been identified and there’s no known motive at this time. Honea said the suspect was dropped off by someone driving a gray four-door sedan. That vehicle took off from the scene toward Highway 70 and it’s under investigation if a rideshare

By Jesse Zanger Updated on: December 4, 2024 / 5:56 PM EST / CBS New York Accused Delta stowaway involved in another in-flight incident, officials say Accused Delta stowaway involved in another in-flight incident, officials say 01:55 NEW YORK – The woman accused of sneaking onto a Delta Air Lines flight from New York City to Paris last week  returned to New York City’s John F. Kennedy International Airport Wednesday.  The suspect, identified by two people familiar with the matter as Svetlana Dali, boarded a Delta flight to return to New York from Charles de Gaulle Airport in Paris. She’s being escorted by French law enforcement and U.S. Customs and Border Patrol agents. The plane was greeted by police when it landed.  Dali, 57, is expected to be arrested in New York Wednesday evening on trespassing and theft of service charges, a person familiar with the matter told CBS News. So far, there are no plans to charge her with a federal crime, a person familiar with the matter told CBS News. The Transportation Security Administration says it has opened a civil case against her. 

Tips on how to avoid food poisoning Tips on how to avoid food poisoning 02:34 Federal officials are urging people not to eat recalled cucumbers, as well as salads and wraps that could contain the product, amid an investigation into an outbreak of salmonella that has sickened at least 68 people in 19 U.S. states and sent 18 to the hospital.  Three companies have recalled cucumbers grown by Agrotato, S.A. de C.V. in Sonora, Mexico, and sold by importers between October 12 and November 26, according to the Food and Drug Administration. SunFed Produce, Baloian Farms of Arizona Co. and Russ Davis Wholesale have all recalled cucumbers in recent days, with the latter also recalling multiple products containing them, including ready-to-eat salads and wraps, the FDA noted. The recalled cucumbers were sold in Alaska, Arkansas, Arizona, California, Colorado, Connecticut, Florida, Idaho, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, Montana, Nebraska, Nevada, New Jersey, New York, North Carolina, North Dakota, Oklahoma, Oregon, Pennsylvania, South Dakota, Tennessee, Texas, Utah, Virginia, Washington, Wisconsin and Wyoming.  Map of U.S. distribution of recalled cucumbers. Food and Drug Administration Consumers

Manhunt underway for suspect in shooting death of UnitedHealthcare CEO – CBS News Watch CBS News An unidentified gunman shot and killed the CEO of America’s largest health care insurer Wednesday morning in New York City. Police are searching for a suspect in what officials are calling a “brazen, targeted attack” on UnitedHealthcare executive Brian Thompson. CBS News crime and public safety senior coordinating producer Anna Schecter has the latest. Be the first to know Get browser notifications for breaking news, live events, and exclusive reporting. Not Now Turn On

NEW YORK (NewsNation) — Authorities searching for the shooter who killed UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson on Wednesday morning called the deadly attack “premeditated” during a news conference later that day. Thompson, 50, was shot just before 7 a.m. in front of a Hilton hotel on 54th Street between 6th and 7th Avenues, according to officials. He was rushed to a hospital, where he was pronounced dead. The gunman had been waiting for Thompson to arrive at the hotel for an investor’s meeting, police said. NYPD Commissioner Jessica Tisch called it a “premeditated, preplanned, targeted attack,” during a news conference Wednesday.  The suspect was “lying in wait for several minutes, and as the victim was walking to the conference hotel, the suspect approached from behind and fired several rounds, striking the victim at least once in the back and at least once in the right calf,” she said.  This undated photo provided by UnitedHealth Group shows UnitedHealthcare chief executive officer Brian Thompson. (AP Photo/UnitedHealth Group via AP) New York City Mayor Eric Adams has vowed to catch the shooter. UnitedHealthcare CEO shooting: Who was Brian Thompson? “This was

A winning Mega Millions ticket worth $197.5 million is set to expire this weekend, the California Lottery says. Lottery players are urged to check for the ticket, which was one of two Mega Millions jackpot winners from December 2023 sold at the exact same Chevron gas station in Encino. The winning numbers from the Dec. 8, 2023, drawing were 21, 26, 53, 66, 70, and Mega Ball 13. One of the tickets was already redeemed, but the other expires on Saturday, and the California Lottery has no way to contact that person unless they come forward to claim the prize. “We have no way of knowing who has the second jackpot-winning ticket from that incredible night,” said Carolyn Becker from the California Lottery. California woman was called into work on her day off. She left a lottery winner The ticket holder has until 11:59 p.m. Saturday to claim the prize at one of the California Lottery’s nine district offices or mail a completed claim form to its headquarters in Sacramento postmarked before the expiration date. If unclaimed, the prize money will be allocated to public

It’s been nearly 200 years since the famous California gold rush of the late 1840s, but mining property is hot once again, at least in one area of Southern California. Record-high gold prices have driven demand for mines in the Mojave Desert, the Los Angeles Times reports. “It’s a modern day gold rush,” entrepreneur Sean Tucker told the Times. “People are snapping up claims as quickly as possible.” The physical dangers of mining remain, as do financial concerns, though real estate agents offer tempting promises like “You only need to find about 18 ounces to make this property pay for itself!” As the Times notes, plenty of gold is still being found, but as one truck driver-turned-miner noted, nothing is simple – or guaranteed. “It’s not easy,” Rudy Salazar said. “But I hope it pans out.”

Federal health officials have concluded their investigation into a multi-state E. coli outbreak tied to contaminated slivered onions previously served on McDonald’s Quarter Pounder burgers. The outbreak, first identified in October, sickened 104 people across 14 states, leading to 34 hospitalizations and one death. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and the Food and Drug Administration linked the outbreak to yellow onions distributed by Taylor Farms, which immediately issued a voluntary recall of the onions. McDonald’s followed suit by removing the recalled product from its restaurants in affected states before finding an alternate supplier of slivered onions for hundreds of its restaurants. “The CDC and FDA confirmed that their respective investigations into E. coli at McDonald’s have been closed,” officials from the fast food chain said in a statement. “Federal and state officials have repeatedly said that our immediate actions in October made any risk to the public ‘very low,’ and the risk has remained very low since then.” Of the 104 reported cases, nearly 99% of the patients interviewed said they had eaten at McDonald’s before becoming ill, and 84% specifically recalled consuming

Butte County sheriff’s officials responded to a shooting at an elementary school in Oroville on Wednesday and confirmed a suspected shooter is dead. The shooting took place at Feather River School of Seventh-Day Adventists, roughly 70 miles north of Sacramento. (Google Maps) Dec. 4, 2024 Updated 2:35 PM PT A suspected gunman is dead after a shooting was reported at an elementary school in Oroville, the Butte County Sheriff’s Office said Wednesday. The shooting took place at Feather River School of Seventh-Day Adventists, roughly 70 miles north of Sacramento, the Sheriff’s Office announced in a news alert shortly before 2 p.m. Students at the school were being taken to the nearby Oroville Church of the Nazarene, where they were set to be reunited with their parents. There was no immediate information about any additional injuries or details on how the suspect died. The time of the shooting was not immediately available. This is a developing story. More to Read Sign up for Essential California The most important California stories and recommendations in your inbox every morning. You may occasionally receive promotional content from the Los Angeles

With a major oil refinery in Wilmington and Carson scheduled to close next year, Los Angeles County officials are looking to shore up resources for hundreds of workers who will be left without jobs. The Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors unanimously passed a motion Tuesday asking county staff to work with local partners such as the city of Los Angeles and the South Bay Workforce Investment Board to develop a plan to provide hiring fairs, training and other job placement resources for affected workers. Oil giant Phillips 66 announced in October that the century-old complex, which sprawls across 650 acres and produces about 8% of the state’s gasoline, would cease operations late next year. Its closure will affect some 600 employees and 300 contract workers that keep its operations running. Supervisor Janice Hahn said at the meeting that more than half of the affected workforce is Latino and includes skilled workers such as operators, welders, engineers and safety compliance experts that would bring “years of specialized training and certifications” to other jobs. She said they should receive support to help them make the transition

IKEA is set to open its first small format store in Los Angeles County this month. The IKEA Arcadia small-format store will feature over 1,000 products that will be refreshed each season, allowing guests to shop for the most popular items without navigating a giant warehouse. The smaller store is part of an expansion of the IKEA Arcadia Planning Studio, where customers can get support for more complex purchases. Why your favorite catalogs are smaller this holiday season “Our expansion goal is simple: to be where people are, whenever and however they want to experience IKEA,” Javier Quiñones, CEO and chief sustainability officer of IKEA U.S., said in a statement. “IKEA Arcadia represents a key milestone in this exciting journey towards a more connected and accessible IKEA experience for everyone.” The store, located in the Santa Anita Center in Arcadia, is set to open on Dec. 9. The retail giant has been opening smaller versions of its warehouse locations worldwide as part of its initiative to be accessible to every type of customer. In addition to shopping at traditional warehouse locations, customers can shop online

Every year, Spotify users wait for the day the streaming service tells them something they already know: who they like to listen to. On Wednesday, Spotify dropped its 2024 Wrapped, which provides each user a detailed breakdown of their most often played artists, songs and podcasts, as well as how their listening habits stack up with other users. In the hours that followed, social media feeds were filled with screenshots from friends, family and acquaintances who had definitive proof they, in fact, like Taylor Swift. It’s the tenth year that the streaming company has released its popular campaign, which Spotify exec Marc Hazan says is a “thank-you to fans around the world.” While each person’s Spotify Wrapped is crafted by their specific listening experience over the past 12 months, Spotify says streaming habits are “largely shaped by the people and places around us.” Spotify Wrapped Map 2024 With that, Spotify has also released the 2024 Wrapped Map, which shows the top songs streamed throughout the year in some of the most populous cities in the world, including locally in Southern California. These were the most-streamed

The champagne hadn’t even dried after the New York Liberty won the WNBA championship when the players association announced it would opt out of the league’s collective bargaining agreement, which was set to expire in 2027. A dramatic increase in revenues due primarily to the emergence of Indiana Fever guard Caitlin Clark and other marquee rookies prompted the players to recognize they aren’t getting what they believe to be a fair share. The CBA now ends after the 2025 season, blowing up a pay scale that set average salaries at about $120,000, with rookie minimums at $64,154 and veteran maximums at $241,984. Clark’s four-year rookie contract under the CBA was for $338,056 — including $76,535 in 2024 — laughably low numbers given the revenue she helped generate. Clark broke almost every WNBA rookie record, but more impressive was her off-the-court impact. “The numbers are so staggering,” said Ryan Brewer, associate professor of finance at Indiana University Columbus, who was asked by the Indianapolis Star to put a price tag on Clark. “They don’t even seem real.” The numbers, as crunched by Brewer: Clark was responsible

We may receive commissions from some links to products on this page. Promotions are subject to availability and retailer terms. There are a few big reasons to add 1-ounce gold bars to your portfolio before the new year rolls around. Bjoern Wylezich/Getty Images When it comes to diversifying portfolios and building long-term wealth , there is one precious metal in particular that investors turn to: gold. These and the other unique benefits that gold offers have made the previous metal a sought-after asset decade after decade, but gold’s remarkable price performance over the past year, in particular, has helped to boost the allure for both new and experienced investors.  Starting the year at about $2,000 per ounce , gold prices spent much of 2024 on an upward trajectory, eventually landing at today’s price of about $2,650 per ounce — while hitting numerous new records along the way. That type of swift, short-term price growth is unusual for gold, as the precious metal has historically grown in value over the long term . As a result, investors have been flocking to a range of gold assets

What’s known about the UnitedHealthcare CEO shooting suspect – CBS News Watch CBS News Officials are searching for the suspect in the New York City shooting of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson. Crime and public safety senior coordinating producer Anna Schecter breaks down what’s known about the assailant. Be the first to know Get browser notifications for breaking news, live events, and exclusive reporting. Not Now Turn On

We may receive commissions from some links to products on this page. Promotions are subject to availability and retailer terms. Don’t fall into the trap of letting your CD automatically roll over without exploring alternatives. Getty Images/iStockphoto A certificate of deposit (CD) account has historically been a smart way to protect your money – both against economic headwinds and the personal temptation to overspend. In recent years, however, it’s also been a key way to protect against inflation and higher borrowing costs. With interest rates on these accounts exponentially higher than they were in 2020 and 2021, it made sense for savers to open an account to take advantage of the higher rate climate. And, if you opened a CD in 2023 or earlier in 2024, you may have earned hundreds or even thousands of dollars in interest, depending on the account interest rate and the opening deposit amount.  But with the end of the year quickly approaching, and CD maturity dates in 2024 on the calendar for many savers, it helps to know which steps to take now to continue earning big returns. It

A man suspected of kidnapping a woman in East Los Angeles on Thanksgiving Day has been arrested and charged, authorities announced Wednesday. Deputies responded to the 1200 block of Dickson Avenue on Nov. 28 after witnesses reported seeing a woman being physically assaulted. Officials obtained surveillance video that showed an apparently distressed woman exiting a white-colored SUV moments before a man approached and threw her to the ground. “The suspect then picked up the female and forcibly placed her back into the vehicle where he proceeded to physically assault her,” the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department stated. “The vehicle then drove off with both the suspect and victim in it.” Detectives later identified the suspect and arrested Ivan Cruz at his residence in Santa Fe Springs without incident. “The female adult victim observed on video surveillance being assaulted was identified as his girlfriend,” the Sheriff’s Department stated. She was located in East Los Angeles and was treated for minor injuries by the Los Angeles County Fire Department. Cruz was ultimately arrested and on Monday he was charged with felony kidnapping and domestic violence. He remains

A Florida man has been identified as the suspect in multiple child molestation cases in Orange County dating back to the 1990s and 2000s.  According to the Huntington Beach Police Department, a victim of a child molestation case from the 1990s contacted detectives in October 2024.   The subsequent investigation revealed three additional child molestation victims, ranging from 12 to 16 years old.  As authorities continued their probe into the allegations, they were able to identify a suspect: 54-year-old George Philip Foord, who also goes by “Phil” and currently resides in Ridge Manor, Florida, a community about 60 miles west of Orlando.  Foord lived in Huntington Beach at the time of the reported offenses, HBPD said.  Beverly Hills teacher claims she was fired for anti-Trump FB post “The case was submitted to the Orange County District Attorney’s Office, and an arrest warrant was issued for Foord,” police stated in a media release. “In November, our detectives collaborated with the Special Victims Unit at the Hernando County Sheriff’s Office in Florida, and acting on HBPD’s investigation, detectives contacted and arrested Foord near his residence.”  54-year-old George

The end of the 21st century is still decades away, but Billboard has already declared its greatest pop star: Beyoncé. The music magazine on Tuesday revealed that the “Crazy in Love” and “Formation” diva had secured the top spot among 25 generational pop talents, including Taylor Swift, Justin Bieber, Rihanna, Drake and Lady Gaga. Billboard’s editorial staff selected Queen Bey for her “full 25 years of influence, evolution and impact,” the outlet announced. “She’s been Beyoncé for 25 years now, and as she continues to challenge herself (and by extension, the rest of the pop world) to find new and different ways to be define [sic] greatness,” wrote Billboard deputy editor Andrew Unterberger, “it doesn’t seem like she’s going to stop being Beyoncé anytime soon.” As part of its Beyoncé celebration, Billboard published an essay that chronicled the “Single Ladies” singer’s career from her Destiny’s Child days in the late 1990s to her most recent album, “Cowboy Carter.” The career retrospective praised the Houston native’s consistency, her ubiquity across music and other facets of pop culture — including film and fashion — and her “commitment