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An investigation is underway in Echo Park after a man was seen vandalizing a Tesla Cybertruck in what the victim believes was a targeted attack. The video recorded by the cameras on the vandalized Tesla shows a male suspect walking over to the vehicle while holding a sharp object on Nov. 28. The man quickly punctures the Tesla’s front and rear passenger tires before walking away from the area. The Cybertruck was among several vehicles parked along the 1600 block of North Alvarado Street that day, however, the victim said his car was the only one vandalized. He believes the incident may be a case of Tesla-specific hatred. Some neighbors, although puzzled, said they were not too surprised by the crime. “I feel like people hate Teslas now,” Sol Dean, a nearby resident, tells KTLA’s Ellina Abovian. “I don’t know why, but it seems some people just hate electric vehicles.” Images of the male suspect slashing the tires of a Tesla Cybertruck were captured by the vehicle’s cameras in Echo Park on Nov. 28, 2024. (Frank Ogwaro) Images of the male suspect slashing the tires

Authorities are continuing to search for two people believed to have been in a car that swerved off the side of a mountain road in Ventura County and rolled 1,000 feet down a cliff at 2 a.m. Sunday. A white Cadillac Escalade crashed just northwest of Malibu on Deer Creek Road about two miles from where the road meets the Pacific Coast Highway, according to Officer Ryan Ayala, a California Highway Patrol spokesperson. A day and a half after the collision, one of the passengers reported two other occupants as missing, he said. A search of the vehicle and the surrounding area on Monday and Tuesday yielded no results, and nobody has checked themselves in to any area hospitals for injuries consistent with the vehicle crash, Ayala said. The CHP was also unable to locate either missing occupant at the addresses provided by the reporting party, he said. “It’s a really, really weird situation,” he said. “At this point, we need to verify that the other two people in the vehicle are safe.” The reporting passenger told authorities he was able to self-extricate from the

La noticia de que Riqui Puig no estará en la gran final de la Copa MLS debido a una lesión de su rodilla, ha sido el foco de atención previo al encuentro entre los finalistas LA Galaxy y Red Bulls de Nueva York, y podría ser determinante en el resultado. La final se jugará el sábado (1 p.m. PT, AppleTV) en casa de los galácticos, en el Dignity Health Sports Park, en donde se han convertido en una fortaleza con 20 partidos sin perder en este 2024. El exbarcelonista ha sido fundamental durante el año para que el conjunto angelino llegara a estas instancias, a solo un paso de alcanzar su sexta estrella y mantenerse como el más campeón de la MLS. La baja de Puig prendió las alarmas para el LA Galaxy, pero el equipo tiene la confianza de tener lo suficiente para cumplir su objetivo principal. Durante el segundo tiempo de la final de la Conferencia del Oeste, Puig se rompió el ligamento cruzado anterior de su rodilla izquierda durante la victoria del pasado sábado en la final de la Conferencia Oeste sobre

It had been a turbulent morning, at the end of a turbulent recruiting cycle for USC and Lincoln Riley. Ten prospects had already decommitted during the past six months, among them a handful of top-100 talents. Several of the state’s top players, too, had spurned the Trojans in favor of more far-flung football powers, like Alabama or Texas A&M or Penn State, all of which inked more top California recruits for their 2025 classes. Signing day had been trending in a disappointing direction for USC, well before Wednesday had even arrived. Then, just as the class was coming together, one of USC’s prized defensive assistants, Matt Entz, took the head coaching job at Fresno State, leaving the Trojans in an even tougher spot, scrambling to secure two top linebackers who seemed solid just the night before. It was hardly the preamble Riley had hoped for ahead of the early signing window, at the start of his fourth season as the Trojans coach. Riley, at one point, even found himself reiterating his allegiance to USC, after a report linked him to a lesser head job at

By James LaPorta, Rhona Tarrant Updated on: December 4, 2024 / 9:20 PM EST / CBS News Hegseth defiant as Trump floats replacements Pete Hegseth vows to fight on as Trump considers replacements 08:46 Pete Hegseth , President-elect Donald Trump’s embattled pick for secretary of defense, received a six-figure severance payment and signed a non-disclosure agreement when he exited the organization Concerned Veterans of America. The payment came amid allegations of financial mismanagement, repeated incidents of intoxication and sexual impropriety, as well as dissension among its leaders over Hegseth’s foreign policy views. The Army veteran turned Fox News host signed a non-disclosure agreement when he stepped down as CEO in January 2016, two sources associated with Concerned Veterans of America told CBS News, with one source saying the agreement included a financial payout. The CVA sources spoke to CBS News under conditions of anonymity because they were not authorized to publicly discuss legally-binding contracts, while also fearing professional reprisal.  Public tax filings reviewed by CBS News confirm that Hegseth was paid more than $172,000 between October 2016 and September 2017 – well after Hegseth’s formal

LOS ANGELES (AP) — The new chief of the Los Angeles police force said his department is working with consulate offices for Mexico and other Central American countries to draft a plan to protect immigrants ahead of the Trump administration’s plans for mass deportations. In an interview with The Associated Press, Jim McDonnell said his tenure as police chief will be marked by high engagement with the community, adding that all of society must participate in the criminal justice system to create a safe place to live. A veteran police officer and former sheriff, McDonnell was selected by Mayor Karen Bass in October and sworn in last month. The LAPD does not stop people or take action for any reason related to immigration status, and it doesn’t enforce immigration laws, a practice that has been in place for 45 years, said McDonnell, referring to a department policy known as Special Order 40 enacted in 1979. Any immigration enforcement would be “undercutting our primary mission, which is to be able to build public trust to work with every member of all of our communities, to be

Store employees and feathers went flying in a Los Angeles County pet store when a customer mistakenly drove their pickup truck into the building, leaving it in ruins. Officers with the El Monte Police Department responded to reports of the crash and damaged structure at Wes’s Pets & Feeds at 4424 N. Peck Road just before 10 a.m., authorities confirmed to KTLA.   Video of the scene obtained by KTLA shows a white Ford F-150 all the way into the building, which was cordoned off with yellow police tape and had been red tagged by city officials, meaning the structure is currently unsafe to enter.   L.A. County Fire crews also responded to the scene, though fortunately no one was injured during the incident.   Damage to Wes’s Pet & Feed store in El Monte after a truck crashed into the building on Dec. 4, 2024. (RMG News) Damage to Wes’s Pet & Feed store in El Monte after a truck crashed into the building on Dec. 4, 2024. (RMG News) Damage to Wes’s Pet & Feed store in El Monte after a truck crashed

The biggest Panda Express fans have a chance to showcase their love for the brand with a free limited-edition hoodie, available as part of a special giveaway Thursday, in honor of National Comfort Food Day. The giveaway is part of the Panda Express x UPRISERS Cozy Collection launch, a collaboration with the AAPI-owned clothing brand. For one day only, guests who visit select Panda Express locations in certain cities and purchase a two-entrée Panda Plate with one side will receive a free Panda Sherpa Hoodie, available in sizes M and XL, while supplies last. At Los Angeles stores, the promotion is available exclusively in-store between 9:30 a.m. and 11:30 a.m. Panda Express has partnered with UPRISERS clothing brand for a limited-time collaboration on Panda-themed items including a hoodie, shorts and blanket. (Panda Express/UPRISERS) Panda Express has partnered with UPRISERS clothing brand for a limited-time collaboration on Panda-themed items including a hoodie, shorts and blanket. (Panda Express/UPRISERS) Panda Express has partnered with UPRISERS clothing brand for a limited-time collaboration on Panda-themed items including a hoodie, shorts and blanket. (Panda Express/UPRISERS) Panda Express has partnered with UPRISERS

As DeShaun Foster spoke with reporters about his first recruiting class, the UCLA coach’s efforts to restock his roster were becoming more complicated. Quarterback Madden Iamaleava and wide receiver Jace Brown, widely expected to become Bruins, publicly revealed Wednesday afternoon they were instead becoming Arkansas Razorbacks. The Long Beach Poly High teammates were the second and third players verbally committed to UCLA who changed their allegiance. Epi Sitanilei, a four-star edge rusher prospect from St. John Bosco, had earlier announced that he was headed to Ohio State instead of UCLA. The first day of the early signing period also came with a few pleasing developments for Foster and his recruiting staff. The Bruins landed LaRue Zamorano, a cornerback from Corona Centennial who recently decommitted from Michigan State, and Lucien Holland, an edge rusher from Inglewood who recently decommitted from Boise State. “It’s been a real roller-coaster ride today,” Foster said, “and that’s what recruiting is.” After all the losses and additions were tallied, UCLA’s 17-member recruiting class dropped from No. 35 nationally and No. 11 in the Big Ten in the 247Sports rankings to No.

Rooted in the elaborate 20-day pre-Hispanic Mexica festival known as Panquetzaliztli, which celebrates the winter solstice rebirth of Aztec sun god Huitzilopochtli, Las Posadas commemorate Mary and Joseph’s journey from Nazareth to Bethlehem in search of a safe space for Mary to give birth to baby Jesus. Jesuit priests arriving in New Spain (Mexico) in 1523 to convert Indigenous people to Christianity appropriated these traditions and created the nine-day celebration (Dec. 16 to 24) we know today. Las Posadas festivities are primarily held in the U.S., Mexico, Central and South America with participants reenacting Mary and Joseph’s journey. Dressed as angels, shepherds, Mary and Joseph, actors and spectators carry candles and sing a version of “Canto para pedir posada” (“Carol to ask for shelter”) in a procession that concludes with festivities once the symbolic lodging is granted. In Los Angeles, Olvera Street hosts the city’s longest running event with nightly processions, champurrado and pan dulce. Lincoln Heights’ Plaza de la Raza hosts a posada-themed fundraiser benefiting their invaluable community programming and the Pico Rivera Sports Arena takes part in festivities with a charreada and music

Final 2024 House race decided with Democrats scoring net gain – CBS News Watch CBS News CBS News has projected a winner for the last race in the U.S. House of Representatives. Democrats scored a net gain from their last term to create a narrow GOP majority in the chamber. CBS News political reporter Hunter Woodall joins “America Decides” to examine the state of the 119th Congress. Be the first to know Get browser notifications for breaking news, live events, and exclusive reporting. Not Now Turn On

What happens if Trump ends the electric vehicle tax credit? – CBS News Watch CBS News President-elect Donald Trump has signaled he wants to end the $7,500 tax credit for electric vehicle buyers. Albert Gore III, executive director of the Zero Emission Transportation Association, joins “America Decides” to discuss the future of EVs in the second Trump administration. Be the first to know Get browser notifications for breaking news, live events, and exclusive reporting. Not Now Turn On

Trump taps Peter Navarro as top trade adviser months after prison release – CBS News Watch CBS News President-elect Donald Trump announced Wednesday that Peter Navarro will return to the White House as his senior counselor for trade and manufacturing. Navarro, who served in Trump’s first administration, was behind bars for several months this year for defying a subpoena from the House Select Jan. 6 Committee. Tom LoBianco, co-founder and national political reporter for 24sight News, and Sabrina Rodriguez, national politics reporter at The Washington Post, join with analysis. Be the first to know Get browser notifications for breaking news, live events, and exclusive reporting. Not Now Turn On

Possibility of DeSantis replacing Hegseth “very real,” source says – CBS News Watch CBS News Over the last several years, Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis has flipped from close ally to campaign rival of President-elect Donald Trump. In the coming months, he may work directly under Trump after reports that he is being considered as a possible defense secretary replacement. CBS News’ Fin Gómez and Ed O’Keefe have more. Be the first to know Get browser notifications for breaking news, live events, and exclusive reporting. Not Now Turn On

PALERMO, Calif. (AP) — Two children were wounded Wednesday in a shooting at a tiny religious K-8 school in Northern California and deputies arrived to find the gunman on the ground near the playground, dead after apparently shooting himself, sheriff’s officials said. The children were taken to nearby hospitals and their conditions were not immediately known. One was airlifted to a nearby hospital. Officials did not share information about their ages nor genders. The shooting occurred at about 1 p.m. at the Feather River School of Seventh-Day Adventists, a private school in Palermo with fewer than three dozen students. Palermo has about 5,500 people and is about 65 miles (104 km) north of Sacramento. It was the the latest among dozens of school shootings across the U.S. in recent years, including especially deadly ones in Newtown, Connecticut; Parkland, Florida; and Uvalde, Texas. The shootings have set off fervent debates about gun control and frayed the nerves of parents whose children are growing up accustomed to doing active shooter drills in their classrooms. But school shootings have done little to move the needle on national gun

Two students were shot and the suspected gunman is dead after a shooting at a school in the community of Palermo, according to the Butte County Sheriff’s Office. The agency said just before 2 p.m. that deputies were at an “active incident involving a shooting” at Feather River Adventist School. The school is located 10 miles south of Oroville and almost 60 miles north of Sacramento. The school’s website says it serves children K-8, has been at its current location since 1965, and an update from 2022 says it had nearly 35 students. A spokesperson with the sheriff’s office said two students were shot and taken to a hospital, one by helicopter. The suspected gunman is believed to have died from a self-inflicted gunshot. The sheriff’s office said that students were taken from the school to the Oroville Church of the Nazarene in Oroville and that parents were asked to head to the church to reunite with their children. The community of Palermo is a census-designated place with a population of nearly 9,500, according to the U.S. Census. The California Highway Patrol said a nearly three-mile-long

Theater director Martin Benson, who co-established the Tony Award-winning South Coast Repertory and served as its founding artistic director for 46 years, has died. He was 87. The theater’s current artistic director, David Ivers, and managing director, Suzanne Appel, announced Tuesday that Benson died Saturday of natural causes. “Martin was a shining light for South Coast Repertory, a pioneer here and in our field,” Ivers said in a statement. “Kind, thoughtful and deeply curious, Martin was always ready with a poignant word, a handshake of support and an appetite for the work. He will be sorely missed, but his fine example of craft and leadership endures.” A Northern California native, Benson co-founded the Orange Country theater with fellow founding artistic director David Emmes in 1964, after the two San Francisco State graduates collaborated on a 1963 production of Arthur Schnitzler’s “La Ronde” at Long Beach’s Off-Broadway Theatre. The company opened its first, 75-seat venue in Newport Beach in 1965 and moved to a 217-seat house in Costa Mesa in 1967. Its current Costa Mesa complex came to be upon raising $3.5 million and receiving a

Bob Dylan has declared himself a Timothée Chalamet fan. The “Like a Rolling Stone” singer, in an X post on Wednesday, endorsed the Oscar-nominated actor’s casting as lead in “A Complete Unknown.” The forthcoming biopic chronicles Dylan’s rise to fame in 1960s New York. The folk luminary’s stamp of approval comes weeks before the film’s Dec. 25 release. “There’s a movie about me opening soon called A Complete Unknown (what a title!),” Dylan wrote in the post, in which he called Chalamet a “brilliant actor” who he trusts will “be completely believable as me. Or a younger me. Or some other me.” He went on to encourage fans to read the book that inspired the James Mangold-directed film: Elijah Wald’s “Dylan Goes Electric,” published in 2015. It’s the first time the 10-time Grammy Award winner has spoken publicly about the film, which was announced in early 2020 and was initially titled “Going Electric.” However, during the making of “A Complete Unknown,” Dylan regularly sat down with Mangold to give notes on the script, Chalamet told Rolling Stone last month. “Jim [Mangold] has an annotated Bob

A Delaware judge rejected Tesla Chief Executive Elon Musk’s multibillion-dollar pay package for a second time, writing in her opinion this week that the company’s approval process for the package was “deeply flawed.” Tesla shareholders approved the compensation plan in 2018, which was once valued at $56 billion but fluctuates dramatically with Tesla’s stock price. Chancellor Kathaleen McCormick first rejected the plan earlier this year on the grounds that Musk had unfair influence over shareholders and that negotiations over his pay plan were not legitimate. McCormick rejected the plan again this week, citing similar reasons, although attorneys for Musk have argued that the outsized compensation plan is justified because it’s directly tied to Tesla’s valuation, which currently sits at more than $1 trillion. A dominant player in the electric vehicle market, Tesla has faced setbacks this year amid increased competition and safety concerns surrounding its Full Self-Driving mode. The company slashed more than 10% of its global workforce in April, citing a need to cut costs. Musk was tapped last month to lead President-elect Donald Trump’s new Department of Government Efficiency, a role that could

Wednesday’s shooting took place at Feather River School of Seventh-Day Adventists, about 70 miles north of Sacramento. (Google Maps) Dec. 4, 2024 Updated 3:16 PM PT Two students were wounded in a shooting 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. Deputies found two wounded students. It was unclear how severely the children were wounded, but authorities confirmed both were hospitalized. Sheriff Kory Honea told news station KSBW-TV that one of the children had been airlifted to a hospital. Their ages and genders have not been revealed. The shooter, identified as an adult man, died from a self-inflicted gunshot wound, according to authorities. 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. More to Read Sign up for Essential California The most important California stories and recommendations in your inbox every morning. You may occasionally receive

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