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U.S. Representative Kay Granger confirmed Sunday that she has experienced health challenges during t U.S. Representative Kay Granger confirmed Sunday that she has experienced health challenges during t 01:34 The congressional office of Republican Rep. Kay Granger of Texas denied she is in memory care after a report in the Dallas Express said she has not been in Washington in months and that she had been found at Tradition-Clearfork in Fort Worth, which offers assisted living and memory care, in addition to independent living for seniors.  Tradition-Clearfork on Sunday declined to comment, but Granger’s son confirmed to the Dallas Morning News that she was a resident. However, he said that she’s in the independent living wing, not the memory care wing of the facility. He also acknowledged that his mother was “having some dementia issues late in the year.” The Dallas Express, a conservative outlet, first reported the news.  Granger, who has represented the 12th Congressional District since 1997, announced in late 2023 she would not run for reelection and abruptly stepped down from her post as chair of the powerful House Appropriations Committee in late March.

A person died in a house fire in Eagle Rock late Sunday morning.  According to the Los Angeles Fire Department, crews were first dispatched to 5282 North Townsend Avenue around 11 a.m.  Upon arriving, firefighters were met with “excessive storage” in the home which hampered entry into the home itself as well as the room where the fire started.  Fitness influencer dies 3 months after being shot during attempted robbery in Los Angeles “Preliminary reports stated a possible trapped person was inside the structure,” LAFD said in an update issued around 12:30 p.m. “Unfortunately, firefighters did find an occupant who had perished.”  Crews responding to a house fire in Eagle Rock on Dec. 22, 2024. (Citizen App) Crews responding to a house fire in Eagle Rock on Dec. 22, 2024. (Citizen App) Crews responding to a house fire in Eagle Rock on Dec. 22, 2024. (Citizen App) Their identity was not released.  Video posted to the Citizen App shows smoke emanating from the roof of a home as crews fought the blaze from the roof and neighbors gathered at a distance to get a look

As the new year inches closer, so do several new laws taking effect in California. San Luis Obispo County District Attorney Dan Dow says some of those new laws may impact crime-fighting efforts on the Central Coast. Provisions in Proposition 36, which was passed by voters in November, allow for stiffer penalties, including felony charges, for certain drug and theft crimes. It also allows for longer sentences impacting repeat offenders. “We will now be able to elevate certain cases from misdemeanor to felony for people that are repeat offenders, repeat thieves, repeat theft crimes, [and] repeat drug crimes,” Dow said. “It creates a new class of drug possession cases where the court will mandate that the defendant, if he agrees, take treatment for his drug addiction or her drug addiction. Dow says he has been working with law enforcement and local businesses to post signs warning would-be thieves that San Luis Obispo County will enforce these new provisions. He adds that the rehabilitation provided in the mandated drug treatment is also important. Today, there’s really very little way that the court can mandate treatment at

Relatives of a 4-year-old Palmdale boy whose 2019 death was originally reported as a drowning and later led to a criminal conviction of his parents have reached a tentative settlement in their lawsuit against Los Angeles County that took to task the decisions of social workers. Evangelina Hernandez, the great-grandmother of the late Noah Cuatro, brought the wrongful death suit against the county in July 2020 on behalf of Noah’s 6-year-old sister and two brothers, ages 5 and 11, criticizing the actions of employees of the Los Angeles County Department of Children and Family Services. On Friday, Hernandez’s attorneys filed court papers with Pomona Superior Court Judge Christian Gullon notifying him of a “conditional” settlement with the county that is subject to approval by the county Claims Board and the Board of Supervisors. The court papers also indicated an “unconditional” accord reached with an Altadena residential campus for young boys. No terms were divulged. In April, Lancaster Superior Court Judge Robert Chu sentenced Jose Maria Cuatro Jr. to 32 years to life in prison, and Ursula Elaine Juarez to 22 years to life for Noah’s

Officers recovered a handgun during a traffic stop Sunday morning in Long Beach, authorities said. The stop occurred at about 3:10 a.m. Sunday in the area of 10th Street and Martin Luther King Jr. Avenue, the Long Beach Police Department reported. The suspect, who was determined to be a prohibited possessor, was arrested and the investigation was ongoing.

Mission Inn Hotel & Spa in Riverside awash in Christmas lights in 2022. (Allen J. Schaben/Los Angeles Times) Dec. 22, 2024 10:51 AM PT With visitors flocking to Riverside for the annual Festival of Lights, city officials are warning people to be on the lookout for fake QR codes posted by scammers at parking pay stations. The fraudulent QR codes direct people to websites that ask for credit card or debit card information in an apparent effort to steal financial data. “Scammers were putting different QR code details over existing ones that would direct them to a similar looking site” to the city parking portal, said Ryan Railsback, public information officer for the police department. The city has attempted to find and remove fake QR codes, “but we want the public to be aware,” Railsback said. He recommended going directly to the city’s parking website https://parkatriverside.com/ instead of scanning the city’s QR code be safe. For decades, attending the Festival of Lights based at the Mission Inn Hotel & Spa has been a holiday ritual for many locals and out-of-town visitors, drawing hundreds of thousands

High surf and possible rain are forecast for the L.A. region this holiday week, with conditions expected to improve by Christmas Day. Although there’s a chance of rain beginning late morning on Tuesday, which is Christmas Eve, forecasters said it will likely be short-lived, totaling around a tenth of an inch or so. “By Christmas Day, we’re not going to see any rain,” said Bryan Lewis, a meteorologist at the National Weather Service in Oxnard. Temperatures on Christmas Day will be in the mid-60s, possibly reaching low 70s in some of the valleys. A high surf advisory is in effect for the Los Angeles area through late Tuesday into early Wednesday, with 8- to 12-foot waves expected on north- and west-facing beaches. The highest surf is expected late Monday afternoon into early Tuesday morning. “With surf like that, we’re expecting very dangerous rip currents and kind of almost advising people to stay out of the water,” Lewis said. “But if you’re a surfer who’s into this, just remain in view of the lifeguard.” Lewis said Ventura County could see up to 18-foot waves late Monday

Dec. 22, 2024 10:15 AM PT 1 NEW YORK — Success in March, when the games matter most, is rooted in strong guard play. Fortunately for UCLA, this is still December. That means the Bruins have plenty of time to resolve what might be their biggest issue. His game-winning shot against Oregon notwithstanding, Dylan Andrews has regressed since emerging as one of the top point guards in the Pac-12 over the final months of last season. A bottoming out came Saturday during No. 18 UCLA’s 76-74 loss to North Carolina at Madison Square Garden in the CBS Sports Classic. Andrews missed five of six shots and finished with more turnovers than assists, including the critical turnover in the final minute that allowed the Tar Heels to complete their comeback from a 16-point deficit. Andrews took an inbounds pass in one corner of the backcourt and immediately had the ball slapped out of his hands and off his leg out of bounds. It was the third time in the last four games that the usually sure-handed Andrews has finished with more turnovers than assists. Getting Andrews

DHS Secretary: “Irresponsible politics” killed immigration solution DHS Secretary says a “terrific solution” to immigration was killed by “irresponsible politics” 13:35 Washington — Department of Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas said as his time at the helm of the nation’s immigration enforcement comes to a close that “a really terrific solution was killed by irresponsible politics” when the bipartisan border deal fell apart earlier this year.  Mayorkas pointed to the  agreement on a border package  reached by a bipartisan group of Senate negotiators in February reached after months of deliberations that would have marked the first comprehensive border security policy overhaul in decades — and give the president far-reaching powers to clamp down on unlawful border crossings. But the bill was quickly rejected by Republicans after President-elect Donald Trump expressed his opposition.  Following the legislation’s failure, the Biden administration instituted asylum restrictions that dramatically cut off the flow of immigration. When asked about the timing amid criticism from Republicans that the Biden administration possessed the authority without Congress to act on the border, Mayorkas acknowledged that the administration may have taken the action more quickly

12/22: Face the Nation – CBS News Watch CBS News This week on “Face the Nation with Margaret Brennan,” a deal was finally reached to fund the government, but was last week’s Capitol Hill chaos preview of what’s to come in 2025? Reps. Tony Gonzales and French Hill join to discuss. Plus, exit interviews with Sen. Joe Manchin and Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas. Be the first to know Get browser notifications for breaking news, live events, and exclusive reporting. Not Now Turn On

Updated on: December 22, 2024 / 1:13 PM EST / CBS News Full interview: West Virginia Senator Joe Manchin Full interview: West Virginia Senator Joe Manchin 37:44 The following is the full transcript of an interview with Sen. Joe Manchin, independent of West Virginia, on “Face the Nation with Margaret Brennan” that aired on Dec. 22, 2024. MARGARET BRENNAN: Well, Senator Manchin, thank you for making time for us.  SEN. MANCHIN: Margaret, it’s always good to be with you. You know that, and I enjoy it.  MARGARET BRENNAN: Well, you’re always plain spoken, and there’s a lot to get to with you. I have to start on this moment of time we are in. There’s such uncertainty here on Capitol Hill about whether Congress can come to this new agreement just to keep the lights on and the government funded. After Jan- after- Excuse me, let me start again. There’s concern that the government may not come to an agreement to keep the lights on after December 20. This is after Elon Musk and President Elect Trump came out against a bipartisan deal at this

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December 22, 2024 / 12:47 PM EST / CBS News The following is a transcript of an interview with Rep. French Hill, Republican of Arkansas on “Face the Nation with Margaret Brennan” that aired on Dec. 22, 2024. MARGARET BRENNAN: Welcome back to Face the Nation. We go now to Little Rock, Arkansas and Republican Congressman French Hill.  Good morning to you, sir.  REP. FRENCH HILL: Good morning, Margaret. Merry Christmas.  MARGARET BRENNAN: And a Merry Christmas as well to you. This was quite the journey to get you back home and to get lawmakers to wrap up business this past week. No Democrat voted against this measure to keep the government open, but 34 Republicans did. Doesn’t this show that Republicans really struggle to govern when they pass things along party lines. Won’t they need to work with Democrats in this new Congress?  REP. HILL: Well, I think it’s very, very important that Speaker Johnson and incoming Majority Leader Thune have a steady plan together to work with the incoming Trump administration to prioritize the President’s priorities, our priorities in the House and Senate

Any Los Angeles-area driver can relate — the freeway accidents that cause traffic jams always happen at the worst possible times. That appeared to be the case on Sunday morning. As KTLA’s Gene Kang was preparing to talk about the holiday travel rush from an overpass over the 110 Freeway near downtown L.A., he witnessed an interesting traffic situation. While KTLA cameras didn’t catch the collision occur, the aftermath was clear. The driver of a sedan appeared to have crashed into a concrete overpass, causing significant damage to the front end car. Multiple drivers performing illegal maneuvers, including driving right over a center median on the freeway on Dec. 22, 2024. (KTLA) Multiple drivers performing illegal maneuvers, including driving right over a center median on the freeway on Dec. 22, 2024. (KTLA) A single-car collision on the 110 Freeway near downtown Los Angeles on Sunday, Dec. 22, 2024. (KTLA) It wasn’t immediately clear if the driver or any other occupants were injured in the crash. However, the cleanup forced officials to close two lanes on the 110, making just one lane open. The traffic from

A person died after two vehicle collisions, one of which involving an out-of-service Metro bus, on the 110 Freeway in L.A. early Sunday morning.  According to CHP, officers responded to reports of a collision on the northbound span of the 110 at Manchester Boulevard just before 5 a.m.  Upon arriving, they located the vehicles involved in a crash and the deceased victim. Fitness influencer dies 3 months after being shot during attempted robbery in Los Angeles Whether they were inside a vehicle or on the roadway was not immediately disclosed by authorities, but Metro officials confirmed to KTLA that the bus – an out-of-service Metro Line 210 – had struck a pedestrian that had been ejected from an earlier crash not involving the bus.  The driver of the bus was not injured, and no passengers were onboard at the time.  A SigAlert was issued for the area that has since been cleared. Video from the scene posted to the Citizen App shows a massive traffic backup building before the sun had risen. What caused the crash remains under investigation by CHP officials. 

A Southern California man arrested Thursday on federal charges for allegedly acting on behalf of the People’s Republic of China to influence a local election is engaged to an Arcadia City Councilwoman, according to the Los Angeles Times. The Times reported that the local politician listed as “Individual 1” in the criminal complaint against Yaoning “Mike” Sun, 64, of Chino Hills is Arcadia City Councilwoman Eileen Wang, who won her District 3 seat on Nov. 8, 2022. Two sources familiar with the investigation told the Times Wang is “Individual 1.” The complaint described Sun as Individual 1’s campaign manager and business partner and said the address Sun registered with the DMV was a home owned by Individual 1, now identified as Wang. The criminal complaint filed Thursday in Los Angeles federal court charges Sun with acting as an illegal agent of a foreign power. He is also charged with conspiring with another man, Chen Jun, who was sentenced to federal prison in November for acting as an illegal agent of the People’s Republic of China — also known as PRC — and plotting to target

A person was killed in a two-vehicle crash Sunday morning on the Harbor (110) Freeway in South Los Angeles, authorities said. The crash occurred at about 5 a.m. Sunday on the northbound freeway, just south of Manchester Avenue, the California Highway Patrol reported, and involved a black sedan and a gray cargo van in the express lanes. Following the initial crash, an out-of-service Metro bus struck the victim, according to Metro Los Angeles spokesman Jose Ubaldo. “At about 5:10 this morning, an out-of-service Metro bus Line 210 heading northbound on the 110 Freeway north of Century Boulevard, struck a body that had been ejected from an earlier, non-Metro vehicle accident,” Ubaldo said. “Metro extends its deepest sympathies to the victim’s family and friends.” A Sigalert was issued at 5:33 a.m. closing all northbound lanes of the freeway for approximately two hours. The Sigalert was revised at 6 a.m., allowing the opening of the No. 4 lane.

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“High to potentially damaging” surf and coastal flooding are in store for Southern California as the holidays approach.  The National Weather Service forecasts peak surf heights at west and northwest facing beaches in Ventura County to reach 18 feet, while in L.A. and southern Santa Barbara counties, swells could reach up to 12 feet.  Further north, peak surf heights in the Central Coast could reach as high as 25 feet, NWS said.  “Surf heights are expected to peak Monday into Tuesday morning where there is an increased risk of damaging surf and coastal flooding of beach roadways and parking lots for the Central and Ventura coasts,” weather officials stated. “This will cause dangerous conditions for boaters near shore and around exposed harbor entrances.”  Fitness influencer dies 3 months after being shot during attempted robbery in Los Angeles KTLA 5’s Omar Lewis was live at the Manhattan Beach Pier on Sunday morning, where large waves were seen bashing against the base of the pier, sending water over the handrails on the platform and likely getting some beachgoers wet. Large waves were seen bashing against the base

It was no secret that authorities believed the Chinese government intended to infiltrate state and local governments across America. For years, the FBI has warned cities and police agencies about foreign actors potentially trying to influence politics. Two years ago, U.S. intelligence officials issued a bulletin stating that the Chinese were collecting information about local officials. Now, federal prosecutors allege that one Chinese spy operation was underway in the San Gabriel Valley, with the aim of gaining political allies to the country’s cause. The scope of the operation remains unclear, but court documents and sources familiar with the probe said at least one local council member was caught up in the alleged scheme. The indictment is more a window into routine municipal politics than the stuff of an international spy thriller. But experts say the case sheds light on Chinese tactics and the scope of how they are attempting to gain influence in America. Horace Frank, the former assistant chief of the Los Angeles Police Department who oversaw the counterterrorism bureau, said the Chinese government understands that local politicians — even with their limited current

Holiday travel expected to break records Holiday travel expected to break records 02:03 Troublesome weather throughout the country could cause delays as forecasts show areas of rain and snowfall ahead of the holiday.  Weekend travel itineraries were interrupted by lingering wintry conditions Saturday in the Northeast, while western states prepared for upcoming rounds of rainfall in less elevated places along with mountain snow. As of Sunday morning, forecasters anticipated inclement weather would affect a number of interstate highways in the Northeast and the Northwest, including I-95, I-90, I-84, I-80 and I-5.  The weather downed power lines along Amtrak and New Jersey Transit railroad routes Sunday morning, suspending both companies’ train services in Philadelphia as well as parts of New Jersey and New York, CBS News Philadelphia reported. In an alert notice sent by Amtrak, the company said: “Due to downed overhead power wires blocking the tracks, service is temporarily suspended between Philadelphia and New York. Amtrak personnel are on the scene.” Amtrak estimated the tracks would reopen at 12 p.m. ET on Sunday. Service temporarily suspended between New York and Philadelphia https://t.co/MLD6GCs9LG — Amtrak Northeast