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Even as a young street cop trying to work her way up the ranks of the Los Angeles Police Department in the mid-90s, Kristine Klotz says she was quick to call out sexism on the job. Right is right and wrong is wrong, she used to tell herself, knowing that she would ruffle some feathers in the process. So she didn’t hesitate to speak up last summer when she learned that a male supervisor in the vaunted Robbery-Homicide Division where she worked had allegedly compared female detectives to sex workers on Figueroa Street. To make it in the LAPD, department veterans say, you need a thick skin. But Klotz, 54, alleges the Figueroa comments were just the tip of an iceberg of verbal abuse women in the unit faced. Klotz said that after repeated complaints about her mistreatment at the hands of department officials went ignored, she and another female Robbery-Homicide detective reached out for help from the Board of Police Commissioners, the LAPD’s civilian oversight body. For weeks, they heard nothing. A response eventually came, just not the one Klotz expected. In a whistleblower

As humans in a changing world we crave continuity, reliability. Before we walk into a room, we like to be fairly certain of what we’ll find — walls, floor, furniture, not hot coals or clouds of poison gas. Thus the popularity of the franchise. It may not lead to great, revolutionary art, but at the end of a long day, when you kick off your shoes and sink down into the sofa, you may not be in the mood for “Les Demoiselles d’Avignon” or a stuffed goat with a tire around its middle. “NCIS,” for Naval Criminal Investigative Service, is a theoretically inexhaustible series about an elevated team of military police investigating cases involving military personnel; you might think that is too shallow a drawer to fill several series over many years, but you would be wrong, especially given how thin the writers are willing to stretch that connection. The series offers a full-course meal of mainstream theatrical possibilities. It’s a police procedural, a metaphorical family comedy, a workplace comedy, a soap opera, a melodrama, a low-budget action adventure. You get good-looking heroes, a smattering

As a teen growing up in Orange County in the early ‘80s, Kerry Brown’s immediate career goal was simple. He wanted to work at his favorite record store, Licorice Pizza. Years later, Brown would embark on life as a musician and busy producer-engineer, working on records by the Smashing Pumpkins, Afghan Whigs, Miley Cyrus and his own indie rock band Catherine, but a stint behind the counter always eluded him. As he says now with a shrug, “I was never cool enough to work at a record store.” Even so, he spent many days at his local Licorice Pizza, strolling the aisles, hanging out with friends, and settling into the couch to listen to whatever disc was spinning on the turntable. Brown once spent a night sleeping outside the store waiting for the 1983 release of David Bowie’s “Let’s Dance.” “When I was in high school, that’s where I lived,” he says. “I met my first girlfriend, my first band mates, learned about imports, and learned about music at Licorice Pizza.” Brown, now 60, has taken those early memories and turned them back into modern

The nation’s COVID-19 vaccination effort is failing. Last year, only 22% of adults received the latest COVID booster, which is less than half the rate of vaccination for the flu — even though COVID is twice as deadly . Amid growing concern about the effects of long COVID and ahead of a likely surge in infections this winter by an even more contagious variant, we need more effective public health messages to encourage immunization. Much has been made of COVID’s consequences for overall health , productivity and the economy . But recent research suggests a compelling new basis for vaccine advocacy: COVID’s capacity to reduce intelligence. Using data from more than 100,000 people who completed online tests in England, the authors of a study published by the New England Journal of Medicine found that those recovering from COVID, including those with only mild symptoms, had measurable cognitive deficits. Even participants who had “mild COVID-19 with resolved symptoms” exhibited deficits “ commensurate with a 3-point loss in IQ ” compared with uninfected participants. The cognitive loss was more pronounced in those who experienced more severe infections.

Dressed in 7-inch neon heels and translucent yellow bell-bottoms, Mary Serritella was defying gravity and expectations on a recent Wednesday night at Hollywood’s Bourbon Room. Spinning gracefully around a silver pole to disco medley, she contorted her body into a series of improbable positions with even more improbable names like “The Chopstick,” “The Jade Split” and “ The Black Sun split ” — a showstopper in which she gripped the pole between her belly and thigh and hung upside down holding a foot with each hand. It was a dazzling display of flexibility and sensual athleticism and the crowd loved it. But when Serritella, who performs under the name Mary Caryl, revealed after the September performance that she had just celebrated her 71st birthday, the room exploded. A young woman in the front row pumped her fist in the air. Another made a bow, reminiscent of the “we’re not worthy” bit from “Wayne’s World.” “You never lose it if you never let it go,” Serritella told the audience. “And five years ago I had a hip replacement. I’m a bionic woman!” The crowd roared again.

Across the U.S., family members caring for loved ones provide an estimated $600 billion in unpaid services each year, sacrificing time, money and often their well-being to care for aging loved ones, according to an AARP survey. As Congress considers a bill that would provide family caregivers a tax credit, quantifying how much that time is worth is proving to be difficult. Amy Goyer understands the challenge. Caring for her aging parents meant turning her life upside down. Her mother had a stroke in her late 60s and her father was diagnosed with Alzheimer’s disease. Family caregivers face a financial toll Pictures line the walls of Goyer’s home in Chandler, Arizona. They’re filled with memories of a lifetime that became a source of stress and financial strain. As a caregiver for her parents, she had to pay for renovations to safety-proof her home. She also lost money and time when she could have been working more to care for her parents.  Photos in Amy Goyer’s home remind her of a beautiful family, which became a source of stress and financial strain CBS News “It was

October 14, 2024 / 5:52 AM EDT / AP “Game of Thrones” prop auction to be held Auction offers “Game of Thrones” fans a chance to bid on props, costumes 03:57 “Game of Thrones” fans came out in droves to bid on hundreds of costumes, props and other items from the series in an auction that raked in over $21 million. From Thursday through Saturday, the Heritage Auctions event in Dallas featured over 900 lots including suits of armor, swords and weapons, jewelry and several other items of significance from the HBO series. The top-dollar item was the very thing the characters in the series vied for throughout its eight-season run: the Iron Throne. After a six-minute bidding war, the throne sold for $1.49 million. A replica of the Iron Throne from Game of Thrones is pictured at Heritage Auctions in New York on Sept. 20, 2024. Aleksandra Michalska / REUTERS The replica was made of plastic and molded from the original screen-used version, then finished off with metallic paint and jewel embellishments. In the series, the throne was forged with dragon breath that melted

October 14, 2024 / 5:19 AM EDT / CBS News 10/13: CBS Weekend News 10/13: CBS Weekend News 20:03 Lilly Ledbetter, a champion of women getting paid the same as men for doing the same work, died Saturday night, her family said in a statement. She was 86. AL.com was first to report that she had died. According to that outlet, the statement said she died “peacefully” and “surrounded by her family and loved ones. Our mother lived an extraordinary life. We truly appreciate your respect for our privacy during this time of grief. ” Ledbetter’s activism led to the first bill Barack Obama signed into law after taking office in 2009. Then-President Obama stands with Lilly Ledbetter before signing the Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay Act on Jan. 29, 2009. in Washington, D.C. Mark Wilson / Getty Images The law, called the Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay Restoration Act, made it easier for workers to sue after discovering what they believed to be pay discrimination. In signing the measure, Obama said that it sent the message “that there are no second-class citizens in our workplaces, and

L.A. Clippers owner Steve Ballmer: The 60 Minutes Interview – CBS News Watch CBS News Billionaire Steve Ballmer bought the LA Clippers in 2014 after a run as Microsoft’s CEO. These days, he’s focusing his energy on the Intuit Dome — the Clippers’ new home — and on getting an NBA title. Be the first to know Get browser notifications for breaking news, live events, and exclusive reporting. Not Now Turn On

LOS ANGELES (AP) — The Los Angeles Dodgers keep on winning in the playoffs, even without a bunch of home runs and stolen bases by Shohei Ohtani. The Japanese star was caught stealing for the first time in nearly three months on Sunday night, ending a streak of 36 consecutive successful stolen base attempts. The Dodgers routed the Mets 9-0. Ohtani was 2 for 4 with with a walk while scoring two runs and driving in another. Ohtani was thrown out trying for second base by New York Mets catcher Francisco Alvarez for the Los Angeles Dodgers’ final out of the second inning in the NL Championship Series opener. San Francisco’s Patrick Bailey had been the last catcher to throw out Ohtani, on July 22, also at second base. Ohtani’s RBI single off Kodai Senga had given the Dodgers a 3-0 lead and chased the New York Mets starter. Ohtani added a single in the fourth against David Peterson as a run came home on right fielder Starling Marte’s fielding error, then scored on Freddie Freeman’s single for a 6-0 margin. Ohtani has been relatively

Los bates se han agitado, las pelotas se han elevado, los corredores han corrido, y aún… ¡Nadie puede anotarle a los Dodgers! Los Mets de Nueva York llegaron a la ciudad el domingo como el equipo más caliente del béisbol, desplegando toda su magia y… ¡Nadie puede anotar contra los Dodgers! Treinta y tres entradas, cuatro juegos, una gran cantidad de rallyes potenciales en el más crucial de los momentos de octubre y todavía… ¿Nadie puede anotar contra los Dodgers? Créanlo, porque los Mets lo creen, al igual que los Padres de San Diego se vieron obligados a creerlo, a pesar de que refuta la historia y desafía la descripción. Una plantilla de lanzadores de los Dodgers que se consideraba la mayor debilidad del equipo al entrar en la postemporada ha estallado en su mayor fortaleza, Jack Flaherty y dos relevistas se combinaron en una tercera blanqueada consecutiva el domingo para empatar un récord de postemporada de Grandes Ligas con 33 entradas consecutivas sin anotaciones mientras aniquilaban a los Mets 9-0 en el Juego 1 de la Serie de Campeonato de la Liga Nacional en

Officials are investigating a fatal shooting in San Pedro, according to the Los Angeles Police Department. Police said a report of shots fired near 7th Street and Grand Avenue came into the station around 4:38 p.m. on Sunday. Footage from the scene shows a large law enforcement response and a white canopy set up in the area – which is generally used to cover a victim while police scour the area for evidence. Additionally, authorities cordoned off the area as detectives worked to gather information and redirect traffic around the intersection. So far, police have not released a suspect description and it’s unclear if any arrests have been made.  No information as to the victim’s identity or a motive for why they may have been fatally shot was provided.

It was exactly 36 years ago Tuesday that Kirk Gibson hit his famous walk-off home run off Dennis Eckersley and hobbled around the bases in Dodger Stadium, a 1988 World Series Game 1-winning shot that was so stunning it elicited this famous response from Jack Buck on the national radio broadcast: “I don’t believe … what I just saw!” If Buck were still alive and in Chavez Ravine on Sunday night, he might have had a similar reaction to a pair of peculiar plays that lacked the drama of a walk-off homer but seemed almost as rare. Not once, but twice in the first four innings of the National League Championship Series opener against the New York Mets, the Dodgers dropped perfectly placed sacrifice bunts, practically a lost art in today’s game. Yes, you read that correctly. A Dodgers team that led all of baseball with a .446 slugging percentage, ranked third with 233 home runs and had all of 10 sacrifice bunts in 162 regular-season games gave up two outs to advance runners on the basepaths. And guess what? The small-ball strategy worked, as

Bats have flailed, balls have soared, runners have sprinted, and still… Nobody can score off the Dodgers! The New York Mets came to town Sunday as the hottest team in baseball, unfurling all their magic and unleashing all their miracles and still… Nobody can score off the Dodgers! Thirty-three innings, four games, a boatload of potential rallies in the most crucial of October moments and still… Nobody can score off the Dodgers? Believe it, because the Mets believe it, just like the San Diego Padres were forced into believing it, even though it refutes history and defies description. A Dodger pitching staff that was considered the team’s biggest weakness entering the postseason has erupted into its biggest strength, Jack Flaherty and two relievers combining on a third straight shutout Sunday to tie a major league postseason record with 33 consecutive scoreless innings while wiping out the Mets 9-0 in Game 1 of the National League Championship Series at Dodger Stadium. The streak dates to Game 3 of the division series against the Padres, involves 10 different Dodger pitchers, and looks something like this: 000000000000000000000000000000000 “You

The Dodgers had been here before. Coming off an emotional five-game division series against a National League West rival. Entering an NL Championship Series against a team with whom they were much less familiar. Four wins from reaching the World Series, and considered safe favorites to get there. But needing to regroup, and make a 48-hour shift from one series to the next. In 2021, the Dodgers couldn’t do it. After defeating the San Francisco Giants in Game 5 of the NLDS, they lost Game 1 of the NLCS to the Atlanta Braves two days later. They never recovered. Their October ended early. “We beat a really good team then and then played another really good team and lost, thinking that we could reset and get back into the flow,” recalled outfielder Mookie Betts, one of several holdovers from that 2021 team. “It doesn’t really work like that. I think it was a great learning experience for all of us.” Three years later, they got to apply that knowledge this week. On Friday, the Dodgers experienced the high point of their season, knocking out the

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SpaceX launches and recovers most powerful rocket SpaceX launches, recovers most powerful rocket ever built 01:25 One day after launching a Starship rocket on a dramatic test flight in Texas, SpaceX readied a Falcon Heavy rocket for launch Monday from Florida to send a $5.2 billion NASA probe on a 1.8-billion-mile voyage to Jupiter to find out if one of its moons hosts a habitable sub-surface ocean. If all goes well, the Europa Clipper will brake into orbit around Jupiter in April 2030, setting up 49 close flybys of the frigid moon Europa, an ice covered world with an interior warmed by the relentless squeezing of Jupiter’s gravity as it swings around the giant planet in a slightly elliptical orbit. An artist’s impression of NASA’s Europa Clipper probe making a close flyby of Jupiter’s moon Europa, one of four discovered in 1610 by Galileo. Based on precise analysis of Europa’s movements orbiting Jupiter, scientists believe an ocean is present under the moon’s icy crust that may provide a habitable environment. NASA Data from previous missions and long-range studies from Earth indicate a vast salt-water ocean

Starting Monday night, travelers’ commutes on Highway 101 near Refugio State Beach may be impacted. A mile-long stretch of the highway’s northbound lane at Refugio Road will be closed overnight from 7 p.m. to 6 a.m. Caltrans says the closures will happen every weekday at the same time for the next four weeks. The agency reports that the closures are part of a $56 million project to replace the northbound and southbound bridges in the area. RELATED: Caltrans project will change traffic flow on Hwy 101 near Refugio State Beach Plans for the project are set to affect traffic throughout 2025.

An early morning collision on Highway 101 near Santa Maria resulted in the death of one person, according to California Highway Patrol. Officials say that around 2 a.m. on Sunday, a single-car rollover crash on Highway 101 just north of SR-166 blocked off the road’s southbound lanes. Approximately 10 minutes later, authorities say 20-year-old Orcutt resident Dylan River Lossing was traveling on the highway at an unknown speed and failed to stop as he approached the halted traffic. Lossing reportedly struck another vehicle that was stopped, injuring a man who police identify as a 30-year-old Santa Maria resident. That man was taken to Marian Regional Medical Center and died of his injuries later Sunday morning, according to CHP. Authorities have yet to release the victim’s name. Officials say Lossing was determined to be under the influence; he was reportedly arrested for a felony DUI and will be charged with gross vehicular manslaughter while intoxicated.

Firefighters in Riverside County are battling a 200-acre wildfire just south of Beaumont, officials announced Sunday.   The Jack Fire was first reported at around 4:30 p.m. near the intersection Jack Rabbit Trail and Highway 60, according to a post to X, formerly Twitter, by the Riverside County Fire Department.  Officials said at that time the multiple air and ground resources had been assigned to the rapidly moving vegetation fire, which was burning in the hills.   (Cal Fire) In an update just before 8 p.m., officials said that wildfire had spread to another 50 acres and was 0% contained.   “Firefighters will remain on scene throughout the night, working to contain the fire,” the Riverside County Fire Department said.   A view of the Jack Fire in Riverside County just south of Beaumont on Oct. 13, 2024. (AlertCalifornia) So far, there has been no suggestion that any structures are threatened or that any type of evacuation warnings or orders may be forthcoming.   What we know about Vem Miller, armed man arrested outside Trump Coachella rally Some 200 personnel have been assigned to fight

Crews rescued a horse trapped in a ditch in Yucaipa on Sunday afternoon, according to CAL FIRE San Bernardino County. The horse, named Tequila, was trapped upside down and unable to escape when crews arrived at 2:25 p.m. in the remote area near Wildwood Canyon Road and Canyon Road. After assessing the situation, CAL FIRE said firefighters called in technical rescue mutual aid resources who worked collaboratively to free the stranded horse. Crews work to free a horse named Tequila from a ditch in Yucaipa. October 2024.(CAL FIRE San Bernardino County) Crews work to free a horse named Tequila from a ditch in Yucaipa. October 2024.(CAL FIRE San Bernardino County) Tequila seen after being freed from a ditch on Sunday afternoon. October 2024. (CAL FIRE San Bernardino County) After the rescue, Tequila was transported to a local equine hospital for further evaluation at about 6:20 p.m. No information was provided about how Tequila ended up in the ditch and whether the horse sustained any serious injuries during the incident.