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A particularly-worrisome mussel species has snuck into North America for the first time through the Sacramento-San Joaquin River Delta — sparking what many are calling an immediate threat to California’s most significant watersheds. Golden mussels, an invasive freshwater bivalve that has devastated ecosystems and critical water infrastructure in other parts of the world, were recently discovered near the Port of Stockton. Limnoperna fortunei appear to have also found their way many miles downstream into O’Neill Forebay of the San Luis Reservoir, where officials in Merced County have been rapidly conducting genetic testing. “The species poses a significant immediate threat to the ecological health of the Delta and all waters of the state, water conveyance systems, infrastructure and water quality,” according to a public alert by the California Department of Water Resources and the California Department of Fish and Wildlife. “This discovery is the first known occurrence of golden mussels in North America.” These mussels likely infiltrated California by a ship traveling from an international port and are likely to spread throughout the Delta and through the water infrastructure associated with the Delta, officials said in

Two teenagers are dead and one is hospitalized with serious injuries following a suspected DUI crash in Riverside on Saturday, officials confirmed. Riverside Police said calls came into the department around 5:40 a.m. reporting a crash on Wood Road, north of Van Buren Boulevard. First responders arrived and found one of the two involved vehicles on fire. After putting out the flames, police said they found two people deceased inside. According to the preliminary investigation, three teenagers were in the car that caught on fire, a gray Lexus sedan, and the other car involved was a blue Scion with an adult male as the sole occupant. Police have not released any of their identities. The investigation shows a 17-year-old boy was speeding in the Lexus northbound on Wood Road when he ran a red light at Van Buren Boulevard. The man driving the Scion was crossing east in the intersection on a green light and crashed into the Lexus. Two teens were killed and one was left seriously injured during a high-speed suspected DUI crash in Riverside on November 2, 2024. (OnScene.TV) Two teens were

November 2, 2024 / 5:51 PM EDT / AP Prosecutors in Ohio have announced reckless homicide charges against two police officers in the death of a man who was handcuffed and left face down on the floor of a social club in Canton while telling officers he couldn’t breathe. Stark County prosecutor Kyle Stone told reporters Saturday that the charges against Canton officers Beau Schoenegge and Camden Burch were brought by a grand jury in the April 18 death of Frank Tyson, a 53-year-old East Canton resident taken into custody shortly after a vehicle crash that had severed a utility pole. Police body-camera footage showed Tyson, who was Black, resisting and saying repeatedly, “They’re trying to kill me” and “Call the sheriff” as he was taken to the floor, and he told officers he could not breathe. Officers told Tyson he was fine, to calm down and to stop fighting as he was handcuffed face down, and officers joked with bystanders and leafed through Tyson’s wallet before realizing he was in a medical crisis. The county coroner’s office ruled Tyson’s death a homicide in August

A settlement `in principle’ has been reached in cross litigation between Pussycat Dolls frontwoman Nicole Scherzinger and the group’s creator regarding the 2022 cancellation of a proposed group reunion tour. Robin Antin, the choreographer who started the Pussycat Dolls, sued Scherzinger in September 2021, alleging the singer wrongfully refused to participate in the group’s planned reunion tour unless she was granted full creative control and a larger share in the group’s business venture. The tour was canceled in early 2022. In their court papers, Antin’s attorneys called Scherzinger’s ultimatums a form of “extortion’ that were “materially different” than those the parties had agreed upon under a February 2019 contract. The attorneys in the case filed joint papers on Friday with Judge Mark H. Epstein notifying him of a settlement “in principle” that they said is “subject to the execution of certain written agreements.” No proposed terms were divulged. Scherzinger, now 46, countersued Antin in August 2022, stating that Antin breached her duties and obligations to Scherzinger, severely damaged (the Pussycat Dolls’) goodwill and wasted the funding for the planned PCD reunion tour, ruining PCD’s ability

A former Loyola Marymount University women’s soccer coach has dropped her wrongful termination lawsuit in which she alleged she encountered resistance to her directives from the athletic department on down to her students. Jenny Bindon’s Santa Monica Superior Court lawsuit had a host of other allegations, including breach of contract, retaliation, defamation and intentional infliction of emotional distress. On Thursday, her attorney filed court papers with Judge H. Jay Ford III asking that Bindon’s case be dismissed “with prejudice,” meaning it cannot be refiled. The court papers do not state if a settlement was reached or if Bindon was not pursuing the case for other reasons. Bindon was hired in December 2019 as the sixth head coach in program history. During her two seasons with LMU, she posted an overall record of 1-26-1. In the 2020-21 season — which was played during the spring semester due to the coronavirus pandemic — the Lions posted a 1-7-1 record. As a player, Bindon represented the New Zealand national team for 10 years, collecting 77 caps, the most by a goalkeeper, men’s or women’s, in that nation’s history.

In the final, frenetic days of the 2024 campaign, Vice President Kamala Harris and former President Trump are crisscrossing the country, keeping up a dizzying schedule of rallies, public appearances and media interviews as they make their final pitch to voters in critical swing states. Trump is campaigning aggressively in North Carolina, with three weekend rallies in the state, where elections officials have scrambled to ensure voters are able to cast their ballots in counties devastated by Hurricane Helene in September. Harris, after rallies in Atlanta and in Charlotte, N.C., on Saturday, is set to spend Sunday in Michigan, a “blue wall” state where Trump eked out a victory in 2016 before narrowly losing to Joe Biden four years later. Harris is scheduled to appear in and around Detroit on Sunday before an evening rally at Michigan State University in East Lansing. Controversial remarks by Trump — who said in Wisconsin last week that, “whether the women like it or not,” he would protect them — reverberated throughout the weekend, as did a bizarre moment during a Friday night rally in Milwaukee in which the

  1m ago First Lady Jill Biden plans to campaign in North Carolina First Lady Jill Biden plans to travel to North Carolina on Monday where she will attend political events, the White House said on Saturday. According to a preliminary schedule released by her team, the first lady will arrive Monday morning in Greensboro, North Carolina.  From there she will travel to different political events in Winston-Salem, Carrboro, and Chapel Hill. US First Lady Jill Biden waves as she exits the plane upon her arrival at the Hosea Kutako International Airport in Windhoek on February 22, 2023.  TARA METTE/AFP via Getty Images North Carolina has emerged as a top battleground state in the 2024 presidential election. Both candidates had campaign events in the state on Saturday and Kamala Harris’ plane was parked by Donald Trump’s plane at the Charlotte Douglas International Airport.  President Biden also headed to North Carolina on Saturday afternoon with his granddaughter Natalie.   35m ago Harris, Trump planes in tarmac standoffs in Wisconsin, North Carolina in final push in battleground states C Democratic presidential nominee, U.S. Vice President Kamala Harris

Residents of a mountain community in Riverside County are being advised to evacuate or shelter in place after a propane truck leaked Saturday morning.  According to Cal Fire, crews were dispatched to the 53100 block of Mountain View Drive in Pine Cove, located in the San Jacinto Mountains west of Palm Springs and Cathedral City, around 9:30 a.m. Saturday on reports of a semi-truck leaking propane gas.   Evacuation orders were subsequently put in place for those living on Mountain View Drive, a dead-end street off CA-243.  An evacuation order is in place for residents of Mountain View Drive in the Pine Cove community. The red exclamation point indicates Mountain View Drive, while residents of a street due south, Walters Drive, are advised to shelter in place. (X/@CALFIRERRU) Residents in the area of Walters Drive – located due south of Mountain View Drive – are being advised to shelter in place and refrain from using any type of ignition source, the Riverside County Sheriff’s Office said on X just before 11:15 a.m.  Artist won’t eat, sleep while working on Fernando Valenzuela mural: ‘That’s what it

Updated on: November 2, 2024 / 3:05 PM EDT / AP CBS News Live CBS News Miami Live A woman who pleaded guilty to dressing as a clown and in 1990 murdering the wife of a man she later married was released from prison Saturday, ending a case that has been strange even by Florida standards. Sheila Keen-Warren , 61, was released 18 months after she pleaded guilty to second-degree murder for the shooting of Marlene Warren, Florida Department of Corrections records show. The plea deal came shortly before her trial would have started. Keen-Warren , who has maintained her innocence even after her plea, was sentenced to 12 years in prison. But she had been in custody for seven years since her arrest in 2017, and Florida’s law in 1990 allowed significant credit for good behavior. It had been expected she would be released in about two years. “Sheila Keen-Warren will always be an admitted convicted murderer and will wear that stain for every day for the rest of her life,” Palm Beach County State Attorney Dave Aronberg said in a statement Saturday. Greg

With election day right around the corner, Los Angeles County officials opened hundreds of additional vote centers Saturday where voters can go to cast early ballots in person. The Los Angeles County Registrar-Recorder/County Clerk opened an additional 526 centers, according to a post on its X account. This is on top of the 122 centers already open across the county, where people can go to vote in person or drop off their ballot for the Nov. 5 election. The centers are open from 10 a.m. to 7 p.m. Most wait times were under 15 minutes, according to officials. The county’s mobile voting centers will also travel across the region until election day. Voters also have the option of submitting completed ballots through the mail, so long as they were postmarked before or on Nov. 5 and received by Nov. 12. Mail-in ballots can also be returned at voter centers or vote-by-mail drop boxes. Eligible voters who aren’t registered can complete a conditional voter registration at a center and cast a ballot in the election. The ballot includes a long slate of statewide and local candidates

Outfielder Juan Soto became a free agent this offseason. Will the Dodgers, who just faced him in the World Series, make a play for him? (Wally Skalij / Los Angeles Times) The most obvious holes on next year’s roster, as things currently stand, are in the outfield and starting rotation. Even if the Dodgers keep Betts in right field (a position he only switched back to late this year after initially moving to the infield), the club is without a left fielder with Teoscar Hernández entering free agency. They can play Edman in center, but only if they have another option at shortstop. They also have Pages, Taylor and James Outman on the roster, but none of those three could cement everyday roles this year. It’s part of the reason why, even after spending more than $1 billion last winter, the Dodgers might get involved in another high-priced free-agency sweepstakes for superstar Juan Soto this offseason — especially if they don’t re-sign Hernández. As for the rotation, the Dodgers will likely need at least one, if not multiple, new starting pitchers. Between the limited workloads

The holiday season is incoming, and for those who are of Christian faith, so too is the sacred time of Advent. And for the very first time ever, Burger King is giving customers a way to find surprises throughout the season. This week, Burger King announced its limited-edition BK Advent Calendar, which stands up and opens like a traditional Advent calendar. This one, the company says, is filled with a curated surprise behind each of the calendar’s 12 doors. Artist won’t eat, sleep while working on Fernando Valenzuela mural: ‘That’s what it takes to do this mural justice’ Burger King says the 12 items are “inspired by past and present menu items, iconic campaigns, and memorable moments” in the company’s 70-year history. Altogether, the items will hold a retail value of over $100, the company says. The cost for the BK Advent Calendar is $19.54 and it will go on sale Nov. 22. Burger King says customers can text “ADVENT” to 251-251 to be “among the first” to get the calendar. The BK Advent Calendar is Burger King’s first Advent calendar ever and goes on

November 2, 2024 / 3:00 PM EDT / AP The police chief and three officers that make up the entire four-person police department of the town of Geary, Oklahoma, and two of the town’s city council members have resigned with little explanation. Former Police Chief Alicia Ford did not address the specific reasons for the Thursday resignations, but wrote in a social media post that the decision was difficult. “It is with great sadness that I and the rest of the Geary police officers will no longer be serving this community,” Ford wrote, “but it was the right decision for me and the other officers.” Ford, without elaboration, encouraged residents of the town of nearly 1,000 about 50 miles (80 kilometers) northwest of Oklahoma City to become acquainted with the city council “and to be as involved as possible in the city, especially attending the city council meetings.” Ford did not immediately return a phone message for comment on Saturday. A woman who answered a phone call to a number listed for Mayor Waylan Upchego on Saturday said “not at this time” when a reporter asked

New film tackles the development of IVF – CBS News Watch CBS News IVF has become a key issue on the campaign trail ahead of the 2024 election, with Democrats vowing to protect it and Senate Republicans voting to block a bill that would protect its availability. Netflix’s upcoming film “Joy” celebrates the pioneering work of IVF’s developers. Star Bill Nighy shares more about the film’s unlikely story and the hostility the real-life scientists faced. Be the first to know Get browser notifications for breaking news, live events, and exclusive reporting. Not Now Turn On

How the United States is celebrating the Day of the Dead – CBS News Watch CBS News Day of the Dead, or Dia de Los Muertos, is a celebration that honors the dead. Many of the traditions honoring the holiday come from Latin America, but these days, those who celebrate don’t have to leave the United States to mark the holiday. Be the first to know Get browser notifications for breaking news, live events, and exclusive reporting. Not Now Turn On

Firefighters Saturday knocked down a fire in one unit at a row of one-story bungalows in the Vermont Square community of Los Angeles, authorities said. Firefighters dispatched at 10:55 a.m. to 526 W. 47th St. had the fire out within 19 minutes of their arrival, the Los Angeles Fire Department reported. “Firefighters contained the fire to one unit, preventing it from extending into the attic,” said Margaret Stewart of the Los Angeles Fire Department. No injuries were reported and a cause of the fire was under investigation.

Police Saturday are investigating a fatal stabbing in front of the live music venue Echoplex in Echo Park. Los Angeles Police Department officers were called at 2:15 a.m. to 1822 Sunset Blvd. near Glendale Boulevard regarding a person being stabbed. When they arrived, officers found a man 33-year old man on a sidewalk suffering from multiples stab wounds, an LAPD spokesman told City News Service. The victim was pronounced dead at the scene by Los Angeles Fire Department personnel. There was no suspect description and the investigation is ongoing. The LAPD’s Northeast station urged anyone with any information regarding the homicide to call them at 323-561-3211 or during non-business hours and weekends at 877-527-3247. Anyone wishing to remain anonymous can call Crime Stoppers at 800-222-8477 or go directly to www.lacrimestoppers.org.

A boat carrying seven people caught fire in the harbor near the historic Queen Mary in Long Beach on Friday night.  According to a Long Beach Fire Department spokesperson, firefighters were dispatched to the 700 block of Queensway Drive near the Hotel Maya just after 7:10 p.m. on reports of a boat fire.  Arriving crews located an approximately 30-foot boat fully engulfed in flames, the LBFD spokesperson confirmed to KTLA.  Footage posted to the Citizen App from across the harbor shows a swarm of police lights at the scene. While no clear footage of the burning boat was captured, smoke was seen billowing around the Queen Mary.  Of the seven people onboard the boat at the time, four were hospitalized, officials said. Their conditions are not known.  The other three individuals refused treatment; some were seen floating away in a dinghy by Long Beach Police Department officers shortly after the fire broke out, authorities stated. The private boat was taken to a local fire station, and what caused the blaze is not known.

11/2: Saturday Morning – CBS News Watch CBS News Harris and Trump campaign in battleground states in election’s final stretch; Chef attracts diners from around the world with seasonal Scottish cuisine. Be the first to know Get browser notifications for breaking news, live events, and exclusive reporting. Not Now Turn On

U.S. accuses Russia of spreading election misinformation – CBS News Watch CBS News Amid the home stretch to election day, U.S. law enforcement and intelligence officials issued a new warning on foreign interference. On Friday, they declassified intelligence and confirmed Russia is behind a fabricated viral video spreading lies about early voting. Moscow denied the claims. Be the first to know Get browser notifications for breaking news, live events, and exclusive reporting. Not Now Turn On

Two Los Angeles police officers were wounded and a suspect was taken into custody Friday night after a shootout that erupted in South L.A. while officers were investigating a possible robbery, authorities said. The incident occurred around 9 p.m. Friday when the two officers from LAPD’s Southeast Division responded to a report of a robbery in the 9200 block of Central Avenue, according to police. At some point during the ensuing encounter, the officers exchanged fire with an armed suspect, who then fled the area, police said. It wasn’t immediately clear whether the suspect was struck. A radio call for help brought a massive police response — including officers from neighboring divisions to the scene — which sits on the border of Florence-Firestone, an unincorporated neighborhood north of Watts. Officers with police K9s searched the area late into the night; the suspect was found and arrested after several hours, police said. The two unnamed officers were taken to a hospital with non-life-threatening injuries. Police did not disclose where they were hit, but a law enforcement source told The Times that preliminary information suggests that one