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At Templetons Jack Creek Farms, theres less than one day between the end of pumpkin season and the beginning of Christmas tree sales. This year, the farms co-owners, Becky Sumpter and Mandy Evenson, predict they may sell out more quickly than usual. We might sell out our first day this year, Evenson said. Few farmers on the Central Coast still attempt Christmas tree farming as limited varieties can tolerate the climate. The vast majority of the Christmas trees that are purchased on the Central Coast are grown up in Oregon and Washington because they have the cooler weather. They have a climate that trees are better suited toward, Sumpter said. Jack Creek Farms offers two varieties: Monterey Cyprus and Monterey Pine. This year, 40 trees are within the 5-7 foot range, while the others are smaller. I only have a small, dedicated patch on my farm. Each year that I harvest a tree, I’ll replant a tree right back, Sumpter said. Another reason there are fewer trees this year is due to harsh weather over previous years. We’ve just had the last several years of

A local man who was found guilty of multiple sex crimes was back in a San Luis Obispo courtroom on Tuesday. Nathan Abate, who was convicted last month of rape by force or fear, rape by intoxication and oral copulation of a minor, was originally scheduled to be sentenced. Instead, the judge heard impact statements from both sides. There wasn’t an empty seat in the courtroom as both victims and Abate’s friends and family waited to address the judge. The prosecution invited up multiple women who said they were victims of Abate. All asked for the maximum sentence. “He will serve his time and go free, but we will not. We are serving the sentence he gave us,” said one woman identified as “Amanda.” Many of the women became emotional while recounting what happened to them, saying that as a result of Abate’s actions, they are still unable to trust people and now assume any man in their lives is capable of doing what he did. Many mentioned still being in therapy trying to process what happened and how it has impacted their lives. Following

A 40-year-old man with a violent criminal history was who was reportedly firing a handgun into the air and at passing vehicles in San Bernardino County was taken into custody after leading police in a foot pursuit, officials announced Tuesday.   Officers with the Ontario Police Department responded to reports of the man, now identified as Colton resident Edward Metcalf, firing the weapons at passing motorists at around 3 a.m. on Nov. 12.   “When officers arrived, the suspect was still standing in the street holding the firearm,” Ontario PD said in a post to X, formerly Twitter. “When officers began giving the suspect verbal commands, he retreated to a nearby hotel and discarded the firearm.”   Body-worn camera footage of Ontario police arresting Edward Metcalf, 40, on Nov. 12, 2024. (OPD) Shooting suspect seen on surveillance footage in Ontario on Nov. 12, 2024. (OPD) Body-worn camera footage of officers in a foot pursuit with a shooting suspect in Ontario on Nov. 12, 2024. (OPD) Gun recovered at the scene after officers arrested a shooting suspect in Ontario on Nov. 12, 2024. (OPD) Edward Metcalf

LOS ÁNGELES —  El triunfo electoral de Donald Trump ha provocado que las organizaciones proinmigrantes activen su estrategia para asistir a la comunidad tal como se vivió en la era de Barack Obama, cuando se estableció una cifra récord de deportados. Los activistas y juristas aseguran que todavía hay personas en estado de shock y con incredulidad, pero las primeras decisiones del presidente electo presagian que su amenaza de realizar deportaciones masivas va en serio; por lo tanto, las personas indocumentadas deben prepararse en caso de redadas. “Quieren hacer deportaciones masivas, pero pienso que van a empezar con las personas que tienen algún tipo de antecedente”, opina Elizabeth Uribe, abogada especializada en inmigración. Si en el pasado alguien fue detenido por la policía o por agentes del Servicio de Inmigración y Control de Aduanas de Estados Unidos (ICE), Uribe explica que esas personas deben buscar asistencia legal porque las prioridades van a cambiar y “cualquier antecedente podría ser argumento” para incrementar las deportaciones. Los delitos que sirvan para ejecutar las deportaciones van a definirse con claridad cuando Trump asuma el poder el 20 de enero de

One person was shot to death Tuesday in Temple City. Authorities responded to the 5100 block of Halifax Road, between El Monte and Baldwin avenues, shortly after 12:55 p.m. Tuesday regarding a severely injured victim after shots were fired, according to the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department. The victim was taken to a hospital and pronounced dead. There was no description of a suspect, and investigators have not determined a motive for the fatal attack. Anyone with information regarding the shooting was urged to call the Sheriff’s Homicide Bureau at 323-890-5500. Tipsters who prefer to remain anonymous can call Crime Stoppers at 800-222-8477 or visit lacrimestoppers.org.

A 54-year-old teacher was taken into custody Tuesday on suspicion of physically assaulting a student at Heritage High School in Menifee. Stacey MacPherson was arrested after a school resource officer was notified Tuesday around 1:45 p.m. of a report regarding child abuse on the campus which stemmed from an argument, according to the Menifee Police Department. The student sustained a minor injury and did not require medical attention. MacPherson was booked on suspicion of child abuse. Anyone with information regarding the alleged assault was urged to call the Menifee Police Department at 951-723-1500.

Democratic state Sen. Dave Min won an open congressional seat in coastal Orange County, defeating Republican business owner Scott Baugh despite recent gains in GOP voter registration. California’s 47th Congressional District is one of the most competitive races in the country and was seen by both parties as crucial in their attempts to control the House. Min’s victory means Democrats will retain a seat they currently hold, but it may not be enough for them to win the majority. As of Tuesday night, Republicans were two seats away from winning the House. Baugh conceded the race Tuesday with a statement to supporters. “I was looking forward to working with Democrats, Republicans and @therealdonaldtrump to solve serious problems like an open border, increasing crime, and runaway federal spending but the voters have spoken and this is not what is intended for me,” Baugh wrote. Min said he will head to the nation’s Capitol “with eyes wide open.” “We are facing the struggle of our lives to try to defend this country and its most cherished legacies and democratic institutions,” Min said in a statement. “I will

The season finale of “American Sports Story” laid bare the tragic end for Aaron Hernandez, that once promising NFL player. Closing out the 10-episode season, the FX limited series dramatized the final days in prison of a young man haunted by ghosts and riddled with guilt, who saw death as the only possible release from his inner demons (and his pending legal woes regarding various murder indictments). The episode, titled “Who Killed Aaron Hernandez?,” shies away from simple answers to that question. Instead, it stresses how internalized homophobia, toxic masculinity, an emotionally stunted father figure, an NFL team eager to coddle its players — not to mention the effects of chronic traumatic encephalopathy (CTE), courtesy of a lifetime on the field — all played key roles in the violence that doomed Hernandez’s life and career. And front and center, in the show, was Josh Rivera. The actor, who previously starred in “West Side Story” and “The Hunger Games: The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes,” skillfully anchored his portrayal of Hernandez in the many contradictions that afflicted the Connecticut-born player through his brief life (he died

Republican Rep. David Valadao managed to once again fend off Democratic challenger Rudy Salas to keep his seat representing California’s 22nd Congressional District in the Central Valley. Valadao’s win bolsters the Republican Party’s effort to retain control of the U.S. House of Representatives and brings the GOP closer to controlling both arms of Congress after flipping the U.S. Senate last week. The Associated Press called the 22nd District race for Valadao Tuesday night, though official results will take longer. After Valadao’s victory, Republicans need just two more seats to win control of the House. About a dozen more seats remain to be called. The 22nd Congressional District contest was one of several California seats seen as pivotal to determining which party will control the House. It is often a race won by slim margins. Both parties invested heavily in the district, pouring millions into ads. The rural swing district spans portions of Kern, Kings and Tulare counties and includes Hanford south to Bakersfield. The economy is dominated by agriculture, and more than 70% of residents are Latino. Here, 43% of voters are registered Democrats compared

Tras varias postergaciones de la contienda debido a problemas de salud y otras situaciones, el combate entre Jake Paul, de 27 años, y Mike Tyson, de 58, se celebrará este viernes por la noche. La leyenda boxística enfrentará a un YouTuber hecho boxeador en lo que será el segundo pleito de Tyson desde que se retiró en 2005. El combate se celebrará en el Cowboy Stadium de Arlington, Texas, con un techo retráctil de 1.200 millones de dólares. El estado lo ha sancionado como combate profesional con algunas modificaciones. El retraso respecto al plan original de julio se debió a que Tyson sufrió un episodio médico en un avión y necesitó tiempo para recuperarse de una úlcera de estómago. El combate se transmitirá por Netflix a partir de las 5 p.m. La cartelera incluye un combate entre dos de las mejores mujeres del boxeo, Katie Taylor y Amanda Serrano, en una pelea a 10 asaltos por el título indiscutible del peso superligero. Cartelera principal: Mike Tyson vs. Jake Paul, 8 asaltos, peso pesado. Katie Taylor vs. Amanda Serrano, a 10 asaltos, por el campeonato femenino

WASHINGTON —  Democratic Rep. Mike Levin defeated a challenge from Republican Matt Gunderson to secure a fourth term representing a coastal district in San Diego and Orange counties. The Associated Press called the race in California’s 49th Congressional District on Tuesday, though official results will take longer. The win means Democrats will retain control of a seat that had been vulnerable to flipping. But it may not be enough for Democrats to win control of the House. Republicans were two seats away from winning the majority Tuesday night. Levin, a former environmental attorney, was elected to the House in 2018 and has supported zero-emission vehicles, protections for water quality and safe removal of nuclear fuel from the closed San Onofre plant. Gunderson owned three car dealerships in Orange County before he retired. He ran as a supporter of abortion rights, tax cuts and border security. The biggest issues in the coastal district that lies about 50 miles north of the border with Mexico included the environment, housing, veteran affairs and immigration. The 49th District was one of several tight congressional races in California that could have

A 40-year-old man with a violent criminal history was who was reportedly firing a handgun into the air and at passing vehicles in San Bernardino County was taken into custody after leading police in a foot pursuit, officials announced Tuesday.   Officers with the Ontario Police Department responded to reports of the man, now identified as Colton resident Edward Metcalf, firing the weapons at passing motorists at around 3 a.m. on Nov. 12.   “When officers arrived, the suspect was still standing in the street holding the firearm,” Ontario PD said in a post to X, formerly Twitter. “When officers began giving the suspect verbal commands, he retreated to a nearby hotel and discarded the firearm.”   Body-worn camera footage of Ontario police arresting Edward Metcalf, 40, on Nov. 12, 2024. (OPD) Shooting suspect seen on surveillance footage in Ontario on Nov. 12, 2024. (OPD) Body-worn camera footage of officers in a foot pursuit with a shooting suspect in Ontario on Nov. 12, 2024. (OPD) Gun recovered at the scene after officers arrested a shooting suspect in Ontario on Nov. 12, 2024. (OPD) Edward Metcalf

A history teacher at Valley View High School in Moreno Valley has been placed on administrative leave after going on a profanity-laced anti-Trump rant after the election that has since gone viral on social media.   The teacher’s punishment has sparked something of a controversy with students walking out of class in protest of his suspension.   “A racist, draft-dodging coward, treasonous scum. Why would he win? Why did he win?” the teacher is heard saying in the recording. “But has Donald Trump quoted Hitler? Yes. Does he embody some of Hitler’s ideas? Yes.”   The recording, after it was shared to social media, has racked up millions of listens.   “Let me tell you, I know of Latino men on this campus and students that love Donald Trump,” the teacher continued. “He called their mothers rapists, he called their fathers rapists. He called them criminals. He called them poison in the blood of our country.”   Students protest a teacher’s suspension after he was recorded going on a post-election anti-Trump rant in class. (KTLA) A world history teacher was placed on leave after delivering

WASHINGTON —  Democratic Rep. Mike Levin defeated a challenge from Republican Matt Gunderson to secure a fourth term representing a coastal district in San Diego and Orange counties in Congress. The Associated Press called the race in California’s 49th Congressional District on Tuesday, though official results will take longer. The win means Democrats will retain control of a seat that had been vulnerable to flipping. But it may not be enough for Democrats to win control of the House. Republicans were two seats away from winning the majority Tuesday night. Levin, a former environmental attorney, was elected to the House in 2018 and has supported zero-emission vehicles, protections for water quality and safe removal of nuclear fuel from the closed San Onofre plant. Gunderson owned three car dealerships in Orange County before he retired. He ran as a supporter of abortion rights, tax cuts and border security. The biggest issues in the coastal district that lies about 50 miles north of the border with Mexico included the environment, housing, veteran affairs and immigration. The 49th District was one of several tight congressional races in California that

Fue el mes pasado cuando Fernando Valenzuela, de 63 años, el lanzador de los Dodgers de Los Ángeles que desató la Fernandomanía, murió a causa de una misteriosa enfermedad. Una copia recientemente publicada de su certificado de defunción disipa gran parte del misterio: Según ese documento, la causa subyacente de la muerte de Valenzuela estaba posiblemente relacionada con una enfermedad hepática y una insuficiencia hepática. El certificado, publicado por primera vez por TMZ, enumera el shock séptico, la cirrosis alcohólica descompensada y la cirrosis esteatohepatitis no alcohólica como causas subyacentes. El certificado también sugiere que la enfermedad de Creutzfeldt-Jakob puede haber contribuido a su muerte. Según el Instituto Nacional de Trastornos Neurológicos y Accidentes Cerebrovasculares, Creutzfeldt-Jakob es una enfermedad cerebral rara y letal que provoca cambios en el tejido cerebral y afecta a la coordinación muscular y la memoria. Los últimos detalles llegan tres semanas después de la muerte de Valenzuela y días después de que se celebrara una misa funeral pública por él en la Catedral de Nuestra Señora de los Ángeles, en el centro de Los Ángeles. Desde su muerte el 22 de

A Thousand Oaks man has been found guilty of torture for beating his 4-year-old daughter until she suffered “catastrophic” injuries to her brain and spine that put her in a coma. Tekquan Alexander, 28, was convicted Tuesday on charges that include torture, assault and corporal injury to a child. He was also convicted on special allegations that the victim was vulnerable and he abused a position of trust to injure the child. The abuse dates back to at least the week of Thanksgiving 2021, when Alexander punched and beat his daughter with a belt. Days later, he attacked her again after she wet the bed, first with a belt and then with an electronic cable. “He continued to beat her until she became unresponsive in the bathroom of their Thousand Oaks home,” the Ventura County District Attorney’s Office stated in a news release. The girl was airlifted to Children’s Hospital of Los Angeles where she was diagnosed with traumatic injuries to her brain and spine, as well as broken bones and dozens of cuts and bruises. Tekquan Alexander, 28, of Thousand Oaks, is shown in

November 12, 2024 / 10:06 PM EST / CBS/AP What to know about human cases of bird flu What to know about the human cases of bird flu case detected so far 03:26 A Canadian teen is hospitalized in critical condition with what is believed to be bird flu , a British Columbia health official said Tuesday. It’s not clear how the teenager picked up the virus, which has been detected recently in wild birds and poultry in the province, said Dr. Bonnie Henry, provincial health officer. The teen is not known to have any contact with infected animals, she said. Officials have released few details about the patient. Henry said the teen was healthy before developing symptoms more than a week ago — initially eye redness, cough and fever — and has been hospitalized with a respiratory illness since Friday in Vancouver. Initial testing indicated the infection is from bird flu. Officials believe it is the Type A H5N1 bird flu, but are awaiting confirmation. H5N1 has been spreading widely in the U.S. among wild birds, poultry, cows and a number of other animals. 

By David Morgan November 12, 2024 / 9:31 PM EST / CBS News DOC NYC, America’s largest documentary film festival, returns Wednesday for its 14th edition in New York City, with films available for viewing both in-person and online. The festival showcases an international lineup of more than 200 feature-length and short films, including many world, North American and NYC premieres. Held in-person Nov. 13-21 at venues in Manhattan, the festival also streams many features online through Dec. 1. (For tickets and streaming passes click here.) The festival also includes filmmaker Q&As, panel discussions, master classes and workshops with notable documentarians and industry insiders. The full lineup may be viewed here. Special events The festival’s opening night feature is the U.S. premiere of “Blue Road: The Edna O’Brien Story,” Sinéad O’Shea’s revealing portrait of the defiant Irish novelist. O’Brien’s sexually-infused stories of women pushing against societal expectations, beginning with “The Country Girls,” raised the ire of Catholic sensibilities and censors, but won her fans for her clear-eyed depictions of youth and innocence being shattered. Cleverly piecing together archival footage and TV appearances, recent interviews with O’Brien

President-elect Donald Trump has tapped Fox News personality Pete Hegseth to lead the Department of Defense, making him the first on-air talent from the conservative-leaning network to join the incoming administration. And he may not be the last. Hegseth, a decorated combat veteran who served in Iraq and Afghanistan, will leave the network immediately, a Fox News representative said Tuesday. Hegseth, 44, has been a co-host of the weekend edition of morning program “Fox & Friends” since 2017 alongside Will Cain and Rachel Campos-Duffy. An Army National Guard officer, he joined the network as a contributor in 2014. “Pete is tough, smart and a true believer in America First,” Trump said in his statement announcing the appointment. “With Pete at the helm, America’s enemies are on notice — Our Military will be Great Again, and America will Never Back Down.” A number of Fox News contributors are expected to join the new Trump administration. Former Immigration and Customs Enforcement Director Tom Homan, who made paid appearances on the network, was named as Trump’s border czar on Monday. But Hegseth’s exit is a surprise. He is

It’s been nearly a week since election day, and California is still counting ballots, imposing an agonizing wait on a nation wondering who will lead the next U.S. House of Representatives. It isn’t a surprise that California is taking its time to verify, process and count the ballots of its more than 22 million registered voters. While some might see the delay as a problem, Russia Chavis Cardenas, the voting rights and redistricting program manager for California Common Cause, called it a virtue. “It means elections officials are doing everything they can to count every legitimate ballot fairly and accurately,” Cardenas said. California has an estimated 5 million ballots that still need to be counted, according to the most recent report of unprocessed ballots by the California secretary of state. The county that’s leading the pack in unprocessed ballots is Los Angeles, with a daunting 1 million ballots left to count. The ballots waiting to be tallied include same-day ballots, but a majority are vote-by-mail ballots. A majority of the unprocessed ballots for counties across the state are vote-by-mail. Registered voters tend to hold onto

A history teacher at Valley View High School in Moreno Valley has been placed on administrative leave after going on a profanity-laced anti-Trump rant after the election that has since gone viral on social media.   The teacher’s punishment has sparked something of a controversy with students walking out of class in protest of his suspension.   “A racist, draft-dodging coward, treasonous scum. Why would he win? Why did he win?” the teacher is heard saying in the recording. “But has Donald Trump quoted Hitler? Yes. Does he embody some of Hitler’s ideas? Yes.”   The recording, after it was shared to social media, has racked up millions of listens.   “Let me tell you, I know of Latino men on this campus and students that love Donald Trump,” the teacher continued. “He called their mothers rapists, he called their fathers rapists. He called them criminals. He called them poison in the blood of our country.”   Students protest a teacher’s suspension after he was recorded going on a post-election anti-Trump rant in class. (KTLA) A world history teacher was placed on leave after delivering