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Over 100 dogs that were rescued from a hoarder in Riverside will now be placed for adoption. On Thursday, officials responded to a fire that ignited in a two-bedroom townhome. Inside the home, 113 small dogs that were being hoarded were discovered by Riverside Animal Shelter Rescue Department workers. All dogs were removed from the home and impounded at an animal shelter. Riverside shelter workers contacted Mission Viejo Animal Services Center for help and seven dogs were transferred to the center’s “A Mission for Home” program. The dogs will soon be available for adoption after they are bathed, spayed/neutered and evaluated by a veterinarian. Several dogs available for adoption after being rescued from a hoarder. (City of Mission Viejo) Several dogs available for adoption after being rescued from a hoarder. (City of Mission Viejo) Several dogs available for adoption after being rescued from a hoarder. (City of Mission Viejo) Over 100 dogs that were rescued from a hoarder in Riverside will be placed for adoption. (City of Mission Viejo) All surgeries, including dental operations on older dogs, will be funded by the center’s nonprofit organization

How an Iranian attack on Israel could impact the Middle East – CBS News Watch CBS News A White House official says the U.S. is adjusting its posture in the Middle East as it monitors escalating tensions between Israel and Iran. CBS News national security contributor Sam Vinograd joins with analysis. Be the first to know Get browser notifications for breaking news, live events, and exclusive reporting. Not Now Turn On

Dozens of horses seized during a neglect investigation in the San Jacinto Valley, where more than 40 dogs were impounded as a result of the same investigation, came up for adoption Friday, though authorities cautioned that only experienced equestrian handlers would be able to manage the steeds. “We are at a point in this on-going investigation where we are able to reach out to residents and rescue groups that would want to help rescue or adopt and care for these animals and give them the quality of life that they deserve,” Riverside County Department of Animal Services Director Erin Gettis said. According to agency spokesman Lt. James Huffman, the 60-plus horses and nearly four dozen canines were seized on March 28 from two different properties operated by the same individual, whose name was not disclosed. Huffman told City News Service that the seizure stemmed from an 18-month investigation that has not yet led to the filing of criminal charges. No one has been arrested in connection with the neglect case. According to officials, most of the horses are untamed, so they will require breaking in

An Orange County man was sentenced Friday to three years’ probation and time already served for attempting to run endangered “good luck” songbirds into Los Angeles from Vietnam. Quang Truong, 54, of Westminster, pleaded guilty in 2017 to a federal conspiracy charge after his arrest at Los Angeles International Airport. When LAX screeners checked Truong’s luggage following the 8,000-mile journey, they found more than two dozen birds in suitcases rigged to include hidden cages. The tiny Chinese hwamei songbirds — which can cost a few dollars apiece in Southeast Asia — fetch up to $1,000 when sold illegally at certain Chinese markets in Southern California and are thought to bring good luck. Truong had been detained five months before the LAX arrest by Vietnamese officials on suspicion of attempting to smuggle the high-value birds, prosecutors said. Truong was going to be paid $2,000 for smuggling the songbirds into the United States, according to papers filed in Los Angeles federal court. A co-conspirator, Sony Dong, 61, of Garden Grove, was sentenced in 2018 to 18 months in federal prison for conspiring to smuggle the songbirds into

Italian fashion designer Roberto Cavalli dies at 83 – CBS News Watch CBS News Italian fashion designer Roberto Cavalli has died at 83. Cavalli became famous in the early 1970s for his animal prints and bold and sensual styles. Be the first to know Get browser notifications for breaking news, live events, and exclusive reporting. Not Now Turn On

More than 1,000 pages of confidential documents from a federal criminal investigation into the Los Angeles city attorney’s office and the Department of Water and Power will be unsealed, a federal judge signaled Friday. The Times and Consumer Watchdog had requested the documents to better understand the government’s criminal case and whether former City Atty. Mike Feuer bore any culpability for a scandal involving a sham lawsuit and an extortion plot. Feuer has long denied wrongdoing. In a tentative ruling, U.S. District Judge Stanley Blumenfeld Jr. said the documents, which consist mainly of dozens of search warrants filed during the government’s investigation, will be unsealed, with personal data redacted. The names of public officials, along with individuals who are “wrongdoers,” will not be redacted, Blumenfeld said at a hearing Friday — a blow to prosecutors who had sought to keep the officials’ names from the public. The Times and Consumer Watchdog are expected to work with the U.S. attorney’s office to ready the documents for release in the coming weeks. Much of Friday’s hearing centered on Feuer and whether an FBI agent’s alleged assertions that

The city of Lancaster has sued Los Angeles County, saying the Sheriff’s Department is raking in an “illegal profit” of more than $10 million by overcharging dozens of cities for its policing services. Like more than 40 other cities in the county — including Palmdale, Compton, Carson and West Hollywood — Lancaster pays for sheriff’s deputies to police its area. But amid a staffing crisis, the Sheriff’s Department isn’t assigning as many deputies to Lancaster as the city has paid for, says the suit, which was filed in March. Instead, existing deputies are working more overtime to make up for it. But more overtime costs less than more deputies, and the county allegedly isn’t passing along the savings, according to the lawsuit. Attorneys for the city filed the case as a proposed class-action on behalf of all 42 of the county’s contract cities, pending the court’s approval. Mayor R. Rex Parris said Lancaster’s lawsuit aims to hold the county accountable, but stressed that the city still supports the sheriff’s deputies who patrol its streets. “Let me make this crystal clear: Our deputies are our community’s

A man injured by a falling street lamp part will receive a settlement of up to $21 million from the city of Los Angeles. In November 2020, Ismael Soto Luna was at the corner of Roscoe Boulevard and Noble Avenue in Van Nuys when a two-pound metal cap from a street lamp struck his head, knocking him to the ground, according to a lawsuit he filed against the city. The impact fractured his skull, and three months later he was diagnosed with a mild traumatic brain injury, the lawsuit said. His condition progressively worsened, and in 2023 he was diagnosed with dementia, according to the lawsuit. City regulations require a street lamp cap “to be secured in place such that the regular forces of nature would not cause it to become loose and fall,” the lawsuit said. Ivor Pine, a spokesperson for the city attorney’s office, did not immediately return a message seeking comment. The City Council approved the settlement Friday. The council also approved other settlements, for a total of more than $40 million. A man who alleged that an LAPD officer in a

SAN DIEGO (Border Report) — During the COVID-19 pandemic, more and more Americans sought medications south of the border in cities such as Tijuana, according to activist Marck Rivera García. He says the pattern continues to this day, but now people from north of the border are seeking cheaper narcotics that are more potent and readily available in Mexico. “Addicts from the United States are crossing the border motivated by the lower cost of drugs,” Rivera García said. “When they come here, they stay for about a week, then they go home for more money only to return to Tijuana for more drugs.” He says some never go back to the U.S., only to end up homeless on the streets of Tijuana. Rivera García works with Tijuana’s homeless and drug users in the Zona Norte, an area that requires only a short walk from the San Ysidro Port of Entry. It’s also a neighborhood notorious for drug use, strip joints and prostitution. “We try to support them with food, keep them from wasting their money on drugs. Some require counseling, a shower or help in

Billy Joel plays 100th show at Madison Square Garden – CBS News Watch CBS News Billy Joel is marking his 100th show of his record-breaking residency at New York City’s Madison Square Garden. He’s played the famed arena since 1978, and Sunday night you can watch his first-ever show to be broadcast on television on CBS. Be the first to know Get browser notifications for breaking news, live events, and exclusive reporting. Not Now Turn On

House Speaker Mike Johnson visits Trump at Mar-a-Lago – CBS News Watch CBS News House Speaker Mike Johnson traveled to Mar-a-Lago Friday, where he met with former President Donald Trump. Johnson is hoping to get some public support from Trump amid ongoing criticism from some Republicans who claim he is not delivering, and a threat to his speakership from Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene. Robert Costa reports from Palm Beach. Be the first to know Get browser notifications for breaking news, live events, and exclusive reporting. Not Now Turn On

Steve Hartman goes “On the Road” to catch a glimpse of the eclipse – CBS News Watch CBS News This week’s total solar eclipse brought millions of Americans together for a moment of inspiration and awe. That includes CBS’s Steve Hartman and his family in this week’s “On the Road.” Be the first to know Get browser notifications for breaking news, live events, and exclusive reporting. Not Now Turn On

When it comes to the fiercely political British director Ken Loach’s latest film, “The Old Oak,” a bit of classic Hollywood promotional language comes to mind: Ken Loach is “The Old Oak.” Because seemingly forever, the sturdiest, tallest figure in the cinema of working-class struggle has been Loach, the man behind such raw, forthright classics as “Kes,” “Riff-Raff,” “The Wind That Shakes the Barley,” “I, Daniel Blake” and “Sorry We Missed You.” If this is the final round for the 87-year-old filmmaker, he’s going out with a protest sign in one hand and a pint in the other. That’s because “The Old Oak,” written by longtime collaborator Paul Laverty and named for the last remaining pub in a downtrodden town in northeast England, shows Loach no less committed to the cause but also as faith-filled as he’s ever been. It’s 2016 when we enter the story via black-and-white photographs of a busload of displaced Syrians, mostly mothers, children and the elderly, being dropped off in the mining town of Durham, the film’s audio dominated by locals loudly and bigotedly condemning their arrival. When the film

Just hours after Shohei Ohtani’s ex-interpreter, Ippei Mizuhara, surrendered to authorities Friday on charges that he stole more than $16 million from the Dodgers’ two-way star, Ohtani himself said he was ready to return to just focusing on baseball. “I’m very grateful for the Department of Justice’s investigation,” Ohtani said in Japanese. “For me personally, this marks a break from this, and I’d like to focus on baseball.” Ohtani’s comments Friday were the first he has made publicly regarding the allegations against Mizuhara since a news conference late last month, when Ohtani first accused his longtime friend and interpreter of secretly stealing money from one of his personal bank accounts to pay off gambling losses Mizuhara had accumulated with an alleged illegal bookmaker in Orange County. On Friday, Ohtani declined to answer further questions from a Times reporter about the situation. The 29-year-old slugger was in the Dodgers’ lineup for Friday night’s game, serving as the designated hitter from his customary No. 2 spot in the batting order. Ohtani’s initial story — that he had no knowledge of the wire transfers Mizuhara made from his

Warning: The following contains spoilers for “Civil War.” America has been shattered in “Civil War.” An armed alliance between Texas and California known as the Western Forces is on the verge of recapturing a besieged capital. A team of journalists heads from New York City to Washington, D.C., in hopes of landing one last interview with the president, an illegal third-termer gone rogue. As they make their journey, Lee (Kirsten Dunst), a veteran photojournalist who has witnessed conflicts all over the world, reluctantly takes the inexperienced young Jessie (Cailee Spaeny) under her wing. Lee sees something of herself in Jessie and wants to spare her younger counterpart the disillusionment and dismay she has come to feel. All the work she has done has seemingly led to nothing, as the nation rushes headlong into a hopeless endgame. Written and directed by Alex Garland, whose previous work includes the pessimistic, dystopian tales “Ex Machina” and “Annihilation,” the film walks a razor’s edge, careful not to tip to one political perspective or another. Often it is unclear who is fighting on which side, as a hypnotic frenzy seems

Police arrested a man in San Diego suspected of clubbing two women from behind in separate incidences near the Venice canals Saturday night. The arrest of Anthony Jones, 29, for the assault of the two women was announced Friday in front of the Los Angeles Police Department’s Pacific Division Station. Los Angeles City Councilmember Traci Park, whose district includes Venice, took part in announcing the arrest. The attacks had a “sexual element” to them, said police commander Steven Lurie, who declined to provide further information. The police have not released the identity of the victims. But one of the victims spoke to The Times from a hospital where she was recovering from at least eight fractures to her jaw, a large laceration to the back of the head and contusions on her face and neck. She told The Times that after work on Saturday night she went for a walk to reach her daily 10,000-steps goal when she was struck from behind. The Times does not identify victims of sexual assault “It’s usually a very safe neighborhood, nice neighborhood and there are typically people around,”

April 12, 2024 / 7:13 PM EDT / AP Sam Wasson on new Francis Ford Coppola book Author Sam Wasson explores the life and vision of filmmaker Francis Ford Coppola in new book 07:38 Eleanor Coppola, who documented the making of some of her husband Francis Ford Coppola’s iconic films, including the infamously tortured production of “Apocalypse Now,” and who raised a family of filmmakers, has died. She was 87. Coppola died Friday surrounded by family at home in Rutherford, California, her family announced in a statement. Representatives of the family also confirmed the death in an email to CBS News. No cause of death was given. Film director Francis Ford Coppola and his wife Eleanor Coppola attend the 94th annual Oscars at the Dolby Theatre in Hollywood, California on March 27, 2022. ANGELA WEISS/AFP via Getty Images Eleanor, who grew up in Orange County, California, met Francis while working as an assistant art director on his directorial debut, the Roger Corman-produced 1963 horror film “Dementia 13.” She had studied design at UCLA. Within months of dating, Eleanor became pregnant, and the couple were wed

By Julie Sharp Updated on: April 12, 2024 / 6:24 PM EDT / KCAL News CBS News Live CBS News Los Angeles Live One day after Shohei Ohtani’s ex-interpreter was charged with bank fraud for stealing $16 million from the Japanese baseball star, he was released on $25,000 bond after making his first, brief Los Angeles court appearance.  Ippei Mizuhara had surrendered to federal authorities Friday morning. He did not enter a plea during his court appearance. The Dodgers superstar accused his interpreter, Ippei Mizuhara, of massive theft and a federal investigation uncovered that funds were stolen to cover Mizuhara’s gambling debts, and the amount is much greater than what was first reported to be “at least $4.5 million.” “According to the complaint, Mr. Mizuhara stole this money, largely to finance his voracious appetite for illegal sports betting,” U.S. Attorney Martin Estrada said at an April 11 news conference. While questions lingered if Ohtani was involved, or knew of the betting, he denied it, and federal law enforcement officials call Ohtani a victim. Serving as Ohtani’s interpreter and right-hand man, Mizuhara set up a bank

Marcus Eriz, the Costa Mesa man who claimed not to understand why he fired the bullet from his car that killed a 6-year-old boy in 2021, received a sentence of 40 years to life in prison on Friday. Orange County Superior Court Judge Richard King rejected a defense attorney’s plea for leniency on the basis of Eriz’s age — he was 24 at the time of the shooting — as well as the argument that Eriz had suffered childhood trauma. King said he could find no connection between the defendant’s alleged trauma — left unspecified in courtroom arguments — and his decision to fire his Glock 17 on the freeway into the car the boy was riding in. “The defendant didn’t commit any crimes until this particular day,” King said. “There was no impulse until this particular day.” Eriz was in the passenger seat of a Volkswagen on May 21, 2021, with his girlfriend Wynne Lee at the wheel and his loaded, customized gun within easy reach. He claimed he kept it with him because people had been “acting crazy” on the freeways. They were

The hazards of remaking a beloved film are well known. While the 1991 comedy “Don’t Tell Mom the Babysitter’s Dead,” starring Christina Applegate, didn’t exactly thrill critics 33 years ago, it’s become a cult classic, especially for elder millennials who grew up on the movie. It’s the ideal text for a remake: The source material isn’t regarded as untouchable, the name recognition is high and it can be easily adapted to a modern milieu while still stoking childhood memories for those who love the original. Nostalgia can be a trap, one that writer Chuck Hayward and director Wade Allain-Marcus fortunately sidestep. There are enough nods to the first film to please fans looking for Easter eggs, but they don’t get in the way of the story itself, a teen comedy that keeps it real, despite the heightened circumstances. They also update the family from white to Black, which brings a different layer of stakes to the situation. After their mother (Patricia “Ms. Pat” Williams) suffers a nervous breakdown at work, the Crandell siblings are left in the care of a Mrs. Sturak (June Squibb), a

Roberto Cavalli, whose fashions have been a red-carpet staple for decades, has died, the company bearing the designer’s name announced Friday. He was 83. Cavalli died Friday in Florence, Italy, where he was born and where he made his home. He had been ill for some time and his health had worsened in recent days, Italian news agency ANSA reported. “It is with great sadness that today we say our final goodbyes to our founder Robert Cavalli,” the company said in a statement Friday on Instagram. “From humble beginnings in Florence Roberto succeeded in becoming a globally recognised name loved and respected by all. Naturally talented and creative, Roberto believed that everyone can discover and nurture the artist within themselves. Roberto Cavalli’s legacy will live on via his creativity, his love of nature and via his family who he cherished.” Beyoncé, Zendaya, Lady Gaga, Ciara, Priyanka Chopra, Nicole Kidman, Bella Hadid, Naomi Campbell, Kim Kardashian and Rita Ora are among the celebrities who have worn Cavalli designs, preceded by the likes of Sophia Loren and Brigitte Bardot. Christina Aguilera and Jennifer Lopez sought him for