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Residents in one San Bernardino County neighborhood are being urged to remain vigilant after a pair of “overly friendly” strangers snatched a necklace from the neck of one victim. Two incidents involving the suspects were reported about a mile apart Thursday morning in Chino Hills. Deputies first responded to Calle San Marcos Park, in Chino Hills, around 9:30 a.m. regarding suspicious activity, the San Bernardino County Sheriff’s Department stated in a news release. “A male and female contacted the reporting party in public. They wanted to shake the reporting party’s hand and appeared overly friendly. The reporting party believed the suspects intended to steal jewelry from his person,” the Sherrif’s Department stated. The man and woman were located and stopped by a deputy but during the traffic stop another service call was made from a victim who had a necklace stolen from his neck earlier in the morning in the 3200 block of Skyview Ridge. Investigators determined the same suspects, identified as Washington residents Dorian Stanescu, 31, and Laura Ghiocel, 34, were involved in both incidents. Stanescu and Ghiocel were arrested for grand theft from

Nothing makes Southern Californians more jealous than hearing others around the world brag about their walkable cities. Everybody knows downtown Los Angeles and San Diego’s Gaslamp Quarter, but aside from the big cities what other places in the Southland have vibrant, walkable downtown areas? World Atlas put together a list of eight smaller cities with downtowns worth exploring. Claremont Located not too far from Los Angeles, Claremont is no stranger to “hidden gem” lists in California. Its downtown area, full of brainy students that belong to the prestigious Claremont Colleges, has the usual scene with fun restaurants and watering holes but also contains a stellar art museum and the Rancho Santa Ana Botanic Garden. Laguna Beach Laguna Beach, California Aerial View (Getty Images) Of all the towns on this list, this is one of the few with an ocean view. You can sip on a coffee while gazing at the Pacific Ocean, what else could you ever need? With scenic trails leading to the coastline and art galleries galore, there’s plenty to do in this Orange County staple. Ojai Tucked away in the Topatopa Mountains

Total bases is not a statistic mentioned often. Accumulating 400 total bases in a season doesn’t have the panache of, say, batting .400. Leave it to Shohei Ohtani to reach another rare milestone and prompt statisticians to dive back into the digital record books. He became the first player in 23 years and only 19th in baseball history to reach 400 total bases Thursday night when the Dodgers clinched the National League West title. So, are total bases meaningful? Bill James, the godfather of modern baseball analytics, thought so. He included the stat in the seminal Runs Created formula he devised in the 1970s, which simply counts times on base, multiplied by bases advanced, divided by opportunities. Bases advanced, in a nutshell, are total bases: a single counts as one, a double as two, a triple as three and a home run as four. Attaining 400 total bases reflects uncommon power and relentless offensive production. Ohtani reached the milestone with his last hit Thursday, a bloop double in the eighth inning of a 7-2 victory over the San Diego Padres. He became the first player

A 20-year-old man who authorities say set off a bomb in the lobby of a Santa Barbara County courthouse earlier this week was charged with a federal crime Friday. He intended to kill sheriff’s deputies and a superior court judge as part of his attack, according to court documents. Nathaniel James McGuire was arrested Wednesday after he showed up to the Santa Maria courthouse to face a firearm violation charge and instead allegedly threw a bag into the lobby that exploded, injuring at least five people in the courthouse and damaging the inside of the building, the U.S. Attorney’s office said in a news release. According to prosecutors, McGuire threw the bag and shouted, “Liberty or death.” He is now expected to appear in a federal courthouse in downtown Los Angeles on Friday afternoon to face a charge of maliciously damaging a building by means of explosive. The blast left the courthouse filled with smoke as sheriff’s deputies, Santa Maria police and California Highway Patrol officers scrambled to find and hold McGuire. Authorities said they were able to catch him as he tried to get

CBS News investigation tracks internet romance scams targeting Americans to Ghana – CBS News Watch CBS News A CBS News investigation looks into internet romance scams that are targeting Americans, tracking them to Ghana, where many of the scams begin. Debora Patta shows how men and women who are looking for love online are tricked into sending money. Be the first to know Get browser notifications for breaking news, live events, and exclusive reporting. Not Now Turn On

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Maggie Smith, who won an Academy Award in 1969 for her role in “The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie,” has died in London, according to media reports Friday. She was 89. Smith played the Countess of Granthan in the “Downton Abbey” television series and had a career in stage, film and television that spanned decades. She was Professor Minerva McGonagall in the “Harry Potter” movies. She won two Oscars, one for best actress in “Jean Brodie” and one for best supporting actress in “California Suite” in 1978. She also won a British Academy (BAFTA) Award for her work in “Brodie Jean.” Smith was considered one of the preeminent British actors of her generation with Vanessa Redgrave and Judi Dench.

Maureen Kindel, a close confidant, fundraiser and adviser for Mayor Tom Bradley and a years-long powerful figure at City Hall and in other Los Angeles political circles, died Thursday. Michael Gagan, her partner at the Kindel Gagan public affairs firm since 2010, announced her death in an email to friends Thursday evening. Kindel was 86. Kindel was a well-known figure in the corridors of Los Angeles City Hall thanks to her work in support of and alongside Bradley, who served as mayor from 1973 to 1993 and made two unsuccessful runs for governor. Bradley appointed Kindel to the city Board of Public Works in 1979, and the following year she became that panel’s president — the first woman to hold the position, and a strong advocate for minority- and women-owned businesses in municipal contracting. She remained on the board until 1987. “Anybody who was anybody in City Hall in those days knew her,” City News Service board Chairman Tom Quinn, who met Kindel while working on Bradley campaigns in the 1980s, said Thursday night. “She was a force of nature and a good person. …

Gov. Gavin Newsom on Friday approved a measure that will allow five speed cameras to be implemented along a particularly dangerous stretch of Pacific Coast Highway in Malibu. This section of PCH was long known as a hot spot for crashes, including scores of fatalities, but it was the tragic deaths of four Pepperdine University students almost a year ago that propelled renewed action to improve safety. Newsom on Friday signed SB 1297 into law, which builds on ongoing state and local efforts aimed at saving lives along this section of PCH. The law, sponsored by Sen. Ben Allen (D-Santa Monica), includes Malibu in a speed camera pilot program, allowing the city to install up to five automated cameras that will fine speeding drivers. “The signing of SB 1297 today is a huge win for the safety of Malibu residents and its visitors,” Allen said in a statement. “We know speed cameras can help curb reckless speeding — an issue this beautiful stretch of highway has been plagued with for years — so I am grateful the governor recognizes the important role this equipment will

Dodgers star Shohei Ohtani is throwing so well in the wake of his second Tommy John elbow surgery that his rehabilitation team is beginning to tap the brakes. “We’re trying to keep his velocity down because it needs to be more of a gradual thing,” Dodgers team physician Neal ElAttrache told the Los Angeles Times on Thursday, saying he would prefer the two-way phenom’s pitching velocity stay under 90 mph for the moment but that it has crept up to 93. ElAttrache performed both Tommy John operations on Ohtani, the first in 2018 and the second last September. Ohtani is the Dodgers’ designated hitter and earlier this month became the first player in Major League history with at least 50 home runs and 50 stolen bases in the same season. “Almost every time you look at what he’s doing, he proves that he’s one of one,” ElAttrache said of the $700-million offseason acquisition. Just as Dodgers president of baseball operations Andrew Friedman did with reporters this week, ElAttrache threw cold water on the fantasy of Ohtani returning to the pitching mound for this postseason. “It’s

Two-time Oscar winner Maggie Smith, the celebrated stage actress who starred in “The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie” and burnished her long-shining star by playing the scene-stealing dowager countess of “Downton Abbey” and the exacting Professor McGonagall in the “Harry Potter” franchise, has died. She was 89. The respected English dame “passed away peacefully” early Friday in a London hospital, her sons, Chris Larkin and Toby Stephens, said in a statement to The Times. “An intensely private person, she was with friends and family at the end. She leaves two sons and five loving grandchildren who are devastated by the loss of their extraordinary mother and grandmother,” they said in a statement issued through publicist Clair Dobbs. Her sons did not disclose her cause of death in the statement. Smith had been candid about her health issues in the past, suffering from glaucoma, Graves’ disease and breast cancer, and she underwent hip-replacement surgery in her 80s. In their statement, her sons thanked the “wonderful staff at the Chelsea and Westminster Hospital for their care and unstinting kindness during her final days.” During a career that

Cuesta Colleges Rising Scholars program has been serving incarcerated community college students at the California Mens Colony since 2015. According to a Rising Scholars official at Cuesta College, the program is being funded by the California Promise Grant. Students at the California Mens Colony are offered two degree pathways, such as a Sociology Associate Degree for Transfer and an Associate in Arts Degree in Human Services. Jovan McClenton is one of many students who went through an interview process to participate in the program. I couldn’t contain myself because I feel like I come from humble beginnings and often feeling overlooked, feeling like there were other people that were more qualified than I and my name was called, said McClenton. I felt a duty to be the best student and to be the best representative of the program that I possibly could be. After being incarcerated for 30 years since he was 17, McClenton says there were no educational advancement opportunities available when he entered prison in the 1990s. There was a bit of desperation, a bit of despair, ” said McClenton. “So, to have