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The nude body of a 27-year-old woman who called 911 for help in late February but went missing before authorities could find her was discovered outside a small town near the Arizona-California border last week.   In a recording of the 911 call, made just a day before she was reported missing, the victim, Amanda Nenigar, sounded confused and desperate as she attempted to describe the remote mountainous and desert terrain where she’d gotten her vehicle stuck off the highway.   “I think I may have fell asleep at the wheel,” the 27-year-old is heard telling a 911 dispatcher. “I got tired. I didn’t have my glasses and went to pull over but hit a pole.”   In the hour-long 911 call, which was routed to dispatchers in California, Nenigar’s family told KTLA that Amanda even provided the correct GPS coordinates from her phone and still did not receive the help she desperately needed.   “She did not have to die like this,” Marissa Nenigar, the victim’s sister, told KTLA’s Rachel Menitoff. “If they would have listened to her 911 call and wrote down the

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(Los Angeles Times) Officials say there is no tsunami threat for California and the U.S. West Coast after a powerful earthquake rattled the coast of Taiwan on Tuesday evening. The U.S. Geological Survey registered the quake at 7.5 magnitude. Tsunami warnings were issued for parts of Taiwan and Japan. The U.S. National Tsunami Warning Center said it had studied the quake and determined that the West Coast does not face a risk. Some areas, however, “may experience non-damaging sea level changes.” The agency did not specify which areas might see changes. Since 1800, California has been hit by more than 150 tsunamis, according to the California Geological Survey. Few to hit the coast have caused fatalities or damage. Two of the biggest were in March 2011, when a tsunami hit California’s shores 10 hours after the devastating 9.1 earthquake in Japan. A tsunami with 21-foot surges followed the 9.2 quake in Alaska in 1965. Ten people were killed when the tsunami crashed into Crescent City, Calif. Sign up for Essential California for news, features and recommendations from the L.A. Times and beyond in your inbox

Though he worked steadily into the second decade of this century, Joe Flaherty, who died Monday at 82, will be remembered for two series: the Canadian sketch comedy “SCTV,” which sneaked onto American television by way of late-night syndication in the late 1970s, and “Freaks and Geeks,” the 1999 CBS comedy that would prove to be ground zero for American comedy in the 2000s. Neither were hugely successful in their time — “SCTV,” though it twice won Emmys for writing, shared by Flaherty, was overshadowed by “Saturday Night Live,” the other series to emerge from Second City, and “Freaks and Geeks” lasted only a single, 18-episode season. But both are dear to the heart of comedy fans, and the characters Flaherty created there live large in my mind, and I hope in yours. “SCTV,” which purported to represent the programming day of a small-town station — Melonville was the imaginary community — was a vehicle for television, commercial and movie parodies, but it also pulled back to focus on the business of the station itself, owned by Flaherty’s Guy Caballero. Wearing a white suit and

(Los Angeles Times) April 2, 2024 5:32 PM PT A magnitude 7.5 earthquake was reported Tuesday afternoon at 4:58 p.m. Pacific time 13 miles from Hualien City, Taiwan, according to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s Tsunami Warning System. According to the USGS, the epicenter was farther than 100 miles from a city. In the last 10 days, there have been no earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater centered nearby. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 7.1 miles. Did you feel this earthquake? Consider reporting what you felt to the USGS. Find out what to do before, and during, an earthquake near you by signing up for our Unshaken newsletter, which breaks down emergency preparedness into bite-sized steps over six weeks. Learn more about earthquake kits, which apps you need, Lucy Jones’ most important advice and more at latimes.com/Unshaken. This story was automatically generated by Quakebot, a computer application that monitors the latest earthquakes detected by the USGS. A Times editor reviewed the post before it was published. If you’re interested in learning more about the system, visit our list of frequently asked questions.

A Los Angeles man has admitted to stealing jewelry from a luxury hotel in Beverly Hills and then selling the stolen items on the other side of the country. Jobson Marangoni De Castro, 38, pleaded guilty Tuesday to one felony count of interstate transportation of stolen property, according to the United States Department of Justice. On May 10, 2023, De Castro took an Uber to an unnamed hotel and convinced an employee to give him a key to a room that was not his. Once inside, he stole two suitcases from the victims while they were at dinner. A screenshot from a hotel security footage shows Jobson Marangoni De Castro in a hotel elevator suitcases he stole from a hotel room on May 10, 2023. (United States Department of Justice) The victims, authorities said, were residents of Brazil who were in town to attend a fashion event. The suitcases contained jewelry, clothing and other accessories with a value estimated around $1.8 million, according to prosecutors. De Castro then took the items with him to Miami, where, a week later, he messaged a buyer on Instagram

A suspect was arrested after a woman was found shot to death in South Los Angeles. The suspect was identified as Bryan Blackmon, 29, from Hawthorne, according to the Los Angeles Police Department. On March 19, police responded to reports of a victim down in the 5800 block of South Hoover Street in the Vermont-Slauson neighborhood at around 8:50 p.m. Arriving officers found the female victim, Gerardo Medina-Garcia, 24, also known as Meraxes, lying on the road with a gunshot wound. Authorities also found evidence that the woman had been struck by a vehicle. She was pronounced dead at the scene. The suspect had fled the scene before officers could arrive. Loved ones remember victims killed in South L.A. DUI crash After identifying Blackmon as a suspect, he was arrested in Hawthorne on March 29. On April 2, murder charges were filed by the Los Angeles County District Attorney’s Office. The motive behind the shooting remains unclear and it’s unknown whether the suspect and victim knew each other.  Anyone with additional information on the case is urged to call LAPD’s South Bureau Homicide Division detectives

New sonar images show sunken remains of Baltimore’s Key Bridge – CBS News Watch CBS News Crews in Baltimore opened a second, temporary channel Tuesday to help with wreckage removal and allow small boats to bypass the Francis Scott Key Bridge collapse site. CBS News senior transportation correspondent Kris Van Cleave has the details. Be the first to know Get browser notifications for breaking news, live events, and exclusive reporting. Not Now Turn On

Tesla stock falls 5% as quarterly sales drop – CBS News Watch CBS News Tesla has reclaimed the title of largest electric vehicle seller in the world, so why did its stock fall 5% on Tuesday? Rebecca Elliott, reporter for The Wall Street Journal, joins CBS News to discuss. Be the first to know Get browser notifications for breaking news, live events, and exclusive reporting. Not Now Turn On