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The following is a transcript of an interview with Rep. Michael McCaul, House Foreign Affairs Committee chair, that aired on April 14, 2024.

Suspect in custody after shots fired from apartment rooftop in Marina del Rey

A suspect is in custody after “active gunfire” was heard at a Marina del Rey apartment complex late Saturday night, authorities said. According to a Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department’s release, deputies from the Marina del Rey station responded to a call regarding gunshots from inside the apartment complex, located in the 4100 block of Via Marina, around 10:15 p.m. Authorities searching for survivors after plane crash in Southern California “Deputies established a containment of the location and requested additional resources,” the LASD update stated. “An LASD air unit observed a male suspect on the roof…firing rounds from a rifle.” Additional units, including four Bearcat vehicles, moved in with an arrest team to take the suspect into custody around 1 a.m., law enforcement officials confirmed. Video from the scene shows multiple police officers with guns drawn around an apartment building in Marina del Rey, CA on April 13, 2024. (OnSceneTV) Video from the scene shows multiple police officers with guns drawn around an apartment building in Marina del Rey, CA on April 13, 2024. (OnSceneTV) Video shows a large police presence outside an apartment building

Critics call out plastics industry over recycling “fraud”

Critics call out plastics industry over recycling “fraud” – CBS News Watch CBS News About 48 million tons of plastic waste is generated in the United States each year, but only 5 to 6 percent of it is actually recycled. A new report from the Center for Climate Integrity, “The Fraud of Plastic Recycling,” accuses the plastics industry of a decades-long campaign to “mislead” the public about the viability of recycling. Correspondent Ben Tracy talks with the report’s co-author, Davis Allen, and with Jan Dell, a former chemical engineer, about an inconvenient truth surrounding the lifecycle of plastic. Be the first to know Get browser notifications for breaking news, live events, and exclusive reporting. Not Now Turn On

Inland Empire

Fans of Riverside’s Zacatecas Cafe feast on stories, buy books to go

To say that Zacatecas Cafe has a loyal following in Riverside only begins to tell the story. At a recent event centered on its history, more than 100 people showed up. That would be a respectable weekend crowd at the restaurant. But this was at the Main Library, on a weeknight, where the community room was packing ’em in. People kept coming. More chairs were set out, then still more. The Inlandia Institute organized the panel discussion, as it does each month on Art Walk night, and according to executive director Cati Porter, this was the biggest audience they’d ever had. The April 4 event was the debut of “Cafe Stories: Riverside’s Zacatecas,” a novel — not a true history — set at the restaurant. This wasn’t a typical literary event. For one thing, lots of people showed up. And author Bill Medina didn’t read from his book. More than 100 people turn out April 4 for the debut of “Cafe Stories,” a novel about Zacatecas Cafe, at the Riverside Main Library. (Photo by David Allen, Inland Valley Daily Bulletin/SCNG) Instead, Medina, 66, spoke about

How Houston is successfully reducing homelessness

How Houston is successfully reducing homelessness – CBS News Watch CBS News In 2012, the nation’s fourth-largest city went all-in on a new system to address homelessness in which dozens of agencies join forces under a single umbrella organization to put those without homes in their own apartments, rather than in shelter beds. Correspondent Martha Teichner looks at a concept that has succeeded in reducing homelessness in the greater Houston area by 63%. Be the first to know Get browser notifications for breaking news, live events, and exclusive reporting. Not Now Turn On

Sacramento

Nature: Gopher tortoises in Florida

We leave you this Sunday with gopher tortoises in Titusville, Florida. Videographer: Doug Jensen.

Colombia’s blooming bounty of flowers

Colombia’s blooming bounty of flowers – CBS News Watch CBS News The optimal soil and climate of Colombia’s flower-growing regions have made that South American country the world’s “flower basket.” In fact, 75% of cut flowers imported into the United States are from Colombia. Correspondent Lilia Luciano visits a family farm high atop the mountains outside of Medellin, where four generations have been working the fields; and attends the annual Festival of the Flowers (Feria de las Flores) to celebrate the beauty and bounty of their blooms. Be the first to know Get browser notifications for breaking news, live events, and exclusive reporting. Not Now Turn On

Authorities searching for survivors after plane crash in Southern California

Authorities are searching for survivors after a plane crash in San Bernardino County Saturday night. Preliminary information from the FAA indicates the aircraft, a twin-engine Gulfstream AC95, crashed near Palm Avenue and West Verdemont Drive in the Verdemont neighborhood of San Bernardino around 8:15 p.m. Officer slams into burger shop after being struck by suspected DUI driver in El Monte First responders began the search for survivors but hampered by heavy rain and gusty winds. Video from the scene obtained by KTLA shows police tents set up near the scene of the crash. Video from the scene obtained by KTLA shows police tents set up near the scene of the crash. (OnSceneTV) It is not known how many passengers were on board at the time of the crash or if there are any fatalities. A spokesperson for the San Bernardino County Sheriff’s Department confirmed to KTLA that witnesses reported hearing “an engine sputter and then an impact” around the time of the crash and that “a red light flash” was seen in the area. “Our airship was unable to fly because of weather,” the spokesperson

Jerry Seinfeld on “Unfrosted,” the made-up origin tale of Pop-Tarts

Jerry Seinfeld on “Unfrosted,” the made-up origin tale of Pop-Tarts – CBS News Watch CBS News Comedian Jerry Seinfeld has stepped into the director’s shoes for his new film “Unfrosted,” the not-quite-true story of the creation of the Kellogg’s Pop-Tart. Correspondent Mo Rocca talks with Seinfeld about working behind the camera for the first time, and calling on a bunch of his comedian friends (including “Sunday Morning” contributor Jim Gaffigan) to act in his origin tale of a breakfast staple. Be the first to know Get browser notifications for breaking news, live events, and exclusive reporting. Not Now Turn On

Sacramento

Public domain, where art lives after copyright

Expiration dates on intellectual property were written into our Constitution, “to promote the progress of science and useful arts.” And every year, more and more books, music and films enter the public domain and help to inspire new creative ideas. Correspondent Lee Cowan looks at how some works that fall into public domain (like F. Scott Fitzgerald’s “The Great Gatsby,” Sir Arthur Conan Doyle’s Sherlock Holmes, and Walt Disney’s original Mickey Mouse) are being revived in new forms.

FTC chair Lina Khan on playing “Anti-Monopoly”

FTC chair Lina Khan on playing “Anti-Monopoly” – CBS News Watch CBS News For corporate America, Federal Trade Commission chair Lina Khan has emerged as a hard-charging cop on the monopoly beat. As a watchdog and warden of competition in business, the agency tries to protect consumers from the outsized power of corporations. CBS News chief election and campaign correspondent Robert Costa talks with Khan about going after Big Tech, Big Pharma, and the biggest online retailer of them all, Amazon. Be the first to know Get browser notifications for breaking news, live events, and exclusive reporting. Not Now Turn On

San Jose event benefits medically fragile children

In 2021, the Rogers family anxiously awaited the birth of their first child. For most new parents, this is an exciting period, but for the Rogers, anxiety started to creep in. They knew their daughter would be born with a heart defect, but they were unsure of just how serious it would be. After she was born, baby Meghan stayed in the NICU for one month. During the first four months of her life, she faced several challenges. Meghan underwent open-heart surgery and a PDA stent, and was diagnosed with heart failure. The Rogers brought Meghan to their Sunnyvale home warily, as doctors truly did not know how long she would survive. For the Rogers, caring for their fragile daughter at home was made possible through the support of Coastal Kids Home Care, a local organization that offers home-based pediatric palliative care for medically fragile children. “Coastal Kids was our saving grace during a very difficult time. I do not know how we could have done it without them,” says Tenisha Rogers, Meghan’s mother. Now 2 years old, Meghan has continued to grow stronger and

Milpitas offering free SMART rides for Earth Day

Free SMART rides Milpitas commuters who use the coupon code EARTHDAY24 when booking a SMART ride April 22-30 can use the ride share service for free to travel to and from the Milpitas BART Station and VTA’s bus and rail services. Residents and visitors can also utilize this service for local daily trips to work, school, shopping and other needs around town. Book a SMART ride by downloading the Milpitas SMART APP, visiting https://book.smart.rideco.com or calling 408-330-3302. For more information, visit milpitas.gov/smart. Small Business Expo Milpitas is hosting a Small Business Expo on April 20, 11 a.m.-4 p.m. at 691 S. Milpitas Blvd. Breakout session include “Untapped Resources,” led by staff from the California State Treasurer’s office who will focus on resources and funding available from state and local agencies; “Creative Finance,” focusing on how to get funding from venture capitalists in a slower economy; and “Healthy Growth and Scale, “ a panel of CEOs who will discuss how they tripled their business in 2023. For tickets and more information, visit https://www.eventbrite.com. Youth art contest Assemblymember Alex Lee invites students to participate in the Assembly District

San Jose company kicks off National Dance Week with free fest

Spring Dance Festival To celebrate National Dance Week, sjDANCEco is hosting its Spring Dance Festival April 27-28 at Eastridge Center, 2200 Eastridge Loop in San Jose. The free festival is also the kickoff to sjDANCEco’s 21st season. The festival runs noon-5 p.m. both days, with 15-minute performances on the half-hour and free 15-minute dance classes every on the hour. More than 60 choreographers and Bay Area dance organizations, from young children to professional companies and everything in between, will present various styles of dance. For more information, visit www.sjDANCEco.org. Children of the Dragon Children’s Discovery Museum of San Jose is hosting “Children of the Dragon: A Vietnamese Heritage Celebration” on Saturday, April 20, 9:30 a.m.-4:30 p.m. Yun Yee Tong USA will perform a lion dance at 11 a.m. and 3 p.m. Museum visitors can make a dragon puppet, pose for a commemorative family photo in a xich-lo, and stop by the theater to watch a short video to learn more about Vietnamese cultural heritage and the legend of Children of the Dragon. Tickets are $18 for children and adults and $16 for seniors at https://www.cdm.org/celebrate/community-celebrations; infants and museum members

Latest line: A good week for Tara VanDerveer, a bad week for fishermen

Tara VanDerveer Stanford women’s basketball coach, who won three national championships and 1,216 games — more than any men’s or women’s NCAA coach ever — announces a well-deserved retirement after 45 years. Fishermen The same week as Dungeness crab season is cut short to protect whales, federal regulators ban all salmon fishing off California for the second year in a row due to low numbers following the state’s recent drought. Rich Lyons Palo Alto native and former Cal business school dean is named chancellor of UC Berkeley, and will make $946,450 a year. But he inherits a campus torn by budget challenges and culture wars over the Hamas-Israel war.

This map reveals where supersized ‘builder’s remedy’ projects could be coming

Last year, dozens of cities around the Bay Area missed the deadline to come up with a state-approved “housing element” — a plan the state requires cities to submit every eight years showing how they will accommodate their share of the 2.5 million homes that California must build by 2031. Without a valid housing element in place, cities face a penalty called the “builder’s remedy,” which effectively allows housing developers to bypass local zoning and design restrictions to propose projects far taller and denser than typically allowed, so long as 20% of the units they propose are affordable. The projects run the gamut from a 412-foot tower in Menlo Park at the former Sunset Magazine headquarters to a sprawling 1,464-unit development near the Charles M. Schulz Sonoma County Airport. The builder’s remedy projects largely target affluent cities around the Bay that have been some of the most resistant to adding new housing, especially at higher densities. Search for builder’s remedy projects around your area on the map. Click on a dot to reveal details about the number of units and the developer. How the Bay

PG&E hit with $225-million lawsuit for 2021 Dixie fire damages

A coalition of timber companies has filed a lawsuit against Pacific Gas & Electric Co. seeking roughly $225 million in damages from a 2021 fire sparked by a utility power line. The complaint, filed Wednesday by Oregon-based Collins Pine Co. and six affiliated timber businesses with property in the Collins Almanor Forest in Plumas and Tehama counties, alleges that PG&E failed to properly manage the forest and electrical equipment to prevent the devastating Dixie fire and that the businesses suffered massive financial damages as a result. A 2022 investigation by the California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection found that the Dixie fire, the second largest in California history, “was caused by a tree contacting electrical distribution lines owned and operated” by the utility company. The timber companies claimed the fire, which burned through nearly 1 million acres in Butte, Plumas, Shasta, Lassen and Tehama counties in the summer and fall of 2021, incinerated approximately 55,000 acres of their property, including “commercial-grade timber, trees of many species and ages (some over 200 years old), roads, structures, bridges, culverts, and many of the research plots.” The

Analysis: As Kings shift focus to another challenging playoff series, Ducks search for answers

The Kings and Ducks headed in opposite directions when they skated off the ice Saturday at Crypto.com Arena. The Kings are going to the playoffs for a third consecutive season, the team’s longest run of postseason appearances in a decade. The Ducks, meanwhile, will be heading to the golf course again after Thursday’s regular-season finale, having missed the postseason for a sixth straight year, the longest drought in franchise history. Saturday’s 3-1 win was the Kings’ fifth victory in six games. For the Ducks, it was their 50th loss of the season, a first in the 30-year history of the franchise. But the gap between the two is narrower and more fickle than it might appear. “It’s a hard game,” said Kings President Luc Robitaille. “You have to have a plan, you’ve got to stick to it, you’ve got to be a little bit lucky with injuries too.” When that luck runs out, well, then you have the Ducks. “You can look at any team that’s won, and they’ve had a little luck,” Ducks general manager Pat Verbeek said. “They’ve had a little, now they’re

Editorial: Board of Supervisors’ silent sign-off on $25-million payout fails accountability test

The Board of Supervisors is the guardian of Los Angeles County’s budget and has oversight over county policies and actions. So it is disappointing, to say the least, that the supervisors asked no questions and engaged in no discussion last week when they signed off on a $25-million settlement for Isaias Cervantes, a Cudahy man who was shot in his home by sheriff’s deputies on March 31, 2021. They were responding to a 911 call by Cervantes’ sister, who advised the dispatcher of her brother’s disabilities and said he had become aggressive with their mother. She asked if deputies could take him to the hospital. When the two deputies arrived, Cervantes was seated inside on a couch. He declined to go outside to speak to the deputies but invited them in. They entered and told him he was not under arrest but they would have to handcuff him. When he resisted, they scuffled, and one deputy said Cervantes tried to grab his gun. The other deputy shot him. It’s not that county taxpayers should begrudge the payment to Cervantes. He was paralyzed in the incident

Opinion: Why it’s hard to muster even a ‘meh’ over Trump’s New York criminal trial