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Despite the cooler temperatures across Southern California, the summer heat is just months away and a new interactive tool is available to help you assess how the impending high temperatures can affect your health and suggest steps to take avoid heat-related illnesses. Due to climate change, hot weather is lasting longer and happening more frequently, said Dr. Aaron Bernstein, director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s National Center for Environmental Health and the Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry. Talking about the summer heat with “anyone who has been alive for more than a couple of decades” will typically generate the response, “It is hotter than I remember it,” Bernstein said. The European Union’s Copernicus Climate Change Service said 2023 was the Earth’s hottest year on record, with seven consecutive months of above-average temperatures. Hotter temperatures can result in heat-related illnesses, and if left untreated, it can lead to death. A recent CDC report found that daily emergency department visits because of heat-related illness in 2023 peaked in several regions. To help you prepare for the future high temperatures, the CDC and

AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — Police bulldozed into student protesters at a Texas university Wednesday, arresting over a dozen people including a local news photographer, while new student encampments sprouted at Harvard and other colleges in part of a growing wave of pro-Palestinian protests. As universities struggle to defuse unrest on campuses from coast to coast, some have quickly turned to law enforcement, including the University of Texas at Austin. Hundreds of local and state police — including some on horseback and holding batons — shoved into protesters to get them off the main campus lawn, at one point sending some tumbling into the street. Officers pushed their way into the crowd to make arrests with zip ties. A photographer covering the demonstration for Fox 7 Austin was in the push-and-pull when an officer yanked him backward to the ground, video shows. The station confirmed that the photographer was arrested. A longtime Texas journalist was knocked down in the mayhem and could be seen bleeding before police helped him to emergency medical staff. At least 20 demonstrators were taken into custody at the request of university

Former national security adviser weighs in on Ukraine aid and Russia – CBS News Watch CBS News When President Biden signed a foreign aid bill Wednesday that includes tens of billions of dollars in assistance to Ukraine, Israel and Taiwan, it was touted as money that would “strengthen our national security and send a message to the world about the power of American leadership.” Retired Lt. Gen. H.R. McMaster, former national security adviser, joins CBS News with analysis. Be the first to know Get browser notifications for breaking news, live events, and exclusive reporting. Not Now Turn On

A 38-year-old Westminster man pleaded guilty to killing his father, but because an Orange County Superior Court judge ruled Wednesday he was insane at the time he is expected to be committed to a state mental health facility. Johnson Loc has been charged with one count of murder in the killing of 66-year-old Thinh Loc, according to Westminster police. But he accepted a plea deal to admit a felony count of voluntary manslaughter, according to court records. Based on medical reports, Orange County Superior Court Judge Greg Jones ruled Loc was insane at the time of the killing, according to court records. Jones ordered Orange County Mental Health Department officials to evaluate Loc and offer recommendations for treatment, according to court records. A hearing to commit the defendant to a state mental health hospital was set for May 15. Further details of the reasons for the insanity ruling were not immediately available. Police responded at 3:12 p.m. Dec. 10, 2021, to the 15800 block of Las Flores Street, where Thinh Loc was found unresponsive by family members and later pronounced dead at the scene. Loc

Riverside police Chief Larry Gonzalez said Wednesday a yearlong joint local-federal law enforcement investigation that interdicted the trafficking of fentanyl and other potentially deadly narcotics in the metropolitan area was aimed at “safeguarding the community,” netting 15 arrests and the seizure of large quantities of illicit drugs. “We will continue leveraging every available resource to disrupt drug distribution trying to make its way into our Riverside neighborhoods,” Gonzalez said of “Operation Hotline Bling,” which involved a crackdown on members of the Sinaloa drug trafficking network out of Mexico. Riverside Police Department personnel joined U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration agents and Postal Service inspectors to carry out the operation, which began in the winter of 2023. “Our collaboration with the DEA is not just about enforcement; it’s about safeguarding the future of our community and ensuring that Riverside remains a safe and thriving place for people to live, work and raise families,” Gonzalez said. In addition to the 15 arrests, authorities said 376 pounds of methamphetamine, 37 pounds of fentanyl, 600,000 fentanyl pills and 1.4 kilograms of cocaine were confiscated. The estimated street value of the narcotics

On Earth Day chef Mollie Engelhart took to social media with an announcement that rocked L.A.’s vegan community: Her pillar of plant-based dining, Sage Vegan Bistro, would become Sage Regenerative Kitchen & Brewery and begin serving meat and dairy. Following a vegan diet, the chef-owner said, is no longer enough to combat climate change, so the new iteration of Sage will focus on sourcing and proselytizing regenerative farming practices. That, along with years of post-pandemic financial losses, moved Engelhart to introduce beef, bison, cheese and eggs from regenerative farms into her Echo Park, Culver City and Pasadena restaurants. The backlash on social media was swift. More than 3,000 comments have poured in, some calling it “a sham,” “deeply disturbing,” “a bummer announcement,” “a huge betrayal to animals,” “devastating,” a “horrific transition” and “profit disguised as environmental progress.” Dozens of vegan and animal-wellness organizations and influencers have shared the news, some calling for a boycott. “I understand their passion and I understand their sadness and I understand their anger,” Engelhart told The Times. “I had the same views of the world that they did before I

A Marine died Tuesday evening during what were described as “routine military operations” at Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton, according to the Marine Corps. The Marine was part of the Marine Light Attack Helicopter Squadron 303, Marine Aircraft Group 39, 3rd Marine Aircraft Wing, and died around 5 p.m. The incident is under investigation, the Marine Corps said in a statement, and the name of the deceased will not be released until at least 24 hours after next of kin are notified. “At this time we are not aware of any additional injuries,” a spokesperson for the Marine Corps said. The death comes after a Marine died and 14 others were injured in December when an amphibious combat vehicle rolled over at the training camp. And in August, one Marine died after participating in live-fire training. More to Read

From a suspected purse thief fleeing in South Los Angeles to a stolen vehicle in pursuit in Boyle Heights, three police chases in the Los Angeles area have resulted in at least five injuries and one fatality in the span of 15 hours. Los Angeles is no stranger to police pursuits, with over 4,000 recorded from 2018 to 2022 according to LAPD data released in 2023. Approximately 38% of those pursuits resulted in a collision, and roughly a quarter resulted in a collision that caused injuries or death. Almost half of the people injured or killed in those pursuits were bystanders, like the bicyclist killed during a police chase in South L.A. on Wednesday morning. Tuesday at 4 p.m. The La Verne Police Department was notified of a stolen vehicle driving in the Williams Avenue and Foothill Boulevard area Tuesday at 4 p.m., according to a news release. The driver failed to pull over, resulting in a chase that entered the westbound 10 Freeway. A female passenger made multiple attempts to exit the moving vehicle but was pulled back in by the driver, police said.

LOS ÁNGELES —  Una vez más las organizaciones guatemaltecas impulsan otro esfuerzo para exigir a la administración del presidente Joe Biden que apruebe un programa de Estatus de Protección Temporal (TPS), en el que se ampare a aproximadamente 700 mil guatemaltecos indocumentados en Estados Unidos. “A todos los países vecinos les han dado el TPS, a nosotros no; sería un tremendo impacto para Guatemala. La gente al estar con documentos legales para trabajar aquí, gana más. Por lo tanto las remesas van a incrementar y al aumentar las remesas, Guatemala va a estar mucho mejor que hoy”, indicó Sandra Kielgass, inmigrante originaria de Tecún Umán, en el departamento de San Marcos. Inmigrantes y activistas se unieron en L.A. en solidaridad con la comunidad guatemalteca para que el presidente Joe Biden apruebe el programa TPS para los oriundos de esa nación centroamericana. (Ringo Chiu / Los Angeles Times en Español) En conferencia de prensa, los activistas y miembros de la comunidad anunciaron en el emblemático MacArthur Park, en Los Ángeles, que entre el viernes 26 de abril y el miércoles 1 de mayo realizarán cabildeos ante la

A recent bombshell from Anne Hathaway may not have the detonation radius some people think. In a V Magazine story published Monday, the “Devil Wears Prada” alum said she was regularly asked to participate in uncomfortable chemistry tests while auditioning for roles in the 2000s. “It was considered normal to ask an actor to make out with other actors to test for chemistry, which is actually the worst way to do it,” Hathaway said. “I was told, ‘We have ten guys coming today and you’re cast. Aren’t you excited to make out with all of them?’ And I thought, ‘Is there something wrong with me?’ because I wasn’t excited. I thought it sounded gross.” She added, “It wasn’t a power play, no one was trying to be awful or hurt me. It was just a very different time and now we know better.” While Hathaway did not call out anyone by name, at least one casting director who worked with her during that time has denied such tests were conducted on their set. “I certainly was not a part of any audition that required her