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Timothy Colomey said his fellow Los Angeles police officers had a nickname for him after he transferred out of SWAT: “Top Rope.” It was a reference to a professional wrestler flinging himself from the top rope of a ring and flooring his opponent, Colomey said. A former senior SWAT sergeant, Colomey had aggressively taken down plenty of suspects during his career, but according to his testimony at a civil trial that played out in a downtown courthouse in recent weeks, the nickname insinuated he was trying to flatten his old unit by spilling its darkest secrets. Colomey, 55, has made allegations of “unlawful killings” by SWAT members and department cover-ups of the alleged misconduct. He claimed a cadre of senior officers, a so-called “SWAT mafia,” exercised “god-like power” over who was allowed into the elite unit and how it operated, creating a “culture of violence” that glorified deadly force. Colomey first filed suit in 2020, alleging he was forced out of SWAT and faced retaliation for blowing the whistle, and later filed a second claim the following year. A jury found that Colomey’s claim had

Hailey Davidson is a transgender women’s golfer who recently competed in the LPGA‘s qualifying series and earned a partial spot on the 2025 Epson Tour. She also came a stroke away from qualifying for the U.S. Women’s Open. She won’t be eligible for any of those events next year. New policies announced Wednesday by the LPGA and USGA will prohibit golfers who were assigned as male at birth and did not transition to female before starting male puberty from competing in the organizations’ elite events starting in 2025. “Can’t say I didn’t see this coming,” Davidson wrote Wednesday on her Instagram Stories. “Banned from the Epson and the LPGA. All the silence and people wanting to stay ‘neutral’ thanks for absolutely nothing. This happened because of all your silence.” The LPGA’s Gender Eligibility Criteria will apply to any player seeking to participate in LPGA Tour, Epson Tour, Ladies European Tour and other events. The USGA’s Competitive Fairness Gender Policy applies to the U.S. Women’s Open, the U.S. Senior Women’s Open and any other any USGA championship, including qualifiers. In the introduction to its new policy

Somewhere out there is an oblivious multimillionaire. In December of last year, they bought one of two winning Mega Millions tickets at a Chevron gas station in Encino, and now they are owed $197.5 million in lottery dough. Until Saturday. After that, ignorance will be bliss for the would-be moneybags. “We would love to see the rightful winner get their prize money,” Carolyn Becker, spokesperson for the California Lottery, said Wednesday. But if Saturday’s deadline for claiming the prize passes, “my hypothesis and hope is that the winner never knows.” This mystery winner was part of an incredibly rare draw for the Mega Millions lottery. The winning tickets were sold in the same month at the same California gas station — and they were the only two winning tickets in the nation. Becker couldn’t say exactly how rare an occurrence that is, but she noted that Mega Millions is a multistate game, and California alone has 23,000-plus retailers who sell tickets. “When this happened last year,” she told The Times, “my mind was like that little emoji where the brain is exploding.” If the golden

The Los Angeles City Council Wednesday approved $950,000 for outgoing Councilman Kevin de León’s staff, using funds earmarked for redevelopment and community services in his Fourteenth District. Council members voted 12-0 in favor of the councilman’s motion, which is expected to cover costs related to staff sick time, unused vacation time and overtime, among other administrative costs. There was little to no discussion prior to the vote. Council members Nithya Raman, Traci Park and John Lee were absent during the vote. De León initially requested $2.1 million, but amended his motion — seconded by Councilman Paul Krekorian — and reduced the amount to $950,000. The money is expected to assist 28 of his staff members, as well as cover outstanding bills, according to Pete Brown, spokesman for de León. The councilman lost his bid for re-election and will be leaving office. Such a motion is “common practice,” and other outgoing council members have done it in the past, according to Brown. Krekorian, who represents the Second District — encompassing North Hollywood, Sun Valley, Studio City, among other San Fernando Valley neighborhoods — will also step

An auction of automobiles, precious metals, foreign currency, appliances and other items from estates placed under the management of the Riverside County Sheriff’s Department will be held online next week. Hesperia-based Bid Fast & Last is coordinating with the sheriff’s Office of the Public Administrator to provide the live internet-based engagement, scheduled for Tuesday morning. Officials said interested bidders will be permitted, by appointment only, to view items on the auction block in-person at the sheriff’s Perris warehouse, 800 S. Redlands Ave., where they’re stored. The preview is slated ahead of the auction. Items up for grabs include sports cars, SUVs, currency from Canada and other countries, artwork, silver coin collections, mobile phones, tools, desks, cabinets and hundreds of pocket knives. A few standouts in the assortment include the farewell edition of the Los Angeles Herald Examiner, a Samurai sword, a Dusty Strings Harp and a vintage Halda typewriter. Bidding will be available via www.bidfastandlast.com, using the page “Riverside Public Administrator Auction 2024.” The Office of the Public Administrator assumes control of some estates within the county’s jurisdiction when there are no heirs.

2 students wounded in shooting at Northern California school – CBS News Watch CBS News Two students were shot and wounded Wednesday at the Feather River Adventist School, a small private elementary school in Palermo, a community in Northern California, authorities said. The suspected gunman was found dead. Elise Preston has the latest. Be the first to know Get browser notifications for breaking news, live events, and exclusive reporting. Not Now Turn On

Updated on: December 5, 2024 / 7:05 AM EST / AP The Memphis Police Department uses excessive force and discriminates against Black people, according to the findings of a U.S. Department of Justice investigation launched after the beating death of Tyre Nichols after a traffic stop in 2023. A report released Wednesday marked the conclusion of the investigation that began six months after Nichols was kicked, punched and hit with a police baton as five officers tried to arrest him after he fled a traffic stop. The report says that “Memphis police officers regularly violate the rights of the people they are sworn to serve.” “The people of Memphis deserve a police department and city that protects their civil and constitutional rights, garners trust and keeps them safe,” Assistant Attorney General Kristen Clarke of the Justice Department’s Civil Rights Division said in an emailed statement. Tyre Nichols, seen in a photo provided by his family. Courtesy of the Nichols family via AP The city said in a letter released earlier Wednesday that it would not agree to negotiate federal oversight of its police department until

An investigation is underway in Echo Park after a man was seen vandalizing a Tesla Cybertruck in what the victim believes was a targeted attack. The video recorded by the cameras on the vandalized Tesla shows a male suspect walking over to the vehicle while holding a sharp object on Nov. 28. The man quickly punctures the Tesla’s front and rear passenger tires before walking away from the area. The Cybertruck was among several vehicles parked along the 1600 block of North Alvarado Street that day, however, the victim said his car was the only one vandalized. He believes the incident may be a case of Tesla-specific hatred. Some neighbors, although puzzled, said they were not too surprised by the crime. “I feel like people hate Teslas now,” Sol Dean, a nearby resident, tells KTLA’s Ellina Abovian. “I don’t know why, but it seems some people just hate electric vehicles.” Images of the male suspect slashing the tires of a Tesla Cybertruck were captured by the vehicle’s cameras in Echo Park on Nov. 28, 2024. (Frank Ogwaro) Images of the male suspect slashing the tires

Authorities are continuing to search for two people believed to have been in a car that swerved off the side of a mountain road in Ventura County and rolled 1,000 feet down a cliff at 2 a.m. Sunday. A white Cadillac Escalade crashed just northwest of Malibu on Deer Creek Road about two miles from where the road meets the Pacific Coast Highway, according to Officer Ryan Ayala, a California Highway Patrol spokesperson. A day and a half after the collision, one of the passengers reported two other occupants as missing, he said. A search of the vehicle and the surrounding area on Monday and Tuesday yielded no results, and nobody has checked themselves in to any area hospitals for injuries consistent with the vehicle crash, Ayala said. The CHP was also unable to locate either missing occupant at the addresses provided by the reporting party, he said. “It’s a really, really weird situation,” he said. “At this point, we need to verify that the other two people in the vehicle are safe.” The reporting passenger told authorities he was able to self-extricate from the

La noticia de que Riqui Puig no estará en la gran final de la Copa MLS debido a una lesión de su rodilla, ha sido el foco de atención previo al encuentro entre los finalistas LA Galaxy y Red Bulls de Nueva York, y podría ser determinante en el resultado. La final se jugará el sábado (1 p.m. PT, AppleTV) en casa de los galácticos, en el Dignity Health Sports Park, en donde se han convertido en una fortaleza con 20 partidos sin perder en este 2024. El exbarcelonista ha sido fundamental durante el año para que el conjunto angelino llegara a estas instancias, a solo un paso de alcanzar su sexta estrella y mantenerse como el más campeón de la MLS. La baja de Puig prendió las alarmas para el LA Galaxy, pero el equipo tiene la confianza de tener lo suficiente para cumplir su objetivo principal. Durante el segundo tiempo de la final de la Conferencia del Oeste, Puig se rompió el ligamento cruzado anterior de su rodilla izquierda durante la victoria del pasado sábado en la final de la Conferencia Oeste sobre

It had been a turbulent morning, at the end of a turbulent recruiting cycle for USC and Lincoln Riley. Ten prospects had already decommitted during the past six months, among them a handful of top-100 talents. Several of the state’s top players, too, had spurned the Trojans in favor of more far-flung football powers, like Alabama or Texas A&M or Penn State, all of which inked more top California recruits for their 2025 classes. Signing day had been trending in a disappointing direction for USC, well before Wednesday had even arrived. Then, just as the class was coming together, one of USC’s prized defensive assistants, Matt Entz, took the head coaching job at Fresno State, leaving the Trojans in an even tougher spot, scrambling to secure two top linebackers who seemed solid just the night before. It was hardly the preamble Riley had hoped for ahead of the early signing window, at the start of his fourth season as the Trojans coach. Riley, at one point, even found himself reiterating his allegiance to USC, after a report linked him to a lesser head job at