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Tammy Tumbling has been nominated for 2024’s Remarkable Women Award for her work as the president of the Orange County Community Foundation, which channels nearly $100 million to nonprofits each year. Her path to a life of giving started in Compton. “Growing up in the city of Compton, one of the things that shaped me into who I am today was the sense of community,” Tumbling told KTLA 5 News anchor Megan Telles. “We were very, very poor, but we were rich in love. We were rich in faith. You name it we had every type of government assistance.” Tammy’s mother died at 54 of a massive stroke. At the time, Tammy was just 19 with a two-year-old son. “I became head of the household.  I took care of my brothers and sisters. So, when I thought having a baby at a young age was a mistake, I was actually being prepared to take my mother’s children the rest of the way,” she recalls. Tammy Tumbling, President of Orange County Community Foundation. March 2024. (KTLA) Years later, during the height of the unrest over the

Americans evacuate Haiti on U.S.-chartered helicopters – CBS News Watch CBS News More neighborhoods in Haiti’s capital of Port-au-Prince are falling to gang violence. On Thursday, a U.S. government-chartered helicopter braved the dangerous conditions to fly American citizens to the neighboring Dominican Republic. Nearly 1,600 U.S. passport holders have registered for help, but only about 30 a day can be rescued this way. Manuel Bojorquez reports from the Dominican Republic. Be the first to know Get browser notifications for breaking news, live events, and exclusive reporting. Not Now Turn On

CBS Evening News By Elaine Quijano March 21, 2024 / 7:55 PM EDT / CBS News Group helps students reverse pandemic learning loss How one group is helping New York City students reverse pandemic learning loss 02:03 New York City — School begins on a high note at Mosaic Preparatory Academy, an elementary school in New York City, where students are greeted like superstars. It’s a stark contrast to four years ago, when the doors to New York City Public Schools were shuttered  at the start of the COVID-19 pandemic. Students like 9-year-old Joy Contreras, then a first grader, struggled with remote learning. “Sometimes it was blurry,” Contreras said. “And when I had my headphones on, people were screaming in my ear.” Crystal Arias remembers her daughter Joy’s frustration.   “She kind of felt shut off,” Arias said. “Like, her main thing was, nobody’s listening to me, because it’s a lot of people, you know, it’s a screen.” To help reverse pandemic learning loss , Mosaic has partnered with City Year New York, an education nonprofit that supplies teams of student success coaches to serve

Felony charges are expected to be filed Friday against two men suspected of perpetrating a robbery in Perris during which shots were fired. Daniel Brandon Gonzalez, 21, and Ethan Michael Morris, 22, both of Perris, were arrested separately over the last two days following a Riverside County Sheriff’s Department investigation that began last week. Gonzalez was booked into the Robert Presley Jail in Riverside Wednesday night on suspicion of robbery, attempted murder and parole violations. Morris was booked into the Byrd Detention Center in Murrieta Tuesday on suspicion of robbery and conspiracy. He’s being held on $1 million bail, while Gonzalez is being held without bail. The case is under review by the District Attorney’s Office. According to sheriff’s Sgt. Chad Thompson, the pair allegedly confronted a man, whose identity was not released, shortly after 8 p.m. Friday at a business in the 500 block of West Fourth Street, near Park Avenue. During the encounter, Gonzalez allegedly pulled a handgun and demanded money from the victim, then shot at him, but missed, authorities said. The victim was not injured. The suspects allegedly fled the location.

The NTT IndyCar Series will get underway Friday with Open Test sessions in advance of Sunday’s $1 million Challenge in Thermal. Open Test sessions will be held throughout Friday and Saturday, two qualifications will be held Saturday night, and the races will get underway Sunday afternoon in The Thermal Club, 61980 Tyler St., according to organizers. “The NTT IndyCar Series will add an incredible new event to our schedule with next year’s spectacular racing showcase at The Thermal Club,” Penske Entertainment Corp. President and CEO Mark Miles said in a statement. “This world-class venue just down the road from the world’s premier entertainment market is the perfect place to bring our hyper-competitive racing and growing star power.” Sunday will feature two heat races and the top six from each one will advance to an all-star showcase, organizers said. The top five teams that finish will split their earnings with The Thermal Club members, including the $1 million prize awarded to the winner. A charitable component to the event will be announced at a later date. “After having a smooth 2023 NTT IndyCar Series test, we

Biden with big advantage over Trump in campaign fundraising – CBS News Watch CBS News Heading into March, President Biden’s campaign had a record $71 million on hand, more than double the $33 million in former President Donald Trump’s campaign account. Trump, meanwhile, has been forced to spend nearly $9 million on legal bills so far this year, following over $50 million on legal bills last year. Robert Costa has details. Be the first to know Get browser notifications for breaking news, live events, and exclusive reporting. Not Now Turn On

The lounge at Hollywood Boulevard’s storied Bourbon Room brimmed with pre-holiday spirit the Thursday before Thanksgiving. Actor Jodie Sweetin’s “Family Dinner” table welcomed comedians Justin Martindale, Paige Wesley and Jeff May onstage, each accepting a cocktail of choice. The live comedy show highlights both inclusivity and tradition. There are, for example. games. “This year marks the 99th anniversary of the Macy’s Thanksgiving parade,” Sweetin noted. “We’re gonna take on some of the old, historical balloons and guess what the hell they were supposed to be. And I promise you, most of these monstrosities are super disappointing.” Black and white slides of a droopy Nantucket Sea Monster and racist brand mascots followed. An oversize clown filling the skyline sent an audience member shrieking for the door. (Christina House / Los Angeles Times) “I’m sorry, one of my really good friends here is absolutely terrified of clowns, and I forgot to warn her there’s a lot of clown slides,” Sweetin apologized. “We can’t drive by Circus Liquor without her freaking out.” Food was brought to share. Sweetin unveiled mac ’n’ cheese. May contributed a Mrs. Fields cookie

After years of bureaucratic delays, the state board overseeing workplace safety standards was expected Thursday to adopt rules that would require employers to safeguard their workers against excessive heat in indoor workspaces. Under the proposed rules, employers would have to provide cooling areas and monitor workers taking breaks to cool down for signs of heat illness when temperatures inside reach or surpass 82 degrees. If temperatures climb to 87 degrees, or workers are made to work near hot equipment, employers would be mandated to take additional safety precautions to either cool the broader work site, allocate more breaks, rotate out workers or make other adjustments. But in the hours before the Department of Industrial Relations’ Occupational Safety & Health Standards board opened its meeting in San Diego, state officials notified board members and labor groups there would be no vote, leaving the heat safety measure once again in limbo. A Department of Industrial Relations spokesperson said the decision to postpone the vote was made after state finance officials decided more time was needed to analyze the potential financial impact of the proposed rules for addressing

Uncertainty suddenly surrounds one of Major League Baseball’s biggest stars, with Shohei Ohtani mired in recent days in a growing scandal linked to a federal investigation into illegal sports gambling. The public so far has only a fragmented picture of the case. But more facts could emerge in coming days and weeks, legal experts said, as federal prosecutors try to make sense of competing claims about Ohtani’s money being used to pay down gambling debts with a suspected illegal bookmaker in California. One key question — but not the only one — is whether the Japanese slugger was, as his representatives claim, the victim of a “massive theft” by his interpreter and right-hand man, Ippei Mizuhara. “If there has been a ‘massive theft,’ you would expect Ohtani’s people to cooperate with federal investigators,” said Jeff Ifrah, a former federal prosecutor and sports betting expert who now works as a defense attorney, including for professional athletes. “They will figure out whether or not the interpreter is lying, and whether or not Ohtani is a true victim.” Meanwhile, the federal investigation will almost certainly inform a separate

San Francisco’s own Botticelli’s Venus was nightclub dancing goddess Carol Doda, her scallop shell a white baby grand piano supported by hydraulics and descending from a hole in the ceiling rather than surfacing from the sea. But also, in perhaps the key difference from that painting, hardly so modest as to cover her breasts with a coy hand. After all, Doda delivered herself here to shimmy topless, and in being the first to do so, shook up 1960s culture as well. The Golden Gate may have been the only attraction more popular in the Bay Area, but from her perch at the Condor in the lively North Beach entertainment scene, Doda’s celebrity was a bridge too, to a new era of sexual liberation. The story of her rise from waitress to wowza in a turbulent era — and all the ways her revolution excited and was exploited — is engagingly told in the frisky, funny, archive-rich look-back “Carol Doda Topless at the Condor” from filmmakers Marlo McKenzie and Jonathan Parker. Like one of those energetic Martin Scorsese montages where we’re privy to how a vibrant

Megan Fox is pulling back the curtain on two hot-and-cold relationships that have fueled gossip about her in recent years: the first, with rapper Machine Gun Kelly, and the second, with plastic surgery. Fox’s romance with MGK has been the subject of much speculation amid recent reports of growing conflict between the two. The “Jennifer’s Body” actor settled the matter on this week’s episode of Alex Cooper’s “Call Her Daddy” podcast — confirming that the engagement is off but intimating there might still be something between them. “What I’ve learned about being in this relationship is that it’s not for public consumption. So I think as of now, I don’t have a comment on the status of the relationship, per se,” Fox said, conceding that she still thinks of Kelly as her “twin soul,” and that “there will always be a tether to him no matter what.” “I cannot say for sure what the capacity will be, but I will always be connected to him somehow. Beyond that, I’m not willing to explain,” she said. Fox and Kelly first went public as a couple in

Police in Redlands are searching for several suspects involved in a shooting at a community center. The shooting happened Wednesday around 2:30 p.m. behind the Redlands Community Center at 111 West Lugonia St. Witnesses told the Redlands Police Department that the victim was chased by several suspects through the community center and out the back doors of the gymnasium. The unidentified male victim was found suffering a gunshot wound in the leg on the 100 block of West Lugonia Street. He was transported to the hospital for treatment of his injuries, which were not believed to be life-threatening. The Redlands Community Center was forced to close for the remainder of the day and all scheduled events were canceled, officials said. It reopened to the public on Thursday. The shooting is under investigation and anyone with information is urged to contact the Redlands Police Department at 909-798-7681.

Alaska Airlines has created a new subscription-based service that it says will provide perks for regular flyers and price conscious consumers. Alaska Access is a $5-per-month service that allows users to receive various travel benefits for frequent flyers, including a monthly voucher for in-flight Wi-Fi, advanced alerts for major fare sales and a personalized calendar filled with the lowest fares for your favorite destinations. The airline already offers another popular subscription service called Flight Pass, which allows travelers to pay a fixed monthly fee in exchange for a predetermined amount of roundtrip flights throughout California, Las Vegas, Phoenix and Salt Lake City. Officials for the airline say there’s been increased consumer demand for “personalized and tailored experiences” since launching Flight Pass in 2022. Shane Jones, vice president of business development at Alaska Airlines, said the airline considered the busy lives and valuable time restraints of its customers when developing Alaska Access. “Alaska Access is part of our commitment to make travel more affordable and convenient for everyone – whether planning for your dream vacation or returning home from college,” Jones said in a news release. “Our new

Sen. Bob Menendez won’t run in New Jersey Democratic primary – CBS News Watch CBS News Indicted Sen. Bob Menendez announced Thursday that he would not file for the New Jersey Democratic primary in June. Menendez said he hopes his exoneration will happen this summer, and if so, he may run as an independent Democrat. Be the first to know Get browser notifications for breaking news, live events, and exclusive reporting. Not Now Turn On

MoneyWatch By Aimee Picchi, Jacob Rosen Edited By Anne Marie Lee March 21, 2024 / 6:59 PM EDT / CBS News Trump faces urgent financial deadline Trump appeals to supporters amid new financial struggles 02:12 Former President Donald Trump could soon receive a windfall valued as much as $3.5 billion, with shareholders of a publicly traded funding partner voting Friday on whether to merge with his Trump Media & Technology Group. The vote is taking place about one month after the two companies received  regulatory approval  to proceed with the long-delayed merger.  If shareholders of Digital World Acquisition Corp. (DWAC) approve, the businesses could combine soon afterward, putting the former president’s Truth Social social media platform on the stock market. Trump created Truth Social as a conservative-focused social media service after he was  banned from Twitter , now known as X, and other platforms following the January 6th riot. Digital World is a special purpose acquisition company, or SPAC, a shell company that is created to take a private business public without conducting an initial public offering.  The new company would be renamed Trump Media