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A historic ballpark in Ontario used in the filming of several popular baseball movies went up in flames overnight. The fire was reported around 11:30 p.m. Thursday at Jay Littleton Ball Park in the 1000 block of North Grove Avenue. Ontario Fire Department crews found heavy smoke and fire from the stadium and the dugout when they arrived. Firefighters respond to a blaze at a baseball stadium in Ontario on Aug. 23, 2024. (KNN) The extent of the damage to the ballpark and whether it could be salvaged was unknown. “It’s upsetting … This ballpark has been a part of the city’s baseball history. I have two young kids in our league and the dream has always been that they get to play at Jay Littleton,” Ontario Eastern Little League President Aaron Matthiesen said. The field was used in the filming of the 1992 movie “A League of Their Own,” which featured a star-filled cast including Tom Hanks, Geena Davis and Madonna. The movie was directed by the late Penny Marshall. It was also used in the movies Eight Men Out and The Babe Ruth

A man abandoned a sick dog at a shelter in the Inland Empire and police are seeking the public’s help in identifying him. In a post to X, formerly Twitter, the Upland Police Department said that the man took the dog to an animal shelter on Thursday, leaving her there without telling anyone. Police are searching for a man, pictured here, who abandoned a sick dog in the Upland heat on Thursday, Aug. 22, 2024. (Upland Police Department) The dog, a female, was left outside in the heat without food, shelter or water, police said. She was outside for hours before being discovered. Police are searching for a man who abandoned a sick dog in the Upland heat on Thursday, Aug. 22, 2024. (Upland Police Department) She has a large tumor on her body, according to authorities. No additional details were immediately made available.

Police are searching for the male, who they believe to be Luis Barron, a former resident of the apartment complex. Oat 4:30 p.m. on Thursday, a report was received that Barron was walking around the complex with a handgun. Barron was previously arrested on July for weapons charges. A reverse 9-1-1 was issued, and residents were ordered to shelter in place. Barron was not located, and the order was lifted. Police will continue to patrol the area. Anyone with information related to the investigation is asked to call the police at 805-781-7312.

The Atascadero Chamber of Commerce launched the “Get your Business Online!” program last year. Since then, officials with the Atacadero Chamber of Commerce have said they have supported 131 businesses in northern San Luis Obispo County by creating and launching customized websites tailored to their needs. Steven Beck is the owner of a small family-owned vineyard called Loma Seca Vineyards in Paso Robles. He was introduced to the Get Your Business Online! program by the chamber. I have to sort of wear a lot of hats, said Beck. The vineyard hat, the winery hat, the tasting room hat, and one of the hats that didn’t fit so well was the make-your-own website hat, which I had never done before. The chamber received a grant of under $200,000 last year to fund the program. Jose Guadarrama, the program’s coordinator, educates local businesses on how to build a website for free. Beck says he was happy about the services he received from the program. They offered to help improve it and send someone out, said Beck. They did some drone footage for me and I put the

A Metro bus with passengers inside struck a pole early morning in Studio City Friday, according to the Los Angeles Fire Department. The accident took place around 4:30 a.m. Friday, in the 3900 Lankershim Boulevard where seven people were on the bus. Six passengers were taken to a hospital with non-life threatening injuries, said LAFD’s Margaret Stewart. The bus operator was treated on site and released, Metro noted in a statement. An investigation on the incident is being conducted by the Los Angeles Police Department, Metro added. Anyone with additional information on the accident was asked to contact the LA Regional Crime Stoppers Hotline at 800-222-TIPS or 800-222-8477.

After a near-textbook campaign to rein in inflation by raising interest rates, the head of the Federal Reserve, Jerome H. Powell, all but promised Friday to start lowering rates next month — with fingers crossed that it’s not too late to avoid a recession. From the beginning of the inflationary surge triggered more than three years ago by the economic disruptions of the pandemic, it was clear that raising interest rates could tame price hikes. It was also clear that, if rates stayed too high too long, they could choke the economy into recession. And few states are showing stronger signs of a possible downturn than California, which has felt the impact of high interest rates more severely than others. Not only has its unemployment rate been among the highest in the land while its job creation rate lagged, but pillar industries such as entertainment and tech have also gone through major disruption and many residents and businesses have left the state. “Overall, the economy continues to grow at a solid pace,” Powell said in a widely anticipated speech at the annual summer symposium of

A crash involving a Metro bus left seven people injured in Studio City on Friday morning. The collision was reported around 4:30 a.m. in the 3900 block of Lankershim Boulevard near Universal City. (KTLA) A Metro bus carrying several passengers crashed into a pole in Studio City on Friday morning, sending half a dozen people to the hospital, authorities said. Images of the crash showed the bus’ entire front-end frame crumpled. The crash occurred about 4:30 a.m. in the 3900 block of Lankershim Boulevard off Main Street near Universal Pictures and the Universal Studios lots, Los Angeles Fire Department officials said. Seven people were injured in the crash, with six taken to the hospital with non-life-threatening injuries and one person refusing treatment at the scene, officials said. The cause of the crash was not immediately clear, police said. More to Read Sign up for Essential California The most important California stories and recommendations in your inbox every morning. You may occasionally receive promotional content from the Los Angeles Times. Joseph Serna is a deputy editor on the Fast Break team at the Los Angeles Times