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Bill Harris, a postal worker and Marxist whose face would soon be on FBI Wanted posters from coast to coast, opened his local newspaper in late 1973 and became intrigued by an item from high society. Patricia Hearst, the 19-year-old heiress of a storied journalism empire, was engaged to be married. The article identified her as an art history student at UC Berkeley. Harris sensed an opportunity. He walked onto campus and found a ledger book in which Hearst had written her address. In this series, Christopher Goffard revisits old crimes in Los Angeles and beyond, from the famous to the forgotten, the consequential to the obscure, diving into archives and the memories of those who were there. “Who would have thunk it would be so simple? It was a fluke,” Harris, now 79, told The Times in a recent interview. “I looked in the book and thought, ‘I wonder.’” The Symbionese Liberation Army — the tiny cadre of Bay Area radicals that Harris belonged to — learned that Hearst lived without security at that address near campus. Harris and two confederates armed themselves and

South Hope Street is quiet on a Sunday morning. Five blocks over in Skid Row, police are investigating a shooting, but in the Financial District, calm prevails. Parking lots are nearly empty. Guests at the Sheraton are checking out early. The unhoused have mostly left their sidewalk beds, and Jeffrey Taylor and Deborah Johnson are preparing for church. With just a half hour before service, the husband-and-wife team fall into familiar routines: scanning the sidewalk and garden for wrappers, food scraps, clothing and needles, spraying deodorizer near the front door and hauling out the welcome sign, whose bottom line reads: … in this place will I give peace. The Third Church of Christ, Scientist of Los Angeles. Hope is a rare commodity on the struggling and hardened streets of downtown Los Angeles, and since 1910, Third Church of Christ, Scientist has extended this promise to passersby without interruption. Taylor and Johnson are not about to jeopardize that run. In a religion with no priests, they are the first and second readers, who conduct the weekly worship. A few minutes before noon — with two congregants

Yes, Mustard saw the viral video of the Amazon delivery driver dancing in the street to Kendrick Lamar’s “Not Like Us.” And yes, he saw the kid in the blue dress shirt wilding out to the song in a clip from a recent Kamala Harris campaign rally. But the moment that really hit home for the hip-hop producer, whose work on “Not Like Us” helped Lamar land the knockout blow in his historic rap battle with Drake, was watching his 9-year-old daughter perform a routine to the track in a group recital at dance camp the other day. “She was right in the front, and I’m like, ‘You guys are dancing to a diss song about Drake — at school,’” he recalls with a laugh. “That was the best s— ever.” A festive, if savage, takedown set to a deviously catchy horn lick, “Not Like Us” has been virtually impossible to avoid since it dropped late on a Saturday afternoon in May — if you heard it that evening, you know exactly where you were — and vaulted immediately to the top of Billboard’s Hot

Base camp. Thursday, 9:30 a.m. Humberto Leon slinks around set wearing a faded T-shirt that says “Daddy” in bubble letters. He got it at some gay bar a while ago, and it works on multiple levels, he jokes. He is an actual father of 10-year-old twin girls. And he is also the kind of surrogate father figure of this set, of Katseye as a whole. Leon, with his Martine Rose loafers and True Religion Jeans, seems to be constantly scanning the room, walking around with his arms crossing his chest and his head slightly cocked. He snakes around the row of chairs where the girls are getting their hair and makeup done and makes slight adjustments. He is in the middle of encouraging Daniela Avanzini, a Cuban American member of Katseye, to embrace her naturally curly hair, while ensuring that her makeup brings out the golden undertones of her skin. “We’ve just been playing around because they all get bored of [their hairstyles], but this is my go-to for you,” Leon tells her in a shepherding tone. Humberto Leon wears all vintage from James Veloria

For nearly a year after she seemingly vanished from a Sacramento-area hospital, Jessie Peterson’s family mounted a frantic search — distributing posters of her and calling any hospital and police department they could think of, but to no avail. But the 31-year-old wasn’t missing. She had never left the hospital alive. In a lawsuit filed this month, the Peterson family alleges that staff at Mercy San Juan Medical Center in Carmichael never notified them that Jessie had died. Instead, their attorney told The Times, they were led to believe she had checked out of the hospital — against medical advice — in April 2023. “You don’t just get to make these kinds of mistakes and think it’s OK,” attorney Marc R. Greenberg said. A spokesperson for Mercy San Juan, which is operated by Dignity Health and owned by CommonSpirit Health, declined to comment on the lawsuit. “We extend our deepest sympathies to the family during this difficult time,” a spokesperson wrote in an email. “We are unable to comment on pending litigation.” The lawsuit seeks $25 million in damages, including punitive damages for “outrageous and

August 21, 2024 / 6:05 AM EDT / CBS/AP Ukraine claims advance into Russia Ukraine claims capture of 92 settlements in Russia’s Kursk region 03:35 Moscow — Moscow came under one of the largest attacks yet by Ukrainian drones since the start of fighting in 2022, Russian authorities reported Wednesday, saying they destroyed all of those headed toward the capital. Russia downed 45 Ukrainian drones overnight, the Ministry of Defense said. It said 11 were destroyed over the Moscow region, 23 over the Bryansk region, six over Belgorod, three over Kaluga and two over Kursk, where Ukrainian forces have mounted an unprecedented incursion in recent weeks. “This was one of the biggest attempts of all time to attack Moscow using drones,” Moscow Mayor Sergey Sobyanin said on his Telegram channel. He said strong defenses around the capital made it possible to shoot down all the drones before they could hit their intended targets. Some Russian social media channels shared videos of drones apparently being destroyed by air defense systems, which then set off car alarms.  A Ukrainian soldier of the 33rd assault battalion watches the

By Adam Harrington, Chrissy Amaya Updated on: August 21, 2024 / 6:00 AM EDT / CBS Chicago Escaped inmate from Mississippi barricaded inside Chicago restaurant Escaped inmate from Mississippi barricaded inside Chicago restaurant 00:22 CHICAGO (CBS) — A suspect who escaped during a court hearing in Mississippi in June was found in Chicago Wednesday and was in a standoff with police in a West Side restaurant, authorities said. CBS affiliate WREG-TV in Memphis reported that Joshua Zimmerman escaped from the DeSoto County Courthouse in Hernando, Mississippi on June 14. Authorities said he changed from a jumpsuit into civilian clothing and left through a door where no officers were around, the station reported. Joshua Zimmerman DeSoto County, Mississippi Sheriff’s Office Zimmerman had been charged with attempted murder and armed robbery in an incident in Southaven, Mississippi in September of last year. WREG reported Zimmerman was accused of attacking an elderly man who had hired him to work at his house. DeSoto County Sheriff’s Office Chief Deputy Justin Smith said Tuesday night that multiple law enforcement agencies, including the U.S. Marshals Service, have been searching for Smith

Updated on: August 21, 2024 / 5:26 AM EDT / CBS/AP Texas mother Kate Cox on reproductive rights Texas mother Kate Cox on reproductive rights 02:56 Voters in Arizona and Montana will be able to decide in November whether they want to protect the right to an abortion in their state constitutions. The Arizona Supreme Court ruled Tuesday that a 200-word summary that abortion rights advocates used to collect signatures for a ballot measure is valid, clearing the way for the issue to remain on the ballot. The Arizona secretary of state’s office said last week it had certified 577,971 signatures – far above the required number that the coalition supporting the ballot measure had to submit in order to put the question before voters.   Montana Secretary of State Christi Jacobsen on Tuesday certified Montana’s constitutional initiative for the November ballot. Under both measures, abortions would be allowed until fetal viability – the point at which a fetus could survive outside the womb, typically around 24 weeks. In Arizona, there are some exceptions for post-viability abortions to save the mother’s life or to protect

Updated on: August 21, 2024 / 5:54 AM EDT / CBS/AP Israel carries out airstrikes in Yemen Israel carries out airstrikes in Yemen following Tel Aviv attack 02:46 Dubai, United Arab Emirates — A commercial ship traveling through the Red Sea came under repeated attack Wednesday, leaving the vessel “not under command” in an assault suspected to have been carried out by Yemen’s Houthi rebels , the British military said. There were few details about the attack, but it appeared to be the latest in the Houthis’ monthslong campaign targeting commercial and military ships in what the group has said is a response to the ongoing Israel-Hamas war in the Gaza Strip. The attack saw men on small boats first open fire with small arms, the British military’s United Kingdom Maritime Trade Operations center said. The ship also was hit by three projectiles, it added. “The vessel reports being not under command,” the UKMTO said, likely meaning it lost all power. “No casualties reported.” The Houthis did not immediately claim the attack, though it can take them hours or even days to acknowledge their assaults. A

By Madisen Keavy August 21, 2024 / 2:26 AM EDT / CBS Sacramento Family sues Sacramento County hospital over allegations daughter’s body was misplaced Family sues Sacramento County hospital over allegations daughter’s body was misplaced 02:53 SACRAMENTO COUNTY — A Sacramento County hospital is accused of misplacing a woman’s body. The woman’s mother told CBS13 she had no idea her daughter had died for a year. Jessie Peterson was admitted to Mercy San Juan Medical Center in Carmichael in April 2023. According to her mother, Ginger Congi, it was not uncommon for her daughter to receive medical treatment for Type 1 diabetes. She was diagnosed when she was a teenager, Congi said, and although it was difficult, Peterson “just carried on.”  “She loved to run. She loved sports. She loved dance. She played the guitar,” Congi said.  Last April, Peterson called her mother asking to be picked up from the hospital. Congi said her daughter wanted to leave. Congi told her she was in the safest place, admitted for treatment after a diabetic episode. This would be the last time the two spoke.  The day

CHICAGO —  In a personal speech sprinkled with goofy anecdotes and a reference to Kamala Harris as the “glue that holds the family together,” Second Gentleman Doug Emhoff highlighted Harris’ softer side, describing his and Harris’ blended family and their love story. Emhoff painted a picture of a happy and loving family — with Harris, his children from a previous marriage, Cole and Ella Emhoff, and their mother, Kerstin Emhoff. A video montage introducing Emhoff showed pictures of him and Harris in their early dating days — cozied up at the Hollywood Bowl, cooking together in their Brentwood kitchen and side by side at Harris’ vice presidential inauguration in 2021. “Next, he is going to make history again as the first first gentleman,” Cole said when introducing his father. Emhoff first described his own childhood, riding his bike around a suburban New Jersey neighborhood and taking the bus to Hebrew school. His family eventually moved to Los Angeles, where he worked at McDonald’s before going on to college and law school. Then Emhoff recounted how he and Harris met, after one of his law clients suggested

Police say the secret life of an alleged serial rapist known as the “Boston Strip Mall Rapist,” who spent more than three decades on the run, started to unravel when he was spotted on a yacht in Los Angeles earlier this year.   Stephen Paul Gale, 71, who realized he was being watched, attempted to flee, leading officers with the Los Angeles Police Department on a 90-minute pursuit that ultimately ended with his arrest.   Authorities from Los Angeles and Boston were seen in Wilmington serving a search warrant on a large yacht named Dior in the marina, which was reportedly owned by Gale.   The 71-year-old had been identified and charged in connection with the kidnapping, armed robbery and rape of two women in a Framingham, Mass. store in 1989.   Authorities with the United States Marshals Service publicly named Gale as the suspect in May of this year.    “He sexually assaulted both women while holding the gun to their heads,” Middlesex County District Attorney Marian Ryan told the WFXT Boston 25 News at the time.   A yacht in the Wilmington Harbor called “Dior,”