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SEOUL, South Korea —  As Brandon McDaniel, the Dodgers’ vice president of player performance, walked through the team’s spring training clubhouse last week, he laughed when a reporter stopped him to ask about the season-opening trip to South Korea. How much time had he, like many others in the organization, spent during camp preparing players for the international series? “It’s kind of been my whole life lately,” he said with a chuckle. “We’re just doing everything we can to put a plan in place.” The trek began Thursday morning in Phoenix, when players, officials, staffers and family members boarded a chartered Boeing 747 and took off for Seoul. After cruising at 34,000 feet for the next 12 hours 41 minutes, the team arrived at Incheon Airport, just outside of Seoul, on Friday afternoon at 1:22 local time. The season-opening two-game series against the San Diego Padres at the Gocheok Sky Dome next Wednesday and Thursday, still was days away. However, in hopes of preparing players for not just the Korean series, but also the 160 games that will remain when they fly back to Los Angeles

When Lance Davis got the call to go to Indian Wells Tennis Garden to deal with a beehive, he thought it might be in the parking lot like one he’d handled five days earlier. But this one was different. On Thursday, in the middle of the Stadium 1 court, as the No. 2 player in the world Carlos Alcaraz battled against sixth-ranked Alexander Zverev, about 3,500 bees swarmed the court and landed on the spider camera filming the match. “Ladies and gentlemen, we are surrounded with bees here,” said the match’s referee, Mohamed Lahyani, before pausing play for about two hours. Davis, who operates a Palm Desert bee-removal business called Killer Bee Inc., was summoned and weaved through traffic to get to the courts as quickly as possible, where, wearing no protective gear, he quickly vacuumed up the thousands of European and African honeybees to the wild cheers of the fans. He was stung just three times. “I was high-fiving everybody ’cause they were high-fiving me. It’s good to keep the mood nice and festive. It worked out really well,” Davis told The Times. Beekeeper

A young girl from Lincoln Heights stands in as the Madonna. Angels visit cholos under street lights. A masked Indigenous warrior presents himself to an incredulous saint who pokes a finger into his side, much like the biblical scene of Christ after his resurrection. These are the scenes from Fabian Debora’s latest paintings inspired by Renaissance artist Caravaggio in a series titled “Cara de Vago,” which will be on display at the Forest Lawn Museum through March 17. While the Italian master depicted commoners lighted by candlelight, Debora’s work illuminates the type of people he grew up with in the Aliso Village housing projects in Boyle Heights. “From darkness comes light, right?” Debora says. “That’s also in conjunction with my life and that’s where spirituality lives.” Debora, 48, found God and sobriety in 2006 after his third suicide attempt. He saw the light while running across the 5 Freeway near his mother’s house while high on drugs. Artist Fabian Debora’s “The Drifter in Meditation.” (Acrylic on canvas 2023-2024) at his “Cara de Vago” exhibit at Forest Lawn Museum in Glendale on Tuesday. (Alejandro R. Jimenez/For

A soulful silliness pervades the rootin’, tootin’ live-action cartoon “Hundreds of Beavers” from Milwaukee filmmakers Mike Cheslik and Ryland Brickson Cole Tews, merry pranksters who deploy a gleefully inventive lo-fi madness to their gag-stuffed wilderness comedy. Pitting a lovestruck fur trapper against a bucktoothed horde, this underground festival hit is a feverish fit of creative buffoonery — you haven’t experienced anything remotely like it. Even though its influences are prominent — classic two-reel silent shorts, vintage berserk animation, even something like “Caddyshack” — the artful insanity on display is very much its own. All is ingeniously filtered through a modern comic sensibility that revels in the addictive punch of video-game worlds and filter-layered TikToks. At first, you’ll delight in the can-do energy of a crew of oddballs goofing around in subzero conditions. But considering the graphics work on display (there are more than 1500 effects shots), the takeaway is closer to astonishment: a teeming ambition to bring the absurdity as far as it can possibly go. In other words, what’s on tap here is gonzo cinema moonshine, distilled from the corny legacy of every loopy

A pair of brothers have been arrested and face charges in the killing of a man in Ontario earlier this week. On Tuesday, officers from the Ontario Police Department responded to the 300 block of West C Street for reports of a shooting. Upon arrival, officers discovered a man who had been shot multiple times. He was declared dead at the scene by paramedics from the Ontario Fire Department. He’s been identified only as a 43-year-old man from Ontario. Through their investigation, police determined that the victim was involved in a verbal dispute with two men that eventually turned violent. One of the men pulled out a gun and shot the victim multiple times before fleeing the scene. The suspects were later identified as brothers Michael Castillo, 18, and Daniel Castillo. The two were arrested Wednesday around 7:15 p.m. and booked into the West Valley Detention Center in Rancho Cucamonga. Michael Castillo faces charges for first degree murder; Daniel Castillo faces charges for accessory after the fact. The investigation is ongoing and anyone with information is urged to contact the Ontario Police Department at 909-986-6711.

In a long-sought after day well worth celebrating, the smallest baby ever born at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center “graduated” from the hospital on Friday, 10 months following her birth. Per tradition for such events, the parents of Ellyannah Lopez moved the tassel of her pink graduates cap from the left to the right as the hospital celebrated the events with a “baby graduation.” Lopez was less than 13 ounces at the time of her birth with “slim” chances at survival. Now, at 17 pounds, she finally gets to live in the outside world. “To be almost a year later, about to take our miracle baby home, we’re so very grateful,” said Cecia Juarez, Ellyannah’s mother. “We want to take this opportunity to thank Cedars-Sinai Medical Center.” Juarez said the hospital’s staff was “like a family” to Ellyannah. Ellyannah will require care at home for many more months but she’s expected to recover well into the future.

Essentials By Jason R. Rich March 15, 2024 / 5:05 PM EDT / Essentials CBS Essentials is created independently of the CBS News editorial staff. We may receive commissions from some links to products on this page. Promotions are subject to availability and retailer terms. Walmart Model: Apple MacBook Air | Processor: M1 (8-core CPU, 7-core GPU) | Unified memory: 8GB | Storage: 256GB | Operating system: MacOS 14 Sonoma Looking for a bargain on a laptop from an elite brand? Right now at Walmart, you can snag an Apple MacBook Air with the M1 chip and 13.3-inch Retina display for the new low price of just $699. This entry-level laptop comes equipped with 8GB of unified memory, 256GB of storage, an 8-core CPU and a 7-core GPU. Choose between a space gray, silver or gold casing. As part of the MacBook Air product line, this one weighs in at a mere 2.8 pounds and offers a battery life up to 18 hours per charge.  This computer is equipped with a TouchID sensor that can unlock the laptop and authorize Apple Pay payments while shopping

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Russian voters cast their ballots in election, Putin likely to remain in power – CBS News Watch CBS News Vladimir Putin is already expected to win Russia’s presidential election as voters head to the polls to cast their ballots through Sunday. Brian Taylor, a political science professor at Syracuse University, joins CBS News with a look at Putin’s efforts to remain in power for six more years. Be the first to know Get browser notifications for breaking news, live events, and exclusive reporting. Not Now Turn On

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 Wednesday 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 sedans, classic cars, pickups, SUVs, currency from Mexico, Brazil, Italy and other countries, flat-screen televisions, silver coin collections, high-end pocket and wrist watches, tools, computers, iPhones and sound systems. A few standouts in the assortment include a Gskyer telescope, a Samurai sword collection, an Oscar Schmidt Autoharp and a vinyl collection numbering more than 350 records. Bidding will be available via www.bidfastandlast.com, using the page “Riverside Public Administrator Auction March 2024.” The Office of the Public Administrator assumes control of some estates within the county’s jurisdiction when

A motorcyclist was killed Friday and his passenger critically injured in a collision involving a Metro Orange Line bus in the Van Nuys area. The crash was reported about 11 a.m. Friday on Hazeltine Avenue near Bessemer Street, according to the Los Angeles Police Department and the Los Angeles Fire Department. Information was not immediately available on the identity of the fatally injured man. According to the LAPD, a 10-year-old girl riding on the back of the motorcycle was critically injured and taken to a hospital. The circumstances of the crash were under investigation.

Politics By Graham Kates Updated on: March 15, 2024 / 4:59 PM EDT / CBS News D.A. not opposed to delay of Trump trial Manhattan D.A. says he’s willing to delay Trump’s “hush money” trial by up to 30 days 05:52 A Manhattan judge pushed back former President Donald Trump’s trial in his New York criminal case, following a surprise shakeup in the case just 10 days before it had been scheduled to begin. The trial, on felony charges of falsification of business records related to payments to adult film star Stormy Daniels , had been expected to start March 25, but that date has now been scrapped. Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg told New York Judge Juan Merchan on Thursday that his office was willing to delay proceedings after Trump’s attorneys protested the late production of a voluminous amount of pretrial discovery in the case. More than 100,000 pages of documents were turned over to Bragg’s office by the federal Department of Justice on March 4 and March 13 — and Bragg said another 15,000 pages were slated to be produced March 15. Merchan

CIUDAD DE MÉXICO (AP) — La edición 2024 del Vive Latino marcará varios comienzos importantes para el festival. Se realiza este fin de semana (16 y 17 de marzo) en una nueva ubicación y con destacados artistas que debutan en este escenario como Maná, Billy Idol y Greta Van Fleet, además de que inaugurará su transmisión por streaming en los canales de Amazon Music en Twitch y en Prime Video. Tras el anuncio del cierre temporal del Foro Sol por remodelación, el Vive, que se había realizado desde hace dos décadas en ese estadio, se mudó a la curva 4 del Autódromo Hermanos Rodríguez de la Ciudad de México. El espacio brinda mejor movilidad entre escenarios para el público, la posibilidad de montar escenarios más grandes y elaborados, así como zonas nuevas para actividades alternativas. Si bien en esa parte del autódromo se realizan festivales como Corona Capital, EDC México y Flow Fest, será una sorpresa para muchos fans del Vive, aunque se quedarán sin sus queridas gradas del Foro Sol. Otro de los grandes hitos de la edición 24 del festival es su cartel

After years of drought and water restrictions, Californians have had some respite over the last two years. In 2023, the state found itself replenished by a record number of storms fed by atmospheric rivers, which brought most places out of drought and transformed a withered landscape into a verdant one. This year, winter storms have again brought much-needed precipitation to California. As of Friday, only 4.5% of the state was abnormally dry, according to the National Integrated Drought Information System. Those small regions were not dry enough to qualify as being in drought. They were located on the edges of the state, near the Arizona, Nevada and Oregon borders. The image below shows the state as seen by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration’s Worldview satellite on Nov. 9, 2023, left, and again on March 15, 2024. The juxtaposed images show the Central Valley turning from brown to a deep green and snow thickening substantially in the Sierra Nevada Mountains. In January and February, the state got 11.1 inches of precipitation, a full 3 inches more than normal, per NIDIS data. By March 15, the