8 killed in mass shooting at strip mall in cartel stronghold

Updated on: December 2, 2024 / 6:22 AM EST / CBS/AP 10 bodies found in Mexico amid cartel violence 10 bodies found in Acapulco, Mexico, amid cartel violence 04:06 Eight people are dead and two others are wounded after gunmen pulled up to a roadside stand in north-central Mexico and opened fire on customers and bystanders, authorities reported Sunday. Prosecutors in the  cartel-ravaged state of Guanajuato said the shooting occurred late Saturday in a busy commercial area with food and refreshment stands in the town of Apaseo el Grande. Eight men died just outside the stand, which was selling a traditional type of milk-based fudge. Another man and a woman were wounded in the attack, but there was no immediate report on their condition. Officials said two firefighters died in the shooting and local media reported that a paramedic was one of those killed in the shooting. The state ambulance and paramedic agency said an emergency medical technician had died late Saturday, but did not confirm whether he was one of those killed in the attack. Video posted on social media showed men’s bodies with

Thousands of California students are homeless. Here’s how one young woman made sure you’d never notice her

Had you sat by Alizé Satberry a few years ago at Kearny High School or Herbert Hoover High School or one of several charters she attended, you might have noticed that her dresses were a few years out of style. Maybe you flagged that she never seemed to come on a field trip. But the fact that she, her mom and three siblings were bouncing from hotel to hotel and shelter to shelter? That probably slipped by. And she could just as easily have missed if you were in the same boat. The thing is, it’s a crowded boat. When Satberry and her family first got to San Diego in 2016, there were about 16,500 students countywide who lacked a steady roof, according to the California Department of Education. By last academic year the total had risen to more than 17,800, including children who’ve temporarily doubled up in houses with other families. The problem has become so pervasive that Barrio Logan’s Monarch School, which only serves unhoused families, has started to train educators at other organizations about how to spot and care for families on

Man holding rifle that was fake dies in California police shooting

A man who was reported to be holding a rifle that turned out to be fake died after police shot him in Downtown Santa Ana on Sunday night, Dec. 1. Officers responded around 5:30 p.m. to the area of Broadway and 2nd Street following reports that a man was armed with and loading a rifle, according to the Santa Ana Police Department. When they arrived, two officers shot the man, who was in his 30s, in a parking lot, police said. Police didn’t immediately specify how many times they fired. The rifle the man was reported to be carrying turned out to be fake, said Officer Natalie Garcia, a spokesperson for the Police Department. The man was taken to a hospital, where he was pronounced dead. No officers or bystanders reported injuries following the shooting. The investigation is ongoing. Originally Published: December 2, 2024 at 3:29 AM PST

Word Game: Dec. 2, 2024

TODAY’S WORD — QUERYING QUERYING: KWER-ee-ing: Questioning. Average mark 13 words Time limit 30 minutes Can you find 18 or more words in QUERYING? The list will be published tomorrow. SATURDAY’S WORD — KITTIWAKES: kite kitties kittiwake kiwi ikat take task taste teak teat test tikka tweak twist twit waist wait wake waste watt weak weskit west wise askew east sake saki sate seat sika site skat skate skew skit stake state steak stet stew swat sweat To purchase the Word Game book, visit WordGameBooks.com. Order it now for just $5 while supplies last! RULES OF THE GAME: 1. Words must be of four or more letters. 2. Words that acquire four letters by the addition of “s,” such as “bats” or “dies,” are not allowed. 3. Additional words made by adding a “d” or an “s” may not be used. For example, if “bake” is used, “baked” or “bakes” are not allowed, but “bake” and “baking” are admissible. 4. Proper nouns, slang words, or vulgar or sexually explicit words are not allowed. Contact Word Game creator Kathleen Saxe at kzsaxe@gmail.com.

Asking Eric: Our 6-week separation has been so nice. Now she wants to hang out.

Dear Eric: I am friends with a person I dated for a short while. We’re in our 50s. The only reason I still see her is that she doesn’t have any other friends. She is also a sole parent to a difficult teen who also has no friends and has no desire to make any (she tells me this). I do not enjoy her company, although she is a good person. It’s not as though I have a stellar social life myself, but I really do not want to hang out with her anymore. I do it because if I don’t she will have no one, but it is getting harder to do. I also think that she hopes that we will eventually become romantic partners again but I have no interest in that with her and have been clear about that. Also, I feel I can’t date anyone else because she will be hurt (she has told me that). I do care about her welfare. I think I need to limit how often we meet. It used to be weekly but because of vacations

L.A. County left a baby in the care of her 11-year-brother. Now, she’s dead

The soft-spoken 18-year-old had run out of food for his three younger siblings. He told the Canoga Park High School counselor that his mother was disappearing for days at a time, leaving him and his siblings, ages 11, 3 and 1, with hardly anything to eat. He filled his stomach with water to stave off the hunger. The senior, Alvondo Williams Jr., was sent home May 6 with a cooler filled with bread, milk, sandwich meat and cereal. The counselor then called the Los Angeles County Department of Children and Family Services hotline to report possible neglect in a home with “more condiments than food.” Over the next two days, an LAPD officer and then a DCFS social worker toured the family’s Canoga Park apartment. Both took the full refrigerator — stocked with food the school had just provided — as a sign the children had enough to eat, according to DCFS records obtained by The Times. Despite receiving several reports this spring about a family with an absent mother and gnawing hunger, the DCFS never opened a case — even after another school counselor

Steve McQueen’s goal with ‘Blitz’: to paint a more truthful portrait of WWII London

For British director Steve McQueen, the past isn’t worth dramatizing unless it can illuminate the present, so when he makes films steeped in history — whether it’s “12 Years a Slave” or his World War II epic “Blitz” — he’s asking audiences to judge where we are now in relation to what’s happened before. “You measure yourself on where we’ve been, where we are and how far we need to go,” says McQueen. “It’s also, for me, who’s left out of these stories, and who has the upper hand to tell these stories.” It’s why “Blitz,” set in London during Nazi Germany’s cataclysmic bombing of the city, centers on the perspective of a munitions factory worker (Saoirse Ronan) and her mixed-race son (newcomer Elliott Heffernan), rather than a man on the front lines or in the corridors of power. While conducting research for “Small Axe,” his 2020 anthology of films about resilience in the city’s West Indian community, McQueen had come across a photograph of a Black boy on a train station platform awaiting evacuation during the Blitz. “I thought, ‘That’s an in,’” he recalls.

The casual moviegoer is a thing of the past. That’s a big problem for Hollywood

It was on a spontaneous trip to the movie theater that James Young took a chance on “Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl.” Same with 2004’s “Garden State.” And the quirky “Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind.” They weren’t movies he had on his radar, but he enjoyed them — and “Eternal Sunshine” is now one of his favorite films . These days, however, the 47-year-old computer engineer hasn’t felt the same drive to go to the theaters and discover something new. Films are now in theaters for shorter amounts of time, meaning Young doesn’t happen upon as many movies as he used to. “They’re out of theaters by the time I would have turned around and gone to look for it or showed up at the theater,” said Young, a Morrisville, N.C., resident. “That’s what I miss. Being surprised by movies.” He isn’t alone. Casual moviegoing — when people show up to the theater on a whim and watch whatever is available — has been decreasing, particularly since the pandemic. Not only are there not enough movies bringing people in

Elevated radiation detected at former Bay Area landfill turned art park

State-ordered environmental testing has uncovered elevated levels of cancer-causing radiation at a popular spot for hikers and dog walkers in the Bay Area, according to a new report. Over the summer, the city of Albany hired hazardous waste specialists with Cabrera Services Inc. to survey for the presence of radioactive waste at the Albany Bulb, a former municipal landfill for construction debris that now features scenic hiking trails and a sprawling collection of outdoor art. State regulators ordered the investigation after discovering a 1980 archival document that suggested a former Richmond chemical plant dumped 11,000 tons of waste at the former Albany and Berkeley landfill from 1960 to 1971. The document indicated the waste may have included alum mud — a potentially radioactive sludge and byproduct of aluminum processing. After surveying the city-owned portion of the peninsula, Cabrera Services found 10 areas with elevated levels of gamma radiation — powerful electromagnetic energy that can penetrate human tissue and damage cells. Cabrera technicians are recommending that Albany conduct soil sampling in three places, where it determined alum mud or a radioactive object may be buried. Nearly

She sparked Japan’s #MeToo reckoning. Then she made a documentary about it

When Shiori Ito alleged at a 2017 news conference that Noriyuki Yamaguchi, a prominent TV journalist and friend of Japan’s then-Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, had two years earlier drugged and raped her in a Tokyo Sheraton hotel, she hoped the revelation would spark media interest in her case. But instead, the young journalist was subjected to online trolling and so many threats that she vacated her apartment, eventually retreating to London. There, in the company of Hanna Aqvilin, a Swedish producer-director she’d met only via Skype, Ito’s determination resurfaced. “I started feeling like maybe I needed to do something, my own investigation as a journalist but also as a survivor,” she says while sitting in a cushioned alcove at the Four Seasons Hotel. “People in London said, ‘I want to make your documentary.’ And I didn’t want them to. I wanted to tell my own story.’” She wrote a memoir about the trauma, which some credit with starting Japan’s #MeToo movement, and worked on her documentary, pursuing legal cases against Yamaguchi for much of that intervening period. In “Black Box Diaries,” Ito uses everything she

Horoscopes Dec. 2, 2024: Britney Spears, release people and possessions that weigh you down

CELEBRITIES BORN ON THIS DAY: Aaron Rodgers, 41; Britney Spears, 43; Monica Seles, 51; Rena Sofer, 56. Happy Birthday: Simplify your life, take a step back and take a moment to think. Moderation, organization and decluttering will help you release people and possessions that weigh you down. Make room for what is meaningful to you, helps you focus on what makes sense and gives you a purpose that fills your heart with joy. Choose to be innovative and follow the path that gratifies. Make personal growth your goal. Your numbers are 5, 12, 19, 24, 32, 36, 47. ARIES (March 21-April 19): Interact and adjust to suit your situation, but don’t jeopardize your health or physical well-being. Question everything and everyone. Show interest and gain insight into the possibilities. Open doors that offer hope and promise, but be selective and aware of risks or scammers. When in doubt, say no. 5 stars TAURUS (April 20-May 20): Pay attention to details and surpass expectations. A unique alteration will give you the edge you need to be competitive. Don’t wait until action is necessary to reach your

How a fake wedding was used to sneak hundreds of Afghans to safety | 60 Minutes

How a fake wedding was used to sneak hundreds of Afghans to safety | 60 Minutes – CBS News Watch CBS News In the years since the U.S. withdrawal from Afghanistan, U.S. veterans and citizens have fought to help Afghans left behind, even hatching a daring fake wedding plot to help hundreds escape. Be the first to know Get browser notifications for breaking news, live events, and exclusive reporting. Not Now Turn On

Dear Abby: I’m hurt that our family isn’t the grandparents’ priority

DEAR ABBY: My husband and I have a beautiful daughter, soon to be 2 years old. Before her birth, my parents and my husband’s parents were eagerly awaiting her arrival and discussing their plans for what life as new grandparents would be. We just “knew” they would be involved so much it would drive us crazy. Instead, it’s the opposite! My parents work 40-plus hours a week and care for my 5-year-old half-brother, who was recently diagnosed with autism. Naturally, I have to cut them some slack. My husband’s parents, on the other hand, aren’t workaholics. They spend their time doing things like spending a couple of weeks on the lake, taking scuba lessons and participating in a quilting club. They tell us about their fun, then ask how our daughter is. (They haven’t seen her in weeks.) I know the role of a grandparent has changed. They are getting a taste of freedom from raising children. However, they are not free child care to me. They are my family, and I wanted to see all those plans they had for her before she was

Boy, 9, Shot to Death in Compton, Details to Be Released

A 9-year-old boy was shot to death in front of his grandfather’s Compton home and authorities planned to release details Monday. The Medical Examiner’s office reported that Princeton Jones died at a private residence Saturday. News agencies reported he was shot just after 7:30 p.m. Saturday on Haskins Avenue near Visalia Avenue. Jones’ mother, Creole Green, told ABC7 that he had autism. “My goal … was to give him the proper teachings and all the things that he needed in order to navigate this world independently one day,” she told the TV station. “I’m just devastated that my son’s life … the door was shut in front of him at 9 years old.” Sheriff’s officials have not released information about the shooting, nor whether there were any arrests. Detectives planned to release details on Monday, according to the Sheriff’s Information Bureau.

Motorcyclist Killed in Riverside Crash

A male motorcyclist was killed Sunday in a collision with a vehicle in Riverside. The crash occurred at 5:09 p.m. Sunday in the intersection of Magnolia Avenue and Myers Street, in the Arlington area, according to Riverside police Sgt. Emilio Angulo. Arriving officers and firefighters found the motorcyclist suffering from severe injuries, Angulo said. “The motorcyclist was transported to a local hospital and later succumbed to his injuries.” His identity was not immediately released. The driver of the other vehicle involved in the crash remained at the scene and was cooperating with the investigation, Angulo said. It was not known whether drugs or alcohol were contributing factors in the crash, he said. Anyone with information was urged to contact Traffic Detective Jeff Derouin at 951-826-8722 or Jderouin@riversideca.gov.

Santa Ana officers shoot, kill man holding fake rifle

Two officers with the Santa Ana Police Department shot and killed a man who was believed to be holding a loaded rifle on Sunday evening, officials say. However, police confirmed the rifle was later identified to be a fake. According to the department, officers received calls around 5:30 p.m. on Sunday about a man armed with a rifle and loading it in the area of Broadway and 2nd Street. Then at 6:22 p.m., SAPD issued a notice on X, formerly Twitter, alerting the public to stay clear of police activity in the same area. Police say two officers came close to the suspect and shot him. After the shooting took place, officials say the man was transported to the hospital where he was pronounced dead. The department identified the suspect as a man in his early 30s, but did not immediately provide a name or known place of residence. The rifle was then taken in by police, who later identified it to be a fake. Bullet holes are seen in the wall behind officials investigating where a Santa Ana Police officer fatally shot a man