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A moderate earthquake struck Orange County Wednesday afternoon, with shaking felt in multiple areas around Southern California. The temblor had a preliminary magnitude of 4.1, though it was initially reported at 4.3, according to the United States Geological Survey. The quake struck at 1:49 p.m. at a depth of nearly a mile and was centered in the Santa Ana Mountains about 5.6 miles southwest of Corona near the border of Riverside and Orange counties. No damage was immediately reported, but according to the USGS, shaking was reported in a large swath of Southern California ranging as far as Encinitas to the south, Temecula to the east, Santa Clarita to the north and Simi Valley to the west. Check back for updates to this developing story.

California State Superintendent of Public Instruction Tony Thurmond is honoring nine outstanding school employees – including four from SoCal – for their dedication to public school students. The annual Classified School Employees of the Year program honors outstanding employees in the following categories:  Paraprofessional services  Clerical and administrative services  Transportation services  Food and nutrition services  Health and student services  Custodial and maintenance services  Security service  Health and student services  Technical services  Skilled trades services  A total of 134 nominations were submitted statewide, education officials said in a media release. Of those 134, nine were selected. UCLA cancels classes after night of violence over pro-Palestinian encampment Of those nine, four were from Southern California school districts:  Aries Lewis: Clerical and administrative services – Yucaipa-Calimesa Joint Unified School District Aries Lewis plays a “pivotal role” in fostering positive connections between her schools — Green Valley and Oak View High Schools — and the community, particularly in supporting at-risk students. Lewis dedicates herself to guiding students through transitional services and collaborating with military recruiters. “A testament to [Lewis’] commitment is her unwavering support for families after meetings, and

UPDATE (1:06 p.m.) – Atascadero police confirm that a 36-year-old woman from Atascadero died in the incident Wednesday morning.If you or someone you know is struggling, there are resources available. Call or text 988 to reach the Suicide & Crisis Lifeline, a free and confidential hotline offering 24/7 support.___ UPDATE (12:58 p.m.) – All lanes of northbound Highway 101 at Del Rio Rd. have been reopened, according to the California Highway Patrol. Travelers should expect residual traffic delays. ___ (12:26 p.m.) – Northbound Highway 101 is closed at Del Rio Road in Atascadero due to a law enforcement investigation. Traffic is being diverted off the highway at the Del Rio Road offramp and back on the highway via the onramp. The closure is expected to be in place for approximately two hours. According to California Highway Patrol logs, the incident was reported just after 11:30 a.m. and reportedly involved someone jumping from the overpass. The southbound lanes remain open to traffic.

El Camino Homeless Organization (ECHO) saw an impressive turnout, with over 400 individuals attending events this year. In total, the organization raised more than $100,000 which will go towards supporting programs and helping people secure stable housing. Thank you to this incredible community for coming together to make a lasting impact on those we serve at ECHO. The proceeds from this event will continue to help those on their journey back into stable housing through both of our campuses.ECHO has helped over 80 individuals in families in the community, a notable record for 2024 alone. From finding housing to transitioning from homelessness and providing resources, the mission has always been to help those in need rebuild their lives. The nonprofit did not forget to thank community members, sponsors, soup providers, artists and volunteers, extending their gratitude for their compassion and support.

Marjorie Taylor Greene says she’ll force vote to oust Speaker Johnson – CBS News Watch CBS News Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene, a Republican from Georgia, says she still plans to force a vote to vacate Mike Johnson from the House speakership. CBS News congressional correspondent Nikole Killion is following the latest from Capitol Hill. Be the first to know Get browser notifications for breaking news, live events, and exclusive reporting. Not Now Turn On

By Meredith Gordon May 1, 2024 / 4:38 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. Michael Amadio #22 of the Vegas Golden Knights celebrates with teammates on the bench after scoring a first-period goal against the Dallas Stars in Game Four of the First Round of the 2024 Stanley Cup Playoffs at T-Mobile Arena on April 29, 2024 in Las Vegas, Nevada.  Ethan Miller/Getty Images The Vegas Golden Knights face the Dallas Stars tonight for Game 5 of the teams’ NHL Stanley Cup Playoffs Round 1 series. The series is tied 2-2, giving tonight’s victor the advantage in this best-of-seven series. Keep reading for all the ways you can watch the Golden Knights vs. Stars NHL Playoffs game tonight. How and when to watch the Golden Knights vs. Stars NHL Stanley Cup Playoffs game Game 5 of the Vegas Golden Knights vs. Dallas Stars NHL Stanley Cup Playoffs series will be played on Wednesday, May 1, 2024

We may receive commissions from some links to products on this page. Promotions are subject to availability and retailer terms. By Joshua Rodriguez Edited By Matt Richardson Updated on: May 1, 2024 / 4:30 PM EDT / CBS News Today’s Fed decision means credit card interest rates and minimum payments may remain elevated.  Getty Images The Federal Reserve’s Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC) meeting concluded earlier today. And, the Fed announced that it will be keeping its target federal funds rate unchanged . That means that this benchmark rate will remain elevated  at a 23-year high . That’s bad news for borrowers because the federal funds rate affects the benchmark for consumer interest rates.  But what if you have credit card debt? What does the Federal Reserve’s decision to keep its benchmark rate unchanged mean in terms of your credit card interest rates  and minimum payments ? Find out how a debt relief service can help you eliminate credit card debt now. What the Federal Reserve’s news means for your credit card debt The Federal Reserve’s decision to keep its federal funds rate target unchanged means

Lance Bass is joining in on the “It’s Gonna Be May” Day festivities. The NSYNC alum posted a TikTok poking fun Tuesday at his former bandmate Justin Timberlake, whose mispronunciation of the word “me” in the 2000 hit “It’s Gonna Be Me” birthed a meme that’s now 12 years old. In the video, a pink-haired Bass passes a love note to husband Michael Turchin, who is eating ramen. “Michael, roses are red, April is gray, but when you wake up tomorrow,” Turchin reads as the infamous track fades in. The camera pans up to Bass, who now sports hair made of what looks like ramen — parodying young Timberlake’s blond curls — and lip-syncs the notorious “May” line. The video ends with Turchin staring in confusion at his bowl, now empty, and Bass smugly swaying to the pop melody. “POV: your friend mispronounces a word once and now it’s a national holiday. Happy #itsgonnabemay Day!,” Bass captioned his video. A couple hours later, Timberlake rang in the holiday himself, posting on Instagram a video he originally shared on TikTok in September. In it, he stitches

The Arizona Senate voted Wednesday to repeal the state’s 1864 abortion ban, sending a measure to the Democratic governor that would end weeks of turmoil and keep in place a 15-week abortion limit enacted in 2022. In a testy and emotional session that included angry spats, a senator reading from the Bible and another playing a recording of his daughter’s fetal heartbeat, the Senate voted 16 to 14 to repeal the law, with two Republicans joining Democrats in backing the measure. The Senate was voting on the language that Arizona’s House of Representatives passed a week ago, when three Republicans joined with Democrats to pass the repeal bill. The bill will next go to Gov. Katie Hobbs, a Democrat who has called on the Legislature to repeal the 1864 ban. The Senate’s actions Wednesday, which were punctuated by angry calls from a gallery filled with activists, underscore how animating an issue abortion will be in November’s election. The two Republicans — Sens. T.J. Shope and Shawnna Bolick — took heat from their fellow Republicans for deserting their party on the controversial vote. “Our Democrat colleagues

Two weeks after Grammy-winning gospel singer Mandisa was found dead, her family is beginning to open up about the circumstances of her death. “I believe firmly that the detective believes and knows that she did not [harm herself],” her father, John Hundley, told Fox News Digital on Tuesday. The singer, whose full name was Mandisa Lynn Hundley, was found dead in her home in Franklin, Tenn., a suburb of Nashville, on April 18. She appeared on Season 5 of “American Idol,” making it to the top 10, before further pursuing her music career. Mandisa was nominated for five Grammys, winning in 2014 for her contemporary Christian album “Overcomer: The Greatest Hits.” Detectives “talked about the scars, any type of bruises that may have been on her body. They looked for signs that she may have harmed herself, and there were no signs to indicate that she did anything to harm herself,” her father elaborated. Mandisa’s friends and family gathered at Brentwood Baptist Church in Nashville for her celebration of life over the weekend, in a ceremony filled with gospel music and punctuated by emotional speeches.

Sea cuál sea el resultado de los Clippers en su participación en estos playoffs de la NBA, el quinteto de Steve Ballmer recogerá sus maletas y se despedirá del Crypto.com Arena -anteriormente conocido como el Staples Center- para comenzar una nueva era en el Intuit Dome Arena de Inglewood en la temporada 2024-25. Desde 1999, los Clippers vivieron bajo las sombras de los Lakers en Los Ángeles, con quienes compartieron piso en el Centro de L.A., en una ciudad que se destella por las luminarias y títulos que han hecho posible la familia Buzz, convirtiéndola en una de las franquicias más reconocidas del mundo deportivo. A pesar de no contar con campeonatos y toda la historia de sus rivales de patio, los Clippers han logrado atraer su propia afición y esperan que en su nueva casa consoliden su marca a otro nivel en su propio espacio, bajo su propio sol. La nueva arena de los Clippers marcha viento en popa y se espera estará listo en agosto para hacer realidad la visión de Ballmer, quien se hizo multimillonario al ser dueño de un 4% de

The National Trust for Historic Preservation has named Little Tokyo to its 2024 Most Endangered Historic Places list. The list is assembled every year to spotlight American landmarks and historic sites, in hopes of bringing attention to efforts to protect them from being lost to the annals of history. More than 350 sites have received the designation since the nonprofit began its list in 1988. It says only a handful of those places have been lost in the 37 years since the campaign began. This year’s list features 11 places in and beyond the continental U.S. that the National Trust says help tell the “full American story.” “The National Trust for Historic Preservation shines a long-overdue spotlight on generations of trailblazers by saving the places where they raised their voices, took their stands, and found the courage to change the world,” the nonprofit organization’s website reads. “It’s a story that does justice to the contributions of women, people of color, the LGBTQ community, and all Americans in shaping our nation and leading us forward.” Little Tokyo on Tuesday, May 5, 2020 in Los Angeles. (Getty

A Hesperia pastor and foster father has been arrested for the alleged ongoing sexual abuse of two girls, one of whom was only 10 years old. On Thursday, 54-year-old Jose Manuel Lozano was arrested by the San Bernardino County Sheriff’s Department on a charge of continuous sexual abuse of a minor, officials said in a news release. Lozano’s arrest comes at the end of an investigation into “allegations of continuous sexual abuse of minors by a foster parent and pastor of a local church,” authorities said. The church was not identified, but the victims were listed as two girls, one 10 years old and the other 16. Lozano did not appear in a search of jail records, but the Sheriff’s Department says he’s being held at the High Desert Detention Center in lieu of $5 million bail. Detectives believe there may be other victims, and they’re asking anyone with information to come forward and contact Deputy Frankie Zavala at 760-947-1500. To report information anonymously, contact the WeTip hotline at 800-78-CRIME (27463) or visit wetip.com.

A relic of St. Jude on loan from Rome is drawing large crowds of Catholics and other Christians to churches in Orange County this week. The relic consists of a bone fragment from St. Jude Thaddeus, the patron saint of hope and lost causes, which Catholic Church officials say was taken centuries ago from his remains and is now preserved inside a wooden shrine carved in the shape of an arm.  “He’s very beloved in the Catholic community, and not just for Catholics, for lots of Christians and especially the Orthodox,” said Father Alfred Baca with the Diocese of Orange, who is helping to organize the event.  Duan Nguyen visits the relic of St. Jude Thaddeus on display at Santiago de Compostela Catholic Church in Lake Forest, CA, on Monday, April 29, 2024. (Jeff Gritchen/MediaNews Group/Orange County Register via Getty Images) The relic of St. Jude Thaddeus on display at Santiago de Compostela Catholic Church in Lake Forest, CA, on Monday, April 29, 2024. (Jeff Gritchen/MediaNews Group/Orange County Register via Getty Images) Fr. Charbel Grbavac, from St. Michael’s Abbey, visits the relic of St. Jude

The Los Angeles Police Department vehicle involved in a fatal crash in Hollywood on Monday was crossing the intersection against a red light with its emergency lights on, police said on Wednesday. The chain-reaction crash, which occurred a few minutes before 4 p.m., began when an officer on Gower Street near the intersection with Santa Monica Boulevard “activated the vehicle’s emergency lights and proceeded through the intersection when traffic appeared clear,” the LAPD said in a news release. A Nissan Altima headed west on Santa Monica then hit the right rear of the patrol vehicle, sending the LAPD cruiser into a pedestrian who was in the marked crosswalk. 1 dead, 6 injured in crash involving police cruiser in Hollywood The LAPD vehicle and the pedestrian then hit a Mercedes-Benz that was stopped at a red light headed south on Gower. Multiple ambulances responded to the scene and took all involved to local hospitals. The pedestrian “sustained significant trauma” and was pronounced dead at the hospital, while all others were treated for minor injuries and released, police said. Anyone with information on the crash is asked

By Meredith Gordon May 1, 2024 / 4:14 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. Los Angeles Kings left wing Trevor Moore (12) skates away as the Edmonton Oilers celebrate Edmonton Oilers defenseman Evan Bouchard (2) goal during a power play in the second period during Game 4 of the first round of the Stanley Cup playoffs at Crypto.com Arena on April 28, 2024 in Los Angeles, CA. Gina Ferazzi / Los Angeles Times via Getty Images The Los Angeles Kings face the Edmonton Oilers tonight for Game 5 of the teams’ NHL Stanley Cup Playoffs series. Edmonton leads the series 3-1, which means the Kings must win tonight. Keep reading for all the ways you can watch today’s pivotal NHL Playoffs game. How and when to watch the Kings vs. Oilers NHL Playoffs game Game 5 of the Los Angeles Kings vs. Edmonton Oilers NHL Stanley Cup Playoffs series will be played on Wednesday May 1

World awaits Hamas response to Israel cease-fire, hostage release proposal – CBS News Watch CBS News Israel has submitted a proposal for a potential temporary cease-fire and hostage release deal that Hamas has not yet replied to. CBS News foreign correspondent Ramy Inocencio has more on the negotiation efforts. Be the first to know Get browser notifications for breaking news, live events, and exclusive reporting. Not Now Turn On

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We may receive commissions from some links to products on this page. Promotions are subject to availability and retailer terms. By Matt Richardson Edited By Angelica Leicht May 1, 2024 / 4:01 PM EDT / CBS News With interest rates on pause, now is a great time to explore your savings account options. Getty Images So much for a spring interest rate cut . Despite hope in late 2023 and early 2024 that interest rates would be cut this spring, the Federal Reserve on Wednesday announced that they were instead keeping rates untouched for now . That leaves the benchmark interest rate range between 5.25% and 5.50%. With reports for February and March showing inflation rising — and with it now sitting at 3.50%, more than a full point over the Fed’s target 2% goal — it’s not surprising that rates will remain frozen. Against this backdrop, however, there are some important things to do to grow your finances and some other mistakes to avoid making to offset the negative repercussions of higher interest rates for longer. Below, we’ll detail what you should (and shouldn’t)