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Hope Hicks, longtime former aide of former President Donald Trump, was on the witness stand Friday afternoon as the second week of Trump’s New York criminal trial wrapped up. CBS News campaign reporter and attorney Katrina Kaufman breaks down Hicks’ testimony.
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The wife of a Pasadena man who drove her and their two young children off a Northern California cliff asked a judge to release her husband from jail, saying the family needs him. Neha Patel testified for the first time Thursday during a hearing over whether her husband, Dharmesh Patel, should have his case removed from criminal court, in a scenario that would see him released from jail and put into a mental health diversion program. “We need him in our life,” said Neha Patel, who appeared via video call, according to the Mercury News. “We’re not a family without him.” Neha and her two children were passengers when Dharmesh drove his Tesla off a cliff Jan. 2, 2023, at Devil’s Slide on Highway 1. Dharmesh was charged with a count of attempted murder for each passenger and has been jailed since. Doctors testifying in Dharmesh’s defense have argued that he is fit for mental health diversion and that the crash was likely a result of his major depressive disorder and a psychotic episode. Mental health diversion would mean that Dharmesh would be released from
LAS VEGAS — Un energético y sonriente Saúl Álvarez y un mesurado Jaime Munguía dijeron estar listos el viernes durante el pesaje ceremonial para el combate de título mundial en el que Canelo espera defender por cuarta vez su trono unificado supermediano. La velada se llevará a cabo en el T-Mobile Arena de Las Vegas (5 p.m. PT, PPV.com). Álvarez (60-2-2, 39 KOs) dio 166.8 libras en la báscula, mientras que el invicto Munguía (43-0, 34 KOs) también estuvo 167.4 libras, por lo que ambos estuvieron debajo de las requeridas 168s libras para la pelea. Canelo (33 años) logró obtener sus cetros al vencer a Caleb Plant, Callum Smith y Billy Joe Saunders. “Me siento en mi mejor momento”, señaló Canelo tras la ceremonia. “Me siento mejor porque ya no tengo lesiones, me siento mejor ahora mismo. Se los mostraré el sábado por la noche”. Munguía (27 años) se dijo tranquilo y listo para lo que promete ser un aguerrido combate entre juventud y experiencia. “Estoy muy emocionado”, dijo Munguía. “Es una gran oportunidad. Lo voy a aprovechar al máximo y mañana seré el nuevo campeón
The Los Angeles Police Department’s website was down Friday. (Myung J. Chun / Los Angeles Times) The website for the Los Angeles Police Department was down for hours Friday, without explanation. Capt. Kelly Muniz, the LAPD’s chief spokesperson, said public safety was “not affected” but could not provide a reason for why the site wasn’t functioning normally. “I can tell you that it is not ransomware,” Muniz said. A visit to the website produced a message saying, “Our services aren’t available right now. We’re working to restore all services as soon as possible. Please check back soon.” Claims of credit for downing the website were made in various places online. A group called Dark Storm claimed on Telegram that its “cyber attack” was to blame. Muniz said there was “no indication” that was true. The website has general information about bureaus, leadership, crime statistics and other documents and reports produced by the LAPD. The department has long been planning an upgrade to the site — with security one of its main concerns. More to Read Sign up for Essential California for news, features and recommendations
SAN DIEGO (FOX 5/KUSI) — UC San Diego officials abruptly cancelled the Sun God Festival a mere days before it was set to take place due to the “Gaza Solidarity” encampment, marking the third time ever that the annual event has not gone on as planned in its 40 year history. In a statement Thursday night, Maureen Harrigan, interim vice chancellor for resource management and planning, said the decision was made over concerns about campus security resources being stretched thin between the festival and the protest outside Geisel Library. “Due to ongoing protest activity adjacent to Library Walk, our campus security resources that would otherwise be available to ensure the safety and security of the people participating in Sun God must be deployed elsewhere to support the overall security of our students, faculty, staff and visitors,” Harrigan said. Can students at San Diego universities get punished for protesting? “We know that this event is a beloved campus tradition and understand the disappointment that this decision causes for many,” Harrigan continued. The annual festival has been a staple of the campus culture since the mid-1980s. According
Dozens of brown pelicans are being treated at a wildlife rescue center in Orange County, but officials aren’t entirely sure what’s making them sick. The Wetlands and Wildlife Care Center in Huntington Beach has been treating the birds, which are being brought to the facility from all across Southern California. “We started seeing an uptick in Brown Pelicans arriving on Saturday, April 2,” said Debbie McGuire, executive director of the nonprofit organization. “We have received 79 from mostly Orange County, while a few are being found inland. Fifty-one died within the first two hours of arrival.” The organization said it’s part of an “extended mass-stranding event,” the cause of which remains unknown. The birds that are coming in are emaciated and hypothermic, and many have also been tangled up in fishing gear, McGuire said. Initial lab work has confirmed that the birds are in “starvation mode,” but many have been responding positively to treatment, which includes fluids, vitamins and food. “The ones we are caring for have improved and are steadily gaining weight,” she said. “Follow-up lab work shows that their anemia and low total
May 3, 2024 / 7:02 PM EDT / CBS News Melissa Mahtani CBS News Melissa Mahtani is executive producer of CBS News Confirmed where she focuses on developing the television, digital and social media presentation of the work of the CBS News Confirmed unit, an initiative to identify, combat and inform viewers of misinformation. Mahtani joined CBS News and Stations in April 2024 with nearly two decades of experience, including international reporting, producing content for multiple platforms and innovating storytelling. She most recently served as a senior producer and reporter for CNN. CBS News Confirmed brings together a team of highly skilled journalists who use data and technology to verify and fact-check questionable videos and reports and explain CBS News’ verification process. Before joining CBS News and Stations, Mahtani worked at CNN, where she was a senior producer and reporter for CNN’s digital team. In that role, she reported for CNN’s gender focused “As Equals” team; was a senior producer for the live news team, writing blogs and covering some of the most significant global events and she created and launched the “Inside CNN” newsletter
Associated Press EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J. — Aaron Thomas, one of the most prolific receiving tight ends in the history of the New York Giants, died last week at his home in Corvallis, Oregon, following a lengthy illness. He was 86. The Giants announced Thomas’ death Friday. The team said he died on April 26. Thomas played 116 regular-season games for the Giants between 1962 and 1970. He ranks 17th in franchise history with 254 receptions, 14th with 4,253 yards and is tied for sixth with 35 touchdown catches. He missed only seven games in his career because of injury. “He’s almost like the early version of (Kansas City Chiefs tight end) Travis Kelce,” his son, Robb Thomas, who played a decade in the league, told the team’s website. “He was a tight end and flanker, but he really ran good routes and had a good feel about getting into open space.” A fourth-round draft pick in 1961, Thomas was traded to the Giants after two games in 1962. Two years later, Thomas led the Giants with 43 receptions for 624 yards and six touchdowns and
After getting eliminated from the first round of the playoffs by Denver, the Los Angeles Lakers fired head coach Darvin Ham. Among the candidates they’re expected to consider to replace Ham, according to The Athletic, is current Warriors assistant coach Kenny Atkinson. Atkinson joined the Warriors in 2021 and won his first NBA championship that season as an assistant coach. He previously worked as the head coach of the Brooklyn Nets, as well as an assistant to Ty Lue with the Clippers, Mike Budenholzer in Atlanta, and Mike D’Antoni in New York. Atkinson has been sought after before; last season, he reportedly turned down the chance to become the Hornets’ head coach after informally agreeing to an offer. The Warriors’ bench has experienced some brain drain in recent years, as Mike Brown left to lead the Kings and Jama Mahlalela departed for Toronto. Assistant coach Dejan Milojevic also tragically died this season. The Lakers fired Ham after two seasons in which the first-time head coach led the team to consecutive playoff berths. Los Angeles went 90-74 under Ham, who reportedly has two years left on
By Juan A. Lozano and Lekan Oyekanmi | Associated Press HOUSTON — Heavy storms slammed the Houston area again Friday, widening already dangerous flooding in Texas and putting stranded drivers and a school bus of children in need of high-water rescues. Officials redoubled urgent instructions for residents in low-lying areas to evacuate, warning the worst was still to come. “This threat is ongoing and it’s going to get worse. It is not your typical river flood,” said Harris County Judge Lina Hidalgo, the top elected official in the nation’s third-largest county. She described the surge of water as “catastrophic” and said several hundred structures were at risk of flooding. There had already been at least two dozen water rescues in the county, in addition to getting 30 pets to safety. Schools in the path of the flooding canceled classes and roads jammed as authorities closed highways taking on water. For weeks, drenching rains in Texas and parts of Louisiana have filled reservoirs and saturated the ground. Floodwaters partially submerged cars and roads this week across parts of southeastern Texas, north of Houston, where high waters
PHILADELPHIA — Three months since an aneurysm was discovered in his right shoulder, Tristan Beck was cleared to throw a baseball Friday and will begin his progression to return to the mound sometime this season. The big step for Beck, 27, came after his latest follow-up appointment with Stanford vascular specialist Dr. Jason Lee, and was just one of a number of developments among injured Giants pitchers that the team provided before opening a four-game series against the Phillies. Beck will start a light throwing program Monday in San Francisco, joining Alex Cobb in throwing off flat ground. Cobb, 36, played catch Thursday for the first time since experiencing discomfort in his shoulder and is expected to progress to 60-75 feet over the weekend. Neither pitcher can be activated until May 27, though manager Bob Melvin indicated it’s more likely Cobb will be ready by then than Beck. “Beck’s going to be a while,” Melvin said. “Until he actually gets on a mound, we’re really not sure when that’s going to be yet. It’s tough to forecast when he’s going to be ready.” The Giants
A house in Milpitas that sold for $600,000, is the most affordable real estate sale in Milpitas in the past week. For comparison, the overall average price of real estate in Milpitas during the last week was $1.3 million. The average price per square foot ended up at $816. A total of 9 home sales were recorded for the period with an average square footage of 1,642 square feet, 3 bedrooms, and 3 bathrooms. The list below includes the best deals on real estate priced between $10-$10,000,000. The prices in the list below concern real estate sales where the title was recorded during the week of April 22 even if the property may have been sold earlier. 9. $2.3 million, single-family home in the first block of Meadowland Drive The property in the first block of Meadowland Drive in Milpitas has new owners. The price was $2,250,000. The house was built in 1993 and has a living area of 2,851 square feet. The price per square foot is $789. The house features 4 bedrooms and 4 bathrooms. 8. $1.5 million, single-family residence in the 1100
The Clippers expect Tyronn Lue to be the coach of the team for a “long time” and the plan is to offer him a contact extension so he’s not coaching the 2024-25 season in the final year of his deal, according to a person with knowledge of the situation not authorized to speak publicly on the matter. The subject of Lue and an extension came up after the Lakers fired Darvin Ham on Friday and the Clippers coach’s name came up as a possible candidate for them and other openings that might come up. Also, Lue and LeBron James won a championship together in Cleveland in 2016 and the two still have a strong relationship, the person said, citing another reason why there is talk the Lakers would be interested in Lue if he becomes available. Lue’s contract for next season is a team option and is partially guaranteed, according to one person. But there have been no talks about an extension, the person said. The Clippers gave Kawhi Leonard a three-year contract extension for $150 million that starts next season as well as the
Jeff Landry is between a rocker and a hard place. Rolling Stones frontman Mick Jagger took a jab at the conservative Louisiana governor during the rock band’s sold-out performance Thursday at the New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival. “We’re a welcoming crowd, aren’t we?,” Jagger said to the thousands of festival attendees, per NBC affiliate WDSU. “I hope Mr. Landry is enjoying the show. He’s real inclusive, you know. He’s trying to take us back to the Stone Age.” Landry, who won Louisiana’s gubernatorial race with former President Trump’s backing last October, replaced former Democratic Gov. John Bel Edwards to become the first Republican in the state’s top office since 2016. He has supported conservative legislation including strict abortion bans , harsher prison sentences and restrictions on gender-affirming care for minors . On Thursday night, he delivered a lighthearted clap-back at Jagger, even quoting a Rolling Stones’ song. “You can’t always get what you want,” Landry wrote on X . “The only person who might remember the Stone Age is @MickJagger.” Jagger, 80, has been performing with the Rolling Stones for more than 60 years.
The website for the Los Angeles Police Department was down for hours Friday, without any clear explanation from police. Capt. Kelly Muniz, the LAPD’s chief spokesperson, said public safety was “not affected,” but she could not provide a more detailed reason for why the website wasn’t functioning normally. “I can tell you that it is not Ransomware,” Muniz said. A visit to the website simply produced a generic message saying, “Our services aren’t available right now. We’re working to restore all services as soon as possible. Please check back soon.” Claims of credit for downing the website were made in various places online. A group called Dark Storm claimed on Telegram that its own “cyber attack” was to blame. Muniz said there was “no indication” that was true. The department’s website has general information about the its various bureaus, department leadership, crime statistics and other documents and reports produced by the department. The department has long been planning an upgrade to the site — with security one of its main concerns. More to Read
The Lakers have fired coach Darvin Ham after two seasons, both of which had some unarguable successes and both of which ended with the Lakers losing to Denver in the playoffs. The team reached the Western Conference finals in Ham’s first season and won the in-season tournament in the second. But inconsistent lineups and too much experimentation with personnel combined with a lack of locker room support led to frustration with the bench. Whatever the cause, the future is now what matters most. Who, or maybe more interestingly, where, will the Lakers turn to next? The established candidates There’s an assumption in some NBA circles that the Lakers, as they’ve been prone to doing, will turn hard toward the other direction after deciding the road they were traveling was incorrect. They replaced an outsider in Mike D’Antoni with an insider in Byron Scott. They replaced Scott, an experienced coach, with Luke Walton, who was getting his first head coaching job. After Walton, they went with someone more experienced in Frank Vogel (after talking with other experienced coaches such as Monty Williams and Tyronn Lue). And
Time is running out for Paramount Global and Skydance Media to reach a deal combining their entertainment empires within the 30-day exclusive negotiating window that closes Friday, and it appears likely that the week will pass without an agreement on a transaction. Paramount, controlled by Shari Redstone , and Skydance, helmed by film producer David Ellison, have been trying to hammer out a complicated deal that would leave Ellison in control of the storied media giant. And so far, no agreement has been struck. What has long looked like Paramount Global’s most viable buyout option has been the subject of weeks of palace intrigue, plagued by an investor rebellion and corporate shakeups. Paramount’s stock fell roughly 7% on Friday amid a report that the company was getting cold feet about Skydance’s offer. New York-based research firm LightShed Partners said Friday that it expects the bargaining deadline to arrive sans agreement, with another bid from Sony Pictures Entertainment and Apollo Global Management on deck. The Times has contacted Paramount Global for comment. A spokesperson for Paramount’s mergers and acquisitions committee declined to comment. The Skydance scenario
The Biden administration announced Thursday plans to expand the heavily visited San Gabriel Mountains National Monument. The president signed a proclamation that called for the addition of 105,919 acres of federal lands to the monument’s current 346,177 acres of the Angeles National Forest. “In 2021, the national forest received 4.59 million recreation-based visits, according to the U.S. Forest Service. “This intense level of use, especially on peak days, can create management challenges that include excess trash, inadequate bathroom capacity, overflow parking that impairs emergency access, and adverse impacts to fragile water ecosystems.” In 2014 President Barack Obama initially designated the monument, which now includes popular trails and destinations such as the Cobb Estate, Eaton Canyon, Sam Merrill Trail, Millard Canyon and Brown Mountain. “What a momentous day for Angelenos,” Rep. Judy Chu, D-Pasadena, said in a statement. “Thanks to the passionate advocacy for many decades of a vibrant, diverse coalition of Indigenous community leaders, community activists, and nature-lovers across Southern California, President Biden is expanding the boundaries of the existing San Gabriel Mountains National Monument and protecting more of a national treasure in our backyard. Local
Authorities Friday sought public help in connection with the shooting death of a 19-year-old man in a vehicle-to-vehicle shooting in the Granada Hills area. The Los Angeles Police Department was seeking any potential witnesses who were in the area of Braemore Road between Tampa Avenue and Reseda Boulevard between 11:30 p.m. Tuesday and 12:55 a.m. Wednesday. Someone in the area “may have seen any confrontations between two whites vehicles, one parked and one driving by,” according to a police statement. Information was not immediately available on the identity of the victim, who died at a hospital. He was a passenger in a vehicle that was fired upon from one or more suspects in another vehicle, police said. The driver was not injured. Anyone with any information regarding the shooting was urged to LAPD’s Valley Bureau detectives at 818-374-9550 or, during non-business hours or weekends, at 877-527-3247. Anonymous calls can be made to Crime Stoppers at 800-222-8477 or sent to lacrimestoppers.org.
