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LAPD investigates back-to-back pharmacy robberies in San Fernando Valley 

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 16:50:36 GMT

The Los Angeles Police Department is investigating two pharmacy break-ins that occurred within minutes of each other early Monday morning. According to authorities, Miracle Pharmacy, located in the 7400 block of Foothill Boulevard in Tujunga, was broken into shortly after 3 a.m. The owner of the business, Vadrui Sarafyan, says that the manner in which the thieves broke in reminds her of the previous times her store had been robbed.“They were kicking the door and broke the door,” she told KTLA 5’s Erin Myers. “They always look for what I call ‘street drugs’ and [this time around] they took Xanax from us.” Sarafyan says the four suspects fled the scene in a black SUV. Another pharmacy in the 6000 block of Foothill Boulevard was also robbed, authorities said, but information on that incident remains limited. It is unknown if the two incidents are related. Authorities investigating flag burning in West Hills as hate crime Monday's break-ins targeting drugstores come j...

Abandoned hotel burns in East Hollywood

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 16:50:36 GMT

A greater alarm fire torched an abandoned commercial building in East Hollywood Monday morning.The blaze at 1418 N. New Hampshire Ave. was reported a few minutes before 6 a.m., according to the Los Angeles Fire Department.The two-story vacant hotel had "heavy fire" coming through ventilation holes in the roof, fire officials added.Footage showed a large plume of smoke rising above the fire.No injuries have been reported.Check back for updates to this developing story.

Hundreds of health care workers set to strike in L.A. County  

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 16:50:36 GMT

A large group of employees at a Los Angeles County hospital are set to begin a five-day strike on Monday. Nearly 700 non-nursing staff at Providence Saint Joseph Medical Center in Burbank will walk off the job in protest of what they say are unfair labor practices. Hospital officials said that the strike will not impact patient care. The employees striking on Monday are laboratory technicians, EMTs and patient transporters.  Teens terrorizing Long Beach apartment complex, residents say Negotiators are in discussion with union leaders and say that they have offered “significant” wage increases. The local strike starts exactly two weeks after 1,500 nurses and health care workers at St. Francis Medical Center took to the picket lines to protest staffing shortages, and it also follows a nationwide protest by 75,000 Kaiser Permanente workers who claimed unfair labor practices and working conditions were affecting patient care.The Kaiser strike, thought to be the lar...

Videos show teens terrorizing residents of Long Beach apartment complex

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 16:50:36 GMT

Residents of the upscale Camden Harbor View Apartments in Long Beach say they are fed up with relentless crime, run-ins with the homeless, and now juvenile delinquents. “These kids don’t care. They are looking for trouble,” one tenant, Kimberly, told KTLA. “One hit me with a skateboard.”Security and cell phone cameras have captured some of the incidents, including one where teens attacked a man who was simply walking in the area. “They were stalking him and he didn’t want to fight back. He was just trying to get them to stop. He didn’t want to hurt kids,” said Kimberly.Surveillance cameras have captured some of the incidents, including one where teens assaulted a man who was simply walking in the area. October 2023.Another video shows a teen "donkey kick" an apartment door and then run away with his friends.Tenants say they're dealing with a constant cycle of trouble. In early September, several cars were set on fire by a serial arsonist. People keep getting attacked,...

House Parties and Danger Days

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 16:50:36 GMT

My Chemical RomanceDanger Days: The True Lives Of the Fabulous Killjoys (Reprise)House Parties and Danger Days: Chaney Elaine of House Parties told us about her love for a My Chemical Romance gem.(Reprise)Chaney Elaine: I’ve always had such a fascination for concept albums that make my inner child run wild and free. Danger Days: The True Lives Of the Fabulous Killjoys by My Chemical Romance had hit the nail right on the head. Being introduced to them in seventh grade brought me to a whole new world of music I didn’t even know existed.Whenever I put this album on and I hear the beginning of “Look Alive, Sunshine,” it instantaneously puts me into a place where my soul is happy. I became obsessed with this masterpiece to the point where I created my own killjoy character. The storyline is the main thing I hyper-fixated on. I fell in love with the message of always fighting for what you believe in and using your voice even when they try to shut your mouth— “Keep running!” is a line that...

Tico Coffee Roasters CEO growing an environmental legacy

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 16:50:36 GMT

For countless Bay Area residents, a cup of coffee is an essential part of their day — that steaming wake-up jolt in the morning or a refreshing cold brew during an afternoon break. It means even more to Mariana Faerron, who grew up in Costa Rica surrounded by plantations where the aroma of coffee — from flower to berry — filled her early life.She’s now the CEO of Tico Coffee Roasters in Campbell, the company that she and her husband, Thomas Goepel, founded 11 years ago. So while she’s got a vested interest in your morning cup of joe, she also has a deeper understanding than most people about the effort that goes into every cup.Tico Coffee Roasters CEO Mariana Faerron scoops coffee beans before she roasts them on Oct. 12, 2023, in Campbell, Calif. (Dai Sugano/Bay Area News Group) “I think even though we are surrounded by agriculture in California, I think there’s still some detachment for people who don’t necessarily understand how long it tak...

Armed man threatened to shoot rock climbers at Oregon event, police say

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 16:50:36 GMT

A Portland man was arrested near a popular rock-climbing area where he had allegedly threatened to shoot climbers at a weekend festival.Related ArticlesCrime and Public Safety | Man gets 21 years in 2019 slaying of reggae artist outside California bar Crime and Public Safety | Harvard body parts trafficking scandal lawsuits could merge into one big one Crime and Public Safety | Woman fatally shot while driving in East Oakland Crime and Public Safety | San Jose leaders defend police following investigation on use of force against mentally impaired people Crime and Public Safety | Spoontonic Lounge to close at midnight after failed appeal to Walnut Creek City Council The 39-year-old man was arrested Thursday after driving about three hours to Tumalo, the Deschutes County sheriff’s office said. He faces charges of attempted murder, attempted assault and unlawful use of a weapon.The sheriff’s off...

San Ramon-based Chevron buys Hess for $53 billion, 2nd buyout among major producers this month as oil prices surge

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 16:50:36 GMT

By MICHELLE CHAPMAN (AP Business Writer)Chevron is buying Hess Corp. for $53 billion and it’s not even the biggest acquisition in the energy sector this month as major producers seize the initiative while oil prices surge.Crude prices rose sharply in early 2022 with Russia’s invasion of Ukraine and are hovering around $90 per barrel after ticking another 9% higher this year, meaning big drillers are flush with cash and looking for places to invest piles of cash.The Chevron-Hess deal comes less than two weeks after Exxon Mobil said that it would acquire Pioneer Natural Resources for about $60 billion.Upward pressure on oil prices are being applied from a number of fronts including the war in Ukraine. Oil markets are being stretched by cutbacks in oil production from Saudi Arabia and Russia, and now, a war between Israel and Hamas runs the risk of igniting a broader conflict in the Middle East. While attacks on Israel do not disrupt global oil supply, according to an analysis by the U...

TasteFood: It’s a wrap! Ground turkey and a zippy sauce make dinner a breeze

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 16:50:36 GMT

If you’re looking for a quick and healthy meal that delivers big flavor in less than 30 minutes, make these wraps. They are fresh, flavorful and light, with ground turkey and a smattering of vegetables bundled up in butter lettuce leaves. A short list of Asian pantry items comes together for a sweet and salty umami-rich sauce that encourages extra helpings.This recipe is conveniently flexible and can be dictated by the contents of your refrigerator. Ground chicken or pork can be substituted for the turkey, or use crumbled firm tofu for a vegetarian option. Chopped broccolini, mushrooms and water chestnuts can be added to the list of vegetables. Just be sure to include a few al dente (i.e., crisp-tender) vegetables to give texture to the filling, and cut them in similar size for easy eating.These wraps can be served as a main course or an appetizer. If serving as an appetizer, little gem lettuce leaves can be used to make smaller bites. For a final dab of heat, serve with Srira...

Who-hoo-hoo invited a great horned owl to visit a quiet Campbell neighborhood?

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 16:50:36 GMT

DEAR JOAN: We have lived in a quiet residential neighborhood very near downtown for 42 years.Yesterday, a murder of crows was making a terrible racket in our back garden. When we investigated there was a huge great horned owl perched in our next door neighbor’s tree. It was being attacked by the crows. It flew to an adjacent oak and managed to move under the canopy so the crows couldn’t continue to bombard him. It stayed in that oak most of the day.We chased the crows away by tossing a fake dead crow on the roof. It really caused a stir and they all flew away immediately.We’ve never seen such an amazing animal here before. Is this a new phenomenon? Where could it possibly be living? We hope he comes back.By the way, no more crows around here today.— Sharon McCray, CampbellDEAR SHARON: My first experience with a great horned owl was when one chased a rabbit down into a basement window well at my sister’s house in Denver, and then couldn’t get out. They are amazing, fierce and b...