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Smash-and-grab burglars target West Hollywood weed shop

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:58:10 GMT

A cannabis dispensary in West Hollywood was broken into early Tuesday, with theives apparently using a crowbar to smash through a window of the Sunset Strip storefront.The incident was reported around 4:50 a.m. at Urbn Leaf West Hollywood Cannabis Dispensary, located at 8477 W. Sunset Blvd.Preliminary reports from the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department indicated that 12 males wearing ski masks broke into the store using a crowbar and ran away with multiple bags of weed.It is unclear, however, how much exactly was taken.The situation is not unique. Similar smash-and-grab robberies have been reported in the Los Angeles area in the last year or so. Burglars use truck to smash through Burbank storefront, steal $70K worth of merch (video) Just last week, a group of 10 men used a pickup truck to smash in the storefront of a clothing store in Burbank and got away with $70,000 worth of merchandise. Police believe the same crew also tried to break into a video production rental house ...

Man arrested after allegedly stabbing victim with butcher knife in Culver City

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:58:10 GMT

A man was arrested on suspicion of attempted murder over the weekend after allegedly stabbing another man with a butcher knife in Culver City, police said Tuesday.The incident occurred around 6:05 p.m. Sunday in the area of Slauson Avenue and Buckingham Parkway, according to the Culver City Police Department.The victim told responding officers that he was walking on Buckingham when the suspect came up to him while wearing a ski mask and gloves.The assailant walked behind him and “forcibly removed his backpack,” police detailed in a news release.The victim resisted and the suspect allegedly stabbed him several times with a large butcher knife.The victim suffered multiple lacerations to his back and arm and he was taken to a hospital, police said.The suspect, who was not immediately identified, was arrested and booked.No further details about the incident have been released.

Why are cars designed to go well over the speed limit?

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:58:10 GMT

Unless you’re a professional racer, testing cars, or a cop, most drivers have no reason to push the limits of their vehicle and push the speedometer to the max.So why are cars built to go well over the legal speed limit? For a few reasons.The highest speed limit you’ll find in the United States is 85 miles per hour in Texas. In many states, including California, drivers cannot legally go over 70.In most modern vehicles, however, the speedometer goes to 140 mph or higher (in some cases, much higher). It appears manufacturers are encouraging drivers to break the law, right? Not exactly.As MotorBiscuit explains, there are several reasons why cars are designed to go much faster than the law allows.Safety MarginsFirst, drivers are given a safety margin for emergency situations which allows them to pass other vehicles safely or accelerate quickly when needed, like to avoid collisions or escape dangerous situations.Let’s say a family member has a heart attack and you live in a remote area ...

Anna Nicole Smith and Michael J. Fox Films Get Back to the Feature Doc Format

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:58:10 GMT

New bio-docs chronicling the lives of Michael J. Fox and Anna Nicole Smith highlight contrasting challenges, public perceptions and paths to fame with traditional chronological formats. LA Weekly reviews both.Still: A Michael J. Fox Movie (Apple TV+)For most of the ‘80s and a good chunk of the ‘90s, Michael J. Fox was a dominating presence in film and television. The Family Ties and Back to the Future star’s boyish charm, insouciant comic timing, and diminutive stature made him one of the most likable actors of the era. That’s one of many reasons why the actor’s diagnosis of Parkinson’s disease struck such a deep nerve.In the Apple TV+ documentary, Still: A Michael J. Fox Movie, director Davis Guggenheim (An Inconvenient Truth) lets his protagonist tell his own story. By placing a camera in front of the Canadian-born actor and simply asking him questions, Guggenheim unspools a narrative that pulls the audience into Fox’s multilayered story with a pressing intimacy. In addition to th...

Joshua Tree Music Festival Returns

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:58:10 GMT

Joshua Tree Music Festival Returns: It’s that time of the year again, when a ton of great artists gather in the desert to celebrate great art and chill vibes surrounded by some of the natural beauty that Southern California has to offer. The line up is typically eclectic and stacked with quality. Highlights include the Last Internationale, Garza, MY BABY, Leyla McCalla, Frazey Ford, Rainbow Girls, Sgt. Splendor, Megan Slankard, and Sass N Harmony.Bay Area trio Rainbow Girls toured with Anna DiFranco last year, and released the “Compassion to the Nth Degree” single.Of the song, the group said, “If you don’t like protest songs, you’ll love this. In a last-ditch effort to wrench up compassion for those we don’t see eye-to-eye with, we turn to love. This song names a kind of love previously undefined: love for the bigot, love for the thief, love for the destroyer. Infinite compassion. Only light can illuminate the darkness, so this is a sweet little love song for all t...

‘Let the Right One In’: Vampire love story comes to Berkeley Rep

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:58:10 GMT

“Let the Right One In” really seems to have tapped into some kind of vein in the popular imagination.Originally a 2004 Swedish vampire novel by John Ajvide Lindqvist about a bullied 12-year-old boy’s budding romance of sorts with the mysterious child next door, it became a hit 2008 Swedish film and a 2010 American remake, and just last year it was very loosely adapted into a short-lived Showtime TV series.In the intervening years it has also become a stage play that will see its West Coast premiere at Berkeley Repertory Theatre.The team of playwright Jack Thorne, director John Tiffany and choreographer Steven Hoggett are probably best known for “Harry Potter and the Cursed Child,” the Olivier- and Tony Award-winning play that set up residence at San Francisco’s Curran Theater for an extended run starting in 2019.But “Let the Right One In” was actually Tiffany and Thorne’s first collaboration, premiering in 2013 at Scotland’s Dundee Rep Theatre and moving on to London’s Royal Court a...

Three dead in Antioch after vehicle slams into tree

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:58:10 GMT

ANTIOCH — Two men and one woman died Monday night when one vehicle hit another one, ran off the road and hit a tree, police said.Authorities did not identify the three early Tuesday, pending notification of relatives. None of the them were related, authorities said.Officers responded to the 4100 block of Lone Tree Way about 10:25 p.m. and found all three of the car’s occupants with major injuries, according to a statement from Antioch police. All three were pronounced dead at the scene, police said.The driver of the vehicle with the three occupants was speeding east on Lone Tree Way and hit another vehicle and lost control, police said. The driver of the other vehicle was not injured.Police are investigating and urged anyone with information to call Officer Joshua Egan at 925-204-1587 or [email protected]. Anonymous tips can be texted to 274637 using the keyword ANTIOCH.Please check back for updates.Related ArticlesCrashes and Disasters | Murder charge in Si...

Motorcyclist killed on Skyline when he tried to pass car that was making a left turn, CHP says

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:58:10 GMT

A man was killed Saturday morning when his motorcycle hit a car on Skyline Boulevard in the Santa Cruz Mountains.The crash was reported at 9:30 a.m. on Skyline (Highway 35) about 2½ miles south of Page Mill Road, the California Highway Patrol said.The motorcyclist was southbound behind a Toyota 4Runner on the two-lane road. He attempted to pass the SUV just as its driver started to make a left turn into a driveway, the CHP report said. The motorcycle sideswiped the SUV, went off the road and hit a tree.The motorcyclist was pronounced dead at the scene. He was later identified as Eric Hull, 58, of Boulder Creek.The CHP said alcohol or drugs are not suspected to have been a factor in the collision.Related ArticlesCrashes and Disasters | Murder charge in Sierra foothills crash; woman has history including bank robbery, hatchet attack Crashes and Disasters | Authorities ID man killed in Highway 1 cliff crash Crashes and Disasters | San Jose wom...

Christian McCaffrey calls joining 49ers ‘best thing that ever happened to me’

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:58:10 GMT

SANTA CLARA – Christian McCaffrey’s first impression with the 49ers is still reverberating.Look at fantasy football rankings for this coming season and his name is at the top, at least among all running backs, if not all players overall.Look at the 49ers’ offseason program and he’s engraining himself as a leader, just seven months after arriving in a bittersweet trade from Carolina.“In hindsight, I firmly believe it’s the best thing that ever happened to me,” McCaffrey said last week at the annual Dwight Clark Legacy Series event, which benefits the 49ers’ Golden Heart Fund for 49ers alumni.McCaffrey father, Ed, was part of the 49ers’ last Super Bowl-winning team, in 1994. The younger McCaffrey should have a major role in this season’s quest for another Lombardi Trophy, but he’s not making it all about himself.“It takes everybody,” McCaffrey said ahead of his seventh NFL season out of Stanford. “This is the biggest team game in the world that gets so much individual attention.“You’v...

Daly City man sentenced to 24 years in prison for molesting stepdaughter

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:58:10 GMT

DALY CITY – A 54-year-old Daly City man has been sentenced to 24 years in state prison for molesting his pre-teen stepdaughter over a period of nearly two years, prosecutors said.David Cancel Sr. previously pleaded no contest to one felony count of continuous sexual abuse of a child and four felony counts of lewd or lascivious acts against a child under the age of 14, according to the San Mateo County District Attorney’s Office.As part of the agreement, Cancel must register as a sex offender for the rest of his life.Cancel, who was sentenced Friday morning, was given 1,367 days, or more than three and a half years, worth of credit for time served, prosecutors said. In addition to the prison term, Judge Amarra Lee issued a 10-year no harassment order for the victim.An attorney for Cancel could not be immediately reached for comment.Cancel was initially charged with four felony counts of sexual intercourse or sodomy with a child who is 10 years of age or younger and 11 felony counts o...