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• 17-Year-Old Hiker Seriously Injured After Falling 75-Feet Down Steep Ravine

  23-04-2017 23:45
  
  CRESTLINE (CBSLA.com) — Authorities say a 17-year-old hiker was airlifted to the hospital after falling 75-feet feet down a steep ravine.
  Dakota Strahl of Victorville was flown to Loma Linda University Medical Center for treatment of her injuries.
  Strahl had been hiking Saturday in Camp Seely, which is located in Crestline in the San Bernardino Mountains, when she fell.
  Authorities said Strahl was placed in a rescue litter, and was hoisted up into the helicopter.
  Her injuries were bel
  
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• Ex-Officer In California Accused Of Raping 5 Women While On Duty To Stand Trial

  23-04-2017 23:00
  
  REDWOOD CITY (AP) — A judge in Northern California has ordered a former police officer who’s accused of raping five women while on duty to stand trial.
  The Daily Journal in San Mateo reports a San Mateo County Superior Court judge on Friday ordered 32-year-old Noah Winchester to trial.
  Prosecutors last year charged Winchester with raping the women between July 2013 and October 2015 while he served with the San Mateo Police Department and as an officer for the Los Rios Community Colle
  
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• Frito-Lay Recalls Certain Jalapeño-Flavored Chips Over Salmonella Concerns

  23-04-2017 21:42
  
  LOS ANGELES (CBSLA.com) — Frito-Lay has announced a recall of certain jalapeño-flavored potato chips due to the potential presence of salmonella in the seasoning.
  In a statement Friday, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration said the recall applies to several products that were distributed in stores throughout the U.S.
  The recall was issued after a supplier issued a recall of a seasoning blend which includes jalapeño powder.
  “Although no Salmonella was found in the seaso
  
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• Chilling Dashcam Video Shows Little Girl Falling Out Of Moving Bus

  23-04-2017 21:09
  
  HARRISON, Ark. (CBSLA.com) — A 4-year-old girl fell out of a moving bus in a frightening moment that was caught on video.
  The incident occurred in Harrison, Arkansas and a dashboard camera captured images of the child as she fell from the back door of the bus.
  She hit the pavement and rolled several times.
  A volunteer firefighter was driving behind that bus, and rushed to get her off the highway.
  The child is expected to be OK. She sustained a broken jaw.
  
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• 3.5 Magnitude Quake Reported Near Santa Barbara

  23-04-2017 20:39
  
  MONTECITO (CBSLA.com) — A minor quake has been reported in Santa Barbara County.
  The U.S. Geological Survey says the 3.5 magnitude quake hit at just before 11 a.m. Sunday, 1.9 miles south-southwest of Montecito, and 3.1 miles east of Santa Barbara.
  The earthquake occurred at a depth of about 12.9 kilometers.It was initially reported by the USGS as a 3.6 magnitude quake, but was downgraded.
  So far, residents in Santa Barbara, Summerland, and Capinteria reported feeling the quake, according
  
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• Firefighters Battle 3-Alarm Commercial Fire In Torrance

  23-04-2017 20:08
  
  TORRANCE (CBSLA.com) — Authorities say firefighters Sunday were battling a fire at a commercial building in Torrance.
  The three-alarm fire broke out in the 22800 block of Hawthorne Boulevard, according to Capt. Robert Millea of the Torrance Fire Department.
  Firefighters say one neighboring business has been evacuated, and N. Hawthorne Boulevard at 230th Street has been reduced to one lane.
  Video posted to Instagram shows blackened smoke billowing from the fire:
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• California Is Not In ‘Business Of Deportation,’ Says Attorney General Becerra

  23-04-2017 19:35
  
  LOS ANGELES (AP) — California Attorney General Xavier Becerra says his state is committed to keeping families together and is “not in the business of deportation.”
  Speaking Sunday on a morning news show, Becerra hit back at a White House letter demanding California and other areas help enforce federal immigration law or risk losing federal grants.
  He said that the U.S. Constitution gives states the right to decide how to police its citizens.
  Becerra said, “We’re in
  
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• More Details Emerge In Attempted ‘Suicide By Cop’ In North Hills

  23-04-2017 19:15
  
  NORTH HILLS (CBSLA.com) — Authorities believe the suspect in this weekend’s officer involved shooting in North Hills wanted to commit “suicide by cop.”
  Officers with the Los Angeles Police Department received a call of a man with a gun at Burnet Avenue and Rayen Street Saturday morning.
  Upon arrival, police said the suspect threatened to shoot them.
  Officers say they attempted to talk the man down, but indicate that he allegedly charged at officers.
  That’s when offi
  
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• California Moves Slowly Toward Resuming Executions

  23-04-2017 18:17
  
  SACRAMENTO (AP) — California has long been what one expert calls a “symbolic death penalty state,” one of 12 that has capital punishment on the books but has not executed anyone in more than a decade.
  Prodded by voters and lawsuits, the nation’s most populous state may now be easing back toward allowing executions, though observers are split on how quickly they will resume, if at all.
  Corrections officials expect to meet a Wednesday deadline to submit revised lethal injec
  
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• 5 Arrested On Suspicion Of Stealing 40 Cellphones From Coachella Music Festival-Goers

  23-04-2017 18:02
  
  INDIO (CBSLA.com) — Five people have been arrested on suspicion of stealing cellphones from attendees of the ever-so-popular Coachella music festival.
  Indio police say they were able to recover more than 40 stolen phones on Saturday, as well as credit cards.
  Of those arrested, three were from Los Angeles.
  This comes following the theft of 100 cellphones from the music festival last weekend.
  In that incident, a New York man was arrested after the victims activated the Find my Phone app
  
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• Uber’s C.E.O. Plays With Fire

  23-04-2017 17:37
  Travis Kalanick’s drive to win in life has led to a pattern of risk-taking that has put his ride-hailing company on the brink of implosion.
  
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• Boy In Critical Condition Following Monrovia Shooting That Killed Man

  23-04-2017 17:29
  
  MONROVIA (CBSLA.com) — Authorities say a shooting in Monrovia claimed the life of a man and left a boy injured.
  The incident unfolded around 11:30 p.m. Saturday on W. Cypress Avenue near S. Myrtle Avenue.
  Both victims were shot at least once in the torso. The man was pronounced dead at the scene, while the child was taken to a hospital where he was listed in critical condition.
  Authorities said the incident was being investigated by the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department and Mon
  
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• Father Arrested; Search Continues For Missing 5-Year-Old South Pasadena Boy

  23-04-2017 17:11
  
  SOUTH PASADENA (CBSLA.com) — Police held a press conference on Sunday to say the search for a 5-year-old South Pasadena boy was ongoing and that the L.A. County Sheriff’s Department would be offering additional resources in the search.
  Authorities have arrested the father of the boy who was reported missing by his mother on Saturday.
  WATCH: South Pasadena Police press conference
  Aramazd Andressian, Jr. was last seen by his mother via Skype last Tuesday. His parents are in t
  
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• Father Arrested As Search Continues For 5-Year-Old South Pasadena Boy

  23-04-2017 17:11
  
  SOUTH PASADENA (CBSLA.com) — Authorities have arrested the father of a 5-year-old South Pasadena boy who was reported missing by his mother on Saturday.
  Aramazd Andressian, Jr. was last seen by his mother via Skype last Tuesday as his parents are in the process of a divorce.
  The child was visiting with his father last week and was scheduled to be returned to his mother. When that didn’t occur, she called police.
  In a separate incident, Aramazd’s father – Aramazd Andressia
  
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• Travis Kalanick Pushes Uber, and Himself, to the Precipice

  23-04-2017 16:53
  The Uber chief executive’s drive to win in life has led to a pattern of risk-taking that has put his ride-hailing company on the brink of implosion.
  
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• Head-Dress Ball Honors 2015 San Bernardino Attack Survivors

  23-04-2017 08:00
  
  SAN BERNARDINO (CBSLA.com) — It was an emotional event in San Bernardino Saturday night to honor victims and survivors of the terrorist attack 17 months ago at a charity head-dress ball.
  It comes as the city reels from yet another deadly attack.
  Julie Swann Paez wore a 15-pound head-dress but this San Bernardino terrorist attack survivor feels all the weight in her heart.
  “It’s umm okay it’s really nice that they offered to do this,” Paez said. “They’ve
  
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• Simmons Belts Grand Slam To Lead Angels Past Blue Jays

  23-04-2017 06:17
  
  ANAHEIM, Calif. (AP) — Andrelton Simmons hit a tiebreaking grand slam, Tyler Skaggs pitched into the eighth inning and the Los Angeles Angels held off the slumping Toronto Blue Jays 5-4 Saturday night.
  Simmons cleared the bases in the third inning off Casey Lawrence (0-2) for his second career grand slam, helping the Angels snap a three-game losing streak and win for the second time in 11 games.
  Skaggs (1-1) gave up a run in the first but settled down to hold the Blue Jays to five hits ove
  
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• Tomas, Peralta Power Diamondbacks Past Dodgers 11-5

  23-04-2017 06:00
  
  PHOENIX (AP) — Yasmany Tomas homered twice and David Peralta hit a team-record four doubles, leading the Arizona Diamondbacks to an 11-5 victory over the Los Angeles Dodgers on Saturday night.
  Chris Herrmann and Jake Lamb each hit a two-run homer for Arizona. Peralta scored three times and Tomas drove in his third run by drawing a bases-loaded walk as part of a three-run seventh inning.
  Arizona improved to 8-1 at home and 12-7 overall, with wins in five of its last seven games. The Diamond
  
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• Mystery Deepens Around Missing South Pasadena Boy, 5; Dad Found Passed Out In Park

  23-04-2017 04:13
  
  SOUTH PASADENA (CBSLA.com)  —  A massive effort is underway to find a missing 5-year-old South Pasadena boy.
  CBS2’s Jeff Nguyen said officials are particularly concerned about the boy’s welfare given the circumstances.
  The boy’s father was allegedly found passed out near his car in Arroyo Park Saturday morning. It remains unclear why the dad was passed out.
  The boy is identified as  Aramazd Androssian.
  He’s described as just under four feet tall &mdas
  
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• ‘Happy Days’ Star Erin Moran Dead At 56

  23-04-2017 03:34
  
  LOS ANGELES (CBSLA.com) —   Erin Moran, the actress who played spunky Joanie Cunningham on ABC’s long-running sitcom “Happy Days,” has died.
  Moran died at 56 .
  An autopsy is pending.
  Officials with the Harrison County dispatch in Indiana were called to her residence around 4:10 p.m. Saturday and they said they discovered an “unresponsive” female.
  The woman was later identified as Erin Marie Moran.OH Erin… now you will finally have the peace yo
  
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