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• Yard Fire Erupts In South El Monte

  27-06-2018 22:58
  SOUTH EL MONTE (CBSLA) – Crews battled a three-alarm yard fire which spread to large stack of outdoor containers in an industrial area of South El Monte Wednesday afternoon.
  The fire was reported before 12:40 p.m. in the 1800 block of Chico Avenue, near Whittier Narrows Park.
  The blaze spread from the grass to a large stack of plastic bins near a commercial building, sending plumes of black smoke billowing hundreds of feet into the air.
  Los Angeles County Fire Department crews responded wi
  
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• Texas Sergeant Hospitalized After Exposure To Fentanyl-Laced Flier

  27-06-2018 22:26
  Houston, Texas — A Harris County sheriff’s sergeant was treated at the hospital after picking up a flyer on her car that tested positive for fentanyl, a deadly opioid, reports CBS affiliate KHOU. The flyers were placed on about 10 to 12 cars Tuesday afternoon parked on the street near a sheriff’s office facility on Lockwood Drive in Houston, officials said.
  One of the flyers have so far tested positive for fentanyl, Harris County Sheriff Ed Gonzalez said. The others a
  
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• Department Of Health Warns Of Sea Lice Outbreak On Florida Beaches

  27-06-2018 22:09
  Florida (CBS Local) — Authorities are pestering Floridians and visitors of the state to use caution when going to the beach after the announcement of a sea lice outbreak.
  Florida’s Department of Health announced that certain beaches in the Pensacola area will feature purple flags in order to alert swimmers about the presence of sea lice.
  “It’s just one of those you have to deal with when you go into the Gulf of Mexico,” said Pensacola Beach’s director of
  
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• No Chong, No Problem: State Budget Funds $10M For Cheech Marin Cultural Center

  27-06-2018 21:57
  RIVERSIDE (CBSLA/AP) — Coming soon to the Inland Empire: a cultural center devoted to all things Cheech.
  Gov. Jerry Brown on Wednesday signed a $139 billion general fund budget that includes $9.7 million to support the development of the Cheech Marin Center for Chicano Art, Culture and Industry of the Riverside Art Museum, also known as “The Cheech.”
  The Cheech will reside in the city of Riverside and be a permanent home for Cheech Marin’s more than 700 works of Chicano a
  
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• Police: Man Kills Stepmom, Hides Body In Chest, Then Kills Concerned Neighbor

  27-06-2018 21:38
  BALTIMORE CO., Md. (WJZ/CBS Local) — Police have arrested a 32-year-old man for the murder of his neighbor and charged him with another count of murder after finding his stepmother dead inside a chest in her home that is across the street from Cindy Testerman’s house.
  Ryan Michael McGuire faces two counts of first-degree murder and two counts of second-degree murder in the deaths of Testerman and his stepmother, Judy Elizabeth Slezbak. McGuire is currently being h
  
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• LAPD Chief Charlie Beck Retires, Michel Moore Sworn In As New Chief

  27-06-2018 21:23
  LOS ANGELES (CBSLA) — There has been a changing of the guard at the Los Angeles Police Department, which on Wednesday bid farewell to its chief, then immediately greeted its newly sworn-in chief.
  Today is the last day on the job for LAPD Chief Charlie Beck, who announced in January that he would retire this month. Beck has spent more than 40 years with the department, leading as its chief since late 2009.
  The department’s rank-and-file gathered in their dress uniforms to salute
  
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• LAPD Chief Charlie Beck Retires; Michel Moore Sworn In

  27-06-2018 21:23
  LOS ANGELES (CBSLA) — There has been a changing of the guard at the Los Angeles Police Department, which on Wednesday bid farewell to its chief, then immediately greeted its newly sworn-in chief.
  It was the last day on the job for LAPD Chief Charlie Beck, who announced in January that he would retire this month. Beck has spent more than 40 years with the department, leading as its chief since late 2009.
  The department’s rank-and-file gathered in their dress uniforms to salute Be
  
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• Police: Teenager Arrested For Leaving Alligator Inside Wawa

  27-06-2018 21:20
  LAKEWOOD RANCH, Fla. (CBS Local) — Two weeks after an alligator was dumped inside a Wawa, Florida police have arrested a 17-year-old teenager in connection with the crime.
  According to the Bradenton Herald, the suspect was charged with a second degree misdemeanor for illegally possessing the alligator. After initial reports alleged that two people were involved with this crime, Fish & Wildlife Commission spokesman Brian Norris said only the 17-year-old will face charges.
  This biza
  
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• Riverside Deputy Charged With Child Abuse After Infant Girl Hospitalized With Skull Fracture

  27-06-2018 21:00
  LOMA LINDA (CBSLA) – A Riverside County Sheriff’s deputy was arrested on child abuse allegations after a 3-month-old girl was hospitalized in intensive care with a skull fracture and other injuries Monday.
  The San Bernardino County Sheriff’s Department (SBSD) reports that the incident began when the girl was taken to a Beaver Medical Group facility in Redlands Monday with a skull fracture. She was then transported by ambulance to Loma Linda University Medical Center, where fore
  
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• Citak: Matt Kemp Having Incredible Bounceback Season

  27-06-2018 20:55
  By Matt Citak
  In professional sports, one of the worst things a player can be called is a major bust.
  Whether it’s not living up to where you were taken in the draft or the big contract you signed, no professional athlete wants to be considered a disappointment.
  But over the last few years, that has been the story for Dodgers outfielder Matt Kemp.
  Kemp put together a magical campaign in 2011. The 6-foot-4 outfielder hit .324/.399/.586 with a whopping 39 home runs, 126 RBI (both his HR and
  
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• Justice Anthony Kennedy Retiring From US Supreme Court

  27-06-2018 20:10
  WASHINGTON (CBS News/AP) — Supreme Court Associate Justice Anthony Kennedy has announced he will retire.
  He notified President Donald Trump in a letter Wednesday, telling him that effective July 31, he would “end my regular active status as an Associate Justice of the Supreme Court, while continuing to serve in a senior status.”
  Kennedy’s retirement will give President Trump the chance to cement conservative control of the high court.
  The 81-year-old Kennedy said We
  
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• Bob Barker Donates Nearly 500 Acres To Donkey Reserve

  27-06-2018 20:10
  MORENO VALLEY (CBSLA) — A remote rescue facility for donkeys and wild burros got a helping hand from a famous animal lover.
  Donkeyland, a 30-acre reserve for wild burros near Moreno Valley where donkeys and burros can be rehabilitated and be protected from getting hit by cars, received a donation of nearly 500 nearby acres from none other than Bob Barker.
  The former “The Price Is Right” host would not say how much he spent on the land.
  “I think its money well spent,&
  
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• Suspect Arrested In Domestic Killing In Anaheim

  27-06-2018 18:49
  ANAHEIM (CBSLA) – A man has been arrested in a “suspected domestic homicide” in Anaheim Wednesday morning.
  The killing was reported sometime before 8:25 a.m. in the 800 block of South Cardiff Street.
  Anaheim police take the suspect into custody.  (Courtesy photo)
  An Anaheim police spokesperson told CBS2 that the suspect called 911 to report that he had killed his girlfriend. Officers arrived on scene to find the victim dead. A photo snapped by a neighbor and provided to CB
  
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• Joe Jackson, Father Of Pop Icons Michael And Janet, Dead At 89

  27-06-2018 17:57
  LOS ANGELES (CBSLA) – Joe Jackson, the patriarch of the Jackson family that includes music icons Michael and Janet Jackson, has died after a battle with cancer. He was 89.
  Entertainment Tonight confirmed his death Wednesday, quoting a family source who said Jackson last week was in a Las Vegas hospital, where family members were gathered to say their goodbyes.
  Jackson died about 3:30 a.m. at a Los Angeles-area hospital, according to reports.
  This is a breaking news report. More information
  
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• Judge Approves San Onofre Deal That Cuts Customer Bills Significantly

  27-06-2018 17:55
  SAN CLEMENTE (CBSLA/AP) — A California Public Utilities Commission judge this week endorsed a proposed settlement under which the owners of the failed San Onofre nuclear plant agreed to slice hundreds of millions of dollars from the cost to ratepayers of the 2012 breakdown.
  If the full commission also approves the decision, customers of Southern California Edison and San Diego Gas & Electric will see their share of the $4.7 billion in closure costs shaved by $775 million through 2022.
  
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• Mexico Falls To Sweden, Still Advances To Group Stage Thanks To Germany Ouster

  27-06-2018 17:53
  EKATERINBURG, Russia (CBS Sports) – Mexico lost to Sweden 3-0 on Wednesday in its final group stage match, but thanks to Germany’s shocking loss to South Korea, El Tri is through to the round of 16 as the second-place team in Group F.
  Sweden’s defender Mikael Lustig and Mexico’s forward Hirving Lozano vie for the ball at the Ekaterinburg Arena in Ekaterinburg, Russia, on June 27, 2018. (Getty Images)
  It what was a frantic, hectic and truly unbelievable two hours as it wen
  
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• ‘Abusers Protect Abusers’: Terry Crews Testifies About Surviving Sexual Assault

  27-06-2018 17:42
  WASHINGTON (AP) — Terry Crews says a film producer said he could only return to the “Expendables” franchise if he dropped his sexual assault lawsuit against a Hollywood agent. The actor said it was an example of how “abusers protect abusers.”
  Crews made the allegation Tuesday at a Senate Judiciary Committee hearing on the Sexual Assault Survivor Bill of Rights, which establishes rights for survivors of sexual assault.
  Crews, who last year accused William Morris Ende
  
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• LAPD Chief Charlie Beck Retires, Successor Michel Moore Poised For Confirmation

  27-06-2018 17:23
  LOS ANGELES (CBSLA) — Change is imminent for the storied LAPD, whose chief will step down Wednesday, the same day his chosen successor is expected to be confirmed by the Los Angeles City Council.
  Today is the last day on the job for LAPD Chief Charlie Beck, who announced in January that he would retire this month. Beck has spent more than 40 years with the department, leading as its chief since late 2009.
  A large send-off has reportedly been prepared for Beck, including tribute videos
  
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• Supreme Court Rules Against Mandatory Union Dues

  27-06-2018 16:38
  (CBS News) — The U.S. Supreme Court has dealt a blow to public sector unions, holding that requiring workers who are represented by a union, but choose not to join, do not have to pay dues to cover the costs of collective bargaining.
  A narrowly divided court ruled that such dues, often called “fair-share fees,” violate free-speech rights of union non-members.
  Such fees violate “the free speech rights of nonmembers by compelling them to subsidize private speech on matters
  
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• Man Shot Dead In Oxnard, Gunman At Large

  27-06-2018 16:30
  OXNARD (CBSLA) – A man was shot and killed early Wednesday morning in Oxnard.
  The shooting was reported in the 4000 block of South J Street at around 6 a.m., Oxnard police told KCOY-TV. The victim was pronounced dead at the scene. His name was not released.
  There was no word on whether police had identified any suspects or motive in the killing.
  South J Street was shut down between Bard Road and Yucca Street. Drivers were advised to avoid the area. There was no estimate on when the roadway
  
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• Fans Up Early To Watch Mexico, South Korea World Cup Games

  27-06-2018 15:40
  LOS ANGELES (CBSLA) — World Cup soccer fans were out in the pre-dawn chill Wednesday to watch the highly-anticipated match between Mexico and Sweden.
  Mexico may have won their last two matches, prompting rowdy celebrations in different areas of Los Angeles that ended in arrests, but they are not guaranteed to move on in the World Cup if they don’t at least tie Wednesday morning’s game.
  The Mexico-Sweden and Germany-South Korea games will both begin at 7 a.m. The final game
  
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• Texas Law Enforcement Officers Launch Lip-Sync Battle

  27-06-2018 15:36
  BEXAR COUNTY, Texas (CBS News) — Lip-syncing law enforcement has taken Texas by storm. It all started with one video posted on the Bexar County Sheriff Department’s Facebook page.
  The video — which went viral and now has more than 1 million views — shows Deputy Alexander Mena lip-syncing to a song called “Fuiste Mala” by the group The Kumbia Kings. His suave serenade stole many people’s hearts, and also inspired other officers to join the fun with their
  
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• Planters Gets Retro, Brings Back Cheez Balls

  27-06-2018 15:18
  MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) — If you’re a child of the ’80s, you remember parties that just weren’t complete without a few blue canisters of Planters Cheez Balls.
  In fact, the orange-dusted snack had a memorable TV commercial campaign that featured a party really getting started due to the arrival of the crunchy orbs, except for one lone holdout who claimed she was “not having a ball.” (Her mind would soon be changed by the end of the commercial, seen above.)
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• Robbery Suspect Surrenders After Overnight Motel Standoff

  27-06-2018 14:36
  SHERMAN OAKS (CBSLA) — A robbery suspect has been taken into custody after an hours-long standoff at a Sherman Oaks motel.
  Police say they got a report at about 11:35 p.m. at the 777 Motor Inn, 4781 Sepulveda Blvd., that one of the guests had been robbed by an armed man. Only one suspect is believed to be involved at this time, Los Angeles police Sgt. Luis Rosas, but it’s not clear if it was a random or targeted robbery.
  The motel’s guests were all been evacuated and Sepul
  
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• Baez’s Grand Slam Powers Cubs Over Dodgers, 9-4

  27-06-2018 08:42
  LOS ANGELES (AP) — Javier Baez hit two home runs, including a grand slam, Jon Lester won his sixth consecutive start and the Chicago Cubs ended a five-game losing streak with a 9-4 victory over the Los Angeles Dodgers on Tuesday night.Baez homered in consecutive innings, giving him 16 on the season, and finished with four hits. He hit a solo shot off Dodgers starter Ross Stripling in the fifth inning and his bases-loaded shot in the sixth into the Dodgers’ bullpen came against reliev
  
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• DCFS: Lancaster Boy Said ‘He Liked Boys And Girls’ Before His Death

  27-06-2018 08:05
  LOS ANGELES (CBSLA) – A 10–year-old Lancaster boy who died last week after allegedly being abused for years may have come out as gay, according to a Los Angeles County official.
  Anthony Avalos’ mother Heather Barron and her boyfriend Kareem Leiva left a closed hearing in juvenile court Tuesday to decide what to do with their remaining six children. They covered their faces and avoiding reporters’ questions.
  “We were expecting some kind of outcome,” said Anthon
  
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• ‘People Were Ready To Die’: Radio Glitch Triggers Frightening False Alarm On JetBlue Flight To LA As Officers Swarm Plane

  27-06-2018 07:54
  LOS ANGELES (CBSLA) — Passengers on JetBlue Flight 1623 from New York City to Los Angeles spent several hours on the runway Monday, which were punctuated by security officers storming the plane after the plane lost its radio signal.
  Video from Alexa Curtis shows passengers holding their hands up as the officers do their sweep.
  “I hate guns. They were pointing them, like, at us,” Curtis told CBS2 News. “It was traumatizing.”
  She said they waited two hours on the
  
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• Local Football Star Who Killed Himself Found To Have CTE

  27-06-2018 07:45
  UPLAND (CBSLA) — The suicide of a local football star has left a community stunned and still searching for answers. The family of the young man is taking action now to help prevent a similar tragedy.
  As CBSLA’s Tina Patel reports, Tyler Hilinski was found to have CTE and those who love him say hearing that helps them understand that he was dealing with things that they couldn’t see.
  It’s been nearly six months since 21-year-old Hilinski, a quarterback at Washing
  
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• Search Intensifies For Missing Woman Last Seen In San Pedro

  27-06-2018 07:24
  LOS ALAMITOS (CBSLA) — The search for a missing woman has now intensified. Divers on Tuesday looked for Hayley Downen near a popular hiking trail and in San Pedro near Trump golf course.
  “I feel lost not knowing where she’s at. It’s heartbreaking. There’s a pit in my stomach. We don’t know what to do,” said Hayley’s mother Vicki Downen.
  Any parent would feel the same after a search for Downen’s daughter turned up just some belonging
  
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• Judge: Separated Families Must Be Reunited Within 30 Days

  27-06-2018 07:15
  McALLEN, Texas (AP) — A judge in California on Tuesday ordered U.S. border authorities to reunite separated families within 30 days, setting a hard deadline in a process that has so far yielded uncertainty about when children might again see their parents.
  If children are younger than 5, they must be reunified within 14 days of the order issued Tuesday by U.S. District Judge Dana Sabraw in San Diego. Sabraw, an appointee of President George W. Bush, also issued a nationwide injunction on f
  
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• A 28-Year-Old Democratic Socialist Just Ousted A Powerful, 10-Term Congressman In New York

  27-06-2018 06:27
  (CNN) — Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, a 28-year-old Latina running her first campaign, ousted 10-term incumbent Rep. Joe Crowley in New York’s 14th congressional district on Tuesday, CNN projects, in the most shocking upset of a rollicking political season.
  An activist and member of the Democratic Socialists of America, Ocasio-Cortez won over voters in the minority-majority district with a ruthlessly efficient grassroots bid, even as Crowley — the fourth-ranking Democrat in the Hou
  
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• Wizards Send Marcin Gortat To Clippers For Austin Rivers

  27-06-2018 06:24
  WASHINGTON (AP) — Seemed fairly clear that Marcin Gortat and the Washington Wizards were ready to part ways. Now they will.
  The Wizards traded Gortat, their starting center, to the Los Angeles Clippers for guard Austin Rivers on Tuesday night. Both players are entering the final season of their contracts and are set to earn similar salaries, making a straight-up exchange work under NBA rules.
  The 34-year-old Gortat is a durable, screen-setting big man who has played 12 years in the league,
  
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• Families Earning $117K Now Qualify As ‘Low Income’ In The Bay Area

  27-06-2018 05:53
  (CBS News) — A report out this week from the Department of Housing and Urban Development finds the median price for a single-family home in the Bay Area is now $935,000. A family earning $117,000 now qualifies as “low income” in the region.
  CBS News went to see California’s red-hot housing market with realtor Larry Gallegos. He showed us a house you would think he couldn’t give away. But Gallegos says the home, complete with leaks in the roof, sold for $1.23 million
  
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• Actor Terry Crews Tells Senate More Men Need To Talk About Sexual Assault

  27-06-2018 05:34
  (CNN) — Actor Terry Crews called on men to speak more about sexual assault — both as victims and their roles perpetuating sexual violence — in order to lessen the stigma survivors face in American life.
  Crews was speaking Tuesday at a Senate Judiciary Committee hearing for the Sexual Assault Survivors’ Bill of Rights. The actor, who went public in October 2017 accusing a Hollywood executive of groping him at an industry event, cited the “cult of toxic masculinity&rd
  
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• Red Sox Light Up Lamb In 9-1 Rout Of Angels

  27-06-2018 04:58
  BOSTON (AP) — Mookie Betts homered on John Lamb’s first pitch of the game, and J.D. Martinez hit his major league-leading 24th home run on Tuesday night to back David Price’s six strong innings and lead the Boston Red Sox to a 9-1 victory over the Los Angeles Angels.
  Betts’ homer into the Red Sox bullpen sent right fielder Michael Hermosillo crashing over the wall in pursuit. Slump-busting Jackie Bradley Jr. had four RBIs and three hits, including a home run, and Christia
  
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• ‘Permit Patty’ Resigns As CEO Of Cannabis Company After Video Of Her Threatening To Call Police On 8-Year-Old Selling Water Goes Viral

  27-06-2018 03:18
  STUDIO CITY (CBSLA) — The woman dubbed “Permit Patty” for threatening to call police on an 8-year-old black girl selling water on the street has stepped down as CEO of her cannabis company following a massive online backlash that resulted in her products getting dropped by other marijuana sellers.
  Several Bay Area dispensaries are now refusing to sell products made by Alison Ettel’s company TreatWell Health, The San Francisco Chronicle reported Tuesday.
  “It is
  
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• California Joins 16 States Suing Trump Administration Over Family Separations

  27-06-2018 01:57
  SEATTLE (AP) — Seventeen states, including Washington, New York and California, sued President Donald Trump’s administration Tuesday in an effort to force officials to reunite migrant families who have been separated at the U.S.-Mexico border.
  The states, all of which are led by Democratic attorneys general, joined Washington, D.C., in filing the lawsuit in U.S. District Court in Seattle. It’s the first legal challenge by states over the practice.
  “The administration&rsqu
  
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