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• Rancho Cucamonga SWAT Standoff Ends With Flash-Bang, Suspect Being Dragged Out Of Car

  10-04-2019 23:30
  RANCHO CUCAMONGA (CBSLA) – Cameras captured dramatic footage of a SWAT team using a flash-bang and then dragging a suspect out of his car following a pursuit and standoff Wednesday morning in Rancho Cucamonga.
  (CBS2)
  The standoff came to an end at around 11 a.m. on Haven Avenue, just north of the 10 Freeway.
  It was not immediately clear what sparked the pursuit and standoff. Witnesses told the Inland Valley Daily Bulletin that the standoff got underway at around 8 a.m.
  At some point, San B
  
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• The Masters: Will Rory McIlroy Complete Career Grand Slam?

  10-04-2019 22:42
  By Norm Elrod
  (CBS Miami/CBS Local) — Can Rory McIlroy finally complete the career grand slam? Sure. Will he this week at the Masters in Augusta? We’ll know Sunday, but his chances are promising. All he has to do is overcome the world’s best golfers and himself. Should be no problem, right?
  The career grand slam — winning the Masters, PGA Championship, U.S. Open and Open Championship — is a supreme accomplishment. Only five golfers have managed the feat, and, no sur
  
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• Police: Son Fatally Shot One Of Three Home Invasion Suspects Who Terrorized Family

  10-04-2019 22:07
  HOUSTON, Texas (CBS Local)— A young man in Texas shot and killed one of three suspects who terrorized his family late Tuesday, police in southwest Houston said.
  Three masked men pistol whipped a father, 39, as he arrived at the home just before midnight, forcing him to open the door, CBS affiliate KHOU reported. The armed suspects hid in the bushes waiting for the father.
  Two sisters already inside hid in a bedroom closet while the suspects ransacked the property. The girls, one 20 and the
  
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• Attorney General Barr: ‘I Think There Was Spying’ On Trump Campaign

  10-04-2019 21:49
  Attorney General William Barr testified Wednesday that he thinks "there was spying" on the Trump campaign during the 2016 election.
  
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• Jane Pauley To Host CBS’ “No Exit!” Special On May 17th

  10-04-2019 21:26
  (CBS)- CBS News’ Jane Pauley will anchor “No Exit!,” a one-hour CBS News primetime special exploring America’s love/hate relationship with our highways and byways, and how millions of us cope with our increasingly difficult daily commute, to be broadcast Friday, May 17 (9:00 PM, ET/PT), only on CBS.
  The special will feature the familiar team of CBS Sunday Morning correspondents exploring the past, present and future of transportation. “No Exit!” will highlight
  
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• Dogs Brought In To Help Search For Missing Hikers On Mount Baldy

  10-04-2019 21:14
  MOUNT BALDY (CBSLA) — Search and rescue teams are stepping up their efforts to find two missing hikers who have not been seen since Saturday.
  (credit: CBS)
  The search for Eric Desplinter, 33, of Chino Hills, and Gabrielle Wallace, 31, of Rancho Cucamonga, started up again Wednesday as winds have died down. Air support was not able to bring search teams to the top of the mountain to search for the pair due to the high winds.
  The pair was hiking with coworkers when they got separated and nev
  
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• 21 Detained In Raid On Illegal Gambling Ring In Santa Ana

  10-04-2019 21:11
  SANTA ANA (CBSLA) – Police detained 21 people Wednesday in a raid on an illegal gambling ring at a cyber cafe in Santa Ana.
  A cyber cafe in Santa Ana, Calif., was raided as part of an illegal gambling investigation. April 10, 2019. (Santa Ana Police Department)
  The raid occurred at the Lucky 999 Cyber Café located in the 1300 block of North Grand Avenue, Santa Ana police report.
  Police served a search warrant after receiving multiple complaints from neighbors. Along with the 21 peop
  
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• Mom Charged After Boyfriend Accused Of Using Her Teen Daughters To Sell Pot

  10-04-2019 20:23
  MILTON, Pa. (CBS Local) — A mother in Pennsylvania is facing charges after police arrested her boyfriend for allegedly using her children to sell drugs.
  Paggie Neiman was charged Monday with endangering the welfare of children, corruption of minors, possession with intent to deliver and other related charges, the Milton Police Department said in a Facebook post.Neiman’s boyfriend, Craig Lytle, was arrested Friday and charged with using her daughters to help him sell marijuana. The gi
  
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• Dog Sitter Burglarizes Home of San Clemente Man Battling Brain Cancer, Family Says

  10-04-2019 19:35
  SAN CLEMENTE (CBSLA) – Authorities are investigating a dog sitter who last weekend was allegedly caught burglarizing the family home of a San Clemente man who is battling brain cancer.
  Lori Coulson told CBS2 Wednesday that she hired the dog sitter to watch their miniature golden doodle Henry while she, her husband Michael and their daughters took a weekend trip, the first such getaway since Michael was diagnosed with stage four brain cancer last fall.
  A still taken from the NextDoor app of
  
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• Man Charged With Murder In Death Of CHP Sergeant Along 15 Freeway

  10-04-2019 19:29
  RIVERSIDE (CBSLA) — A Winchester man was charged with murder Wednesday in the death of California Highway Patrol Sgt. Steve Licon.
  Michael Joseph Callahan, 37, has been charged with one count of second-degree murder, four days after the death of the 27-year CHP veteran. He is scheduled to be arraigned in Murrieta Wednesday.
  Callahan was determined to be driving under the influence of alcohol when he struck Licon, who was conducting a traffic stop on Interstate 15 just outside of Lake Elsin
  
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• ‘I Wanted To Drop Dead’: Flight Attendant Spills Drinks On American Airlines CEO

  10-04-2019 18:10
  DALLAS (CBS Local) — An American Airlines flight attendant said she was “mortified” after she accidentally dropped a tray full of drinks into the lap of her her company’s CEO.
  Maddie Peters said she’s worked for the airline for 4 years and never spilled a drink on a passenger. But that streak abruptly ended recently on a flight from Phoenix to Dallas, which included American Airlines boss William “Doug” Parker.
  “I was serving drinks during boarding
  
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• Thousands Of UC Workers Hold One-Day Strike

  10-04-2019 17:45
  LOS ANGELES (CBSLA) – For the second time in a month, thousands of University of California union workers across the state will go on one-day strike Wednesday.
  Beginning at 9 a.m., more than 25,000 UC service and patient care workers will picket outside medical centers across the state, including Ronald Reagan UCLA Medical Center and UC Irvine Medical Center. They are represented by the American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees union (AFSCME).
  FILE — UCLA union wor
  
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• Whipping Winds Bring Down Trees, Cause Power Outages Across LA

  10-04-2019 17:08
  LOS ANGELES (CBSLA) — Gusty winds wreaked havoc across Los Angeles Tuesday night into Wednesday morning, bringing down trees and power lines, and leaving as many as 33,000 homes without electricity.
  Overnight, power outages peaked at 42,000, according to the LA Department of Water and Power, which had crews working around the clock to restore electricity across the city. The hardest hit communities were Hollywood Hills, South LA, Koreatown, Mid-Wilshire, Silver Lake/Los Feliz, and Mar Vist
  
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• Police: Man Throws Drill At Courthouse To Get Arrested

  10-04-2019 14:50
  JONESBORO, Ga. (CBS Local) — A Georgia man who allegedly wanted to go to jail walked up to the Clayton County Courthouse and threw a battery powered drill at the front door, according to police.
  Jackie Clyde Davis, 31, of Stockbridge was immediately placed under arrest, CBS affiliate WGCL reported.
  Jackie Clyde Davis, 31, was arrested Apr. 3, 2019, after he allegedly walked up to the Clayton County Courthouse in Georgia and threw a battery powered drill at the front door, police said (Cred
  
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• LA Hikes Penalty For Disabled Parking Placard Abuse To $1,100

  10-04-2019 14:48
  LOS ANGELES (CBSLA) — The penalty for misusing disabled parking placards was hiked from $343 to a whopping $1,100 by the Los Angeles City Council.
  The fine, which is the maximum allowed by the state, was more than doubled Tuesday as part of the city’s crackdown on misused disabled parking placards.
  As recently as February, investigators from the California DMV cited 15 out of 195 drivers contacted for misusing disabled parking placards. The DMV says they have found 1,248 disabled per
  
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• Man Fatally Stabbed In Lake Los Angeles, Woman Detained

  10-04-2019 14:20
  LANCASTER (CBSLA) — A woman was taken into custody after a man was fatally stabbed in the Lake Los Angeles area of unincorporated Lancaster.
  Los Angeles County sheriff’s deputies were sent out to the 41000 block of 156th Street East at about 9:30 p.m. Tuesday to check out a call of assault with a deadly weapon.
  At the scene, the deputies found a man suffering from apparent stab wounds. He was taken to a local hospital, where he was pronounced dead.
  Authorities said one person was det
  
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• Lakers Fans React To Magic Johnson Resignation

  10-04-2019 07:23
  DOWNTOWN LOS ANGELES (CBSLA) — It was the pre-game announcement no was expecting before the Los Angeles Lakers took the Staples Center court against the Portland Trail Blazers in the final game of a disappointing season in which they missed the playoffs again despite adding LeBron James.
  Lots of fans associate Magic Johnson with all things Lakers and so news of his resignation as president of basketball operations has them reeling.
  Uncertainty is setting in, especially as reports spre
  
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• Woman Found Murdered In Backyard Of Her Arcadia Home

  10-04-2019 07:00
  ARCADIA (CBSLA) – A 76-year-old woman was found murdered in the backyard of her home in Arcadia Tuesday morning and her car is missing.
  The Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department reports that a construction worker found the woman’s body at around 7 a.m. in the 300 block of East Forest Avenue.
  (CBS2)
  The victim was alone in the backyard. There was no one else on the property or inside the home, Arcadia police said.
  The woman’s husband was believed to be out of the country
  
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• Winds Whip Up Across Southland, Down Power Lines And Topple Trees

  10-04-2019 06:17
  LOS ANGELES (CBSLA) – Gusty winds howled through the Los Angeles area Tuesday night, causing power outages and sending trees crashing onto cars, houses and even the 10 Freeway.
  The Department of Water and Power is reporting outages in the Silverlake, Los Feliz, Mid-Wilshire and Fairfax district areas. It’s unclear how many customers are affected, but crews are at work on restoring service, the DWP reports.
  A toppled tree was blocking the westbound lanes of the 10 Freeway in Mid-City,
  
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• Nipsey Hussle Memorial Service Preparations Underway

  10-04-2019 05:06
  DOWNTOWN LOS ANGELES (CBSLA) — The stage is set for the memorial service for rap artist Nipsey Hussle.
  Staples Center is booked. Organizers are expecting a massive crowd for the man who meant so much to his community.
  The memorial service is scheduled for Thursday at 10 a.m.
  The only other time a memorial service was held at the Staples Center was for Michael Jackson. That service took place July of 2009.
  “He provided a glimmer of hope to those kids that you can be a business ow
  
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• Magic Johnson Stepping Down As Lakers President Of Basketball Operations

  10-04-2019 03:05
  LOS ANGELES (CBSLA) — Magic Johnson is stepping down as president of basketball operations for the Los Angeles Lakers.
  Johnson replaced Jim Buss as president of basketball operations on Feb. 21, 2017.
  Johnson made the surprise announcement on Tuesday afternoon.
  The news came as a surprise, including to Jeanie Buss, controlling owner and president of the Lakers, reports CBSLA Sports Director Jim Hill.
  “Her and I have such an amazing relationship and I think that she gave me
  
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• ‘Nipsey Hussle Square’: South LA To Rename Intersection After Slain Rapper

  10-04-2019 02:11
  LOS ANGELES (CBSLA) – The intersection of Crenshaw Boulevard and Slauson Avenue will be named after slain rapper and community leader Nipsey Hussle, a South Los Angeles councilman announced Tuesday.
  A Change.org petition to rename the intersection garnered nearly 500,000 signatures in the week following Hussle’s death. The 33-year-old rapper, whose real name is Ermias Joseph Asghedom, was shot March 31 in the 3400 block of West Slauson Avenue – just outside his store The Marath
  
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• Sentencing Set For Gang Member Who Firebombed Homes Of Black Residents

  10-04-2019 01:50
  LOS ANGELES (CBSLA) – A Latino gang member faces sentencing in October for orchestrating the firebombings of homes of black residents in the Boyle Heights area five years ago in an effort to drive them out of the defendant’s turf.
  Carlos “Rider” Hernandez, 34, pleaded guilty Monday to five felonies that together carry a sentence of 15 years to a possible life term in federal prison, according to the U.S. Attorney’s Office. U.S. District Judge Christina A. Snyder set
  
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• Propane Tanker Overturns In Chain-Reaction Crash On 14 Freeway; 5 Hurt

  10-04-2019 01:40
  ACTON (CBSLA) – A crash involving a propane tanker and two other vehicles Tuesday shut down the 14 Freeway near Acton, according to officials.
  The crash was reported around 9:15 a.m. near Crown Valley Road, a Los Angeles County Fire Department spokesperson said.
  A hazardous-materials team was sent to deal with leaking propane after authorities closed the southbound freeway, but at least one lane was reopened after 10 a.m.
  A mom and her daughter were airlifted to trauma centers, while the o
  
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• 3 Teens Arrested For Burning Swastikas Into San Dimas Area Lawn, Streets

  10-04-2019 00:14
  SAN DIMAS (CBSLA) — Three male teens have been arrested for burning swastikas into a lawn and nearby roads in San Dimas and Covina, the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department announced Tuesday.
  A 14-year-old male from Long Beach, a 13-year-old male from Covina, and a 13-year-old male from Hemet were taken into custody Monday in San Dimas. Their names were not disclosed because they are juveniles.
  Photo credit: LA County Sheriff’s Department
  On Friday, a homeowner discover
  
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