California news

• Officials: Teen Accused Of Murdering Mother Back Behind Bars Following Escape

  12-04-2019 23:37
  ORANGE (CBSLA) — Authorities said Friday that the 15-year-old who escaped from an Orange juvenile detention facility, where he was being held on suspicion of murdering his mother, has been captured and returned to custody.
  Ike Souzer had been in custody since 2017. He escaped some time after midnight Thursday.
  Surveillance video showed Souzer favoring his leg as he made his escape. Officials believe he may have suffered a cut to his left leg while escaping from Orange County Juvenile Hall.
  
  Read more

• Former West Covina Mayor Mike Spence Found Dead In Ontario Motel

  12-04-2019 23:10
  ONTARIO (CBSLA) – Mike Spence, the former mayor of West Covina, was found dead in an Ontario motel room Thursday night at the age of 52.
  Ontario police report that Spence was discovered unconscious at around 5:30 p.m. by motel staff in a room in the Folk Inn, located at 204 N. Vineyard Ave. Ontario firefighters responded and declared Spence dead at the scene. Police confirmed to the San Gabriel Valley Tribune that the victim was indeed the former West Covina mayor.
  FILE — West Covina
  
  Read more

• Stream The Masters

  12-04-2019 22:40
  Watch live coverage of The Masters from Augusta National Golf Club.
  
  Read more

• Bed Bath & Beyond To Close 40 Stores This Year

  12-04-2019 22:18
  (KDKA/CBS Local)– Bed Bath & Beyond says it will be closing 40 stores this year, and that number could grow. At the same time, the retailer says it will be opening 15 new stores.
  The New-Jersey based home goods retailer announced the news during its fourth-quarter earnings call Wednesday.
  “We expect to open approximately 15 new stores in fiscal 2019. This will be offset by a minimum of approximately 40 stores we expect to close,” Bed Bath & Beyond’s chief financia
  
  Read more

• Advertisement

• LA Lakers, Luke Walton ‘Mutually Agreed To Part Ways’ After Missing Playoffs For 6th Straight Season

  12-04-2019 22:15
  LOS ANGELES (CBSLA) – The Los Angeles Lakers fired head coach Luke Walton Friday.
  In a statement, Lakers General Manager Rob Pelinka said the team and Walton “have mutually agreed to part ways”.
  “We would like to thank Luke for his dedicated service over the last three years,” said Pelinka. “We wish Luke and his family the best of luck moving forward.”
  “I want to thank Jeanie Buss and the Buss family for giving me the opportunity to coach the Laker
  
  Read more

• Anna Todd On ‘After’ & Adapting Books Into Movies

  12-04-2019 22:12
  (CBS Local)–Everyone can relate to Anna Todd’s writing.
  The author’s books hit on everything such as love, mental health, fitting in with a new group of friends and heartbreak. All of these themes are featured in the new movie “After,” which tells the story of a girl named Tessa Young who goes off to college and has her whole life changed by a boy named Hayden. After working on this movie for a long time, Todd popped into a theater to experience the film with her fa
  
  Read more

• Corner Of Crenshaw And Slauson In South LA To Be Renamed After Nipsey Hussle

  12-04-2019 22:05
  LOS ANGELES (CBSLA) — The intersection of Slauson Avenue and Crenshaw Boulevard has a new name.
  The Los Angeles City Council adjourned its regular meeting Friday in memory of Nipsey Hussle after approving a motion to rename the South L.A. intersection of in honor of the slain rapper.
  City Councilman Marqueece Harris Dawson introduced the motion to rename the Crenshaw-Slauson intersection as “Ermias ‘Nipsey Hussle’ Asghedom Square.”
  The motion to rename the intersect
  
  Read more

• Anthony Carrigan On ‘Barry’, Bill Hader & Henry Winkler

  12-04-2019 21:54
  (CBS Local)–The actor Anthony Carrigan is today is totally different from the one he was coming out of Carnegie Mellon.
  One of the biggest differences for the co-star of “Barry” is that he’s embraced his alopecia and who he is on and off the screen.
  “I got out of school and I had hair, eye brows, eye lashes and everything,” said Carrigan in an interview with CBS Local. “I was a totally different actor and now I’m a hairless alopecian and rocking it
  
  Read more

• Advertisement

• Brad Pitt Told To ‘Wrap It Up’ While Talking About Architecture During County Supervisors Meeting

  12-04-2019 21:00
  LOS ANGELES (CBSLA) — She didn’t yell “cut!” but Los Angeles County Supervisor Janice Hahn did tell actor Brad Pitt to wrap it up at a hearing this week about the Los Angeles County Museum Of Art.
  Pitt, along with actress Diane Keaton, came to the Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors’ meeting on Tuesday in support of the $650 million LACMA redesign.
  “I love LACMA,” Keaton said. “I feel like, I just thought I should come and be part of this.
  
  Read more

• Three Chilean Men Arrested For Breaking Into Cars In Simi Valley

  12-04-2019 20:45
  SIMI VALLEY (CBSLA) – Three men visiting the U.S. from Chile were arrested Wednesday on allegations they broke into several vehicles near hiking trails in Simi Valley by jamming the signals from the victims’ key fobs.
  Jonathan Garay, 29, Eduardo Queralto, 22 and Kevin Castillo, 22, were captured during a traffic stop and charged with burglary and conspiracy, Simi Valley police report.
  (Simi Valley Police Department)
  A multi-agency surveillance operation culminated in their arrests af
  
  Read more

• 3 Chilean Men Arrested For Breaking Into Cars In Simi Valley

  12-04-2019 20:45
  SIMI VALLEY (CBSLA) – Three men visiting the U.S. from Chile were arrested Wednesday on allegations they broke into several vehicles near hiking trails in Simi Valley by jamming the signals from the victims’ key fobs.
  Jonathan Garay, 29, Eduardo Queralto, 22 and Kevin Castillo, 22, were captured during a traffic stop and charged with burglary and conspiracy, Simi Valley police report.
  (Simi Valley Police Department)
  A multi-agency surveillance operation culminated in their arrests af
  
  Read more

• Miles Finer Comes Fact To Face With Henry Chase On The Season Finale Of ‘God Friended Me’

  12-04-2019 20:03
  Miles finally comes face to face with the elusive Henry Chase (Derek Luke) in a brand new episode called “Que Sera Sera.” Miles receives Simon Hayes’ (Adam Goldberg) name on the first season finale of God Friended Me which leads to this up close encounter.
  Tune in this Sunday, April 14 (8:00-9:00 PM, ET/PT), only on CBS. Check your local listings for more information.
  
  Read more

• Miles Finer Comes Face To Face With Henry Chase On The Season Finale Of ‘God Friended Me’

  12-04-2019 20:03
  Miles finally comes face to face with the elusive Henry Chase (Derek Luke) in a brand new episode called “Que Sera Sera.” Miles receives Simon Hayes’ (Adam Goldberg) name on the first season finale of God Friended Me which leads to this up close encounter.
  Tune in this Sunday, April 14 (8:00-9:00 PM, ET/PT), only on CBS. Check your local listings for more information.
  
  Read more

• $15M Worth Of Counterfeit Products Seized In Vernon Bust

  12-04-2019 19:54
  VERNON (CBSLA) – In a raid in Vernon Thursday, authorities seized $15 million worth of counterfeit products in what is being called the largest such recovery of counterfeit goods ever on the West Coast.
  (Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department)
  The multi-agency raid was conducted at a storage facility in the 4000 block of Alameda Street, the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department reports.
  The raid followed a six-month investigation in which investigators identified the storage
  
  Read more

• NBA Playoffs: Patrick Beverley Is Clippers’ Only Hope Vs. Steph Curry, Warriors

  12-04-2019 19:42
  By Norm Elrod
  (CBS Los Angeles/CBS Local) — With the Los Angeles Clippers-Golden State Warriors series set to start Saturday, many are wondering if maybe the NBA included the wrong Los Angeles team in the playoffs. They did not. These scrappy Clippers, at 48-34, deserve to be here, while LeBron James and what’s left of the Lakers deserve to be watching at home. That’s long since been decided. Still, the Warriors, at 57-25, should take solace in knowing they won’t have to
  
  Read more

• 15-Year-Old Boy Being Held For Murder Escapes From Orange County Juvenile Hall

  12-04-2019 18:35
  ORANGE (CBSLA) — Authorities are searching for a 15-year-old who escaped from an Orange juvenile detention facility, where he was being held on suspicion of murdering his mother.
  Ike Souzer has been in custody since 2017 and may have a cut to his left leg after escaping from Orange County Juvenile Hall just after midnight. It’s not clear how he was able to escape the facility, which houses boys and girls as young as 12 awaiting a hearing or transfer to another facility.
  The boy was 1
  
  Read more

• Claressa Shields Talks Christina Hammer & Career

  12-04-2019 18:16
  (CBS Local Sports)– Claressa Shields has been proving people wrong since she was a little girl.
  She proved to her father that women could fight and proved to the world that she was for real when she became the first American boxer to win two straight Olympic gold medals. On Saturday night in New Jersey, she will look to prove to Christina Hammer that she is the undisputed top boxer in the women’s game today.
  “To get women’s boxing to where it’s at, I don’
  
  Read more

• CBSLA The Rundown: 4/12 8am

  12-04-2019 18:13
  Make CBSLA: The Rundown your Alexa Flash Briefingand listen on Apple Podcasts, Google Podcasts, Spotify and Stitcher
  Here is a look at the top local stories for Friday, 4/12 at 8 a.m.
  Musician Nipsey Hussle To Be Laid To Rest FridayRapper Nipsey Hussle will be buried at Forest Lawn Hollywood Hills Friday after being honored Thursday in a memorial at Staples Center.
  Teen Boy Being Held For Murder Escapes From Orange County Juvenile HallAuthorities are searching for a 15-year-old who escaped from
  
  Read more

• High School Student Arrested After Trying WWE Wrestler’s ‘RKO’ Finishing Move On Principal

  12-04-2019 17:58
  (CBSMiami/CBS Local) – A high school student was arrested Wednesday after allegedly trying a wrestling move on his high school principal.
  Gianny Sosa, 18, faced a judge Thursday morning after pulling an ‘RKO’ move on the principal at Miami South Ridge Senior High School.
  Police said the principal told them Sosa assaulted him in the second-floor hallway.
  An ‘RKO’ or ‘Randy Keith Orton,’ named after the wrestler who came up with it is a ‘finishing mo
  
  Read more

• Riverside Teacher Arrested For Sending Inappropriate Texts To 11 Students

  12-04-2019 17:53
  RIVERSIDE (CBSLA) – A teacher at John W. North High School was arrested Wednesday on charges that he sent inappropriate text messages to at least 11 students.
  Frank Garcia. (Riverside Police Department)
  Frank Garcia, 49, of Fontana, was taken into custody on 11 counts of annoying or molesting a child under the age of 18, the Riverside Police Department reports.
  Detectives began investigating Garcia in February after a female student told school officials that she had received inappropriate
  
  Read more

• Disney’s New Streaming Service To Debut At $6.99 Per Month

  12-04-2019 16:42
  Disney Plus will roll out on Nov. 12 at a price of $6.99 per month, or $69.99 per year. Pricing the service below Netflix's fees signals Disney's determination to woo subscribers.
  
  Read more

• 1 Killed In Crash In Front of Pomona’s LaVerne Science And Tech Center

  12-04-2019 16:36
  POMONA (CBSLA) — A deadly crash will keep a Pomona charter school closed Friday morning.
  An SUV hit a power pole on LaVerne Avenue west of Garey Street, right in front of the LaVerne Science and Tech Center, formerly known as Yorba Elementary School. The crash happened at 2:30 a.m., but police say the school will not open until the investigation is complete.
  The crash left the power pole askew, and there may be downed power lines. Police say people should avoid the area during the fatal cr
  
  Read more

• LA City Council To Honor Nipsey Hussle At Friday Meeting

  12-04-2019 15:05
  LOS ANGELES (CBSLA) — Nipsey Hussle’s name will not be forgotten by the Los Angeles City Council, which is set to adjourn its regular meeting Friday in honor of the slain rapper.
  City Councilman Marqueece Harris Dawson, who represents the South LA area, is also expected to introduce a motion at Friday’s meeting to rename the intersection of Slauson Avenue and Crenshaw Boulevard as “Ermias ‘Nipsey Hussle’ Asghedom Square.”
  The intersection is the closest
  
  Read more

• Early Morning Quake Strikes Century City

  12-04-2019 13:56
  LOS ANGELES (CBSLA) — A micro earthquake rattled the West Los Angeles area early Friday morning.
  The magnitude-2.7 earthquake struck at 4:29 a.m. and was centered about four miles under Century City. The quake was initially reported as a 2.8.
  The temblor was lightly felt across the area as far as Glendale, East LA and Inglewood. There were no reports of damages or injuries.
  
  Read more

• Thousands Pack South LA Streets To Honor Nipsey Hussle

  12-04-2019 07:39
  LOS ANGELES (CBSLA) – Thousands who were unable to attend the memorial for rapper Nipsey Hussle lined the route of the procession across South Los Angeles, some tossing flowers onto the hearse carrying Hussle’s body as it was driven past, and others moving into the street to touch the slow-moving vehicle.
  A large crowd assembled outside The Marathon store – which Hussle founded in 2017 and the location of the Grammy-nominated artist’s fatal shooting – many people w
  
  Read more

• 4 Shot, 1 Fatally In South L.A.

  12-04-2019 05:01
  SOUTH LOS ANGELES (CBSLA) – One person was killed and three were wounded in a shooting in South Los Angeles Thursday, authorities say.
  The victims were shot about 6:25 p.m. in the area of 103rd and Main streets near where thousands lined streets, according to Los Angeles police.
  All four were taken to a hospital, LAPD Officer Jeff Lee said.
  LAPD Chief Michel Moore tweeted that the victims were three men and one woman between 30 and 50 years old.
  In the midst of this procession we have a mu
  
  Read more

• Trivago Actor Arrested After Being Allegedly Found Passed Out In Car In Traffic

  12-04-2019 03:55
  HOUSTON (CNN) — Timothy Williams, best known as the pitchman for travel site “Trivago,” was arrested this week after Houston police say they found him passed out behind the wheel of a car in a moving lane of traffic.
  “He was passed out with his foot on the brake in a moving lane of traffic,” said Houston Police spokeswoman Jodi Silva. Police got the call Wednesday afternoon.
  Williams failed a field sobriety test and submitted to a blood drawer, she said.
  He was char
  
  Read more

• Possible Incident At Nipsey Hussle Procession Scatters Crowd

  12-04-2019 01:56
  SOUTH LOS ANGELES (CBSLA) — A possible incident during Thursday’s Nipsey Hussle procession through the streets of South Los Angeles following the memorial service at Staples Center created a stampede.
  Smoke could be seen from Sky9 above and KCAL9’s Hermela Aregawi and Randy Paige reported that there were some concerns from the crowd.
   
  
  Read more

• Griffith Observatory To Close For 2 Weeks Due To Improvement Projects

  12-04-2019 01:06
  LOS ANGELES (CBSLA) — The Griffith Observatory will be closed for two weeks due to four major projects involving construction along the roads and at the Observatory building, the Los Angeles Department of Recreation and Parks announced Thursday.
  The closure will happen from April 22 through May 6, when there will be no public activities at the Observatory, and no vehicle or bicycle access to East and West Observatory Roads, the Observatory’s parking lot and Vermont Canyon Road p
  
  Read more

• Fans Pay Tribute To Nipsey Hussle With Staples Center Memorial, LA Funeral Procession

  12-04-2019 00:54
  LOS ANGELES (CBSLA) — Thousands showed up to Staples Center in downtown Los Angeles Thursday to honor rapper Nipsey Hussle, who was gunned down in front of the clothing store he owned in the South Los Angeles community he was dedicated to revitalizing.
  Rapper Snoop Dogg and singer Stevie Wonder were among those who took the stage at the “Celebration of Life” ceremony, which was delayed by about an hour due to long lines of people trying to get into the arena.
  The event began wi
  
  Read more

• Fans Pay Tribute To Nipsey Hussle With Staples Center Memorial

  12-04-2019 00:54
  LOS ANGELES (CBSLA) — Thousands showed up to Staples Center in downtown Los Angeles Thursday to honor rapper Nipsey Hussle, who was gunned down in front of the clothing store he owned in the South Los Angeles community he was dedicated to revitalizing.
  Rapper Snoop Dogg and singer Stevie Wonder were among those who took the stage at the “Celebration of Life” ceremony, which was delayed by about an hour due to long lines of people trying to get into the arena.
  The event began wi
  
  Read more

Follow @_CaliforniaNews on Twitter!