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• Orange Coast College Baseball Team To Honor Altobelli Family Killed In Kobe Bryant Chopper Crash

  28-01-2020 23:30
  
  COSTA MESA (CBSLA) – The Orange Coast College baseball team Tuesday afternoon will honor longtime head coach John Altobelli and his wife and daughter, who were among nine people killed when a helicopter also carrying NBA star Kobe Bryant went down in Calabasas over the weekend.
  A banner hangs at Orange Coast College in Costa Mesa, Calif., on Jan. 28, 2020, in honor of head baseball coach John Altobelli. (CBS2)
  The 56-year-old Altobelli, his wife Keri and their 13-year-old daughter Alyssa a
  
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• East LA Teacher Calls Kobe Bryant ‘Horrible Person’, Rapist Hours After Lakers Legend Dies In Crash

  28-01-2020 23:24
  
  LOS ANGELES (CBSLA) – School officials are urging increased sensitivity on campus at an East Los Angeles high school after a video surfaced of a teacher calling Kobe Bryant a “horrible person” and a rapist just one day after the Laker legend’s death.
  The incident was recorded Monday at James A. Garfield High School, where a 14-year-old student says band teacher Brian Bailey made the comments during a four-minute rant in which he’s heard making disparaging comments a
  
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• Survey: Appearance At Job Interview Influences Perceptions Of Competence

  28-01-2020 22:07
  
  (CBS Local) — The interview process is surely one of the most challenging aspects of the job hunting process. But how you look may go a long way in demonstrating you are the right fit.
  A whopping 88 percent of job candidates say how they look in an interview has the ability to influence the interviewer’s perception of their competence, according to a new survey.
  The 2019 JDP Hiring survey of 1,997 people aged 18 to 70, conducted in November, also revealed that 86 percent of job candi
  
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• Driver Traveling Over 100 MPH Flees CHP On 118 Freeway

  28-01-2020 22:05
  
  MOORPARK (CBSLA) — A suspect wanted for speeding led CHP officers on a pursuit through the San Fernando Valley Tuesday.
  The suspect driving a black sedan, was originally wanted for speeding over 100 mph near Spring Road in Moorpark around 12:26 p.m., before jumping onto the 118 Freeway.
  The suspect briefly exited the freeway in the Porter Ranch area, appearing to comply with officers.
  As the officers parked behind the suspect’s vehicle, the suspect fled from the scene, getting back o
  
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• New Research Shows Wild Blueberries May Help Wounds Close Faster

  28-01-2020 22:02
  
  ORONO, Maine (CBS Local)— New research by the University of Maine shows that wild blueberries may have wound-healing properties.
  The research shows phenolic acids extracted from wild blueberries significantly promote cell migration and the speed of wound closure.
  Dorothy Klimis-Zacas, a professor of clinical nutrition at the University of Maine, is working to use these compounds to create a biomedical product prototype like a topical cream that can be applied to wounds, CBS affiliate WABI
  
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• Man Shot To Death In Santa Ana Restaurant Parking Lot

  28-01-2020 22:00
  
  SANTA ANA (CBSLA) – A man was shot and killed in the parking lot of a Santa Ana restaurant early Monday morning.
  The shooting was reported at 12:48 a.m. outside Navarro’s Taqueria in the 1500 block of South Standard Avenue, according to Santa Ana police.
  Officers arrived on scene to find the victim with gunshot wounds. He died at the scene, police said.
  His identity was not immediately known. There is no word on a motive in the shooting or any suspect description. It’s unclear
  
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• New Murals Of Kobe And Gianna Bryant Pop Up As Far As Manila

  28-01-2020 21:21
  
  LOS ANGELES (CBSLA) — New murals of Kobe and Gianna Bryant have popped up just days after their deaths in a helicopter crash in Calabasas.
  Laker and basketball fans continue to mourn the superstar basketball player, who died Sunday with his 13-year-old daughter and seven others in a fiery crash in the hillsides of Calabasas. While most mourners have gone to Staples Center, where officials have set up memorial boards for fans to sign, existing murals at the Shoe Palace on Melrose in the Fai
  
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• NTSB Releases Video Of Kobe Bryant Calabasas Crash Investigation, All 9 Bodies Recovered

  28-01-2020 21:15
  
  CALABASAS (CBSLA) – The site of Sunday’s helicopter crash in the hills of Calabasas in which nine people were killed, including Lakers star Kobe Bryant and his daughter, remained closed Tuesday amid the ongoing investigation into what caused it.
  As of Tuesday morning, the bodies of all nine victims had been recovered, the Los Angeles County coroner’s office confirmed. The investigation and recovery effort has been made difficult due to the rugged terrain. They are in the proces
  
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• VIDEO: NTSB Releases Video Of Kobe Bryant Calabasas Chopper Crash Investigation, All 9 Bodies Recovered

  28-01-2020 20:50
  
  CALABASAS (CBSLA) – The site of Sunday’s helicopter crash in the hills of Calabasas in which nine people were killed, including Lakers star Kobe Bryant and his daughter, remained closed Tuesday amid the ongoing investigation into what caused it.
  Los Angeles County Undersheriff Tim Murakami said Tuesday morning that the crash site — located in the area of Las Virgenes Road and Willow Glen Street – remained shut down while the National Transportation Safety Board comb throu
  
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• Ray Lewis On Kobe Bryant’s Legacy: ‘Greatness Is A Lot Of Small Things Done Well’

  28-01-2020 20:30
  
  (CBSLA)- One thing that has become clear in the two days since the helicopter crash that took the lives of Kobe Bryant, his daughter Gianna and seven others is just how far Bryant’s influence and persona extended within the sports world. The tributes have poured in from all over, not just those within the sphere of the NBA.
  All of these tributes are an attempt by each person to make sense of Bryant’s legacy. Of what the Lakers star meant to them and their lives. For Pro Football Hall
  
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• Kobe Bryant Visited Newport Beach Church The Morning Of His Death: ‘He Was Quite A Man Of Faith’

  28-01-2020 20:24
  
  NEWPORT BEACH (CBSLA) – Less than three hours before he was killed in Sunday’s helicopter wreck which also claimed the lives of eight others, including his 13-year-old daughter, Lakers legend Kobe Bryant visited his church in Newport Beach.
  Our Lady Queen of Angels Catholic Church in Newport Beach, Calif., on Jan. 27, 2020. (CBS2)
  A little before 7 a.m. Sunday, Kobe stopped at the Our Lady Queen of Angels Catholic Church, Father Steve Sallot told CBS2 Monday.
  “I saw him yesterd
  
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• WATCH: Man Rescues Kittens Stuck In Ice By Pouring Warm Coffee On Them

  28-01-2020 19:38
  
  EDMONTON, Alberta (CBS Local) — Three seemingly abandoned kittens found with their tails stuck under ice were rescued last week following a chance encounter with an oilpatch worker in central Alberta, Canada.
  Kendall Diwisch said he was doing the rounds near one of his wells near the town of Tomahawk Wednesday morning when he discovered the three cats frozen to the ground.
  “Poor things were frozen into the ice so they had to have been there all night,” he said.
  Diwisch, who cap
  
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• USC Debunks Social Media Claim That Student Contracted Coronavirus

  28-01-2020 19:25
  
  LOS ANGELES (CBSLA) — USC says no students or residents on campus have been diagnosed or are under evaluation for the novel coronavirus after a social media scare.
  The university said that a social media report that claimed a student at the Lorenzo Apartments, an off-campus housing facility, had contracted the virus. That claim was wrong, USC said, and no one affiliated with the university has developed the illness.We can confirm that there are no students or residents from the off-campus
  
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• VIDEO: NTSB Releases Video Of Kobe Bryant Calabasas Chopper Crash Investigation

  28-01-2020 18:52
  
  CALABASAS (CBSLA) – The site of Sunday’s helicopter crash in the hills of Calabasas in which nine people were killed, including Lakers star Kobe Bryant and his daughter, remained closed Tuesday amid the ongoing investigation into what caused it.
  Los Angeles County Undersheriff Tim Murakami said Tuesday morning that the crash site — located in the area of Las Virgenes Road and Willow Glen Street – remained shut down while the National Transportation Safety Board comb throu
  
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• Gianna Bryant Christened ‘Forever A Husky’ By UConn Women’s Basketball Team

  28-01-2020 18:38
  
  LOS ANGELES (CBSLA) — Gianna Bryant may have been only 13 years old, but she already had her father’s signature Mamba scowl and his fade-away jumper shot down pat.
  The girl affectionately nicknamed “Mambacita” by her parents, but who was better known as Gigi, was honored Monday night by the University of Connecticut women’s basketball team with a jersey with her number it, christening her “forever a Husky.”Mambacita is forever a Huskypic.twitter.com/3wdA
  
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• ‘One Of The Craziest Things I’ve Seen’: Man Arrested For Smoking Joint During Court Appearance

  28-01-2020 18:17
  
  LEBANON, Tenn. (CBS Local) — A Tennessee man appearing in court on a marijuana possession charge was arrested Monday after he started smoking a joint in front of a judge, authorities said.
  Spencer Alan Boston, 20, of Levanon, had approached the bench to discuss his case when he suddenly pulled out what appeared to be a rolled marijuana cigarette from his pocket in front of the presiding judge, CBS affiliate WTVF reported.
  Boston allegedly placed the joint in his mouth, then pulled out a bo
  
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• ‘Man With A Plan’ Returns April 2nd Along With The Series Premiere Of ‘Broke’ On CBS

  28-01-2020 18:00
  
  CBS today announced earlier today Man With A Plan will return for its fourth season on Thursday, April 2nd at 8:30PM, ET/PT immediately after The Unicorn season finale. The brand new series Broke will also debut the same night at 9:30PM ET/PT after Carol’s Second Act.
  Man With A Plan stars Golden Globe Award winner Matt LeBlanc in a comedy about an old-school guy confronting the modern challenges of parenting, marriage and family. Liza Snyder, Kevin Nealon, Stacy Keach, Grace Kaufman, Matt
  
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• WATCH: NBA Honors Kobe Bryant With Tribute Video: ‘He Transcended The Game’

  28-01-2020 17:56
  
  LOS ANGELES (CBSLA) — The NBA posted a tribute video to legendary Laker Kobe Bryant Tuesday morning, just two days after he and his 13-year-old daughter were among eight people killed in a helicopter crash in Calabasas.
  A tribute board to Lakers legend Kobe Bryant outside Staples Center on Jan. 28, 2020. (CBS2)
  The more than 3 1/2 minute video describes Kobe’s illustrious 20-year career in which he won five NBA titles, two Olympic gold medals and was selected to 18 All-Star games.
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• Snoop Dogg, Justin Bieber, Meek Mill Among Those Supporting Fans’ Petition To Make Kobe Bryant New NBA Logo

  28-01-2020 16:39
  
  (CBSLA)- In the aftermath of the death of Los Angeles Lakers legend Kobe Bryant, fans and players have been offering their tributes and memories of Bryant. One Lakers fan has gone a step further, starting a petition on Change.org to make Kobe the new logo for the NBA.
  The petition, started by user Nick M. in the hours after the news of Bryant’s death broke on Sunday, has climbed to over 1.8 million online signatures as of this morning. According to Change.org, it is the first petition on t
  
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• ‘I’m Heartbroken And Devastated’: LeBron James Breaks Silence On Death Of Kobe Bryant

  28-01-2020 14:57
  
  LOS ANGELES (CBSLA) — In an emotional Instagram post, Los Angeles Lakers star LeBron James broke his silence Monday night for the first time since the death of Kobe Bryant.
  Bryant, his 13-year-old daughter Gianna, and 7 others were killed in a helicopter crash Sunday morning, but both James and the Lakers stayed silent about the shocking news until Monday night.
  MORE: Lakers, Clippers Game Postponed ‘Out Of Respect’ As NBA Mourns Kobe Bryant
  “Man I sitting here trying to
  
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• John Altobelli Remembered As Father Figure While Leading Orange Coast College Baseball Team To Championship Titles

  28-01-2020 14:36
  
  COSTA MESA (CBSLA) — Orange Coast College’s baseball team will take to the field Tuesday for their first game since head coach John Altobelli was killed in the helicopter crash that also took the lives of eight others, including basketball superstar Kobe Bryant and his 13-year-old daughter.
  (credit: CBS)
  Altobelli, 56, his wife Keri, and their daughter 13-year-old Alyssa, was killed in the crash Sunday morning. A memorial was placed on home plate in honor of “Coach Alto,”
  
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• Flight With U.S. Citizens Arriving From Wuhan, China Headed For Ontario Airport

  28-01-2020 07:30
  
  ONTARIO (CBSLA) — An airport in San Bernardino was preparing Monday evening for the arrival of up to 240 United States citizens, including nine children, arriving from the Wuhan region of China where the novel strain of coronavirus has already killed at least 106 people.
  The repatriation flights come as the U.S. moves to evacuate U.S. State Department employees, contractors who have been working in China and other U.S. citizens from illness-impacted areas. The flight is expected to arrive
  
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• Driver In Critical Condition After Crash Forces USPS Semi-Truck Off 110 Freeway

  28-01-2020 06:34
  
  EXPOSITION PARK (CBSLA) — The driver of a United States Postal Service semi-truck was taken to the hospital in critical condition following a multi-car crash on the 110 Freeway.
  The semi-truck left the southbound lanes of the 110 Freeway after being struck and landed below, near 37th and Flower streets.
  The driver, identified as a 50-year-old man, was briefly stuck in the tractor cab of his big rig before being freed by Los Angeles Fire Department crews and taken to the hospital.
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• Impeachment Trial: Trump Team Presents Defense As Pressure Builds For New Witnesses

  28-01-2020 06:32
  
  Washington — President Trump’s legal team presented the case for his defense in his Senate impeachment trial for a second day as new revelations about the president’s attempts to get Ukraine to investigate his rivals increased pressure on the Senate to allow new witnesses.
  
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• Driver In Critical Condition After USPS Semi-Truck Leaves Highway

  28-01-2020 06:25
  
  EXPOSITION PARK (CBSLA) — The driver of a United States Postal Service semi-truck was taken to the hospital in critical condition following a multi-car crash on the 110 Freeway.
  The semi-truck left the southbound lanes of the 110 Freeway after being struck and landed below, near 37th and Flower streets.
  The driver, identified as a 50-year-old man, was briefly stuck in the tractor cab of his big rig before being freed by Los Angeles Fire Department crews and taken to the hospital.
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• LAPD Officer Arrested On Suspicion Of Theft During Investigation Of Illegal Pot Grow Facility

  28-01-2020 05:53
  
  LOS ANGELES (CBSLA) — A Los Angeles police officer was arrested Monday afternoon on suspicion of theft.
  According to the Los Angeles Police Department, narcotics officers were conducting enforcement of an illegal cannabis grow facility Monday morning.
  During the operation, a person who worked at the facility notified an LAPD supervisor that money was missing from her personal backpack.
  The supervisor secured the scene and began looking into the missing money. After reviewing closed-circuit
  
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• Flight With U.S. Citizens Arriving From Wuhan, China Could Be Headed For Ontario Airport

  28-01-2020 04:26
  
  ONTARIO (CBSLA) — An airport in San Bernardino was preparing Monday evening for the possible arrival of up to 240 United States citizens, including nine children, arriving from the Wuhan region of China where the novel strain of coronavirus has already killed at least 106 people.
  The repatriation flights come as the U.S. moves to evacuate U.S. State Department employees, contractors who have been working in China and other U.S. citizens from illness-impacted areas.
  According to San Bernard
  
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• ‘He Used To Say I Wanna Die Young’: Tracy McGrady Reveals Kobe Talked About Premature Death

  28-01-2020 03:23
  
  LOS ANGELES (CBSLA) – Kobe Bryant may have been shooting for immortality long before his life was tragically cut short.
  In an appearance Monday on ESPN’s “The Jump”, former NBA scoring champ Tracy McGrady recalled Bryant telling him that he wanted to die at a young age.
  “This sounds crazy but Kobe spoke this, he spoke this, He used to say all the time, ‘I wanna die young’,” said McGrady. “He used to say, ‘I want to be immortalized, I wa
  
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• NTSB Begins Investigation, Recovery Effort At Calabasas Crash Site

  28-01-2020 00:50
  
  CALABASAS (CBSLA) — The National Transportation Safety Board Monday began its investigation into the Calabasas helicopter crash that killed nine people, including basketball legend Kobe Bryant and his 13-year-old daughter, Gianna.
  Investigators work at the scene of a helicopter crash that killed former NBA star Kobe Bryant on January 26, 2020 in Calabasas, California. Nine people have been confirmed dead in the crash, among them Bryant and his 13-year-old daughter Gianna. (Photo by David M
  
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