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Multiple overnight shootings ring in Denver metro area’s New Year

Published Sat, 22 Feb 2025 22:20:49 GMT

Police responded to several shootings on New Year’s Eve and into the early morning hours of New Year’s Day in the Denver metro area.In Aurora, a teenage boy was taken to the hospital with serious injuries after being shot outside of a residence near the 1500 block of Emporia Street around 5 p.m., according to the Aurora Police Department. Police had not yet determined suspect information.In Denver shortly after 1 a.m., police responded to the 4600 block of N. High Street where a man was found shot with non-life-threatening injuries, according to the Denver Police Department. Officers were working to develop suspect information.Around 2:30 a.m., Denver Police investigated a shooting in the 2500 block of S. Zenobia Street. Police found two shooting victims but did not know the extent of their injuries nor suspect information.Related ArticlesColorado News | One injured in shooting outside Denver Museum of Nature and Science Colorado News | Burglar...

2024 Rose Parade Marching Bands: Watch KTLA's live Band Cam

Published Sat, 22 Feb 2025 22:20:49 GMT

Marching bands from across the nation and around the globe will participate in the 2024 Rose Parade, and KTLA 5 is excited to offer an exclusive view of their performances once again.The Rose Parade Band Cam Presented by Honda provides a live, unedited and unnarrated view of the bands with synchronized audio as they travel through the television broadcast zone. The live stream will be available on this page and streaming live on KTLA’s Facebook page.Full list of 2024 Rose Parade marching bands:University of Michigan Marching Band - John Pasquale, DirectorThe University of Alabama Million Dollar Band - Kenneth Ozzello, DirectorAlbertville High School Aggie Band – Albertville, AlabamaThis year, the Albertville High School “Aggie” Band marches down Colorado Boulevard for the third time. With nearly 300 students, including the Southern Stars Danceline and Aggie Color Guard, the “Aggie” Band makes up 25% of the high school’s population. They are unique because all students are welcome in...

New Year's party shooting leaves 2 dead, 8 injured in downtown Los Angeles

Published Sat, 22 Feb 2025 22:20:49 GMT

Gunfire erupted at a New Year's party in downtown Los Angeles leaving two people dead and eight others hospitalized.Police responded Monday around 1 a.m. to an assault with a deadly weapon call at the gathering in the 2300 block of Porter Street.Arriving officers saw a large group of people in the street in front of the location and heard what they believed to be gunfire, Los Angeles Police Department Capt. Ryan Whiteman said. Several victims with gunshot wounds were located and attended to by first responders. “At this time, we have two confirmed fatalities,” Whiteman said. The victims were described as a male and a female who were in their 20s. Eight other people were transported to local medical centers in unknown condition following the incident, Whiteman said. The shooting was still in "investigative mode" and no suspect information was available, according to Whiteman. Child in grave condition following violent crash that killed 1, left 3 others in critical condition Homicid...

Jill On Money: Economic lessons of 2023

Published Sat, 22 Feb 2025 22:20:49 GMT

After highlighting some of the investment lessons of 2023 last week, it’s time to turn to the broader economy and the lessons that have emerged.Don’t try to predict the futureA year ago, there was an almost universal belief that 2023 would usher in a recession. Economists, analysts, and your cousin were all convinced that the Fed’s rate hikes, combined with inflation, would put an end to the economic expansion that started after the brief, but deep COVID-19 recession of 2020. (Consider canceling your trip to The World Economic Forum in Davos, where last year, the group said “growth prospects remain anemic and the risk of a global recession is high.”)As it turns out, the U.S. economy turned in a solid performance in the first half of the year, growing by more than 2 percent annualized, then soared at an annualized pace of 5.2% in Q3. U.S. GDP is likely to finish Q4 with more than a 2% annualized pace, which would make 2023 better than most years in the decade prior to the pandemic.Cr...

Northern California father and 10-year-old son arrested after the child shot and killed another boy, deputies say

Published Sat, 22 Feb 2025 22:20:49 GMT

By Paradise Afshar | CNNA California man and his 10-year-old son were arrested after the boy shot and killed another child using a stolen gun he’d found in his dad’s car, the Sacramento County Sheriff’s Office said.Deputies said they found the victim, also a 10-year-old boy, unresponsive and bleeding from his head and neck in the parking lot when they responded to a call of a shooting at about 4:30 p.m. on Saturday in the 4700 block of Greenholme Drive.   The child was taken to a local hospital, where he was later pronounced dead. He was among more than 1,600 children and teens killed by gun violence in 2023, according to data from the Gun Violence Archive.“Simultaneously, witnesses at the scene told Deputies that the individual(s) responsible for the shooting ran into a nearby apartment,” deputies said. “Deputies called out all the individuals from that apartment and detained everyone without incident. Detained from the apartment were an adult and two juveniles.”The adult has been ...

Transient steals Southern California ambulance, injures 5 in pursuit, police say

Published Sat, 22 Feb 2025 22:20:49 GMT

A transient stole a San Gabriel Fire Department ambulance on Sunday, Dec. 31, and led police on a crash-filled pursuit that injured five people before he was arrested, the San Gabriel Police Department said.The man, who is in his late 40s, stole the ambulance about 3:25 p.m. while it was on a call in the 700 block of Sunset Avenue, a police news release said. No one was in the ambulance.Related ArticlesCrime and Public Safety | Northern California father and 10-year-old son arrested after the child shot and killed another boy, deputies say Crime and Public Safety | Authorities looking for caller who scammed a California woman out of $1 million Crime and Public Safety | Lowriders, as well as those with expired registration tags, get a break — 2024 rings in new California traffic laws Crime and Public Safety | 8 treated after chemical sprayed inside restroom at California Target Crime and Public Safety | Califo...

Authorities looking for caller who scammed a California woman out of $1 million

Published Sat, 22 Feb 2025 22:20:49 GMT

Scammers recently conned a woman into sending them more than $1 million after claiming to be representatives of Walmart and threatening her with arrest if the amount wasn’t paid, San Bernardino County Sheriff’s Department Rancho Cucamonga Station deputies said in a statement released Friday, Dec. 29.On Wednesday, Dec. 27, at around 12:59 P.M., Rancho Cucamonga station deputies responded to the report of a theft.  Authorities learned that at some point on October, a 79-year-old woman was contacted by a caller who claimed to be a representative of WalMart International, Friday’s statement said.The representative told the victim her identity had been stolen and possible fraud had occurred, requiring her to deposit $1.25 million into a Bank of America account, and that she would be arrested if she did not comply. The victim complied and transferred the funds, authorities said.The victim received another call in December asking for more money and threatened she would be arrested or kille...

‘These are cries for help;’ Players allege Idaho women’s volleyball coach Chris Gonzalez regularly bullied them

Published Sat, 22 Feb 2025 22:20:49 GMT

It was the first time Chris Gonzalez left the women volleyball players he was coaching at the University of Idaho speechless.It wouldn’t be the last time.Gonzalez, hired only weeks earlier, was frustrated and then enraged with how a drill was proceeding in a practice in the spring of 2022, according to five people familiar with the incident. Finally, Gonzalez kicked a player out of the drill and took her place. When the drill still didn’t go as Gonzalez expected, he shoved a player over, knocking her to the ground, according to five people.“He physically pushed a player,” said Travel Morris, an Idaho middle blocker who participated in the drill. “Like physically in a very, bullying way, he literally told her to move and then pushed her and she fell to the floor.“He said, ‘Move!’ and just pushed her, like completely just pushed her over,” Morris said. “He pushed her quite aggressively.”“Everybody looked confused. As soon as it happened everybody on the court looked at each other like...

California youth, and their parents, can access free mental health app

Published Sat, 22 Feb 2025 22:20:49 GMT

The new year is bringing new mental health resources to California’s youth, right on their phones.Two new apps — available to state residents on Jan. 1 — will provide free resources, including one-on-one coaching support via in-app chat, call or video; a place to chat with peers; various wellness exercises; and information about local behavioral health resources or crisis services.Users will find “age-tailored” educational content, such as videos, games and podcasts, according to California’s Department of Health Care Services. The goal is to help parents and youth address an array of behavioral health concerns, including sleep habits, peer pressure, bullying, emotions, stress management and tantrums.The apps are coming at a time when people of all ages are struggling with mental and emotional health.For example, a study published earlier this year in the Journal of the American Medical Association found that hospitalizations and emergency room visits for suicide attempts and ideati...

First Bay Area baby born in 2024 appears to be in San Francisco

Published Sat, 22 Feb 2025 22:20:49 GMT

(KRON) -- The first baby born in the Bay Area in 2024 appears to be a baby boy born at Kaiser Permanente San Francisco Medical Center just after midnight on Jan. 1, 2024. Kaiser Permanente Spokesman Karl Sonkin said the boy was born at 12:21 a.m. A New Year’s sideshow led to 3 vehicles on fire Sonkin said another birth occurred early in 2024 at Kaiser Permanente San Leandro Medical Center, with one baby girl born at 12:49 a.m. Kaiser Permanente also confirmed another baby was born at its medical center in Walnut Creek at approximately 12:56 a.m.The names and weights of the babies born at the Kaiser Permanente facilities were not immediately available publicly.Meanwhile, a baby girl named ZaLayah Ridgle was born at Wilma Chan Highland Hospital Campus in Oakland at approximately 1:18 a.m. She weighed around 6 pounds and 10 ounces, the medical facility said.Copyright © 2024 Bay City News, Inc.