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Pasadena woman shot, killed following early morning fight

Published Sat, 22 Feb 2025 07:08:01 GMT

The Pasadena Police Department is investigating after a woman was shot and killed following reports of a fight at an apartment complex early Tuesday morning. Police responded to an apartment complex on the 2000 block of North Fair Oaks Avenue around 1:11 a.m. after receiving a call regarding a fight and shots fired. When police arrived on scene, they found 34-year-old Tynisha Houston suffering from at least one gunshot wound. The Pasadena woman was transported to the hospital but later died from her wounds.Police searched the same apartment complex where Houston was found and eventually arrested a suspect. That suspect has been identified only as a 54-year-old resident of Pasadena.Additional details regarding the suspect are being withheld due to the developing nature of the investigation, police said. Police did confirm that a search warrant was served and a firearm was recovered.The Pasadena Police Department's Robbery-Homicide Bureau is handling the investigation. Anyone with inf...

78-year-old hiker missing for days rescued

Published Sat, 22 Feb 2025 07:08:01 GMT

A 78-year-old man who had been missing in the Chumash Wilderness area of Ventura County for two days has been rescued, authorities announced on Tuesday.  Calls about Balaji Keshava’s disappearance came in at around 3 p.m. on Aug. 5, officials with the Ventura County Sheriff’s Department said.  According to investigators, Keshava had been hiking with a group of individuals when he somehow became separated from the group near Grouse Mountain. “Dispatchers were able to determine Balaji’s general location using information gathered from the cell phone call he placed after dialing 911,” a VCSO news release stated.  Members of the Ventura County Sheriff’s Office Search and Rescue Team, assisted by a Kern County Sheriff’s Office helicopter, began their search in the area of Cerro Noroeste where a trailhead was located. The teams searched through the night, even deploying a Ventura County helicopter equipped with a thermal imaging camera.  The following day, on Aug. 6, search...

Reward offered for thieves escaping with $300,000 of jewelry in La Verne

Published Sat, 22 Feb 2025 07:08:01 GMT

A $20,000 reward is being offered for the suspects who escaped with $300,000 worth of jewelry after a smash-and-grab robbery in La Verne.The break-in took place on July 1 when four men crashed through the entrance of Rodeo Jewelers on the 1500 block of Foothill Boulevard around 12:16 p.m.A reward of $10,000 is being offered by the La Verne City Council and another $10,000 is being offered by the Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors, totaling $20,000 for information leading to the suspects’ arrest and conviction.Security video captured a white sedan smashing through the front glass doors as four men hopped out. Armed with hammers, the thieves shattered display cases while grabbing handfuls of jewelry luxury watches before loading them into large bags.As the store owner confronts the suspects, one thief is seen picking up a chair and knocking the owner in the head twice.The thieves crashed through the front of the jewelry store with a car and began smashing display cases. July 1, 2...

'Senseless violence': 7 men indicted in string of fatal shootings in L.A. County

Published Sat, 22 Feb 2025 07:08:01 GMT

Seven men have been charged in connection with a string of fatal shootings that occurred in Los Angeles, Compton and Inglewood in late 2021 and early 2022, officials announced Tuesday. The charges stemmed from a 37-count grand jury indictment that was unsealed on Monday and involved four separate incidents in which seven victims lost their lives to "senseless violence," according to the L.A. County District Attorney's Office. Authorities called the investigations into the shootings “complex,” and the men were described as gang members. Seven men charged in a string of shootings in Los Angeles County are seen in images released by the DA's Office on Aug. 8, 2023. (KTLA) The first in the series of shootings occurred at an RV park in South Los Angeles on Dec. 6, 2021.Two victims, Jose Palma and Hector Cervantes, were killed when shots were fired into an RV.Six of the seven defendants were charged in the case: Kendale Taylor, Cory Ervin, Kalil Santos, Kevin Salter, Terrance Adams and Ma...

'I want a ride': Investigation on San Jose Pink Poodle strip club scandal released

Published Sat, 22 Feb 2025 07:08:01 GMT

(KRON) -- The City of San Jose released a 100-page final investigation report into the Pink Poodle strip club scandal involving four on-duty firemen who gave a bikini-clad woman, and a photographer, a ride in their engine.The scandal blew open last year when an Instagram video exposed a San Jose Fire Department engine with its emergency lights on parked at The Pink Poodle's entrance. The video posted by "San Jose Foos" showed a woman wearing only a bikini and high heals stepping out of the fire engine and walking into the strip club."Only in San Jose do you see a stripper come out of a firetruck," the video's caption wrote.Investigators discovered that The Pink Poodle was one of two adult entertainment establishments that Fire Engine 4 went to on the night of October 5, 2022, despite receiving zero calls for service during that time period, according to the report.The report released by the city to KRON4 on Tuesday identifies the four firefighters as: Fire Captain William Tognozzi, ...

Missing woman last seen in Fremont

Published Sat, 22 Feb 2025 07:08:01 GMT

(KRON) -- The Oakland Police Department is searching for a missing woman who was last seen in Fremont. Clara Sevilla Erazo, 28, has been missing since Sunday morning. She was last seen on the 45000 block of Fremont Boulevard at about 8 a.m. At that time, she was wearing a black Tesla polo shirt, black pants and black shoes. She is 5'7" and 180 pounds with brown hair and brown eyes. Erazo's family says she is in good mental and physical condition. Anyone who knows where she might be is asked to call OPD's missing persons unit at (510) 238-3641.

Aces ease by Wings 104-84 behind A’ja Wilson’s 28 points and 14 rebounds

Published Sat, 22 Feb 2025 07:08:01 GMT

ARLINGTON, Texas (AP) — A’ja Wilson scored 28 points and grabbed 14 rebounds, Kelsey Plum added 20 points and the Las Vegas Aces eased past the Dallas Wings 104-84 on Tuesday night.Las Vegas responded to its lowest-scoring game of the season — a 99-61 loss to New York on Sunday — with a 54-point first half. The Aces scored the opening 16 points of the game and led 54-26 at halftime behind double-digit scoring from Jackie Young (12), Chelsea Gray (13) and Plum (15). Wilson, who celebrated her 27th birthday on Tuesday, also had nine points and 10 rebounds in the half. The Aces shot 51% from the field in the first half, including 11 of 17 from 3-point range. Las Vegas finished 16 of 32 behind the arc with four apiece from Plum, Young and Gray. Young had 18 points, seven rebounds and six assists and Gray scored 16 points for Las Vegas (25-3). The Aces outrebounded Dallas 45-30.Satou Sabally led Dallas (15-14) with 21 points. Kalani Brown added 16 points and Arike Ogunbowale scored 12 on...

White Sox catcher Grandal leaves game against Yankees with sore left knee

Published Sat, 22 Feb 2025 07:08:01 GMT

CHICAGO (AP) — Chicago White Sox catcher Yasmani Grandal departed Tuesday night’s game against the New York Yankees because of a sore left knee.Grandal was replaced by Carlos Pérez in the top of the sixth inning. The White Sox said he is day to day.___AP MLB: https://apnews.com/hub/MLBSource

Napheesa Collier scores 29 points, Lynx beat the Sky 88-79

Published Sat, 22 Feb 2025 07:08:01 GMT

CHICAGO (AP) — Napheesa Collier scored 29 points, Jessica Shepard added 17 points, seven rebounds and five assists and the Minnesota Lynx beat the Chicago Sky 88-79 on Tuesday night.Minnesota scored the opening seven points of the fourth quarter to take a 72-62 lead. Kayla McBride made a long 2-pointer to extend it to 81-71 and Shepard added a jumper from the free-throw line with 3:01 left for a 12-point advantage.After a Chicago turnover, Lindsay Allen made two free throws with 23.1 seconds left for an 85-79 lead. Collier added two free throws on Minnesota’s next possession for an eight-point lead.McBride finished with 13 points and Nikolina Milic added 12 points for Minneapolis (14-15). Rachel Banham, who has not played since July 12 due to a broken right thumb, scored three points in seven minutes. Dorka Juhasz did not play for the second straight game. Collier, who picked up her fourth foul with 5:06 remaining in the third quarter, finished 10 of 18 from the field to help ...

Eduardo Rodriguez pitches 7 innings as Detroit Tigers beat Minnesota Twins 6-0

Published Sat, 22 Feb 2025 07:08:01 GMT

DETROIT (AP) — Eduardo Rodriguez pitched seven solid innings, and the Detroit Tigers stopped Minnesota’s five-game winning streak with a 6-0 victory over the Twins on Tuesday night.Rodriguez (8-5) allowed four hits — all singles — struck out five and walked three. “The impressive thing is that he did all of that without his best pitch,” Tigers manager A.J. Hinch said. “He couldn’t find his cutter, so it was fastball and changeup.”The veteran left-hander, who was nearly traded to the Los Angeles Dodgers at the deadline, improved to 4-1 with a 3.63 ERA in his last seven starts.“He’s a very high-quality pitcher — it isn’t an accident how often he goes deep into games,” Twins manager Rocco Baldelli said. “There aren’t a lot of pitchers who can just go up there and fire fastballs and gets swings that aren’t on the ball. That’s what he does.”Tigers slugger Miguel Cabrera went 2 for 4 and scored a run. He has 3,142 hits, passing Tony Gwynn and moving into a ti...