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Los Angeles transportation officials are asking President-elect Donald Trump to appropriate $3.2 billion to fund transportation projects for the 2028 Olympics, “the largest and most spectacular sporting event in American history.” . Appealing to President Trump’s preference for the most senior, the Metropolitan Transportation Authority board, whose members include local politicians including Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass, sent a letter to the president-elect on Thursday urging the administration to We sent a letter asking for funding to be included in the budget. “With 10 pieces [million] “With 15 million ticket holders expected to attend, these tournaments will be the largest…

A Fresno County resident has died from rabies, apparently contracted from a bat bite. This is the first such death in the county in more than 30 years.Joe Prado, deputy director of the county’s Department of Public Health, said during a Zoom media conference Tuesday that information about the individuals, including name, age and gender, is not being released due to patient confidentiality laws.Prado said the person works in Merced County and contracted rabies while there in mid-October, but it is unclear whether the person was working at the time of the contact. Officials said the person appeared to have…

A San Bernardino man has been charged with murder after prosecutors say he ran a red light while driving drunk, fracturing his vehicle and killing two young children inside.On Wednesday, Alexis Jose Garcia, 28, was charged with killing sisters Alina, 3, and Nevea Flores, 4, in a hit-and-run crash in Rialto on Sunday night. According to the San Bernardino County District Attorney’s Office, he faces seven felonies: two counts of murder, two counts of DUI manslaughter, one count of hit-and-run causing death, and two counts of DUI-related injury. It is said that Prosecutors are seeking an enhanced sentence for Garcia…

The Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors on Tuesday called for more services for pregnant women living on the streets after two newborn babies died on Skid Row this month.The call to action comes nearly three weeks after a woman gave birth on Nov. 8 at East 14th Street and South Alameda Avenue. The infant died the same day after being taken to Los Angeles General Medical Center, according to county records. Six days later, Los Angeles police were alerted to the death of another newborn on Skid Row, 1.5 miles away from the first. Police said the baby may…

As 97-year-old Rosaline George pays for hourly care out of her own pocket, the savings she earned while working as a journalist and local government employee are dwindling by the month.”If I didn’t have a caregiver, I would have died within two days,” she said.Joining Medi-Cal, California’s Medicaid program, could be her entry point into a program that pays home caregivers. But George learned that doing so would require spending most of his Social Security check on medical expenses, leaving him with just $600 a month to live in his Hollywood apartment.In California, elderly and disabled people who earn too…

Good news for bargain hunters. Many retailers have already launched their Black Friday sales in stores and online, so get in line at dawn and saunter through the stores to get your hands on the coveted Black Friday deals. Gone are the days when you had to. . Some major retailers, including Target, Amazon and J.C. Penney, announced promotions a week before Thanksgiving, but others, including Walmart, ended their promotions on Monday. Some experts say this is a broader shift to extend discounts and sales throughout the entire month of November, not just Black Friday and its online counterpart, Cyber…

The family of Hannah Kobayashi, a Hawaiian woman who went missing two weeks ago after missing a flight at Los Angeles International Airport, has not given up on the search for her loved one. Kobayashi’s father was found dead near Los Angeles on Sunday in what police believe was an apparent suicide, but Kobayashi’s relatives are facing yet another tragedy. The body of Ryan Kobayashi, 58, was found in a parking lot in the 6100 block of Century Boulevard. According to the Los Angeles County coroner, Kobayashi died of blunt force trauma.”The search for Hannah continues,” said Kobayashi’s aunt, Larry…

Rain in southern San Diego could cause water levels in the polluted Tijuana River to rise, further worsening air quality. Now, residents are concerned that San Diego County’s new home air filters aren’t enough to keep harmful air from rising rivers at bay.And despite increased federal and state attention in recent weeks, in the wake of the November election and Gov. Gavin Newsom’s refusal to declare a state of emergency over the situation, a solution is still not in sight. It is elusive and remote, local officials and residents say. Last month, Newsom made his first visits to the aging…

William Dale Archard drank highballs, got married often, and hated 9-to-5 employment. He was born in Arkansas and was slender with pale blue eyes and wavy silver hair. He inspired romantic devotion to women and trust in criminal allies. For decades, his wife and acquaintances had suffered from a fatal illness that caused sudden seizures, but the medical examiner did not rule it a homicide.His motive was greed, but he never made much money. He was a frail 55-year-old when he was finally arrested by police at his home in the Alhambra in 1967. he joked. Prosecutors called him “the…

Four years ago, rural and staunchly conservative Inyo County produced a surprise on Election Day when voters chose Joe Biden over Donald Trump by a margin of just 14 votes.Before 2020, the rugged eastern Sierra county had not supported a Democrat in a presidential election since 1964, when voters chose Lyndon B. Johnson. Longtime locals wondered whether the pandemic-era influx of new residents from urban California, most of them Democrats or independents, had permanently turned the place purple. Will Inyo County ostracize Trump again in 2024? That won’t happen. As of Tuesday, Trump held a 3-point lead over Vice President…