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The pursuit of a kidnapping suspect and victim from the Santa Fe Springs area to Westminster lasted about 105 minutes Saturday before a flat front tire slowed the pace considerably. The California Highway Patrol became aware of the suspected kidnapping around 6:45 p.m. Saturday and began pursuing an older model white convertible Ford Mustang on the southbound 5 Freeway and Florence Street in the Downey Santa Fe Springs area, CHP troopers said. Sean Locke told City News. service. Ruff said officers installed spike strips on southbound 605 in the Cerritos area, which flattened two front wheels, significantly slowing the pursuit…

Two teenagers are dead and one is hospitalized with serious injuries after a suspected drunk driving crash in Riverside on Saturday, authorities confirmed. According to Riverside Police, police were called around 5:40 a.m. to reports of an accident on Wood Road, north of Van Buren Boulevard. Emergency crews arrived and found one of the two involved vehicles on fire. After extinguishing the fire, police said they found two people dead inside. Preliminary investigations indicate that the car that caught fire was a gray Lexus sedan with three teenagers in it, and the other car was a blue Scion with an…

A particularly alarming species of mussel has entered North America for the first time through the Sacramento-San Joaquin River Delta, posing what many are calling an imminent threat to California’s most important watershed.The golden mussel, an invasive freshwater bivalve that has wreaked havoc on ecosystems and critical water infrastructure in other parts of the world, was recently discovered near Stockton Harbor. Limnoperna fortuneni also appears to have invaded the O’Neill Forebay in San Luis Reservoir, miles downstream, where Merced County officials are conducting rapid genetic testing.According to official warnings from the California Department of Water Resources and the California Department…

A Diamond Bar woman had quite the Halloween scare after losing her wedding ring while handing out candy on Thursday night. Patti Leon-Encalde said she was heartbroken to learn Friday that her beloved wedding ring was missing. After a thorough search of her home and workplace, she realized it must have been lost while trick-or-treaters were visiting her home. “All I can think is that they were handing out candy and the candy slipped out of their hands,” Encalde said. “It’s one of a kind and incredibly special to me.” This custom ring was designed by Don Encarade, her husband…

Ahead of Election Day, Los Angeles County officials on Saturday opened hundreds of additional voting centers where voters can cast early votes in person.According to a post on the X account, the Los Angeles County Registrar-Recorder/County Clerk has opened 526 additional centers. This is in addition to the 122 centers already open across the county where people can vote in person and drop off their ballots for the Nov. 5 election.Officials said the center was open from 10 a.m. to 7 p.m., and most wait times were less than 15 minutes.The county’s mobile voting centers will also be operating throughout…

Kamala Harris leads Donald Trump 47% to 44% in Iowa, a shocking new poll finds just three days before Election Day. The results of the Des Moines Register/Mediacom Iowa poll came as a complete surprise to political observers, as no serious analyst predicted that the Democratic candidate would defeat Trump in the state. “I don’t think anyone can say they saw this coming,” said J. Ann Selzer of Selzer & Company, which conducted the poll. Kamala Harris leads Donald Trump among likely voters in Iowa by a margin of 47% to 44%, according to a shocking new poll released Saturday…

Outfielder Juan Soto became a free agent this offseason. Will the Dodgers, who just played him in the World Series, play for him? (Wally Scully/Los Angeles Times) As it stands, the most obvious holes on next year’s roster are in the outfield and starting rotation. Even if the Dodgers put Betts in right field (he initially moved him to the infield before moving him back to the position later this year), the club is without a left fielder since Teoscar Hernandez became a free agent. They could play Edman at center, but only if they have another option at shortstop.…

Two Los Angeles police officers were injured and a suspect was taken into custody Friday night after a gunfight erupted while investigating a possible robbery in South Los Angeles, authorities said.According to police, the incident occurred around 9 p.m. Friday when two officers from the Los Angeles Police Department’s Southeast Division responded to a report of a robbery in the 9200 block of Central Avenue. At some point during the ensuing encounter, officers exchanged gunfire with the armed suspect, who fled the scene, police said. It was not immediately clear whether the suspect was hit.A radio call for help prompted…

An additional 526 voting centers will open across Los Angeles County on Saturday as the presidential election approaches. More than 100 early voting locations have already opened across the county on Oct. 26. These locations are not just for voting in person. Residents can submit their mail-in ballots at any vote center. A man who was voting early Saturday at the Los Angeles County Registrar’s Office in Norwalk told KTLA that the “very serious” political climate would bring about the change. “I think it’s a very serious situation… things are going to change, for better or for worse,” Willis said.…

The Republican lieutenant governor of Texas is refuting false claims shared on social media by presidential candidate Donald Trump’s campaign that voting machines in Tarrant County will change voters’ choices. Lara Trump, Donald Trump’s daughter-in-law and co-chair of the Republican National Committee, recently said that voters in Tarrant County are reporting that voting machines are flipping votes from Trump to Kamala Harris. posted on social media. “I just spoke with Lieutenant Governor Dan Patrick about voting in Tarrant County, Texas. They investigated it and the error was corrected in the voting machines,” she said. I wrote it on the day.…