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A Southern California high school choir director was greeted by police officers after agreeing to meet with a 17-year-old student on suspicion of sexual activity. According to the Santa Ana Police Department, officers responded to Santa Ana High School around 6 p.m. Friday after receiving a report of a student having an inappropriate relationship with a teacher. When contacted, the boy, a senior at the school, reported that he had been having a sexual relationship with Yesenia Navarro Garcia, 37, the director of the vocal music program and choir teacher at Santa Ana High School, over a period of about…

An Orange County firefighter who suffered a spinal cord injury in a September highway rollover crash was released from a rehabilitation facility in Colorado on Friday.Firefighter Andrew Brown feared he would be paralyzed after his crew’s truck crashed while returning from a wildfire, but he was able to survive in Santa Ana with applause and cheers from his family and fellow firefighters. I got off the plane at John Wayne Airport.After nearly two months of treatment at Craig Hospital in Inglewood, Colorado, which specializes in treating brain and spine disorders, Brown said, “I was very worried about whether I would…

Public health officials have reported the first case of clade I mpox in the United States in a traveler to California. Clade I mpox is distinct from clade II mpox, which has been circulating in Southern California, throughout the state, and across the United States since 2022. Health officials confirmed through laboratory testing that the infection was confirmed in an individual who recently traveled to California from Africa. CDPH said the cases are linked to an ongoing clade I mpox outbreak in Central and East Africa. “Historically, clade I has caused more severe disease than clade II. However, recent infections…

McDonald’s is investing $100 million to bring customers back to its stores after an outbreak of E. coli food poisoning linked to onions in the fast food giant’s Quarter Pounder burgers. The investment includes $65 million, which will go directly to the hardest-hit franchises, the company said. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has announced that the shredded onions in Quarter Pounders are a likely source of E. coli. Taylor Farms in California has recalled onions potentially linked to the outbreak. At least 30 cases have been reported in Colorado. Montana reported 19 cases. Nebraska, 13 years old. The…

Bela Karolyi, the polarizing and charismatic gymnastics coach who turned young women into champions and turned the United States into an international power, has died. He was 82 years old. USA Gymnastics announced that Karolyi passed away on Friday. The cause of death has not been disclosed. Karolyi and his wife Martha coached multiple Olympic gold medalists and world champions in the United States and Romania, including Nadia Comaneci and Mary Lou Retton. “Big influence and impact on my life,” Comaneci, who was just 14 years old when he was coached by Karollui, who led Romania to a gold medal…

BEIRUT (AP) – Israeli ground forces reached their deepest point in Lebanon since the invasion six weeks ago and withdrew on Saturday after fighting Hezbollah militants, Lebanese state media reported. The clashes and further Israeli shelling on the southern outskirts of Beirut, a Hezbollah stronghold, came as Lebanese and Hezbollah officials were considering a draft proposal to end the war presented by the United States earlier this week. Israeli forces briefly occupied a strategic hill in the southern Lebanese village of Chamar, about 5 kilometers (3 miles) from the Israeli border, state news agencies reported. The newspaper said Israeli forces…

A man has been arrested in local court in connection with what authorities are calling the “chemical device incident.” According to a media release from the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department, around 7 a.m. Wednesday, Torrance Courthouse staff received a call about a suspicious package approximately 30 feet from the front entrance. Torrance Police Department officers responded immediately and evacuated the courthouse. Man dies in police custody after car crashes into Long Beach backyard Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department bomb technicians sent a robot to safely evaluate the package, which was ultimately determined to be safe more than three hours…

A Southwest Airlines flight was struck by bullets as it prepared to depart from a Dallas airport, forcing the cancellation of Friday night’s flight, the airline announced. No injuries were reported and law enforcement was contacted after the bullet struck the right side of the aircraft just below the flight deck. At the time, the crew of Flight 2494 was preparing the plane for departure from Dallas Love Field Airport, Southwest Airlines said in a statement. The Boeing 737-800 was “hit by gunfire near the cockpit” while taxiing before a flight to Indianapolis International Airport around 8:30 p.m. Three people…

A handcuffed man who crashed his car into a backyard died in police custody, authorities said. According to Long Beach Police, just before 6 p.m. Friday, officers were dispatched to a home in the 5300 block of Cerritos Avenue for a report of a crash into a residential fence. “Upon arrival, officers located a vehicle involved in a single-vehicle crash in the backyard of a residence,” LBPD said. “As part of the investigation, officers approached the adult male driver inside the vehicle, ordered him to exit the vehicle, and placed him in handcuffs.” Three people killed in arson at home…

President-elect Donald Trump attended the UFC Heavyweight Championship bout at Madison Square Garden on Saturday night, combining two things close to his heart: a fight inside the Octagon and New York City. After a year’s delay, Stipe Miocic will look to take on reigning champion Jon Jones at UFC 309 for his third heavyweight championship reign. Trump is a longtime UFC fan and frequently attends major fights. She has made her push for an ultra-masculine tone a symbol of her recent successful White House campaign, aiming to further widen the gap between herself and her Democratic challenger, Vice President Kamala…