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The family officially welcomed the new member Wednesday at an adoption completion event in San Bernardino. There were smiles and tears of joy at the Ontario Convention Center as families celebrated the adoption of more than 100 children. Photo opportunities were arranged, adoptions were decided, and refreshments were served during the celebration. Among the family members who soaked up the emotional glow of the event were fiancée Meshawn and Sayisha Davis. The couple were overjoyed to officially recognize 19-month-old Jonathan as a Davis player. “I can’t even express it in words,” an emotional Meshawn said. Meshawn told NBC4 that adoption…

At Tuesday’s Moreno Valley Unified District board meeting, supporters and critics of a Moreno Valley history teacher who was placed on administrative leave for a profane anti-Trump rant in class clashed over his fate.A Valley View High School teacher called the president-elect a “rapist draft evader coward” during a Nov. 6 lecture to Associated Press history students. He said the reason black and Latino voters don’t support Kamala Harris is because of her personality. “The vagina and the uterus,” he said, claiming that Latino voters who support Trump want to be white.A spokesperson for the Moreno Valley Unified School District…

A vegetation fire broke out on a hillside in Pacific Palisades early Wednesday morning. The fire was reported just before 10 a.m. in the 1400 block of North Palisades Drive, according to a Los Angeles Fire Department emergency alert. Video from Sky5 shows several hotspots and a column of smoke rising into the morning sky. LAFD Public Information Officer Margaret Stewart confirmed to KTLA that the fire was previously estimated to be 5 acres in size. Fire trucks and fire helicopters were seen spraying water into hot spots as the fire moved through deep brush adjacent to the Santa Ynez…

Depending on who you ask, Chanel Maya Banks is either a missing person who could be in danger or injured, or she’s been found and is safe. The Playa Vista actor, known for his roles as Sawyer Bennett on Gossip Girl and Maria Romano on Blue Bloods, was reported missing by his family on Nov. 8, according to the Los Angeles Police Department. Her cousin, Daniel Tolishin, set up a GoFundMe on Sunday. “My cousin Chanel is missing,” Tori-Shin wrote. Tori-Shing said the Los Angeles Police Department conducted two welfare checks at Banks’ home, but Banks was not at the…

The Long Beach Police Department is ending its contract with Metro that stops sending officers to trains, the law enforcement agency confirmed Wednesday. Starting Dec. 30, Long Beach police officers will no longer patrol subway trains as the Long Beach Transit Authority is expected to launch its own police force. It will likely take about five years for Metro to have a police department, but the Long Beach Police Department is suffering from staffing shortages and may not be able to wait that long. “This decision was made after careful consideration and analysis of crime statistics, staffing considerations, and contractual…

Four people in Los Angeles County are facing charges of insurance fraud and conspiracy for staging a fake bear attack while wearing bear costumes, the Department of Insurance announced Wednesday. The initial suspects were Ruben Tamradian, 26, of Glendale, Ararat Chirkinian, 39, of Glendale, Vae Muradkanyan, 32, of Glendale, and Alfiya of Valley Village. Mr. Zuckerman, 39, was demanding insurance payments for their cars. Lois Ghost claimed a bear broke into her car in Lake Arrowhead on Jan. 28 and caused damage to the inside. However, the insurance company suspected fraud after examining security camera footage. “Further review of the…

For the more than 200 families who lost their homes in the Ventura County wildfires, finding temporary housing can be difficult and sometimes expensive. After a state of emergency was declared in the area, NBC Los Angeles received extremely high deposits and refunds from neighbors of evacuees in the burn area, despite California’s attorney general’s warning of possible price gouging. I heard that they are being asked to pay what appears to be an amount. For rental units. But Janet Spriesler, a broker and owner of property management company Rent805, said there are laws that prohibit property owners from charging…

Dave Coulier was diagnosed with stage 3 non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma. The “Full House” actor told PEOPLE in October that he was diagnosed with an upper respiratory infection that caused swollen lymph nodes. It was normal for his armpits and neck to swell when he was sick, but when he noticed that other areas were swollen, he became worried. He told TODAY that he was shocked to find a “golf ball-sized lump” in his groin “within a week of getting sick.” He went to the doctor and had blood tests, an electrocardiogram, a PET scan, a CT scan, and a biopsy. “Three…

The hummingbirds have already returned to the dilapidated grounds of Maurice Carr’s beloved Camarillo home. It’s a small glimmer of hope for a man who lost nearly everything in the nursing home he lived in for 14 years when a devastating fire ripped through his neighborhood last week. “It was amazing. It was like heaven,” Kerr said. “We enjoyed the morning hummingbirds and this amazing view. My wife and I were sitting on the patio just beyond this wall. “I wake up and I remember standing in my room and everything I had was gone.” The wildfire that started on…

Zhenya Rosinsky bought a 2017 Hyundai Santa Fe for her son’s 16th birthday last year. The car had 90,000 miles on it, so Rozinski said he gave it a thorough inspection. “We did the extensive 90,000 mile maintenance that Hyundai requires. We just wanted to make sure the car was in good condition. It’s for a kid. We want to make sure it’s safe. ” he said. Rosinski said her son had driven the car just 2,000 miles when the troubles started. He described his conversation with his son as follows: “‘Dad, I was driving and the ‘check oil’ light…