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Crews battle fire after industrial explosion in Irwindale

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 15:58:50 GMT

Los Angeles County fire crews were battling a commercial fire after an apparent industrial explosion in Irwindale Monday morning.The incident was reported around 10:35 a.m. at 1418 E. Arrow Highway, according to the Fire Department.The initial emergency call went out as a warehouse explosion, officials said.Heavy smoke was visible from the blaze as Sky5 was overhead. By 11:30 a.m. much of the smoke had dissipated and flames were no longer visible. No injuries have been reported and the cause of the fire remains under investigation. Surrounding streets were closed amid the firefight and investigation.

U.S. employees spend $51 daily when they work full-time in office, study says

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 15:58:50 GMT

Employees in the U.S. who have returned to the office full-time are paying a lot to get there, a new study says.The annual “State of Work” report, conducted by videoconferencing company Owl Labs, found that about 66% of employees nationwide have returned to the office five days a week, or full-time, but spend $51 per day when they work in person.Researchers found that, on average, people spend:$16 on lunch$14 on commuting$13 on breakfast and coffee$8 on parkingOn average, workers with pets spend $20 more monthly than their counterparts, bringing their daily total to $71. This is how much California workers spend on their work commutes, study says On average, workers who report to the office five days a week spend about $1,020 every month. In comparison, employees who have a hybrid schedule spend $408 a month on office attendance costs, the study found.“There’s no question” working from the office is "wildly more expensive” today than it was pre-pandemic, Frank Weishaupt, CEO of Ow...

Deputies find stolen trailer after thief posts it for sale online, VCSO says

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 15:58:50 GMT

A Santa Clarita man was arrested last week after he allegedly stole a 25-foot trailer from the Fillmore area of unincorporated Ventura County.Albino Carrera Marcos, 26, was arrested Friday after the Thursday theft of the custom flatbed trailer from the driveway of a home in the 1300 block of Cliff Avenue, the Ventura County Sheriff's Office said in a news release.Investigators found Marcos and arrested him for the unlawful taking of a vehicle after they learned the trailer was being sold on social media, investigators said."Marcos was in possession of additional incriminating evidence linking him to the theft and the location of the stolen trailer," the release said. Marcos was arrested at about 12:45 a.m. in the 18000 block of Soledad Canyon Road in Santa Clarita, and investigators then found the trailer in the 10000 block of Lemona Avenue in the Mission Hills area of the San Fernando Valley, according to the VCSO.Marcos was booked into the Ventura County Pre-Trial Detention Facili...

‘Tenant from hell’ also lived rent-free in an Oakland house

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 15:58:50 GMT

A tenant who has grabbed headlines for squatting in a Los Angeles Airbnb for a year and a half without paying rent also squatted in an Oakland home in 2019.In 2021, a month after leaving a Rockridge sublet after refusing to pay rent for a year, Elizabeth Hirschhorn rented an Airbnb for six months from a periodontist in Los Angeles’ tony Brentwood neighborhood, the Los Angeles Times reported last week. But after her stay was up, she refused to move. Hirschhorn hasn’t paid rent in the more than 540 days since, using a legal loophole as justification, the Times reported.Her attorney, Colin Walshok, told the Times that Hirschhorn isn’t required to pay rent because “the city had never approved the unit for occupancy and that its shower was constructed without a permit.” The city has found that because of the code violations, the landlord, Sascha Jovanovic, cannot evict Hirschhorn.The two parties are now suing each other in court. Hirschhorn has demanded $100,000 from Jovanovic to leave t...

Pac-12 legal affairs: With key court date looming, parties agree to mediation

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 15:58:50 GMT

The Pac-12’s two remaining schools and the 10 departing universities have agreed to mediation in an attempt to settle their dispute over governance of the conference, according to a source with knowledge of the situation.“The talks have been productive,” the source said. “Everybody wants them to succeed. It just has to be on fair terms to everybody.”“Them,” of course, is Washington State and Oregon State — the schools left behind in the realignment game that decimated the conference in early August.One month later, the Beavers and Cougars took commissioner George Kliavkoff and the 10 outbound schools to court to gain clarity on the makeup of the governing board, which controls the assets.Washington State and Oregon State believe the departing universities relinquished their board seats when they agreed to join other leagues starting next summer and that, if allowed to remain on the board, the 10 could vote as a bloc in ways that undermine the ability of WSU and OSU to possibly rebui...

San Jose, Oakland airports lose steam in summer passenger flights

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 15:58:50 GMT

SAN JOSE — The airports in San Jose and Oakland are losing altitude in arduous separate quests to recover from their coronavirus-spawned losses in passenger traffic, new reports show.San Jose International Airport showed a decline in passenger trips through the Silicon Valley aviation hub during August compared with the same month the year before, according to the airport.Oakland International Airport, in a similar comparison, suffered a decline in the number of air travelers it handled for each of the last three months when compared to the same month the year before, the air travel center reported.Oakland International Airport, July 2023. (Jane Tyska/Bay Area News Group)During August, San Jose Airport accommodated slightly under 1.09 million passengers, which represented a decline of 0.2% from the number of passengers the South Bay travel complex handled in August 2022.Oakland Airport in August accommodated slightly over 977,300 passengers, which was down 10.1% from the ...

How third-party candidates could threaten GOP, Dems in 2024

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 15:58:50 GMT

By Steve Peoples | Associated PressNEW YORK — Robert F. Kennedy Jr., an anti-vaccine conspiracy theorist and scion of the storied Democratic dynasty, launched an independent presidential bid on Monday. Cornel West, a philosopher and Black social leader, made the same choice last week. And No Labels, a new political party, is intensifying candidate recruitment efforts.While the politics are murky, the fresh frenzy of outsider candidates threatens to weaken both major parties as Democratic President Joe Biden and Republican former President Donald Trump tighten their grip on their parties’ presidential nominations.There’s little concern that the independent or third-party candidates would actually win the presidency, but they could siphon support from the ultimate Democratic and Republican nominees. A heightened sense of concern is spreading especially among Democratic officials, who see the outsiders as a dangerous wildcard that harkens back to 2016, when Green Party nomi...

49ers’ scoring spree took root in Bosa-less training camp

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 15:58:50 GMT

SANTA CLARA — All eyes were on Brock Purdy’s surgically repaired elbow, and no eyes were on Nick Bosa. It was two months ago at training camp, and the 49ers were preparing to stage their NFL coup.Purdy’s elbow was responding remarkably well, albeit with daily interceptions that reporters obsessively tracked. Bosa, meanwhile, was bunkered at home in Florida, waiting to become the NFL’s highest-paid non-quarterback.How did those two players’ actions pave the way for the 49ers’ scoring spree in their 5-0 start, the latest win coming with Sunday night’s 42-10 rout of the Dallas Cowboys?“Honestly the best thing about training camp for us was really that Nick Bosa didn’t play, and so we were actually able to have an offense,” tight end George Kittle said. “(Bosa) didn’t have to disrupt every single play if he wasn’t going against Trent Williams. Nothing against our tackles, that’s just how good Nick Bosa is.“We were actually able to have fun drives,” Kittle said. “(Purdy) was able t...

Light rain expected to fall in the Bay Area over the next few days

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 15:58:50 GMT

(BCN) -- A cold front brought rain to parts of the North Bay on Monday morning, along with cooler temperatures and overcast skies that are expected to persist around the Bay Area for the next few days.The National Weather Service said a second cold front will likely bring rain to the Bay Area through Tuesday night, followed by wind on Wednesday."Generally light showers are coming into the North Bay now and the rest of the Bay Area by early this afternoon," said National Weather Service meteorologist Dalton Behringer.Most areas will get a tenth of an inch of rain at the most, while the coastal North Bay could get up to a quarter of an inch, Behringer said."It's going be a stretch to get anything decent unless you're along the coast or in higher terrain," he said.After that, Thursday and Friday are expected to be dry and temperatures near normal for the regional, forecasters said.Another cold front is expected this weekend.Copyright © 2023 Bay City News, Inc.

World-record pumpkin takes home $30k at Half Moon Bay annual pumpkin weigh-off

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 15:58:50 GMT

HALF MOON BAY, Calif. (KRON) -- The 50th annual World Championship Pumpkin Weigh-Off took place Monday in Half Moon Bay, and a world-record-setting pumpkin weighing 2,749 pounds won it all, according to contest officials. Travis Gienger, who brought the gargantuan pumpkin from Minnesota, will take home the $30,000 prize money.Organizers brought a new, heavier-duty scale to Monday’s pumpkin weigh-off because they expected a pumpkin to weigh over 2,560 pounds, which was the winner presented by Gienger last year.Travis Gienger of Anoka, Minnesota, and his world-record-setting 2,749-pound pumpkin. (Photo: Michael Thomas)The previous world record sat at around 2,700 pounds for a pumpkin weighed in Italy in 2021. Contestants at Half Moon Bay hoped to beat that, earning them $30,000 for a record breaker. If the record wasn't broken, the first-place pumpkin would have still earned a hefty $9 per pound. Had enough heat? Wet weather returning to Bay Area Early arrivals to the weigh-off Mond...