From ‘legacy runners’ to Kenyan fans, voices from the 2024 LA Marathon

Along with the 25,000 participants in Sunday’s L.A. Marathon were also more than 200,000 spectators who lined the 26.2-mile route. Between participants and the spectators was a lot of goodwill. There were the complete strangers encouraging runners to keep going. “You got this.” There were the relentless displays of resilience and the age-defying moments of…

First-responders aid 13 patients at LA Marathon, according to final update

First-responders tended to 13 patients at the L.A. Marathon on Sunday, March 17, according to revised data from authorities later in the day. Of the nine, eight were deemed to have a non-life-threatening issue in which care could be delayed, and another five had a minor injury or illness, which officials deemed “walking wounded,” according…

LAX travelers fight ‘absolutely horrendous traffic’ mess on Sunday

A tangle of traffic delays caused by construction and road closures were reported around Los Angeles International Airport on Sunday morning, with travelers posting on social media about some getting out of cars on city streets and walking to the airport with their luggage. “Absolutely horrendous traffic,” said X user David Barnett. “More than an hour…

Putin elected to 5th term in stage-managed Russian election

Russian President Vladimir Putin declared himself the winner of a pre-determined election over the weekend, clearing the way for a fifth term that would make him the longest-serving Russian leader in more than 200 years. There were small acts of protest during the election, held just a month after Putin’s biggest critic, Alexey Navalny, died…

United Airlines CEO vows to keep passengers safe after multiple mishaps

United CEO Scott Kirby said the airline is reviewing a series of “unrelated” cases and adding extra training for pilots. Top Featured Tags: – California News Press Release Distribution Service

First flight of Americans from Haiti lands at Miami International Airport to escape chaos

There were 47 passengers on board, all U.S. citizens escaping the civil unrest and violence in the Caribbean nation. Top Featured Tags: – California News Press Release Distribution Service

Thousands gather for start of 39th LA Marathon

Tens of thousands were descending on Dodger Stadium this morning for the L.A. Marathon. The annual spectacle — this is the 39th — includes more than 25,000 runners, who pound the pavement for a 26.2-mile trek from the stadium to Century City. In between, L.A. goes by – from Little Tokyo to the Hollywood Sign,…

Fight and shooting erupt in Pike, Promenade areas of Long Beach during planned meetup of teens

At least one fight and a shooting were reported late Saturday afternoon in the areas of the Long Beach Pike and The Promenade after hundreds of teens gathered at the Pike for a planned meetup, police said. A few hours before the violence, the Long Beach Police Department on social media said it was aware…

Why e-bikes will be allowed on new multi-use trail in California’s Tahoe National Forest

A new trail network is being planned connecting Nevada City and Truckee in the Sierra Nevada. Tahoe National Forest recently announced construction of a new trail, called the Pines to Mines Trail, which will begin this year. The mixed-use trail network, which will allow Class 1 e-bikes, will include roughly 50 miles of existing trails…

Abandoned slate mine in Wales now world’s deepest hotel

The four-hour journey, about 1,400 feet underground in the north Wales region of Snowdonia, takes nerve. Top Featured Tags: – California News Press Release Distribution Service

Book excerpt: “Burn Book: A Tech Love Story” by Kara Swisher

The journalist and podcaster pens a memoir about her journey as a reporter chronicling the Silicon Valley shenanigans of arrogant Internet billionaires and their reckless empires. Top Featured Tags: – California News Press Release Distribution Service

Book excerpt: “James” by Percival Everett

The author of “Erasure” (the basis of the Oscar-winning film “American Fiction”) returns with a comic novel that retells Mark Twain’s “The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn” through the eyes of an enslaved boy. Top Featured Tags: – California News Press Release Distribution Service

LA harbor commission OKs 30-year lease extension for Battleship Iowa

Lance Cpl. Caleb Joyce of Camp Pendleton sits atop an amphibious combat vehicle with the USS Iowa in the background on Saturday, May 27, 2023, at LA Fleet Week in San Pedro. (Photo by Howard Freshman, Contributing Photographer) Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass, speaks aboard the USS Iowa to celebrate the start of LA Fleet…

4 LA residents sentenced in $8 million scheme that performed 600 sham weddings for green cards

Four Philippine nationals living in Los Angeles have been sentenced in federal court for an elaborate $8 million scheme that arranged more than 600 sham marriages, circumvented immigration laws and obtained green cards by falsely claiming undocumented clients were abused by their American spouses. Earlier this month, U.S. District Court Judge Denise J. Casper in…

Boeing plane lost a panel between SFO and Oregon

Associated Press PORTLAND, Ore. — A ground crew discovered a missing panel on a Boeing 737-800 that had just arrived at its destination in southern Oregon on Friday after flying from San Francisco, airport officials said. United Flight 433 left San Francisco at 10:20 a.m. and landed at Rogue Valley International-Medford Airport in Medford shortly…

Eye Opener: New concerns after Boeing plane lands with missing panel

There’s more trouble from Being after a United flight was found to have a missing panel. Meanwhile, climate protestors disrupted a Broadway play on Thursday night. All that and all that matters in today’s Eye Opener. Top Featured Tags: – California News Press Release Distribution Service

Testosterone websites promote off-label use despite FDA ad ban

Most healthy men produce sufficient testosterone as they age. Yet online ads and telehealth sites are promoting testosterone drugs with flawed promises of boosting libido and busting stomach fat. Top Featured Tags: – California News Press Release Distribution Service

Supreme Court to hear case involving government pressure to remove social media content

The Supreme Court on Monday will hear two cases that involve “jawboning,” or informal pressure by the government on an intermediary to take certain actions that will suppress speech. Top Featured Tags: – California News Press Release Distribution Service

Judge: Man sane at time of slayings of estranged wife’s nephews in Arcadia

ALHAMBRA — A judge on Thursday, March 14, found that a man was sane at the time of the bludgeoning deaths of his then-estranged wife’s two teenage nephews in the boys’ Arcadia home. Superior Court Judge Jared Moses made the ruling at the prosecution’s request during the sanity phase of Deyun Shi’s trial after the…

EPA chief visits Port of LA to discuss new $3 billion Clean Ports grant program

From left, Los Angeles City Councilmember Tim McOsker, Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass, Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Michael Regan, and Port of Los Angeles Executive Director Gene Seroka took a harbor boat tour on Thursday, March 14, 2024, to discuss new federal EPA grant funding to cut pollution at the nation’s ports. (Contributing photographer Chuck…

How to watch, drive, park or take public transit to the LA Marathon on Sunday

Naturally, the media spotlight at the 2024 Los Angeles Marathon called the “Stadium to the Stars” taking place on Sunday, March 17 shines brightest on the 26,000 runners. But the spectators who will number about 200,000 play a supporting role that organizers say makes this event an only-in-L.A. production. Whether coming to catch a glimpse…

U.S. measles cases so far this year now exceed all of 2023

Infections of the highly contagious measles virus have been reported in 17 states in the first three months of 2024. Top Featured Tags: – California News Press Release Distribution Service

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