Massive explosion shakes Lebanon’s capital Beirut

BEIRUT — Massive explosions rocked downtown Beirut on Tuesday, flattening much of the port, damaging buildings and blowing out windows and doors as a giant mushroom cloud rose above the capital. Witnesses saw many people injured by flying glass and debris. An Associated Press photographer near the port saw people lying injured on the ground,…

Massive explosion shakes Lebanon’s capital Beirut

BEIRUT — Massive explosions rocked downtown Beirut on Tuesday, flattening much of the port, damaging buildings and blowing out windows and doors as a giant mushroom cloud rose above the capital. Witnesses saw many people injured by flying glass and debris. An Associated Press photographer near the port saw people lying injured on the ground,…

Clippers welcome Lou Williams back against Phoenix

Lou Williams will return to action Tuesday, Clippers Coach Doc Rivers said, after the veteran scorer finished his NBA-mandated 10-day quarantine, enacted upon his return to the at the Walt Disney World Resort campus July 25. While he was isolated in his room – penance, in the time of earnest coronavirus prevention, for visiting the…

Clippers welcome Lou Williams back against Phoenix

Lou Williams will return to action Tuesday, Clippers Coach Doc Rivers said, after the veteran scorer finished his NBA-mandated 10-day quarantine, enacted upon his return to the at the Walt Disney World Resort campus July 25. While he was isolated in his room – penance, in the time of earnest coronavirus prevention, for visiting the…

Clippers welcome Lou Williams back against Phoenix

Lou Williams will return to action Tuesday, Clippers Coach Doc Rivers said, after the veteran scorer finished his NBA-mandated 10-day quarantine, enacted upon his return to the at the Walt Disney World Resort campus July 25. While he was isolated in his room – penance, in the time of earnest coronavirus prevention, for visiting the…

3 rescued from Pacific island after writing SOS in sand

By NICK PERRY | Associated Press WELLINGTON, New Zealand — Three men have been rescued from a tiny Pacific island after writing a giant SOS sign in the sand that was spotted from above, authorities say. The men had been missing in the Micronesia archipelago for nearly three days when their distress signal was spotted…

Trump signs $3 billion-a-year plan to boost conservation, national parks

By DARLENE SUPERVILLE | Associated Press WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump on Tuesday signed into law legislation that will devote nearly $3 billion annually to conservation projects, outdoor recreation and maintenance of national parks and other public lands. The measure was overwhelmingly approved by Congress. “There hasn’t been anything like this since Teddy Roosevelt, I…

DA Jackie Lacey’s husband charged after allegedly pointing gun at BLM protesters

The husband of Los Angeles County District Attorney Jackie Lacey has been charged with three counts of misdemeanor assault of a firearm for allegedly pulling a gun on Black Lives Matter protesters who gathered in front of the couple’s Granada Hills home in March. Attorney General Xavier Becerra filed the charges against David Lacey, 66,…

DA Jackie Lacey’s husband charged after allegedly pointing gun at BLM protesters

The husband of Los Angeles County District Attorney Jackie Lacey has been charged with three counts of misdemeanor assault of a firearm for allegedly pulling a gun on Black Lives Matter protesters who gathered in front of the couple’s Granada Hills home in March. Attorney General Xavier Becerra filed the charges against David Lacey, 66,…

DA Jackie Lacey’s husband charged after allegedly pointing gun at BLM protesters

The husband of Los Angeles County District Attorney Jackie Lacey has been charged with three counts of misdemeanor assault of a firearm for allegedly pulling a gun on Black Lives Matter protesters who gathered in front of the couple’s Granada Hills home in March. Attorney General Xavier Becerra filed the charges against David Lacey, 66,…

Iran abducts Glendora man in Dubai, says his family

By JON GAMBRELL | Associated Press DUBAI, United Arab Emirates — A Glendora-based member of an Iranian militant opposition group in exile was abducted by Iran while staying in Dubai, his family said Tuesday. The suspected cross-border abduction of Jamshid Sharmahd appears corroborated by mobile phone location data, shared by his family with The Associated…

Apple fire evacuations remain in place, 12 structures destroyed

The Apple fire, ignited by hot debris from a vehicle’s faulty exhaust, grew by 400 acres overnight to 26,850 acres and containment was doubled to 15% Tuesday morning. Evacuations were still in place because winds in the San Bernardino Mountains remain a threat, with gusts up to 30 mph forecast for the afternoon. Twelve structures…

Senate passes powerful Olympic reform legislation

The U.S. Senate unanimously passed major Olympic reform legislation Tuesday that demands greater accountability from the U.S. Olympic and Paralympic Committee and the national governing bodies and is designed to transform a culture within American Olympic sports that enabled and then ignored sexual abuse by Larry Nassar and other predatory coaches and officials. The Empowering…

18-year-old Corona Marine among missing service members after amphibious vehicle sank

Pfc. Bryan Baltierra died on the anniversary of his Marine Corps enlistment. It was just before his first deployment overseas. “Bryan swore into the Marines on July 30, 2019 – exactly one year from the time of his death,” his mother, Evelyn Baltierra said on Sunday, shaken after learning her 18-year-old son was among eight…

Coronavirus state tracker: Hospitalizations up first time in six days, 4,669 new cases and 41 new deaths

Coronavirus-related hospitalizations in California increased for the first time in six days, by seven, bringing the total to 7,761, according to unofficial counts from state websites on Sunday. Hospitalizations are still 12% below the high of 8,820 reported in the state tracker July 23. Sunday’s tracker, posted online Saturday,  incorrectly reported the number of hospitalizations…

LA County reports 1,476 new coronavirus cases, 23 more deaths

Los Angeles County reported 1,476 more cases of COVID-19 and 23 additional deaths on Sunday, Aug. 2, bringing the county’s totals to 192,167 cases and 4,692 deaths. Both numbers represented a decrease from the previous several days, but officials said new cases and reported deaths are typically lower on weekends as some labs only report…

Missing Sailor Presumed Dead In Camp Pendleton Training Accident Was From Stockton

STOCKTON (CBS13) – A missing sailor now presumed dead following a 40-hour search after a marine training mishap near San Diego was from Stockton, a family friend confirmed to CBS13. The United States Marine Corps is saying that the search for the seven marines and the sailor was called off Sunday and they are presumed…

Elk Grove Unified School District To Start School Year Through Distance Learning

ELK GROVE (CBS13) – Students in the Elk Grove Unified School District aren’t the only ones experiencing butterflies for the beginning of the school year. Parents are too, as the new school year beginning on Monday will unfold at home. “It’s so much stuff, we’re concerned about it,” said Harumi Kim, a district parent. “For…

Driver Injured After Crashing Into Busy Tuolumne County Store

COLD SPRINGS (CBS13) – Man Injured After Crashing Into Busy Tuolumne County Store The Tuolumne County Fire Department said although it was busy inside and around the store, no one else was injured in the crash. The crash happened at a building at the Cold Springs Market east of Twain Harte. Swipe to see more…

3 Marines from Southern California among 8 service members presumed dead off San Clemente Island

Three Southern California Marines are among the eight service members presumed dead off San Clemente Island following a training accident last week. The Marines and sailor have been missing since Thursday, July 30, when their seafaring vehicle — known as an AAV — took on water and sank during a routine training exercise near the…

Woman killed in Anaheim found in pickup after San Diego County crash; suspect arrested

Deputies found the body of a woman possibly killed in Anaheim on Friday, July 31, inside a pickup that crashed in San Diego County, and took the vehicle’s owner into custody. Jessie Villesca, 56, of Anaheim was identified as the woman found in a Toyota Tundra driven by Abdulaziz Munther Alubidy, 30, also of Anaheim,…

Drive-through communion, online sermons: Venerable Tustin church adapts to pandemic

Although steeped in tradition, Red Hill Lutheran Church has found ways to adapt during a pandemic that makes life anything but normal. When California closed places of worship four months ago in an effort to control coronavirus, Pastor Seth Britton gave his first remote sermon using a cellphone. Since then, the Tustin church has acquired…

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