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LASD searching for missing at-risk teen in Paramount 

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:55:30 GMT

The Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department is asking the public for help in locating missing at-risk teenager Jaqualine Ramos Espinoza. Jaqualine was last seen on Saturday at 1 a.m. in the 8400 block of Fairton Street in the city of Paramount. She is 5 feet, 3 inches tall and weighs 80 pounds. She has brown hair and brown eyes, and was last seen wearing a white shirt, black and white spotted pajama pants and black and white Converse shoes. Jaqualine Ramos Espinoza as seen in an undated photo. (LASD)Anyone with any information is urged to contact the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department Lakewood Station at 562-623-3500. Information can also be submitted anonymously by calling 1-800-222-8477 or by going to lacrimestoppers.org 

Video captures two vehicles colliding with Santa Clarita deputy

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:55:30 GMT

Security video captured the moment two cars collided with a deputy vehicle in Santa Clarita on Saturday.The crash happened near the intersection of Sierra Highway and Whispering Leaves Drive around 3:35 p.m., according to the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department.In the video, a patrol car is seen making a U-turn when a sedan crashes into the passenger side. Within seconds, another car traveling in the same direction also strikes the patrol car.The impact pushed the second vehicle into a nearby wall, authorities said.Security video captured the moment two cars slammed into a deputy vehicle in Santa Clarita on May 6, 2023. (KeyNews)Security video captured the moment two cars slammed into a deputy vehicle in Santa Clarita on May 6, 2023. (KeyNews)Security video captured the moment two cars slammed into a deputy vehicle in Santa Clarita on May 6, 2023. (KeyNews)Security video captured the moment two cars slammed into a deputy vehicle in Santa Clarita on May 6, 2023. (KeyNews)Security...

Barricaded armed suspect arrested in Whittier 

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:55:30 GMT

The Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department Special Enforcement Bureau responded to reports of a barricaded armed suspect in Whittier on Saturday and have taken him into custody. According to LASD, the incident was reported around 5:30 p.m. Saturday evening in the 1100 block of Dovey Avenue in the unincorporated area of Whittier. Surrounding homes were evacuated during the standoff, but the area was deemed safe, and residents were allowed back home when the suspect was taken into custody. The suspect was not identified, and no additional details are currently available. Anyone with information is asked to contact the Industry Sheriff’s Station at 626-330-3322. To submit information anonymously, call Crime Stoppers at 1-800-222-8477 or visit lacrimestoppers.org 

How Did Delta-8 Become Federally Legal?

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:55:30 GMT

View the original article about How Delta-8 Became Federally Legal at Real Tested CBD.Over the last few years there has been a boom in the cannabis and hemp industries. With all the different cannabinoids on the rise, delta 8 THC has taken center stage as of late. This cannabinoid is reported to have effects milder than delta 9 THC and are actually made using CBD. As recently as May of this year, delta 8’s legality loomed in a very gray area, but some of this has been cleared up thanks to a panel for the Ninth Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals. Let’s take a closer look at how delta 8 recently became federally legal and if state regulations apply to you.What is Delta-8Delta 8 is one of many compounds that can be found in cannabis and hemp plants. Though it is found naturally in very small amounts, most of the delta 8 products on the market today are produced using CBD. Cannabidiol can be made into delta 8 using a chemical process.Some delta 8 users have reported its effects to be similar...

Cupertino sets virtual Budget Town Hall for May 18

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:55:30 GMT

 Budget Town Hall setCupertino city staff is holding a virtual Budget Town Hall May 18 to inform the community about the city’s financial outlook and discuss potential budget-balancing strategies. Community members are invited to give input during the meeting, which starts at 6:30 p.m. Register at cityofcupertino.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_j72cT53fSdK39GPWnar_tg.For more information, visit cupertino.org/budgetforecast.Free band concertThe Cupertino Symphonic Band is hosting its annual spring concert on Sunday, May 21, at 3 p.m. at the Sunnyvale Community Center Ballroom, 550 E. Remington Drive, Sunnyvale. Donations of canned goods benefit West Valley Community Services.The band is looking for new wind instrument and percussion players. For more information, visit www.cupertinosymphonicband.org.Student research champRaagavalli Karumanchi, a  student at Monta Vista High School, took first place at the National Institutes of Health’s All of Us Researchers Convention.The All of Us Rese...

New production of ‘1776’ declares independence from casting strictures

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:55:30 GMT

While the script hasn’t changed, the voices telling the story of “1776” in the national touring production are quite different than those of the Continental Congress members portrayed in the Tony-winning musical.The cast of this production, coming to the San Jose Center for the Performing Arts May 16-21, is made up of women, nonbinary and transgender actors playing mostly male characters. (Abigail Adams and Martha Jefferson are the two female characters in the show.) The cast is also more diverse, with a majority of people of color, in contrast to the all-white cast of the 1969 premiere production.“This cast wouldn’t have been considered when the Declaration of Independence was written,” says Liz Mikel, who plays Ben Franklin. “All these people were here then, (and we) reflect what America looks like today.”In researching Franklin, Mikel discovered that he was a master chess player.“He was always three steps ahead of everyone else,” she says. “He was always one of the wisest people ...

Campbell homeowner gets maintenance help on Rebuilding Day

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:55:30 GMT

Rebuilding DayVolunteers from Los Gatos Morning Rotary did yard work and other home maintenance projects at a house on Shadle Avenue in Campbell during National Rebuilding Day Saturday, April 29. Rebuilding Together Silicon Valley coordinated more than 450 volunteers to perform home maintenance and repairs at 20 project sites across Santa Clara County.Rebuilding Together is looking for volunteers for its Fall Rebuilding Day in October. Email Alaina at [email protected] for older adultsBay Area Older Adults (BAOA) is offering a variety of hikes, tours and seminars in May.Older adults can take an expert-led walking tour of the Silicon Valley water purification center on May 12 to see firsthand via interactive exhibits how waste water can cost-effectively be transformed into drinking water Santa Clara County residents. For more information and to register for Event 4, visit https://www.bayareaolderadults.org/bao-culture.Dr. Merav Vonshak will lead a virtual seminar on ant ecology ...

Latest line: A good week for Kevin McCarthy, a bad week for London Breed

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:55:30 GMT

Kevin McCarthyBakersfield Republican speaker’s chances of keeping GOP House majority next year increase as state Sen. Dave Min, the leading Democrat in the closely held fight for a key Southern California district, is busted for DUI.    London BreedSan Francisco mayor left with a big challenge after Nordstrom’s flagship store on Market Street closes this summer, following Office Depot, Athleta, Saks, Whole Foods and other nearby businesses, hurt by crime and remote work.   FirefightersHuge Sierra snowpack will delay the start of fire season. But PG&E power lines, climate-driven heat waves, and dry lightning storms can make any summer in California a potentially bad one for wildfires. 

CCS, NCS swim championships: Ethan Harrington’s banner meet lifts Palo Alto to team crown

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:55:30 GMT

Central Coast SectionBoysEthan Harrington had himself a day at the Central Coast Section swim championships.The Palo Alto junior broke his own meet record in the 50-yard freestyle, touching the wall at Hollister High on Saturday in a blistering 19.57 seconds to eclipse the record-breaking time of 19.73 that he achieved last year.But freshening up the record book was only part of his story,He led off the meet by swimming the anchor leg as Palo Alto won the 200 medley relay in 1:32.13.From there, he followed up his win in the 50 free by finishing first in the 100 free in another sizzling time, 43.53. He just missed the meet record of 43.52 that Bellarmine’s Max Saunders set in 2019.Harrington finished the day by swimming the opening leg on Palo Alto’s 400 freestyle relay team, which placed first in 3:02.67.When the meet ended, he got to celebrate with teammates as Palo Alto easily repeated as team champion with 334 points. Gunn finished second with 252.Arthur Balva also ha...

They said it: Coming clean

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:55:30 GMT

“I am a White person who has incorrectly identified as Native my whole life.”— Elizabeth Hoover, associate professor of environmental science, policy and management at the University of California, Berkeley, in a statement last week on her personal website acknowledging she had benefited from bogus family claims of tribal ancestry.