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Arizona man arrested after body found in trunk of car in Huntington Beach

Published Tue, 04 Mar 2025 07:45:55 GMT

A call regarding a home disturbance in Huntington Beach led to authorities discovering a body in the trunk of a car, and now an arrest has been made. The original call came in late Monday afternoon around 5:15 p.m. from a home in the 17000 block of Friml Lane, according to a press release from the Huntington Beach Police Department.  Historic hangar at former air base in Orange County engulfed in flames Upon arriving and conducting a preliminary investigation, officers were able to locate the body of a female in the back of a sedan parked nearby."She had passed away under suspicious circumstances," HBPD said.A call regarding a home disturbance in Huntington Beach led to authorities discovering a body in the trunk of a car. (OnSceneTV)Detectives and officials with the HBPD's Crimes Against Persons unit opened an investigation, and after conducting interviews and collecting evidence, they arrested a person of interest. Couple walking dog robbed at gunpoint in West Holly...

Mudslide closes Mulholland Drive in Beverly Crest

Published Tue, 04 Mar 2025 07:45:55 GMT

A water main break caused a landslide that closed Mulholland Drive in Beverly Crest Monday night.Authorities were called out to a road hazard in the 11000 block of Mulholland Drive at 10:48 p.m., and when they arrived, they found a mudslide covering both directions in the 8600 block of Mulholland, according to stringer service Key News.A mudslide closed a stretch of Mulholland Drive on Nov. 6, 2023. (KeyNews.TV)A mudslide closed a stretch of Mulholland Drive on Nov. 6, 2023. (KeyNews.TV)A mudslide closed a stretch of Mulholland Drive, as shown on Nov. 7, 2023. (KTLA)The source of the water appears to be below homes in the 8600 block of Edwin Drive, according to Key News.Mulholland remained closed in both directions from Skyline Drive to Bowmont Drive through 7 a.m.This water main break comes just one day after another main burst for the third time in two days in South L.A., flooding streets in the Baldwin Hills/Crenshaw area.

Person struck, killed by train in Northridge

Published Tue, 04 Mar 2025 07:45:55 GMT

A Metrolink train fatally struck a pedestrian in Northridge Tuesday morning.The collision at 8615 N. Lindley Ave. was reported a few minutes before 7 a.m., according to the Los Angeles Police Department.The Los Angeles Fire Department later confirmed that "sadly, one person was fatally struck by a train." Their identity, age and gender have not been released."The tracks have been shut down," LAFD officials added in a news alert.No other injuries were reported.

Affordable homes will be part of housing at old San Jose Fry’s site

Published Tue, 04 Mar 2025 07:45:55 GMT

SAN JOSE — More than 100 affordable homes are slated to become part of a huge housing development at a former Fry’s Electronics site in San Jose where 1,000-plus residences could be built, city files show.The prospect for affordable housing at the choice site in north San Jose was contained in the details for the application to develop the property that this news organization obtained from the San Jose Planning Department.Mayan-themed entry areas of the Fry’s Electronics store at 550 East Brokaw Road in San Jose, 2020. (Nhat V. Meyer/Bay Area News Group)The development would sprout at the site of a former Fry’s Electronics big-box store and corporate headquarters at 550 East Brokaw Road in San Jose.The residential project now being floated at San Jose City Hall marks a pivot whereby the site’s owners have ditched their plans to build a vast tech campus totaling millions of square feet on the 19.7-acre property, which is near the interchange of Inte...

Pac-12 bowl projections: Oregon to the CFP, Utah to the Alamo, Arizona jumps to Las Vegas and USC fades

Published Tue, 04 Mar 2025 07:45:55 GMT

Helpful reminders on the postseason selection process before we plunge into the latest Pac-12 bowl forecast:— The Rose Bowl and Sugar Bowl will host the College Football Playoff semifinals, leaving the Pac-12 champion to participate in the Fiesta, Peach or Cotton bowls unless it qualifies for the CFP.— The Pac-12 is contractually tied to seven games this season: the New Year’s Six, Alamo, Las Vegas, Holiday, Sun, LA and Independence bowls. If there are more eligible teams than available spots, the conference will attempt to secure invitations to other bowls with vacancies.In Week 10, Arizona became the seventh by winning its sixth.The Wildcats thumped UCLA on Saturday for their sixth victory, giving the Pac-12 seven bowl-eligible teams — enough to meet its contractual obligations.Following the 27-10 win, fans stormed the field to celebrate Arizona’s first postseason berth in six years.It was the longest bowl drought in the conference — so long, in fact, that the ga...

Los Gatos woman says ex stole game consoles from her home

Published Tue, 04 Mar 2025 07:45:55 GMT

Nov. 1VEHICLE CODE VIOLATION: 1:27 p.m. at North Santa Cruz Avenue and Thurston Street. Two juveniles were riding electric bikes on the sidewalk back and forth near La Esquina Mexican Restaurant.Nov. 3JUVENILE DISTURBANCE: 3:46 p.m. at West Main Street and North Santa Cruz Avenue. Five juveniles were riding electric bikes on the sidewalk and almost hit someone.Nov. 4SUSPICIOUS PERSON: 6:04 p.m. at Azuca on North Santa Cruz Avenue. A transient male keeps coming into the store and asking if employees give massages or Brazilian waxes.Related ArticlesCrime and Public Safety | Two incidents of battery reported at Prospect High School Crime and Public Safety | Juveniles on e-bikes not following rules of the road in Los Gatos Crime and Public Safety | Man threatens to burn down Campbell fire station Crime and Public Safety | Deputies arrest car thieves in Saratoga Crime and Public Safety | Saratoga student accused o...

San Jose Sharks’ struggles: What are owner Plattner’s thoughts on the rebuild?

Published Tue, 04 Mar 2025 07:45:55 GMT

SAN JOSE – San Jose Sharks owner Hasso Plattner keeps close tabs on the organization and was no doubt aware of how badly his team was outclassed last week in losses to the Vancouver Canucks and Pittsburgh Penguins.“Obviously, to lose the way we have lost,” Sharks general manager Mike Grier said Monday, “I’m sure it’s been alarming to him.”Grier, though, said he’s been in regular contact with Plattner and has his support as the Sharks go through an extended rebuild for one of the few times in their history. San Jose, which has a 0-10-1 record going into Tuesday’s game with the Philadelphia Flyers, has multiple needs to address and is all but assured of missing the playoffs for a fifth straight season.Plattner, a titan of the tech industry who was worth $16.2 billion, per Bloomberg, as of Monday, keeps a low profile when it comes to the Sharks and in recent years has opted to issue statements about the team through press releases rather than speak publicly. Although he finalized...

Samurai sword beheading trial begins today in San Mateo County

Published Tue, 04 Mar 2025 07:45:55 GMT

REDWOOD CITY, Calif. (KRON) -- The trial for Jose Landaeta, accused of beheading his ex-girlfriend Karina Castro with a sword in San Carlos in Sept. 2022, begins Tuesday.According to police, Landaeta went to Castro’s apartment in San Carlos and got into an argument with her. Landaeta slashed Castro with a samurai sword that he owns and then killed her, police said. Arrested former SJ Sharks youth coach identified, accused of sexual assault of a minor Landaeta, 34, pleaded not guilty to the gruesome murder. Landaeta’s lawyers claimed he was not mentally fit for trial, however, the judge disagreed. Castro, 27, was also the mother to Landaeta's daughter.

Oakland burglars use backhoe to break into gas station ATM

Published Tue, 04 Mar 2025 07:45:55 GMT

(BCN) -- An unknown number of individuals were caught on video breaking into an ATM using a backhoe at an Oakland gasoline station early Monday morning.Security footage, which has gone viral on social media, showed a gasoline station employee sitting near an ATM machine near a window. Seconds later, the bucket of a backhoe smashed through the window, startling the employee, who was forced to move back. Disturbing details released after San Jose baby dies from fentanyl overdose The bucket then smashed the ATM, repeatedly hitting the machine until it was wrecked. A man wearing a dark hooded sweatshirt, blue pants and white shoes jumped through the destroyed window and tied a chain around the machine.Another man can be seen outside the window in the video, tying the other end of the chain to a white pickup truck.According to the Oakland Police Department, the burglary occurred at a gasoline station in the 800 block of West Grand Avenue around 2:15 a.m. Monday.Officers upon arrival f...

Special counsel in the Hunter Biden case testifying before lawmakers in ‘unprecedented step’

Published Tue, 04 Mar 2025 07:45:55 GMT

WASHINGTON (AP) — The prosecutor overseeing the Hunter Biden investigation is testifying Tuesday, marking the first time a special counsel will appear before Congress in the middle of a probe. It comes as House Republicans are aiming to ramp up their impeachment inquiry into the president and his family after weeks of stalemate. David Weiss is appearing for a transcribed interview before members of the House Judiciary Committee as the U.S. attorney battles Republican allegations that he did not have full authority in the yearslong case into the president’s son. “Mr. Weiss is prepared to take this unprecedented step of testifying before the conclusion of his investigation to make clear that he’s had and continues to have full authority over his investigation and to bring charges in any jurisdiction,” Wyn Hornbuckle, a spokesperson for Weiss, said in a statement Monday.The rare move by the Justice Department to allow a special counsel or any federal prosecutor to face questionin...