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Police search for man who caused 'mass panic' at Ontario Mills Mall

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 14:42:21 GMT

Authorities with the Ontario Police Department are seeking the public’s help in identifying a man who caused mass panic after making false threats at the Ontario Mills Mall on Monday.  The incident occurred at around 2 p.m., prompting police to respond to the mall and ask people to avoid the area.  On Tuesday, officials released a surveillance image of the suspect they say ran through the mall yelling “gun” and “he has a gun.”  “His reckless actions caused guests to panic,” police said in a news release.  The suspect is described as a Hispanic male, approximately 30-35 years old with short black hair. He was last seen wearing a white shirt, gray pants and black shoes.  Surveillance image of a man police believe caused "mass panic" at the Ontario Mills Mall on May 29, 2023. (Ontario PD)Anyone who recognizes the suspect is asked to contact Detective Joe Paterson at 909-408-1653 or by email at [email protected]. Anonymous tips can be made by calling W...

Al Pacino expecting 4th child at 82 years old

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 14:42:21 GMT

Al Pacino is about to be a dad again.The 82-year-old actor is expecting his fourth child with girlfriend Noor Alfallah, the actor's team confirmed with TMZ.According to the outlet, Alfallah is eight months pregnant. The couple has been romantically linked since April 2022 after they were photographed leaving Felix Restaurant, reports NBC News. Just five weeks ago, Alfallah posted a photo with the "Godfather" actor on Instagram of the couple checking out her friend Bennett Miller's exhibit at the Gagosian in New York.Pacino's oldest children are 33-year-old Julie Marie, whose mother is the actor's ex-girlfriend Jan Tarrant. He also shares 22-year-old twins Anton and Olivia with ex-girlfriend Beverly D'Angelo.Alfallah has been previously linked to rock icon Mick Jagger from 2017 to 2018, reports E! Online.The "Scarface" actor's baby news comes just weeks after fellow “Heat” and “Godfather Part II” star Robert De Niro welcomed his seventh child at age 79.Pacino, who las...

Man with fatal gunshot wounds found in Hollywood Hills

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 14:42:21 GMT

Police are investigating the fatal shooting of a man in the Hollywood Hills neighborhood Wednesday morning. Officers responded to an officer needs help call in the 3300 block of Cahuenga Boulevard around 4 a.m., Los Angeles Police Department Officer Cervantes said. A man suffering from gunshot wounds was pronounced dead at the scene, Cervantes said. No further details about the shooting were immediately released and no suspect description was provided. Traffic was blocked at Universal Studios Boulevard and Cahuenga Boulevard for the investigation.

Facing sweltering summers, Newsom floats plan for California to buy energy

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 14:42:21 GMT

For most of the year, California's quest to rid itself of fossil fuels seems on track: Electric cars populate highways while energy from wind, solar and water provides much of the power for homes and businesses.Then it gets hot, and everyone in the nation's most populous state turns on their air conditioners at the same time. That's when California has come close to running out of power in recent years, especially in the early evenings when electricity from solar is not as abundant.Now, Democratic Gov. Gavin Newsom wants to buy massive amounts of renewable energy to help keep the lights on. The idea is to use the state's purchasing power to convince private companies to build largescale power plants that run off of heat from underground sites and strong winds blowing off the coast — the kinds of power that utility companies have not been buying because it's too expensive and would take too long to build. California power companies roll out fixed-rate bill proposal “We laid out the...

80-year-old man arrested for fatal shooting in parking lot of Amazon Fresh store

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 14:42:21 GMT

An 80-year-old man has been arrested in connection with a fatal shooting Tuesday outside an Amazon Fresh store in Westchester.  The deadly altercation unfolded around 4 p.m. in the 6800 block of La Cienega Boulevard, near Centinela Avenue, in the store’s parking lot.  Cellphone video captured the confrontation between the 80-year-old man, who can be seen holding a gun, and a 30-year-old man standing near a white pickup truck, as it escalated into a fatal shooting that was witnessed by several people.  “The young guy that got shot was being very aggressive,” Tracey Knox, who witnessed the shooting, told KTLA. “He was saying derogatory things to the African American gentleman, and I believe that there was some words that were said and he turned around and shot him.” Another witness said the whole incident started when the younger man drove his pickup truck erratically into the store’s parking lot.  “The guy that got shot came through the alley, I’m assuming to...

Manson follower Leslie Van Houten should be paroled, California court rules

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 14:42:21 GMT

A California appeals court said Tuesday that Leslie Van Houten, who participated in two killings at the direction of cult leader Charles Manson in 1969, should be released from prison on parole.The appellate court’s ruling reverses an earlier decision by Gov. Gavin Newsom, who rejected parole for Van Houten in 2020. She has been recommended for parole five times since 2016. All of those recommendations were rejected by either Newsom or former Gov. Jerry Brown.Newsom could request that California Attorney General Rob Bonta petition the state Supreme Court to stop her release. Bonta's office referred questions to Newsom's office, which didn't respond to queries about possible next steps.Van Houten, now in her 70s, is serving a life sentence for helping Manson and other followers kill Leno LaBianca, a grocer in Los Angeles, and his wife, Rosemary.Newsom has said that Van Houten still poses a danger to society. In rejecting her parole, he said she offered an inconsistent and inadeq...

Video shows several sharks feeding on dolphin off Southern California coast

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 14:42:21 GMT

A group of what appears to be juvenile sharks were caught on video at Torrey Pines State Beach feeding on a dolphin just off the coast. Park rangers say it's a good reminder of the predators flocking to San Diego beaches, especially as we enter the summer months. Around noon on Sunday, California State Parks responded to a notification of a shark spotted around 30-40 yards from shore near lifeguard tower No. 7. Video shows multiple sharks snacking on a dolphin which washed up along the beach a few minutes later. San Diego shark expert and oceanographer Manuel Lazcano calls the incident a good sign of a healthy environment. “The shark is the top predator of the ocean, and they will eat wounded animals and very young animals and they will attack them by surprise," Lazcano said. To practice safety, State Park Peace Officers posted shark warning signs along tower No. 7 High Bridge access point to the north boundary with Del Mar city. Study: Sharks nearby more than we think, are not ‘...

Victor Calderone is the Master of MATTER

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 14:42:21 GMT

Victor Calderone is the Master of MATTER: New York’s Victor Calderone got his start DJing and producing when he was inspired by his DJ older brother Cesare.“Growing up we shared a room together and I would just sit there listening to him DJ for hours,” Calderone says. “He eventually taught me how to play and I was hooked from that moment on. It wasn’t until the early ’90s I became interested in producing and partnered up with a good friend Gene La Fosse under the moniker Program 2. We eventually signed a record deal with Sire Records in 1992. I thought that was the moment my career had arrived, but it was short lived and fell apart. After a hiatus I got back in the studio in 1996 and I produced a solo track called ‘Give It Up’ that went number 1 on the Billboard charts. That led to working with Madonna and officially launched my career.”The artist says that his sound was massively influenced by ’90s NYC.“I have a deep refer...

Twitter is now worth just 33% of Elon Musk’s purchase price, Fidelity says

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 14:42:21 GMT

By Aisha Counts and Tom Maloney | BloombergTwitter is now worth just one-third of what Elon Musk paid for the social-media platform, according to Fidelity, which recently marked down the value of its equity stake in the company.Musk has acknowledged he overpaid for Twitter, which he bought for $44 billion, including $33.5 billion in equity. More recently, he said Twitter is worth less than half what he paid for it. It’s unclear how Fidelity arrived at its new, lower valuation or whether it receives any non-public information from the company.Fidelity first reduced the value of its Twitter stake in November, to 44% of the purchase price. That was followed by further markdowns in December and February.Twitter has struggled financially since Musk took over. After saddling the company with $13 billion of debt, Musk’s erratic decision making and challenges with content moderation led advertising revenue to decline by 50%, Musk said in March. An attempt to recoup that revenue by selling T...

At 83, Al Pacino will soon beat Robert De Niro as one of the oldest celebrity dads

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 14:42:21 GMT

Besides being male movie legends and first starring together in “The Godfather II,” Al Pacino and Robert De Niro have something else in common: They’re both men nearing the end of their lives who have decided to produce children with younger women.News came Tuesday night from TMZ that Pacino, 83, is expecting a baby — his fourth — with his 29-year-old girlfriend Noor Alfallah. She’s eight months pregnant and has been linked to Pacino since April 2022, TMZ said. Pacino’s big news — including the fact he’ll be 101 when his child turns 18 — comes several weeks after De Niro, 79, announced the birth of a daughter — his seventh child — with girlfriend Tiffany Chen.HOLLYWOOD, CALIFORNIA – MARCH 27: (L-R) Al Pacino, Francis Ford Coppola, and Robert De Niro speak onstage during the 94th Annual Academy Awards at Dolby Theatre on March 27, 2022 in Hollywood, California. (Photo by Neilson Barnard/Getty Images) I...