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LOS ANGELES–The Los Angeles Lakers lost their fifth consecutive game 127-121 in a matchup against the Denver Nuggets on Tuesday, January 17. Los Angeles failed to overcome a 19-point deficit, despite cutting the Denver lead to 120-119 with less than two minutes remaining in the game. Lou Williams led the Lakers with 24 points, four rebounds and seven assists off the...

CALIFORNIA—On Monday, April 12, the United States Attorney's Office for the Central District of California sentenced a former California resident to three months in prison for shooting an elephant seal to death near San Simeon in September 2019. U.S. District Court Judge Dale S. Fischer sentenced Jordan Gerbich, 30, to three months in federal prison as well as a "three...

SAN FRANCISCO–On Friday, August 7, San Francisco-based company Good Eggs will cease operations in Los Angeles, Brooklyn and New Orleans. Good Eggs, an organic food delivery startup, was founded in 2011 by Rob Spiro and Alon Salant. Its model combines grocery delivery, like popular online delivery service Fresh Direct, with a sustainable farm-to-table ethos. According to their website, Good Eggs works with...

MONTEBELLO—On Thursday, August 27, Montebello Police Department (MPD) announced via social media that they are seeking public assistance to identify and locate a suspect who attacked two people in the city of Montebello. According to a statement from MPD, the attack occurred on August 10, around 10:35 a.m. Two men apparently suffered a violent unprovoked attack by the suspect while...

SAN FRANCISCO—As citizens of San Francisco get ready to honor this year's Pride week, others are left grieving in the LGBTQ+ community. Oakland's LGBTQ+ Community Center was vandalized Saturday morning by an unknown suspect. Staff and volunteers of the center reported that the windows were smashed with a golf club and that the suspect quickly rode off on a...

SAN FRANCISCO—San Francisco Police Chief Bill Scott released a public apology and announced a pause on plain clothes police operations on Thursday, May 13. The apology and pause are connected to an incident that occurred Friday, May 7, in which an officer fired and injured a car burglary suspect. The chief stated that the firing “should not have happened”...

SAN FRANCISCO—One Bay Area radio host is lobbying to change the San Francisco city flag, claiming that it is "ugly" and out-of-date. Roman Mars, host of the "99% Invisible" podcast on KALW, argues that it is time for the city to adopt a new flag that would be better representative of modern San Francisco. The host first brought attention to the...

TRUCKEE—An avalanche toppled down Highway 89 near Truckee on Monday, January 23, burying two cars and trapping the occupants inside, officials from the California Highway Patrol reported. The avalanche measured 200 feet wide and 12 feet high. “The snow billowed down a hill about 12:45 a.m. and onto the highway between Alpine Meadows Road and Tahoe City,” said California Highway Patrol...

CALIFORNIA—Authorities indicated that an officer with the Benicia Police Department accidentally struck a pedestrian with the patrol car Wednesday, November 11 killing them. The officer was patrolling around 2 a.m. when he struck the pedestrian in the 1900 block of East 2nd Street near the off- and on-ramps to I-780, the Benicia Police Department reported. In a press release, Interim...

SAN FRANCISCO—Health officials announced in a news release on Sunday, January 17 that the Bay Area discovered a new variant of the coronavirus that caused outbreaks in the state. Santa Clara County and the University of California-San Francisco (UCSF), in coordination with the California Department of Public Health (CDPH), announced the news. The variant, called L452R, has been found in...