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Larimer County Coroner’s Office identifies man killed in Dec. 23 house fire

Published Fri, 27 Dec 2024 12:38:54 GMT

The Larimer County Coroner’s Office has identified Jesse Speker as the man killed in a late December Loveland house fire.However, the coroner’s office said the cause and manner of death of the 25-year-old Loveland resident are pending a toxicology test, according to a post on the office website.The Loveland Police Department dispatch center received a call for a structure fire in the 3100 block of Butternut Drive at 3:22 a.m. Dec. 23, according to previously released information; crews from the Loveland Fire Rescue Authority, Thompson Valley Emergency Medical Services and Berthoud Fire Protection District all responded with the LPD to the home.LFRA said in a Facebook post at the time that the first arriving engine company found one unit of the duplex with heavy fire that extended into the attic. Additional crews arrived on scene and, with the use of hose lines, were able to bring the fire under control in 15 minutes.One occupant was found dead while another was transport...

Battle-tested CSU Rams ready for Mountain West gauntlet

Published Fri, 27 Dec 2024 12:38:54 GMT

As the page turns on the Colorado State men’s basketball team’s season, the Rams know what they have done so far has been historic, but what matters more is what they will do in their last 18 games of the regular season.The No. 13-ranked Rams, coming off a 12-1 run through nonconference play, open their Mountain West Conference schedule with some high expectations, not only by the group in the locker room, but also prognosticators all across the country.With quality wins over Creighton, Boston College and Pac-12 schools Colorado and Washington, the Rams have climbed to their highest AP Top 25 ranking ever and are in the midst of their longest run as a ranked team in program history. Before their Mountain West opener against New Mexico late Tuesday night, the Rams were also ranked No. 15 in the NET rankings and No. 30 in the KenPom rankings.While those rankings will eventually figure into when and where they play in March, the Rams’ goal of winning a conference championship, as well ...

Woman in her 60's robbed by 2 suspects in driveway of her SoCal home

Published Fri, 27 Dec 2024 12:38:54 GMT

Surveillance video captured two suspects robbing a woman in her 60’s as she exited her vehicle just outside her Moreno Valley home last month and the victim’s family believes she may have been followed.  The incident in the 26000 block of Sugarcane Drive occurred on Dec. 26 just before 10 p.m. after the victim, identified only as Lien, had gotten off work as a server at a nearby restaurant, stopped for gas and made a quick trip to a Kohl’s department store.  For Lien’s daughter Sammie and her daughter-in-law Jill, the video is difficult to see.  “The video is kind of hard to watch because she is screaming for help,” Sammie told KTLA’s Shelby Nelson. “It’s hard for us to hear it.” The footage shows the two suspects approaching Lien as she’s getting out of her car.  Working together, one of the suspects blocks the woman from getting back in her car as the other suspect grabs her from behind.  Two suspects caught on camera robbing a Moreno Valley woman in her 60's on Dec...

World's first AI-powered restaurant opens in Southern California

Published Fri, 27 Dec 2024 12:38:54 GMT

The world’s first fully autonomous, AI-powered restaurant recently opened in Southern California.Robots cook the burgers and deep-fry the French fries at CaliExpress by Flippy, a new restaurant that opened in December. The restaurant is located at 561 E. Green Street in Pasadena.Guests who visit the restaurant can watch the robots prepare their meals from start to finish after they place an order. Orders can also be customized, a news release said. In-N-Out adds new drink options to its menus The restaurant came to life thanks to the partnership between Cali Group, a technology forward holding company, Miso Robotics, the creator of Flippy, the world’s first AI-powered robotic fry station, and PopID, a technology company that uses biometrics to simplify ordering and payment systems.The restaurant’s menu consists of burgers, cheeseburgers and French fries.“To our knowledge, this is the world's first operating restaurant where both ordering and every single cooking process are fully ...

Woman dies after her car stops in front of Amtrak train

Published Fri, 27 Dec 2024 12:38:54 GMT

A woman died Tuesday after her car stopped at a railroad crossing and was hit by an Amtrak train.The crash happened around 10:40 a.m. at a crossing located at North Lewis Road and Upland Road.According to the Ventura County Sheriff's Office, a 63-year-old woman was driving her vehicle west on Upland Road. For reasons that are under investigation, the woman stopped the vehicle on the tracks.The Amtrak Pacific Surfliner train had just entered city limits headed southbound and the conductor immediately applied the emergency brake once recognizing there was a vehicle on the tracks.Despite the emergency braking, the train crashed into the side of the stationary vehicle, pushing it into the signal control box that controls the railroad arms.Debris from inside the woman's car could be seen tossed about the crash site.Sky5 was over a crash scene involving a Pacific Surfliner and a vehicle on Jan. 2, 2024. (KTLA)Sky5 was over a crash scene involving a Pacific Surfliner and a vehicle on Jan. ...

Man Killed, Two Others Injured in 3-Vehicle Crash on Winnetka Avenue [Los Angeles, CA]

Published Fri, 27 Dec 2024 12:38:54 GMT

One Pronounced Dead after Three-Vehicle Collision near Nordhoff StreetLOS ANGELES, CA (January 2, 2024) – One man died Thursday morning and two others were hurt in a 3-vehicle collision on Winnetka Avenue.The incident occurred at approximately 7:13 a.m. in the 8900 block of North Winnetka Avenue near Nordhoff Street. As of now, the sequence of events leading to the three-vehicle collision is not clear. However, initial reports suggest that one man was pronounced dead at the scene by medical personnel.Additionally, paramedics who arrived at the scene transported two other individuals to a nearby hospital, where they are currently in stable condition. Authorities have not disclosed the identities of those involved in the incident.Emergency crews temporarily closed off the surrounding area for cleanup and preliminary tasks. Further information regarding the Winnetka Avenue 3-vehicle crash will be provided once it becomes available.The team at Sweet James offers their warm and sin...

New NYC rule bans souvenir sellers from Brooklyn Bridge

Published Fri, 27 Dec 2024 12:38:54 GMT

By Jake Offenhartz | Associated PressNEW YORK — Visitors to New York City hoping to take home a souvenir from the Brooklyn Bridge will now have to settle for a photograph, as vendors are about to be banned from the iconic span.The new rule, which goes into effect Wednesday, aims to ease overcrowding on the bridge’s heavily trafficked pedestrian walkway, where dozens of trinket sellers currently compete for space with tourists and city commuters.As crowds flocked to the bridge over the holiday season, the situation turned dangerous, according to New York City Mayor Eric Adams. He pointed to videos that showed pedestrians leaping from the elevated walkway onto a bike lane several feet below in order to bypass a human traffic jam.“It’s not only a sanitary issue, it’s a public safety issue,” Adams said on Tuesday. “People would’ve trampled over each other. We need order in this city. That is one of our major landmarks.”The new rules will a...

Why Japan’s 7.6 quake wasn’t Turkey’s tragedy all over again

Published Fri, 27 Dec 2024 12:38:54 GMT

Last February, Turkey’s 7.8-magnitude temblor killed more than 59,000 people. The 7.6-magnitude quake that struck western Japan on Monday killed only 55.Why did one nation experience only 0.1% of the deaths of the other?In many ways, the countries are similar. Both have multiple active faults and a history of catastrophe. Both have histories of major and repeated geologic trauma.But a comparison shows that their experiences are vastly different. The sobering challenge for the rest of the world is how to be more like Japan, and less like Turkey. While there is no way to prevent an earthquake from occurring, what can be prevented – or at least limited – is the scale of the calamity caused by these inevitable tremors.Magnitude: Both earthquakes were enormous. And numerically, 7.6 doesn’t seem like much less than 7.8. But earthquakes are measured logarithmically. A magnitude 7.8 earthquake is 1.5 times bigger than a magnitude 7.6 earthquake — and 2 times stronger, according ...

Selena Gomez says she may only have ‘one more album’ in her

Published Fri, 27 Dec 2024 12:38:54 GMT

By Alli Rosenbloom | CNNSelena Gomez is a modern-day triple threat: she’s an international popstar, an Emmy-nominated actor and a beauty mogul. But she may soon be closing the door on her career as a singer.“I do feel like I have one more album in me,” Gomez said on Monday’s episode of the “Smartless” podcast.“The older I get the more I’m kind of like, I would like to find something to just settle on,” she continued, adding that her career as an actor is what she’d ideally like to focus on.From an early age, Gomez said she had her sights set on being “a serious actress.” Her music career began only because Disney approached her to create an album while she was starring on the Disney Channel sitcom “Wizards of Waverly Place” in the late 2000s.“I thought it would be fun and I thought more than anything it would be a hobby that I really enjoyed,” she said. “I wanted to be an actress. I never really intended on being a singer full time but apparently that hobby turned into something els...

Study shows CA farmworkers earned less after overtime wage bill passed

Published Fri, 27 Dec 2024 12:38:54 GMT

(KRON) -- A new study from the University of California, Berkeley, showed that California farmworkers made less money since a bill meant to increase wages for overtime work passed in 2016.The bill, AB 1066, removed overtime exemptions and introduced new standards phasing in lower overtime standards until normal work week hours (eight hours per day, 40 hours per week) were reached starting in 2019."At one extreme, if individual worker hours and wages remain unchanged after the laws are implemented, workers would benefit from higher incomes for the same time at work," Alexandra E. Hill, the researcher and an assistant professor at UC Berkeley's Department of Agricultural and Resource Economics, said in the study. "At another extreme, if employers reduce hours to remain below the new thresholds, worker incomes could fall, making workers who value the extra income more than additional leisure time worse off."The latter is happening in California, according to the study.Data shows that o...