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California's landmark structures and the woman who built them

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:56:55 GMT

You may know nothing about architecture, yet there's a good chance you've already appreciated the work of California's first licensed female architect Julia Morgan. Morgan's 700 buildings not only represent the style of her time, but they each also have their own identity and design, which makes it hard to believe they all came from the mind of one person. Her client list included William Randolph Hearst, gold mine owners, the Youth Women's Christian Association, and many more. Early Life and Education Julie Morgan (Fairmont Hotel)Morgan was born on Jan. 20, 1872, in San Francisco, to a mother with deep family wealth and a father who had a number of failed business attempts.In 1890, she graduated from Oakland High School and enrolled at the University of California, where she studied engineering due to the lack of an architecture program. After graduating with her degree in engineering, her former professor, Bernard Maybeck, encouraged Morgan to attend École des Beaux-Arts in Paris....

McDonald's, café, nonprofit deliver emergency food donation to Crestline community

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:56:55 GMT

A local McDonald's franchise and others will make critical food donations to residents of a San Bernardino County mountain community that has been partially cut off by snow-covered roads and unsafe driving conditions for several days.Residents in the Crestline and Lake Arrowhead community will be able to receive eggs, milk, pasta and other food staples during a donation event on Wednesday at 10 a.m.The food will be given out at Goodwin & Son's Market located at 24089 Lake Gregory Drive in Crestline while supplies last. How you can help San Bernardino County snowstorm victims Randy Baremor is the owner of the local McDonald's franchise and helped organize the donation effort, alongside Sandals Church of Lake Arrowhead.Also offering food are Crestline Café, 23943 Lake Drive, beginning at around 8:30 a.m., and World Central Kitchen, the nonprofit founded by famed chef Jose Andres, beginning at around 10 a.m.WCK is set up at Lake Gregory Drive and Lake Drive in the parking lot for...

Authorities search for teen who disappeared in Los Angeles County

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:56:55 GMT

Authorities are searching for a critically missing teenage boy who disappeared in Pico Rivera on Monday.The teen was identified as Jack Addison McCormick, 16, by the Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department.McCormick was last seen on the 9300 block of Bartolo Avenue in Pico Rivera, officials said.The teenager is described as 5 feet 8 inches tall and weighs 125 pounds. He has blonde shoulder-length hair, green eyes and wears braces.He was last seen wearing a black sweater and blue jeans, authorities said.McCormick may be driving a white 2014 Dodge Caravan minivan with a California license plate number 7CWX767.Jack Addison McCormick in a photo from the Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department.The missing teen's possible vehicle in a photo from the Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department.The teen’s family is concerned for his well-being and is asking for the public’s help.A “critically missing person” is defined as:-A person in critical need of medical attention-The victim of a crime or ...

Lancaster couple found guilty of first-degree murder in death of Anthony Avalos, 10

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:56:55 GMT

A Los Angeles judge found a Lancaster mother and her boyfriend guilty of first-degree murder Tuesday in the 2018 death of 10-year-old Anthony Avalos.L.A. Superior Court Judge Sam Ohta found Heather Maxine Barron, 33, and Kareem Ernesto Leiva, 37, guilty of one count each of murder and torture for the boy’s death in a non-jury trial after both defendants waived their right to a jury. Anthony Avalos was found unresponsive in his family's Lancaster apartment on June 20, 2018, and died the next morning.Kareem Ernesto Leiva, left, and Heather Maxine Barron appear for their arraignment in a Lancaster courtroom on Oct. 3, 2018. (Credit: KTLA)According to prosecutors, Anthony was tortured for at least five days before he died.Barron and Leiva are also facing two counts of child abuse involving Anthony’s half-siblings. The murder conviction includes the special circumstance allegation of murder involving the infliction of torture. "Today's guilty verdict marks another milestone in ...

Illegal street race turns into police pursuit, ends with crash in San Bernardino County

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:56:55 GMT

A 19-year-old man was arrested over the weekend after an illegal street racing incident in Victorville turned into a high-speed police pursuit that ended with a crash in Hesperia, authorities announced on Tuesday.  The incident occurred just before 12 a.m. Mar. 3, when deputies with the San Bernardino Sheriff’s Department saw two drivers, both in Dodge Challengers, engaging in a street race at speeds of more than 100 miles per hour on 11th Avenue, near Bear Valley Road in Victorville.  Deputies attempted a traffic stop on one of the vehicles, a 2017 Dodge Challenger occupied by a driver and two passengers.  The driver of that vehicle, now identified as Apple Valley resident David Lemus, failed to yield and sped off at a high rate of speed southbound on 11th Avenue with deputies in pursuit. The pursuit ended when Lemus lost control of the vehicle and crashed into a street sign and a telephone pole near 11th Avenue and Eucalyptus Street in Hesperia, an SBSD news release...

U.S. investigating Tesla over reports of steering wheels falling off while driving

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:56:55 GMT

U.S. auto safety regulators have opened an investigation into Tesla's Model Y SUV after getting two complaints that the steering wheels can come off while being driven.The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration says the probe covers an estimated 120,000 vehicles from the 2023 model year.The agency says in both cases the Model Ys were delivered to customers with a missing bolt that holds the wheel to the steering column. A friction fit held the steering wheels on, but they separated when force was exerted while the SUVs were being driven.The agency says in documents posted on its website Wednesday that both incidents happened while the SUVs had low mileage on them.Messages were left seeking comment from Tesla, which has disbanded its media relations department.In one complaint filed with NHTSA, an owner said he was driving with his family on Route 1 in Woodbridge, New Jersey, when the steering wheel suddenly came off on Jan. 29, five days after the vehicle was purch...

Four suspects allegedly stole over $1 million in goods from Microsoft facilities in California

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:56:55 GMT

Four suspects were charged for allegedly stealing over $1 million worth of items from Microsoft facilities throughout Southern and Central California.The alleged thefts included tons of Xbox and Acer products that were stolen off cargo trucks departing from Microsft shipping facilities, according to the California Attorney General’s Office.The suspects were identified as Jorge Alberto Soto, Norlan Jose Cruz Montenegro, Jose Daniel Mayen Ortiz and Byron Noe Tercero Cruz, on court documents. Their ages were not released.From February through June 2022, the suspects targeted trucks in multiple counties including Los Angeles, Kern, Tulare and Tehama, officials said.Two suspects were arrested in Northridge on Feb. 2, while two other suspects remain at large, authorities said.Officials say the thieves' mobile devices confirmed they were present during the various cargo thefts.In addition to the stolen merchandise, authorities also seized additional stolen electronics and cash during the i...

Wayward golf balls prompt lawsuit against city of Anaheim

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:56:55 GMT

A mobile home park is suing the City of Anaheim over a golf course after residents, who have lived nearby for years, started getting pelted with golf balls when the city made changes to the course.  The problem started for residents of the Casa Hermosa Mobile Home Park when the tee box for the 15th hole at the Dad Miller Golf Course was moved closer to their homes.  Residents in that section of the park have plenty of stories of golf balls hitting their properties.  “What happened over here is one came flying and broke my window,” Casa Hermosa resident Heide Thomas told KTLA, as she pointed to her damaged window.  Another resident, George Kezios, pointed out a window he replaced after it was broken by a golf ball, as well as actual holes in his home from other wayward balls. Kezios also said he was struck by a ball.  “Hit it over the fence and then (I) came out and it hit me...right on my shoulder,” he explained. Heide Thomas seen pointing to damage done to ...

Man wanted for two stabbings, killing teenager in Los Angeles

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:56:55 GMT

Police are searching for a suspect in two stabbings, one of which left a teenager dead in El Sereno last Friday.Officers received reports of an assault with a deadly weapon on the 4500 block of Valley Boulevard around 3:55 p.m., according to the Los Angeles Police Department.When police arrived, they found a 17-year-old male victim suffering from stab wounds, said LAPD.Paramedics performed life-saving measures, but the teenager was pronounced dead at the scene.Footage released by LAPD shows the fatal stabbing was caught on surveillance camera.“The suspect drove to the location, exited his vehicle and approached the victim standing on the sidewalk,” authorities said. “The suspect produced a large knife and stabbed the victim multiple times" in the back."Suspect's vehicle in a photo from the Los Angeles Police Department. Suspect wanted for two stabbings — one that resulted in the death of a 17-year-old boy in Los Angeles on March, 3, 2023. (LAPD)Suspect wanted for two stabbings — one...

Fatal San Pedro hit-and-run captured on camera; driver still at large

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:56:55 GMT

Warning: graphic videoNewly released video captures the moment a 51-year-old cyclist was struck and killed by a hit-and-run driver in San Pedro last weekend.  The incident, according to police, occurred while the cyclist, identified as Oscar Montoya, was riding northbound on Pacific Avenue, south of Channel Street, at around 12:40 a.m. Saturday when a light-colored vehicle, possibly a Toyota Scion, traveling in the same direction rear-ended him.  Graphic video of the incident shows the force of the collision knocked Montoya into the air, onto the vehicle’s roof before being thrown back onto the street. The driver of the vehicle slows to a stop for a few brief moments before fleeing and failing to help the cyclist.  Oscar Montoya, 51, killed by a hit-and-run driver in San Pedro on Saturday, Mar. 4, 2023. A Good Samaritan tried to help, but paramedics with the Los Angeles Fire Department pronounced the 51-year-old dead at the scene.  Joshua Montoya, the victim’s son, de...