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Thousands protest Dodgers' Pride night event honoring LGBTQ+ 'nun' group

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 14:44:29 GMT

Thousands of religious protestors held a "prayerful procession" outside Dodger Stadium Friday night in response to the Dodgers honoring an LGBTQ “nun” group at its Pride Night event.The Los Angeles Dodgers will be honoring the Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence with a Community Hero Award prior to their game against the San Francisco Giants.The Sisters are a group of self-described queer and trans “nuns” who focus on philanthropic work while using “humor and irreverent wit to expose the forces of bigotry, complacency and guilt that chain the human spirit,” according to the group’s website.Pro-Catholic demonstrators hold signs outside Dodger Stadium ahead of the team's Pride Night event. June 16, 2023. (KTLA)“We’re just here, all the faiths are standing united,” Jesse Holguin, one protester, told KTLA. “We’re very angry that the Dodgers invited this group that mocked our lord and savior Jesus Christ.”The rally, organized by Catholics for Catholics, featured music, speakers, and prayer, ...

Police search for missing Long Beach children

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 14:44:29 GMT

Police are searching for two missing at-risk children who were last seen in Long Beach on Friday.The children were identified as Gabriela Lopez, 13, and Eddie Bernal Jr., 11, by the Long Beach Police Department.The children were last spotted on the 4000 block of East 10th Street around 11 a.m. Police said they are runaways.Their destination remains unknown. They fled on foot and do not have cell phones or tracking devices on them. It’s also unknown how much cash they may be carrying.Both children have run away in the past, police said.Lopez is described as a Hispanic female standing 5 feet 4 inches tall, weighing 110 pounds with black hair and brown eyes. She was last seen wearing a gray crop top, blue sweatpants, white Adidas sneakers and a red backpackGabriela Lopez and Eddie Bernal, Jr. in a photo from the Long Beach Police Department.Bernal is described as a Hispanic male standing 5 feet 4 inches tall, weighing 100 pounds with black hair and brown eyes. He was last seen wearing ...

Missing 12-year-old Ventura County girl found safe

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 14:44:29 GMT

A missing 12-year-old girl who disappeared in Ventura on Thursday was found safe on Friday night.At the time, Isabella Fuller, 12, was last seen near Clinton and Telephone around 1 p.m., according to the Ventura Police Department."Isabella has been safely located and reunited with her family," police said in a statement.Fuller is a 6th-grade student at the Ventura Unified School District.No further details were released surrounding her discovery and return home.

11 arrested at Great Mall in Milpitas for 125 stolen items

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 14:44:29 GMT

Eleven people were arrested on Friday at the Great Mall in Milpitas for shoplifting, grand theft and outstanding felony warrants.Authorities with the Milpitas Police Department said authorities recovered 125 stolen items collectively worth $3,200. Detectives worked with retailers to identify the suspects, according to police.“The Milpitas Police Department is committed to working with partner agencies and local retailers to proactively address retail theft,” the agency wrote in a statement on Friday evening.

'There’s still a chance for a deal': Former MLB team president says it’s not over for A’s in Oakland

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 14:44:29 GMT

(KRON) -- All signs seem to suggest the A’s are moving to Las Vegas. Following Nevada Governor Joe Lombardo’s sign-off, the deal is now up to a final vote by MLB. However, some sports insiders aren’t convinced it’s the end of the road for the A’s in Oakland. KRON4 sat down with Former Miami Marlins President David Samson. Watch the full interview in the video player above or read the full Q&A below. Q: You are no stranger to negotiations of this kind. You worked for years to find a ballpark for the Marlins. Do you think the A's will end up leaving Oakland or is this part of a bigger plan?Samson: I don’t want anyone to give up hope. I don’t think it's absolute the A’s are going to Vegas. There’s so much work to be done for MLB to even get to a vote on relocation. I’m hoping right now we are at the edge, and that’s when deals actually happen. Right when you’re at the edge of something really bad happening, the parties get back to the table. That’s what has to happen. The A's, MLB,...

Is forcing San Francisco drugs users into treatment through jail effective?

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 14:44:29 GMT

SAN FRANCISCO (KRON) -- San Francisco is trying a controversial new tactic for battling the city's fentanyl overdose crisis by giving law enforcement officers a green light to arrest some drug users. Mayor London Breed proclaimed, "Compassion is killing people. We have to change what is happening on the streets. It’s too easy getting drugs … they are dying under our watch."A 2023 surge in fentanyl overdose deaths, unbridled open-air drug markets operating in plain sight, and overwhelmed San Francisco Police Department officers combined into a humanitarian crisis in the city. Within the first five months of 2023, 346 people died in San Francisco from accidental drug overdoses. Police Chief Bill Scott said a crackdown on open-air drug use in the Tenderloin resulted in dozens of recent arrests. JJ Smith is an anti-drug advocate who frequently talks to unsheltered residents and tries to connect them with addiction treatment services. On Friday, Smith asked people living in tents along s...

Megill, Vogelbach snap out of slumps as the Mets deck the skidding Cardinals 6-1

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 14:44:29 GMT

NEW YORK (AP) — Tylor Megill won for the first time in almost a month, slumping Daniel Vogelbach homered in his return to the lineup and the New York Mets beat the skidding St. Louis Cardinals 6-1 on Friday night in a series opener between two of baseball’s most disappointing teams.Brett Baty hit a two-run double off Miles Mikolas in a three-run first inning, and Tommy Pham added a pair of two-out RBI singles against his former team as the fourth-place Mets (33-36) won their second straight after losing nine of 10.Willson Contreras homered for the Cardinals (27-43), who have dropped six in a row and 13 of 16. After winning the NL Central last season, St. Louis has the worst record in the National League and is off to its worst start in 45 years. Megill (6-4) allowed four hits in six innings, striking out seven and walking none for his first victory since May 18 against Tampa Bay. He was 0-2 in his previous four outings, including a dreadful performance last Friday in Pittsburgh when...

North Korea opens key party meeting to discuss its struggling economy and defense strategies

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 14:44:29 GMT

SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — With leader Kim Jong Un in attendance, North Korea opened a key political conference to discuss improving its struggling economy and reviewing defense strategies in the face of growing tensions with rivals, according to state media reports Saturday. The enlarged plenary meeting of the ruling Workers’ Party’s Central Committee came as the United States sent a nuclear-powered submarine to South Korea in the allies’ latest show of force against the North, which has ramped up its testing of nuclear-capable missiles to a record pace in recent months. During the first day of meetings Friday, North Korea’s official Korean Central News Agency said, party officials reviewed the country’s economic campaigns for the first half of 2023, and discussed foreign policy and defense strategies to “cope with the changed international situation.”The agency didn’t specify what was discussed or mention any comments made by Kim. It said the meeting will continue for at least anot...

Boston’s Houck hit on face by liner off bat of Yankees’ Higashioka

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 14:44:29 GMT

BOSTON (AP) — Red Sox pitcher Tanner Houck left Friday’s matchup with the Yankees after being struck on the face with a line drive. With Boston leading 10-1 in the fifth inning, New York’s Kyle Higashioka led off and fell behind 1-2 in the count, before lining Houck’s 92 mph sinker straight up the middle and hitting Houck.Houck immediately went to the ground and stayed down for a few minutes while he was attended to by athletic trainers. The right side of his face was bleeding, but he was able to get to his feet and walk off the field on his own power. The team announced his injury as a facial contusion.Houck covered his cheek with a towel and raised his left fist to the crowd as he walked down the steps into the dugout. Houck was replaced by Joe Jacques. Houck allowed one run and four hits, with two strikeouts and a walk. ___AP MLB: https://apnews.com/hub/mlb and https://twitter.com/AP_SportsSource

Retired DC police lieutenant pleads guilty in death of woman during training exercise

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 14:44:29 GMT

Maurica Manyan's father, along with other family members, walks out of the courthouse Friday after a hearing during which his daughter's killer pleaded guilty to involuntary manslaughter. (WTOP/Matt Kaufax) Maurica Manyan's father, along with other family members, walks out of the courthouse Friday after a hearing during which his daughter's killer pleaded guilty to involuntary manslaughter. (WTOP/Matt Kaufax) Retired D.C. police Lt. Jesse Porter Jr. pleaded guilty in D.C. Superior Court on Friday to killing a woman during an Aug. 4, 2022, training exercise for library officers at Anacostia Library.Porter was charged with second-degree murder while armed, unlawful discharge and possession of a firearm during a cri...