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Drivers warned of oozing tar on street near La Brea Tar Pits

Published Sat, 22 Feb 2025 12:00:27 GMT

Pools of oozing tar have prompted officials to put up signs warning drivers on Masselin Avenue Wednesday in the Mid-Wilshire neighborhood of Los Angeles.The leakage has been going on for a few days now and there have been reports of tar splattering onto cars that were driving down Masselin between Olympic Boulevard and 8th Street.Los Angeles Bureau of Street Services workers put up cones and signs overnight to help guide drivers around the sticky mess. Sand was also poured onto the asphalt to try and help dry up the mess. Tar is seen on Masselin Avenue in the Mid-Wilshire neighborhood of Los Angeles on Sept. 13, 2023. (KTLA)Residents were told not to worry about tar bubbling up in their neighborhood, which is located about a half mile from the La Brea Tar Pits.City officials believe a seepage pit built to contain tar in the area may have overflowed due to heavy winter rains and rising ground waters but are still investigating. Majority of Studio City neighborhood council resigns ...

Woman set fire in Target store to create a distraction, police say

Published Sat, 22 Feb 2025 12:00:27 GMT

A woman accused of setting fire to a Target store in Orange County was arrested on Tuesday.The suspect was identified as Cynthia Torres, 40, by the Buena Park Police Department.On Sept. 5, Orange County firefighters responded to a fire inside a Target at 7530 Orangethorpe Ave. in Buena Park around 7:15 p.m. Video of the fire showed large flames bursting toward the ceiling near racks of clothing for babies and toddlers.Video captured a large fire breaking out at a Target in Buena Park on Sept. 5, 2023. (OnScene.TV)Video captured a large fire breaking out at a Target in Buena Park on Sept. 5, 2023. (KTLA)Cynthia Torres, 40, in a booking photo from the Buena Park Police Department.Video captured a large fire breaking out at a Target in Buena Park on Sept. 5, 2023. (OnScene.TV)Video captured an employee extinguishing a large fire that broke out at a Target in Buena Park on Sept. 5, 2023. (OnScene.TV)Video captured an employee extinguishing a large fire that broke out at a Target in...

What to know about the new iPhone 15

Published Sat, 22 Feb 2025 12:00:27 GMT

Apple has taken the wraps off the iPhone 15, unveiling the new smartphones at an event at its Cupertino headquarters. The biggest change coming to the new iPhone 15 models is how you plug them in - there's no more Lightning cable. In its place is USB-C, which is universal among most other smartphones and gadgets.I checked! The last time Apple changed the connector on the bottom was back in 2012 when they switched from a 30-pin to Lightning. So, it's had a good 10+ year run.I present to you the first plugging in of a USB-C cable into the iPhone 15 #AppleEvent pic.twitter.com/P0nLF0ucki— Rich DeMuro (@richontech) September 12, 2023I went hands-on with the new iPhone 15 models to check out the key new features. Here's what you need to know!For the first time, all iPhone 15 models will use a USB-C charging port instead of Lightning. This could allow for faster charging and syncing. Apple will include a USB-C cable in the box, just keep in mind you might need a new wall adapter for...

Is Vaping CBD Better Than Smoking Hemp Flowers?

Published Sat, 22 Feb 2025 12:00:27 GMT

When the CBD market began, most vape shops only carried CBD e-juices, carts, or pens. While these items are still highly desirable in the vaping community, customers have many other ways to inhale hemp-derived CBD. Interestingly, some customers have moved away from vaporizers in favor of smokable CBD products like pre-rolled hemp joints.While CBD smoking is similar to vaping CBD e-juices, there are a few notable distinctions between these delivery methods. If you’re new to the smokable CBD scene, you should consider the pros & cons associated with pre-rolls vs. vape pods to find the best CBD near me on Real Tested CBD.How Does Vaping CBD Compare With Smoking CBD?Arguably, the top feature that separates vaping CBD from smoking hemp is “smoothness.” In most cases, vaping CBD products have a smoother feel versus lighting a hemp joint. Therefore, people prone to coughing fits often report greater success vaping CBD e-juices.Although convection vaporizers provide the smoothest throat...

ATTLAS Maps Out Success

Published Sat, 22 Feb 2025 12:00:27 GMT

ATTLAS Maps Out Success: Canadian producer ATTLAS grew up playing in bands and orchestras, in jazz clubs and through solo projects.’“Coming out of university, I was working as an audio engineer, then assisting for a composer in L.A.,” he says. “From there, I very quickly learned production techniques from experienced professionals, which elevated the quality of the solo projects I had been writing, composing, and producing from a young age. While still pursuing composing, I began producing electronic music demos which eventually found their way to deadmau5, who brought me aboard and began releasing my singles and EPs. In 2015, I played my very first set ever in Brooklyn opening for him, and since then my singular musical pursuit has been the ATTLAS project.”Today, he broadly describes his sound as melodic progressive ambient house.“I feel it tries to encompass an honest emotional core first and foremost,” he says. “I write almost autob...

Los Gatos student earns prestigious national scholarship

Published Sat, 22 Feb 2025 12:00:27 GMT

A national nonprofit educational organization awarded Los Gatos High School student Najman Mahbouba a $25,000 scholarship for college.The Horatio Alger Association of Distinguished Americans Inc. recognizes students who, in the face of great personal adversity, remain committed to pursuing higher education. The association gives students like Najman financial resources and programming like financial aid counseling, college selection advising, online seminars, and mental health support.“Growing up, students are constantly hearing that education is paramount. It’s an unmatched social mobility launchpad,” said Najman in a press release. “But for some, the launchpad is positioned too high, just slightly out of reach. The Horatio Alger National Scholarship closes this gap; it lifts high-achieving but underserved students and allows them to reach that launchpad.”The organization was established in 1947 to encourage young people to pursue their version of the American dream. Since the prog...

What is USB-C? Here’s why Apple’s charger switch is such a big deal

Published Sat, 22 Feb 2025 12:00:27 GMT

By Samantha Murphy Kelly | CNNApple retired its Lightning charger on Tuesday exactly 11 years to the day it was first announced.The effort marks a milestone moment for the company by finally adopting USB-C, a universal charging system. That’s noteworthy not only because Apple has been resistant to do so for years but because it’s about to make charging that much easier for its customers.But, as with most things, there’s a catch: The switch to a universal standard means Apple is giving up control of its wired charging ecosystem, and identifying good chargers from bad ones won’t be obvious to many consumers.What is changing?At its iPhone 15 event, the company announced all of its next-generation smartphones will launch with USB-C charging, and so will the latest iteration of its AirPods Pro. Although Apple has previously switched its iPads and MacBooks to USB-C charging, it has been resistant to making the change on the iPhone until now.The switch would come less than a year after the...

Fogarty Winery celebrates 40th anniversary two years late

Published Sat, 22 Feb 2025 12:00:27 GMT

In a recent letter to club members, Tommy Fogarty Jr. described the beginnings of Fogarty Winery, his father’s dream made real in Woodside.“There was no way of knowing what the future held, and there was certainly no plan in place when my father orchestrated the initial plantings here. The cast was impressive and legitimate, to be sure. David Bruce, Jim Beauregard, Bob and Jim Varner and Paul Draper were all involved to some extent in the new, ‘dangerously ambitious’ project of planting chardonnay and pinot noir in inhospitable lean soil and cold weather at the northernmost end of the Santa Cruz Mountains.”The Fogarty family first planted Damiana Vineyard not to make wine but to preserve the land in the Williamson Act, which taxes agricultural land at a lower rate than residential. Armed with a new Caterpillar D4, Fogarty Sr. then cleared Langley Hill, Portola Springs/Baja, Windy Hill and Albutom and planted chardonnay—a lot of chardonnay. That’s when Michael Martella joined the par...

El Chapo’s wife is set to be released from a California prison today

Published Sat, 22 Feb 2025 12:00:27 GMT

By Norma Galeana | CNNEmma Coronel Aispuro, the wife of Mexican drug lord Joaquin “El Chapo” Guzman, is set to be released from a US prison on Wednesday, officials said.Coronel was sentenced to three years in prison in November 2021 after pleading guilty to drug trafficking and money laundering charges related to her husband’s narcotics empire. Her sentence also included four years of supervised release and a forfeiture of $1.5 million.“For privacy, safety, and security reasons, we do not elaborate on specific release plans,” a spokesperson for the Federal Bureau of Prisons told CNN.Coronel was being held at a Residential Reentry Management facility in Long Beach, California, according to the prison bureau’s inmate locator.Related ArticlesCrime and Public Safety | Pit bull puppy overdoses on fentanyl, is revived with Narcan, SoCal police say Crime and Public Safety | What to know about over-the-counter Narcan Crime and Public Safety | Opini...

House Family Vineyards gets another extension from Saratoga council

Published Sat, 22 Feb 2025 12:00:27 GMT

House Family Vineyards will be able to host limited wine tastings for another year after the Saratoga City Council voted this month to renew the popular winery’s temporary use plan.The winery, located in the hills of Saratoga at 13336 Old Oak Road, opened 10 years ago and slowly grew to offer on-site wine tastings on its open-air tasting deck. However, it never obtained the necessary permits to do so, and the city shut down operations as the winery worked through the required paperwork.House Family Vineyards applied for a temporary compliance plan to offer wine tastings on a limited basis through Sept. 30 of this year while it completed the permit process it bypassed more than a decade ago.In a split vote, council extended that temporary plan for another year at its Sept. 6 meeting, giving the winery a reprieve until Sept. 30, 2024. However, the winery also must provide the necessary information for its Environmental Impact Report by Jan. 12, 2024, or its TCP could be suspended or r...