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30,000 gallons of raw sewage spills near Palos Verdes beach

Published Wed, 19 Feb 2025 10:20:25 GMT

Officials are monitoring a massive sewage spill near the Lunada Bay beach area in Palos Verdes Estates on Friday night.A public health warning was issued after approximately 30,000 gallons of raw sewage was released into the waters, according to the Los Angeles County Department of Public Health.Initially, closures were in effect for 3 ⁄ 4 miles both north and south of the Aqua Amarga Creek opening into Lunada Bay.Health officials removed all closure notices on Friday night after determining the spilled sewage was absorbed into a dry creek bed and did not reach the ocean.The massive leak was caused by a blocked main line at 6850 Faircove Drive in Rancho Palos Verdes, officials said.The blockage sent sewage discharging into Windport Canyon Creek which leads to Aqua Amarga Creek before ending at Lunada Bay. Closures from a sewage spill are in effect for 3 ⁄ 4 miles both north and south of the Aqua Amarga Creek opening into Lunada Bay on June 9, 2023. (L.A. County Fire Department, Life...

Woman runs off road in Ventura, car lands in Pacific Ocean

Published Wed, 19 Feb 2025 10:20:25 GMT

A woman was airlifted to a nearby hospital after she ran off a road in Ventura and into the Pacific Ocean on Friday. The woman was identified as an 18-year-old Ojai resident, according to the Ventura California Highway Patrol.Authorities with CHP, the fire department, and the U.S. Coast Guard responded to a solo car crash involving a Mercedes on SR-1 north of Yerba Buena Road at approximately 1:11 p.m.The woman driving the Mercedes was traveling northbound on SR-1 when she traveled off the west road edge of SR-1 into the Pacific Ocean. She was able to extract herself from the vehicle and was airlifted to Los Robles Medical Center for treatment of major injuries.It's unclear what initially caused the woman to crash.Police say that due to unsafe conditions and the rising tide, the woman's Mercedes was unable to be recovered. The vehicle will be recovered at a later date when conditions are safer.Anyone who witnessed this crash is encouraged to call the CHP Ventura Area office to ...

SF Giants lose to Cubs despite Joc Pederson big night against Stroman

Published Wed, 19 Feb 2025 10:20:25 GMT

SAN FRANCISCO — The Giants’ returned home off a three-game sweep to face one of of the hottest pitchers in baseball in Marcus Stroman. But the Giants had one of his nemeses.Joc Pederson came into the game with a .455 average including four doubles in 11 at-bats against Stroman for his career. He added three hits to that tally on Friday, including a single that kept a rally to score their first run in the third inning. But Pederson’s mastery wasn’t enough as they fell to the Chicago Cubs 3-2 on Friday night at Oracle Park.Pederson was key in the Giants’ threat to rally back from a two-run deficit in the bottom of the seventh. Brandon Crawford doubled on a drive down the right field line and advanced to third on an out, bringing Pederson up and prompting Cubs manager David Ross to pull Stroman.Pederson’s fourth hit of the game came off reliever Mark Leiter Jr. on a dribbler that came off his bat at 63.3 mph. He was initially called out by a hair, bu...

Gritty Nuggets beat Heat to take commanding 3-1 lead in NBA Finals

Published Wed, 19 Feb 2025 10:20:25 GMT

MIAMI – As Stan Kroenke roamed the sidelines before Friday’s Game 4 of the NBA Finals, he issued a prophetic missive.“Opportunity knocks,” he said, his bold statement matched only by his blue jacket.The gritty and grimy Nuggets wrestled the Heat to the mat, seizing a 3-1 series lead in the NBA Finals with their resounding 108-95 win. All that was left was the pin, which could happen as soon as Monday when the series flips back to Denver for Game 5.There, the Nuggets will have a chance to clinch their first-ever NBA championship.“We’re not celebrating like we’ve done anything yet,” Nuggets coach Michael Malone said.Nikola Jokic picked up his fifth foul three minutes into the fourth quarter, which preempted the defining sequence of the night. As their MVP shouted and coached from the baseline, the rest of Denver’s resilient group clawed to keep the Heat at bay.Jamal Murray buried a dagger 3-pointer. Reserve Jeff Green knocked one down, too. Together, as a unit, they put the clamps on ...

A’s beat Brewers 5-2 for first 3-game winning streak of season

Published Wed, 19 Feb 2025 10:20:25 GMT

By Steve MegargeeMILWAUKEE (AP) — Ramón Laureano hit a two-run triple, Jonah Bride also drove in a pair of runs and the Oakland Athletics beat the Milwaukee Brewers 5-2 on Friday night for their first three-game winning streak of the season.The Athletics (15-50) entered the day having put together the worst 64-game start by any team since the 1982 Minnesota Twins also went 14-50, but they’ve won their last three games by a combined score of 25-9.“It’s huge,” said Ryan Noda, whose remarkable slide home highlighted the Athletics’ three-run rally in the first inning. “We’ve still got to keep doing the little things. We’ve still got to keep picking each other up. We did a great job today of situational hitting.”All three of those wins have come away from home. The A’s — planning to move to Las Vegas — had lost 15 straight road games before this streak.After winning 11-2 and 9-5 in the final two games of a series at Pittsburgh, the Athletics carried that momentum into Milwaukee and...

Police activity in Mission District Friday night

Published Wed, 19 Feb 2025 10:20:25 GMT

SAN FRANCISCO (KRON) -- There is police activity in San Francisco's Mission District Friday night. The San Francisco Department of Emergency Management said to avoid the area of 24th Street and Treat Avenue. Emergency crews are on scene. Officials have not yet released the nature of the police activity. This is a developing story. Stick with KRON4 for updates.

Padres hit five homers to back Darvish in 100th win, 9-6 over Rockies

Published Wed, 19 Feb 2025 10:20:25 GMT

DENVER (AP) — Yu Darvish pitched into the sixth inning to earn his 100th career win and was backed by five home runs as the San Diego Padres beat the Colorado Rockies 9-6 Friday night.Manny Machado, Fernando Tatis Jr., Gary Sánchez, Trent Grisham and Brandon Dixon all went deep to help the Padres win consecutive games for the first time since May 25-26.“It definitely feels good,” Grisham said. “Everybody in here has been waiting – not if, but when, when it’s going to come around. It’s nice to stack two days like that on top of each other.”Darvish (5-4) earned the benchmark victory after allowing four earned runs and five hits while striking out six and walking four in 5 1/3 innings.“It means a lot,” Darvish said. “It just tells you that I’ve been able to play this long and go into battle with my teammates.”Jake Cronenworth had his second-consecutive three-hit game for San Diego after batting just .198 in his first 60 games of the season. After missing the pas...

A qué hora es la final de la Champions League entre Manchester City – Inter de Milán y cómo verla por TV e internet

Published Wed, 19 Feb 2025 10:20:25 GMT

(CNN Español) — La edición 2022/2023 de la Champions League masculina llega a su fin este sábado 10 de junio y el mundo del fútbol europeo tendrá a un nuevo monarca. El título del torneo más importante a nivel de clubes será disputado por el Manchester City de Inglaterra y el Inter de Milan de Italia.Por un lado, el City de Pep Guardiola luce como el favorito para ganar la competencia. Con su plantel con valor de más de mil millones de euros, según datos de Transfermarkt, los citizens ya ganaron la Premier League y la FA Cup esta temporada, por lo que ahora están en busca de conseguir el triplete con la Champions League.Del otro, el Inter de Simone Inzaghi no tuvo la mejor campaña en la liga local; sin embargo, tuvo un desempeño notable en otras competiciones domésticas (quedó campeón de la Supercopa de Italia en enero y de la Copa Italia en mayo) y en la Champions desplegó su mejor fútbol para alcanzar el partido por el título.Así que, aunque haya un favorito, los dos clubes ...

Ohtani has 3 hits, Moniak hits winning homer as Angels top Mariners 5-4

Published Wed, 19 Feb 2025 10:20:25 GMT

ANAHEIM, Calif. (AP) — Shohei Ohtani homered and had three hits, but did not factor in the decision after allowing three runs in five innings, Mickey Moniak hit the go-ahead, two-run homer and the Los Angeles Angels extended their winning streak to five with a 5-4 victory over the Seattle Mariners on Friday night.It was the seventh time, and second this season, the Japanese two-way superstar has homered in a game where he also pitched. Ohtani has also hit safely in the past six games and is 11 for 24 during that stretch.Two of Moniak’s five homers this season have ended up being the game-winning hit. This one came on a fastball from Luis Castillo (4-4) with two out in the sixth inning. Anthony Rendon got aboard when he was hit by a pitch to lead off the inning.Jacob Webb (1-0) got the win and Carlos Estévez picked up his 17th save.Jarred Kelenic and Mike Ford homered for the Mariners, who have dropped five of their last six.Seattle got to 5-4 in the ninth when Ford hit a solo ...

Boris Johnson renunció cómo diputado. ¿Qué sigue ahora para su carrera?

Published Wed, 19 Feb 2025 10:20:25 GMT

(CNN) — Boris Johnson, ex primer ministro británico y uno de los líderes más divisorios de su generación, renunció como miembro del Parlamento tras acusar a una comisión de intentar echarlo, según declaró el viernes en una carta.El exlíder del Partido Conservador se declaró “desconcertado y consternado” tras recibir una carta de la comisión de la Cámara de los Comunes que investiga si mintió a los legisladores británicos sobre las fiestas que violaron los confinamientos durante la pandemia, en un escándalo conocido como el “Partygate”.Johnson, uno de los principales artífices del Brexit, dijo que la carta dejaba “claro, para mi asombro, que están decididos a utilizar los procedimientos contra mí para echarme del Parlamento”.También dijo que el informe Partygate de la comisión, que aún no se ha hecho público, “está plagado de inexactitudes y apesta a prejuicio, pero bajo su absurdo e injusto proceso no tengo capacidad formal para impugnar nad...