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Officials raising awareness about rising crime in O.C.

Published Sat, 22 Feb 2025 11:00:22 GMT

Republican and Democratic congressional members are raising awareness of foreign criminals coming into Southern California to commit violent crimes.  Amid news that Chilean criminal gangs have been burglarizing homes in Orange County, officials are concerned about a particular visa program that allows Chilean nationals to come into the United States on 90-day visas without having to provide a criminal background check. O.C. District Attorney Todd Spitzer says the program causes issues in court when someone is arrested and comes before a judge and they are unable to prove a criminal background, if any. If they are released on a lower bail or no bail at all, they usually don’t show up for future hearings. House Speaker Kevin McCarthy held a roundtable discussion in O.C. with law enforcement and lawmakers on Friday to address the rising crime and discuss concerns and potential changes to the visa waiver program. Democratic Congressmen Lou Correa and Mike Levin ...

Viral TikTok rap star Van Van dreams of working with Beyoncé

Published Sat, 22 Feb 2025 11:00:22 GMT

TikTok star, Savannah McConneaughey, also known as Van Van, quickly rose to social media stardom with her creative rap lyrics and energetic beats. With the help of her parents, the 4-year-old self-made rapper garnered millions of views on TikTok from her freestyle raps about her ABCs and 123s. Van Van, who has more than 200,000 social media followers and over one million TikTok video views, says that she feels “great and happy” to be a TikTok star. “Ever since she was a child, I’ve just been recording her because she just had something about her, like a spark,”  said Van Van’s dad and hype man, Reggie Savannah McConneaughey. “When she was younger, she would just memorize songs so easily and dance to them. Her mom could be singing a song and then stop and Vannah would fill in the words. That’s when she was like one or two years old. She had rhythm when she was younger. I was like, 'Yeah, she’s special.'” Van Van, who credits her inspiration to child star That Girl Lay ...

Crews work to extinguish brush fire burning in Napa County

Published Sat, 22 Feb 2025 11:00:22 GMT

(KRON) -- A brush fire is burning in Napa County Friday evening, Cal Fire LNU tweeted. The fire was first reported to be 15 acres on the 1100 block of Snell Valley Road in Pope Valley.As of 7:30 p.m., the fire is at 80 acres and is 0% contained, officials said. Cal Fire says crews are making "good progress" on their response to the blaze.(Cal Fire LNU)Eighteen fire engines, two air tankers, two helicopters, two water tenders, three hand crews and four dozers were deployed to the scene. Travelers in the area are advised to use caution and give way to emergency vehicles.Cal Fire first tweeted about the fire at 6:11 p.m., which was initially 15 acres. It has now spread to 80 acres approximately one hour later.No other information was immediately available.KRON On is streaming news live now.embed-container { position: relative; padding-bottom: 56.25%; height: 0; overflow: hidden; max-width: 100%; } .embed-container iframe, .embed-container object, .embed-container embed { position: abso...

Travis D’Arnaud homers twice in the Braves’ 8-1 victory over the Rockies

Published Sat, 22 Feb 2025 11:00:22 GMT

ATLANTA (AP) — Travis d’Arnaud hit two massive homers and the Atlanta Braves won for the 11th time in 13 games, beating the Colorado Rockies 8-1 on Friday night.D’Arnaud hit a 474-foot, two-run shot in the first inning for the 100th homer of his career to stake Jared Shuster to a 3-0 lead. He added another two-run homer in the third off Dinelson Lamet, this one a 433-foot drive that put the Braves up 5-0.Eddie Rosario also hit a two-run homer for the Braves to make it 7-0 in the fourth. Shuster (4-2) went 5 2-3 innings for the win, giving up five hits with three walks while surrendering the only Rockies run.Limet (1-4) went four innings for Colorado, allowing all eight Atlanta runs on five hits and five walks. ___AP MLB: https://apnews.com/hub/mlb and https://twitter.com/AP_SportsSource

Florida 6, Virginia 5

Published Sat, 22 Feb 2025 11:00:22 GMT

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NCAA College World Series Glance

Published Sat, 22 Feb 2025 11:00:22 GMT

At Charles Schwab Field OmahaOmaha, Neb.All Times EDT(Double Elimination; x-if necessary)Friday, June 16Game 1 — Oral Roberts 6, TCU 5Game 2 — No. 2 Florida 6, No. 7 Virginia 5Saturday, June 17Game 3 — No. 1 Wake Forest (52-10) vs. No. 8 Stanford (44-18), 2 p.m.Game 4 — No. 5 LSU (48-15) vs. Tennessee (43-20), 7 p.m.Sunday, June 18Game 5 — TCU (42-23) vs. No. 7 Virginia (50-13), 2 p.m.Game 6 — Oral Roberts (52-12) vs. No. 2 Florida (50-15), 7 p.m.Monday, June 19Game 7 — Game 3 Loser vs. Game 4 Loser, 2 p.m.Game 8 — Game 3 Winner vs. Game 4 Winner, 7 p.m.Tuesday, June 20Game 9 — Game 6 Loser vs. Game 5 Winner, 2 p.m.Game 10 — Game 8 Loser vs. Game 7 Winner, 7 p.m.Wednesday, June 21Game 11 — Game 6 Winner vs. Game 9 Winner, 2 p.m.Game 12 — Game 8 Winner vs. Game 10 Winner, 7 p.m.Thursday, June 22x-Game 13 — Game 6 Winner vs. Game 9 Winner, TBAx-Game 14 — Game 8 Winner vs. Game 10 Winner, 7 p.m.Champion...

Condenan a Vladimiro Montesinos a 23 años de cárcel en Perú por el homicidio de una agente de inteligencia

Published Sat, 22 Feb 2025 11:00:22 GMT

(CNN Español) –– La justicia de Perú condenó a 23 años de prisión al exasesor presidencial Vladimiro Montesinos (como autor mediato) y a Martín Rivas (como autor) por homicidio calificado con la agravante de alevosía por el asesinato de la agente de inteligencia del Ejército Mariella Barreto, ocurrido en 1997.La Cuarta Sala Penal Liquidadora Transitoria de la Corte Superior Nacional de Perú, presidida por la jueza Miluska Cano, estableció que las penas impuestas deben computarse desde el año en que están recluidos. En el caso de Vladimiro Montesinos se debe contar desde junio del 2001. Rivas, que ha sido el consejero más cercano de Fujimori, también purga una condena tras ser juzgado y hallado culpable junto a Montesinos por las masacres de La Cantuta y de Barrios Altos, ambas registradas a comienzos de la década de 1990.Montesinos fue el asesor de inteligencia del entonces presidente Alberto Fujimori y permanece en prisión por una serie de sentencias por delitos de corrupción y vio...

Turner homers twice, including grand slam, to help Red Sox rout rival Yankees 15-5.

Published Sat, 22 Feb 2025 11:00:22 GMT

BOSTON (AP) — Justin Turner had a grand slam, a two-run home run and a double, Masataka Yoshida drove in three runs and the Boston Red Sox routed the New York Yankees 15-5 on Friday night. Turner tied his career high with six RBIs and scored three runs. Boston earned its third victory in four meetings with its rival after winning two of three during last week’s series in New York. Yoshida had four hits. Boston’s 15 hits and 17 hits marked season highs, and the Yankees tied their season high for runs allowed. Tanner Houck gave up one run and four hits, with two strikeouts and a walk before leaving the game in the fifth inning after being struck in the face by a line drive by Kyle Higashioka.Houck immediately went to the ground and stayed down for a few minutes while he was attended to by athletic trainers. His right cheek 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. He was replaced...

Mystics beat the short-handed Mercury 88-69

Published Sat, 22 Feb 2025 11:00:22 GMT

WASHINGTON (AP) — Elena Delle Donne had 17 points, Brittney Sykes scored all 16 of her points in the first half and the Washington Mystics beat the short-handed Phoenix Mercury 88-69 on Friday night.Phoenix was without stars Brittney Griner (hip) and Diana Taurasi (hamstring).Washington scored the opening nine points of the game and cruised to a 28-14 lead after the first quarter. The Mystics led 54-38 at halftime after shooting 58% from the field. Sykes and Delle Donne combined for 28 points.Sykes was injured in a collision with 6:46 left in the third quarter and did not return. Delle Donne finished 7 of 12 from the field.Li Meng made four 3-pointers and scored 14 points and Ariel Atkins added 11 points for Washington (6-4). Shakira Austin, who had six points and six rebounds in the first half, did not play after halftime due to a knee injury. Natasha Cloud, averaging 10.3 points per game, did not play because of an ankle injury. Michaela Onyenwere had 20 points and nine rebounds a...

What Virginia’s upcoming primary elections will tell us about national political trends

Published Sat, 22 Feb 2025 11:00:22 GMT

Next year’s presidential election is already getting a lot of attention, but there are more immediate political contests in Virginia, where the balance of power in the General Assembly will soon be at stake.Tuesday’s primaries will provide an indication of which way Democratic and Republican voters are leaning as they prepare to elect all 140 members of the General Assembly in November.Virginia will receive outsized attention this year as a possible political bellwether since it is one of only a handful of states with legislative elections in 2023.And while cable television and talk radio are dominated by discussion of national political trends, they begin at the state level.In recent years, an increasing number of state legislatures have become supermajorities, where they wield enormous power because even the governor of an opposing party can’t veto legislation.More than half of states, 28, now have supermajorities. Nineteen are controlled by Republicans, while ni...