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Watch a star-studded telethon benefitting Hollywood crew members this Saturday

Published Tue, 04 Mar 2025 00:00:40 GMT

Join KTLA 5 and a long list of celebrities from 7 p.m. to 9 p.m. on Saturday, December 9, for a live telethon benefiting the Motion Picture & Television Fund.MPTF supports working and retired members of the entertainment community with a safety net of health and social services, including temporary financial assistance, case management, and residential living.Yvette Nicole Brown and Tom Bergeron return as hosts and serve as two of the producers for this uplifting, entertaining evening of stories, songs, and celebrities all to raise emergency relief funds for workers in need. MPTF’s first telethon last December received an LA Area Emmy® nomination and raised over $850K to provide for the entertainment community’s most vulnerable community members. Tap here to donate to MPTFNow the need is even more urgent with tens of thousands of industry workers impacted by the two strikes in 2023, which will have major ramifications well into next year.Other celebrity appea...

Lilly Butler Pronounced Dead after Head-On Crash on Highway 26 [Rio Vista, CA]

Published Tue, 04 Mar 2025 00:00:40 GMT

17-Year-Old Girl Pronounced Dead after Two-Vehicle Collision near Shelton RoadRIO VISTA, CA (December 4, 2023) – Lilly Butler died Wednesday afternoon in a head-on crash on Highway 26 and Sheldon Road.Dispatchers responded to the scene at approximately 2:45 p.m., in an unincorporated part of Valley Springs.According to reports, a male driver attempted to overtake slow-moving westbound traffic by utilizing eastbound lanes. In doing so, the driver collided head-on with an oncoming vehicle, which was being operated by 17-year-old Butler. Paramedics later declared Butler deceased at the scene, citing the severity of her injuries.Butler was a senior at Calaveras High School and the daughter of Joe Butler, a member of the Rio Vista Fire Department. The male driver, identified only as a 61-year-old Valley Springs man, sustained significant injuries.As of now, no additional details about the head-on collision on Highway 26 have been disclosed to the public. Further information will be...

Jose Luis Zuno Dead Following Truck Crash on Hartnell Avenue [Redding, CA]

Published Tue, 04 Mar 2025 00:00:40 GMT

Two-Truck Collision near Churn Creek Intersection Kills 78-Year-Old Redding ManREDDING, CA (December 4, 2023) – Saturday afternoon, a pickup truck collision on Hartnell Avenue took the life of Jose Luis Zuno.According to the investigators, an eastbound 2005 Chevy Silverado collided with a 1999 Silverado pulling out of a public driveway.Emergency personnel extricated the 1999 Silverado driver and transported him to a Mercy Medical Center where he later died.Later, the Shasta County Coroner’s Office identified the deceased driver as 78-year-old Jose Luis Zuno of Redding.Following the crash, police arrested the 2005 Silverado driver, 31-year-old Daveiontay Ivon Norwood of Redding, for DUI. Reports said the passenger of Norwood exited his vehicle and fled the scene on foot.Norwood was booked into Shasta County Jail for multiple charges, including probation violation with bail set to $100,000.Redding Officials are asking those with additional information about the fatal crash to co...

David Hernandez Dies in Two-Vehicle Crash on State Route 138 [Antelope Valley, CA]

Published Tue, 04 Mar 2025 00:00:40 GMT

37-Year-Old Man Pronounced Dead after Multi-Vehicle Collision near 185th Street EastANTELOPE VALLEY, CA (December 4, 2023) – David Hernandez died Wednesday morning in a 2-car accident on State Route 138 near 185th Street East.At approximately 1:07 a.m., officers from the California Highway Patrol (CHP) uncovered a scene of wreckage strewn across the road, with a victim trapped inside one of the vehicles. Furthermore, a second vehicle was located off the highway amidst nearby vegetation.In addition, one individual had succumbed to the injuries, and the Los Angeles County Medical Examiner’s Office later identified the deceased as 37-year-old David Hernandez.As of now, no additional details concerning the circumstances of the fatal two-vehicle collision have been disclosed to the public. Officials from Antelope Valley have indicated that further information will be provided as it becomes available.The team at Sweet James offers their warm and sincerest sympathies go out to ...

San Jose: Woman found dead at home near Coyote Creek, police investigating as homicide

Published Tue, 04 Mar 2025 00:00:40 GMT

SAN JOSE — Police said a woman was found dead at a home near Coyote Creek in San Jose on Sunday evening in what appeared to be a homicide.In a news release Monday, San Jose police said that officers were called to a home on the 900 Block of Thelma Way around 5:16 p.m. on Sunday for a report of a dead person. Authorities did not say who had called to make the report.Upon arrival, officers found a woman with “obvious signs of physical trauma,” police said, though authorities did not say whether the person was found inside or outside the home. She was pronounced dead at the scene.Related ArticlesCrime and Public Safety | Woman arrested after breaking into Palo Alto home with family inside Crime and Public Safety | San Jose gun task force arrests two after discovering drug and weapons cache Crime and Public Safety | Excessive force lawsuit from 2020 San Jose George Floyd protests cleared for trial Crime and Public Safety | ...

San Jose Sharks add two more players to injured reserve list

Published Tue, 04 Mar 2025 00:00:40 GMT

The San Jose Sharks placed forward Ryan Carpenter and defenseman Ty Emberson on injured reserve on Monday, adding to an already sizeable group of banged-up players.Emberson did not play Sunday in the Sharks’ 6-5 loss to the New York Rangers with what was described as a lower-body injury. It was not immediately known what happened to Carpenter, as he had close to 16 minutes of ice time and scored his first goal of the season in the loss.Emberson will be eligible to come off IR before the Sharks play the Vegas Golden Knights on Dec. 10 and Carpenter can be activated again for the Dec. 12 at home against the Winnipeg Jets, although it’s unclear whether either player will be ready to play by those dates.Sharks center Nico Sturm also did not play Sunday with a lower-body ailment but was still on the active roster as of Monday. Other Sharks on injured reserve are forwards Luke Kunin, Filip Zadina, and Oskar Lindblom. Sharks captain Logan Couture (lower body) began the season on the injure...

El Cerrito: Photographer charged with raping woman during photo shoot

Published Tue, 04 Mar 2025 00:00:40 GMT

EL CERRITO — An East Bay photographer has been charged with raping a woman during a photoshoot here last April, court records show.Xinyu Chen, of Berkeley, was charged in October with two counts of forcible rape and one count of forcible oral copulation of a woman during an April 9 photoshoot, court records show. The woman allegedly came forward to police in April with allegations that Chen had sexually assaulted her after they met at an El Cerrito residence for a photoshoot.Related ArticlesCrime and Public Safety | UC Berkeley chef charged with filming explicit video chat with prepubescent girls Crime and Public Safety | Trial set for East Bay siblings linked to 2021 killing of Carmel woman Crime and Public Safety | Antioch releases video of officers shooting less lethal round at transgender woman whose hands were raised Crime and Public Safety | East Bay man guilty of murdering romantic rival on Valentine’s Day...

Tens of thousands still waiting as California COVID rent relief program runs low on cash

Published Tue, 04 Mar 2025 00:00:40 GMT

BY BEN CHRISTOPHER | CalMattersIn March 2021, the Los Angeles film industry was just beginning to roar back to life after a prolonged COVID-induced slump, but Michael Addis, a freelance filmmaker, was still deep in the hole. For more than a year he’d been racking up IOUs to his landlord and the tab stood at $43,792.So Addis turned to an emergency state program designed to help people like him pay down rental debt accumulated during the pandemic.Later, in the summer of 2021, Gov. Gavin Newsom himself had touted the program, Housing Is Key, as the largest of its kind in the nation. “We’re laser-focused on getting this assistance out the door as quickly as possible,” he said at the time.Addis heard back 20 months after he applied.On June 5, 2023 — his 61st birthday — he received an email, which he shared with CalMatters, notifying him that a payment had been approved in full.But by then it was too late. Addis had already downsized, moving out of his apartment a few blocks from the Mari...

Daly City woman pleads no contest to felony charges connected to fatal collision that killed her car’s passenger

Published Tue, 04 Mar 2025 00:00:40 GMT

SAN MATEO COUNTY — A Daly City woman pleaded no contest to multiple felonies on Friday, more than 2 years after she ran a stop sign while drunk driving, resulting in a crash that killed her cousin, according to prosecutors.Tuuika Helina Otoota Salt, 26, was driving at a high rate of speed around 4:18 p.m. on Sept. 26, 2021 when she ran a stop sign at the intersection of North Humboldt Street and East Santa Inez Avenue in San Mateo, prosecutors said. She T-boned another vehicle in the process, injuring its two passengers.Salt’s passenger — her 41-year-old cousin, Tapaita Stoval — was rushed to a hospital but later died from her injuries. When police officers arrived, they felt that Salt smelled like alcohol and administered field sobriety tests, which she performed poorly, prosecutors said. She acknowledged that she’d had beer and tequila prior to the crash.Related ArticlesCrime and Public Safety | Sheriff’s Office arrests Half Moon Bay man who allegedly ...

Freight train hits and kills man in Berkeley

Published Tue, 04 Mar 2025 00:00:40 GMT

BERKELEY — A man was struck and killed by a freight train Sunday afternoon in Berkeley, authorities said.The coroner’s office on Monday identified the man as Joseph B. Fulgado, 33.  The coroner’s office did not list an address for him.Related ArticlesCrashes and Disasters | CHP officer details Highway 4 chase that ended with woman dying in fiery crash Crashes and Disasters | Man dies in Oakland hit-and-run traffic collision Crashes and Disasters | Person fatally hit by train at East Bay BART station Crashes and Disasters | Los Gatos motorcyclist killed in crash is identified Crashes and Disasters | Man killed in East Bay freeway multi-vehicle crash The collision happened about 2:30 p.m. Sunday on the railroad tracks near Bay and Potter streets, a short distance from Berkeley Aquatic Park.Fulgado was hit by a Union Pacific freight train, officials said. He was pronounced dead at the scen...