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1,900 people laid to rest in L.A. ceremony

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 11:47:42 GMT

The remains of more than 1,900 people were laid to rest Thursday during a ceremony in Los Angeles County.A tradition that has spanned more than 125 years, the yearly Ceremony of the Unclaimed Dead honors those who died in the Los Angeles area but whose remains were never claimed by loved ones.The ceremony is held to offer a respectful and compassionate end to those who died and ensure that no soul is truly forgotten.Los Angeles County Supervisors Hilda Solis and Janice Hahn lay flowers at the grave where the remains of 1,900 people were laid to rest during L.A. County annual Ceremony of the Unclaimed Dead on Dec. 14, 2023. (Los Angeles County Department of Health Services)At the Los Angeles County Crematorium Cemetery in Boyle Heights, local faith leaders led the non-denominational event, laying to rest 1,937 remains into a single communal grave.The burial is coordinated by the Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors, the Department of Health Services, the Office of Decedent Affairs...

Dodgers have tentative deal to acquire Tyler Glasnow from Rays: AP

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 11:47:42 GMT

LOS ANGELES (AP) — The Los Angeles Dodgers have agreed to a tentative trade with the Tampa Bay Rays to acquire right-hander Tyler Glasnow and outfielder Manuel Margot for pitcher Ryan Pepiot and outfield prospect Jonny Deluca, a person familiar with the agreement told The Associated Press on Thursday.The person spoke on condition of anonymity because the trade is subject to the Dodgers and Glasnow agreeing to a new contract. The teams have until 11 a.m. EST on Sunday to complete the trade under a window granted by the commissioner's office.The tentative trade was first reported by ESPN.“There is nothing done yet," Dodgers president of baseball operations Andrew Friedman said on MLB Network at the news conference to discuss Shohei Ohtani's record $700 million, 10-year contract.Glasnow, who turned 30 in August, has a $25 million salary next year in the second season of a $30.35 million, two-year contract and can become a free agent after the World Series. He would receive a $1 million...

Will CBD “De-Stress” Your Dog?

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 11:47:42 GMT

View the original article about CBD for Dogs at Real Tested CBD.Pet owners often get interested in CBD oil for the same reasons humans take this product. If customers aren’t drawn in by CBD’s anti-inflammatory benefits, chances are they want to use CBD to calm their canine’s nerves. Plenty of studies suggest CBD has tremendous anti-anxiety properties for people, so why wouldn’t these effects transfer to dogs?Although there are countless success stories of using CBD oils to reduce pet anxiety, the scientific data on this topic is relatively low. While this doesn’t mean CBD can’t be effective for helping dogs de-stress, pet owners must recognize there are many unanswered questions about using CBD for this purpose.How Effective Is CBD Oil for Pet Anxiety?To be frank, most of the studies looking into CBD for dog anxiety haven’t been super impressive. For instance, one study out of the University of Kentucky examined whether CBD affected a dog’s response to loud fireworks. In this trial,...

Death Lens on Fontaines DC

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 11:47:42 GMT

Death Lens on Fontaines DC: Bryan Torres of East L.A. alt-punk band Death Lens told us about his Fontaines D.C. experience.Bryan Torres: Fontaines D.C. came and played at the Regent Theater in May of 2022. I was always of fan of their music, but did not expect their performance to be so explosive. As they came out, I was expecting them to just perform and listen without any commotion since their music is more on the slow or less aggressive side.As soon as they came out Grian Chatten came ready to put on a show as he swayed around the stage, holding the mic stand and singing all his songs with power and a sense of poise that Ian Curtis gave back in the ’80s. He had this way of him that made me jealous of how good he was as a front man. It made me realized that even slow songs can come with a punch and that songs do not have to be played the same as the record.His movements, his connection with the crowd and the unison his band had that night really push me to mold the boys we h...

Cal football: Bears head to bowl game looking in mirror

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 11:47:42 GMT

Cal makes its first appearance in the postseason since 2019 on Saturday night at the Independence Bowl in Shreveport, Louisiana, and the Bears will see a lot that is familiar in their opponent.Cal and Texas Tech have a lot in common, starting with their unspectacular 6-6 records.The Bears and Red Raiders are meeting for just the second time ever, and the first one came in a bowl game that felt like a consolation prize for Cal. It was 2004 at the Holiday Bowl, and the Bears were still smarting over being leapfrogged by Texas for a berth in the Rose Bowl.Even with Aaron Rodgers at the helm, Cal lost to Texas Tech 45-31 that night in San Diego.The Bears should be much more motivated for the rematch, having won their final three regular-season games to become bowl eligible. The Red Raiders won three in a row to earn their spot in the postseason before ending their schedule with a 57-7 beatdown by Texas.As it stands now. this will be Cal’s final game as a member of the Pac-12 Confe...

Who will rise to replace Alameda County Supervisor Keith Carson?

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 11:47:42 GMT

A broad, diverse set of candidates have emerged to run for the Alameda County Board of Supervisors District 5 seat, which will have no incumbent for the first time in more than 30 years.After Supervisor Keith Carson’s surprise, last-minute retirement annoucement last Friday, the filing deadline was extended to Wednesday December 14 at 5 p.m. In the days since, eight people have declared their candidacy.The new field, which is now set, consistsRelated ArticlesElection | Last-minute surprise retirement upends Alameda County supervisor race of mayors, city council members, political organizers, lawyers, and executives–with no clear favorite.East Bay residents will likely be familiar with some of the candidates, including Oakland City Council President Nikki Fortunato Bas, Berkeley city council member Ben Bartlett, and former Emeryville mayor John Bauters. All three have held elected office in city government and can run a campaign based on experience.But the fiel...

Driver arrested in connection with hit-and-run that injured two in San Mateo

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 11:47:42 GMT

SAN MATEO — A 30-year-old Redwood City man was arrested Wednesday in connection with a hit-and-run involving two pedestrians a day earlier in San Mateo, police said.Related ArticlesCrime and Public Safety | Ex-employee of San Carlos nonprofit agency accused of embezzling $700,000 Crime and Public Safety | Police say ‘armed’ man whose presence forced Palo Alto school lockdown only carried phone Crime and Public Safety | Man allegedly attacks Millbrae convenience store clerk during robbery attempt while on bail Crime and Public Safety | ‘Criticizing a judge is not illegal’: Charges dropped against San Mateo County man accused of threatening jurist Crime and Public Safety | Road-rage incident ends in Peninsula man’s arrest on gun-related charges The incident happened around 8:55 p.m. Tuesday at the intersection of Edison Street and West Hillsdale Boulevard, the San Mateo Police Depar...

At 23, Lucy Rushton broke into English football’s boys club. Now she’s building the Bay Area’s women’s soccer team

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 11:47:42 GMT

LOS ALTOS — Lucy Rushton, fresh out of a master’s program in sports performance analysis, arrived at her 2007 meeting at Reading Football Club looking for a job with her hometown team.Nick Hammond thought she wanted an autograph.The 23-year-old Englishwoman didn’t look much different than many of the kids who would approach Hammond, a former goalkeeper for Reading who spent some time in the English Premier League.“There were not a lot of females in that area (of data analysis),” Hammond, then the club’s director of football, said by phone this week. “It’s the truth…I thought it was a young girl asking me for an autograph. And then she introduced herself as Lucy and it put me back a bit. But we started chatting.“Two hours later, I thought to myself, ‘She’s perfect.’”Fifteen years later, Rushton still can’t believe her luck that a sport once run entirely by men, most of whom once played at the highest level, gave her a chance to begin a career that eventually led to her hi...

After Draymond Green suspension, the clock on this Warriors season (and beyond) starts now

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 11:47:42 GMT

LOS ANGELES — The clock on this Warriors season, and perhaps the dynasty, started before the Warriors’ loss to the Clippers on Thursday.Specifically at around 5 p.m. Pacific Time — when news broke of Draymond Green’s indefinite suspension. The seismic decision shook the NBA world, prompting pundits and talking heads to declare the Steph Curry era dead and bid good riddance to Green.Inside Warriors land, the suspension was just another domino to fall. Add it to an ever-growing list of ways the Warriors’ season hasn’t gone at all by their own book. The team isn’t pinning this 10-14 start on Green alone, but seem to have pinned it as an evaluation starting point.What happens in the next month could determine whether this roster can get it together for a realistic playoff run, or if Dunleavy will be taking advantage of the expiring contracts as the Feb. 9 trade deadline. Is there enough good to retool, take a step back and run again? Or is it ti...

Defense lawyers say retired police officer who held Pleasant Hill cops at bay during two standoffs ‘did not intend to kill anyone’

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 11:47:42 GMT

MARTINEZ — A retired Pittsburg police officer who held Pleasant Hill police at bay during two standoffs over a 36-hour period is a “polite, pleasant, kind, calm” man who was spiraling downward during a mental health crisis and not a monster who wanted to kill police, his attorneys said Thursday.“This is a textbook mental health case,” Chunliam Saechao’s defense attorney, Curtis Briggs, said Thursday outside the A.F. Bray Courthouse.A Pleasant Hill police officer watches from his police vehicle while parked in a gas station near a home where police had held a standoff with a suspect in Pleasant Hill, Calif., on Friday, Dec. 8, 2023. Authorities would return to the same home a few hours later, eventually arresting a man who fired at police vehicles. Defense attorneys for the suspect, retired police officer Chunliam Saechao, questioned whether Pleasant Hill police exacerbated the situation during two standoffs with Saechao last week in the Sherman Ac...