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Report: Mexican resort where Orange County couple died ignored gas leak problems

Published Sat, 22 Feb 2025 10:45:08 GMT

Current and former employees at Rancho Pescadero, the luxury hotel in Mexico where a couple from Orange County was found dead this week, said that resort managers ignored repeated signs of a possible gas leak for months, The Los Angeles Times is reporting.The bodies of John Heathco, 41, and Abby Lutz, 28, were found in their room at the hotel in Mexico’s Baja California Sur state on Tuesday, and preliminary reports suggest the couple died due to inhalation of gas. Hotel managers ignored complaints about the strong smell of gas from both guests and employees for months, both current and former workers at Rancho Pescadero told the L.A. Times. Carbon monoxide detectors were reportedly disabled after repeated complaints from guests about the loud alarms. Abby Lutz and John Heathco were found dead at a resort in Baja California Sur. June 2023. (Facebook)According to a current employee at the hotel, a housekeeper cleaning the couple’s room fell ill due to suspected gas poisoning. Addition...

Kourtney Kardashian, Travis Barker announce pregnancy at L.A. Blink-182 concert

Published Sat, 22 Feb 2025 10:45:08 GMT

Kourtney Kardashian and Blink-182 drummer Travis Barker are expecting their first child.Kardashian, 44, shared the news first with Blink-182 fans at the band’s concert at BMO Stadium in Los Angeles Friday night and later on Instagram. The reality TV star held up a sign reading “Travis I’m pregnant” from the front row, which was broadcast on large screens next to the stage.Barker, 47, and bandmate Mark Hoppus joined Kardashian in the crowd, and fans erupted when she and Barker kissed.Kourtney Kardashian shared the pregnancy news with Blink-182 fans at the band’s concert at BMO Stadium in Los Angeles Friday night and later on Instagram. (IG: kourtneykardash)On her Instagram stories, Kourtney Kardashian shared the obvious inspiration for her announcement, which was Blink-182’s 1999 music video for “All the Small Things” in which a woman is also seen holding up a sign that reads “Travis I’m pregnant.”Barker and Kardashian married last year and have six children from previous relati...

6-year-old boy wounded in Oakland shooting crossfire at gas station

Published Sat, 22 Feb 2025 10:45:08 GMT

OAKLAND — A 6-year-old boy was wounded in the leg by stray bullets Friday night when a shooting erupted at an East Oakland gas station, authorities said.The shooting happened two hours before a man was shot at a street memorial for a recent homicide victim.The boy was shot about 9:20 p.m. Friday at a Kwik Serv gas station at 22nd Avenue and East 12th Street, police said.Authorities said the boy’s father had stopped at the station for gas. The boy’s 3-year-old sister was also in the vehicle, authorities said.Police said that gunshots were suddenly fired at the station, apparently by more than one gunman trying to shoot another person at the station.Authorities said the boy was hit multiple times in his leg by stray bullets. His father drove him to a hospital where he was in stable condition Saturday. The father and little girl were not injured.Authorities said the suspects and intended target fled before police got to the gas station. A motive for the shooting is un...

Our post-spring college basketball top-25 forecast: USC, Arizona climb, UCLA falls and Colorado enters the rankings

Published Sat, 22 Feb 2025 10:45:08 GMT

Arizona coach Tommy Lloyd has struggled to navigate March Madness during his two seasons on the job, but the man knows his way around May like few others in his profession.Lloyd expertly combined the transfer portal and recruiting trail last month to remake Arizona’s roster and position the Wildcats for the 2023-24 conference title and a deep run in the NCAA Tournament.He fortified the bench with several touted international recruits, including Lithuanian center Motiejus Krivas, who reportedly owns a 7-foot-5 wingspan.More importantly, Lloyd landed three likely starters from the transfer portal: Guards Jaden Bradley from Alabama and Caleb Love from North Carolina, plus forward Keshad Johnson, who played a crucial role in San Diego State’s stunning charge to the national championship game.Bradley and Love will provide needed perimeter playmaking; Johnson, frontcourt defense. Above all, the newcomers should increase the level of physical and mental resolve for a program th...

San Carlos: 2 Redwood City men arrested on suspicion of stealing $50,000 in construction material

Published Sat, 22 Feb 2025 10:45:08 GMT

Two Redwood City men have been arrested on suspicion of stealing about $50,000 of construction materials including copper wire from a commercial property in San Carlos, authorities said.The burglary happened over the weekend of June 10 in the 700 block of Industrial Road.Related ArticlesCrime and Public Safety | Federal ammo charges filed over investigation into alleged meth dealers from Brentwood, Bay Point Crime and Public Safety | 11 arrested at Great Mall in Milpitas for 125 stolen items Crime and Public Safety | ‘I was told what to say’: Woman claims Oakland police officer fed her testimony Crime and Public Safety | Police software crashes forced dispatchers to hand-write call info, slowed responses Crime and Public Safety | A series of ghastly transactions: Harvard and University of Arkansas human body trafficking ring told through federal charging documents San Mateo County sheriffR...

Federal ammo charges filed over investigation into alleged meth dealers from Brentwood, Bay Point

Published Sat, 22 Feb 2025 10:45:08 GMT

OAKLAND — Robert Allan Brown might be in jail on federal charges of being a felon in possession of ammunition, but the investigation behind his arrest runs much deeper.Brown, 44, of Bay Point, was charged June 6 with the lone felony count, which carries up to 10 years in prison. The charge stems from an August 2022 traffic stop that also led state and federal authorities down a rabbit hole of the methamphetamine industry of East Contra Costa County and back to a Brentwood residence where they seized six pounds of the drug years before.Prosecutors say that on Aug. 18, 2022, Contra Costa Sheriff’s deputies on patrol in Pittsburg attempted to pull Brown over, but he fled in his Corvette, leading the deputies and later Antioch officers on a chase that ended at a residence on Cleveland Avenue in Bay Point. There, a sheriff K9 almost immediately jumped into the vehicle and alerted to a center console, where police allegedly found 1.6 pounds of methamphetamine, a silencer, roug...

Police: Street racer flees in Mercedes after fatally striking pedestrian in Oakland

Published Sat, 22 Feb 2025 10:45:08 GMT

OAKLAND — A 58-year-old woman crossing an East Oakland street Friday night died after she was hit by a car police said was involved in a street race. The driver fled after the collision and is being sought by Oakland police.The name of the woman, an Oakland resident, has not been released.The fatal collision happened about 7:05 p.m. Friday at the intersection of Foothill Boulevard and Vicksburg Avenue.Police said the woman was crossing the street in a marked crosswalk when she was hit by a black Mercedes that was going westbound on Foothill and did not stop for a red light.Police said based on witness statements and video surveillance, the driver of the Mercedes was speeding and was involved in a street race when the woman was hit. A detailed description of the driver was not available.The woman died later at a hospital.Police said it is unknown at this time if alcohol or drugs were also factors in what happened.Police and Crime Stoppers of Oakland are offering up to $10,000 i...

Highway safety agency reports power problems in 2022 Hyundai Ioniq5 SUVs

Published Sat, 22 Feb 2025 10:45:08 GMT

DETROIT (AP) — Multiple U.S. owners of Hyundai’s popular Ioniq5 electric SUV have complained of completely or partially losing propulsive power, many after hearing a loud popping noise, the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration said Saturday.The agency said in a notice posted online that it received 30 complaints about the problem in 2022 models, of which it estimated 39,500 were on U.S. highways.The Office of Defects Investigation at the NHTSA has opened a preliminary investigation and says Hyundai indicated in an initial review that a power surge was damaging transistors, preventing vehicles’ 12-volt battery from recharging.A Hyundai spokesperson did not immediately respond to phone and email queries from The Associated Press asking if the complaints might lead to a service recall. Technical problems accompanying automakers’ growing global rollout of electric vehicles to fight climate change have included battery recalls because of the potential for fire...

ANÁLISIS | La investigación sobre el covid en Reino Unido se ha convertido en una farsa política

Published Sat, 22 Feb 2025 10:45:08 GMT

(CNN) — Se suponía que la investigación sobre el covid en el Reino Unido funcionaría como un cierre para las personas que perdieron a sus seres queridos durante la pandemia. Sin embargo, se convirtió en un circo político que podría dañar tanto a Boris Johnson como a Rishi Sunak.La investigación, que comenzó a reunir pruebas este martes, se vio ensombrecida durante semanas por una serie de disputas entre Sunak —actual primer ministro— y Johnson, quien renunció tras su caída en desgracia el verano pasado.La primera disputa de este tipo se relaciona directamente con la investigación. Sunak y su gobierno impugnan legalmente el derecho de la investigación a solicitar información personal de personas que estuvieron directamente involucradas en la toma de decisiones durante la pandemia. Eso implica cualquier cosa, desde mensajes de WhatsApp hasta diarios privados.El gobierno dice busca bloquear ese acceso porque de otro modo podría sentar un precedente en el que información que sea r...

Alexandrova and Kudermetova set up all-Russian women’s final on Den Bosch grass

Published Sat, 22 Feb 2025 10:45:08 GMT

DEN BOSCH, Netherlands (AP) — Ekaterina Alexandrova will defend her Libema Open title against fellow Russian and top seed Veronika Kudermetova after both reached the final on Saturday without dropping a set all week.The No. 4-seeded Alexandrova defeated No. 7 Aliaksandra Sasnovich of Belarus 6-1, 7-6 (1) by taking her break point chances, three of five. She denied all five for Sasnovich, who was playing her first semifinal of the year and first ever on grass.Alexandrova will be playing for her fourth WTA singles title on Sunday. She beat Kudermetova in the semifinals here last year en route to the title.Kudermetova, a tournament top seed for the first time, knocked out unseeded Viktoria Hruncakova of Slovakia 6-3, 6-2.Hruncakova couldn’t convert all six of her break chances, while Kudermetova took four of her five to make the difference.Kudermetova won her only WTA singles title in 2021 at Charleston and has lost three finals since then, all of them last year. She’s rank...