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Tarzana man accused of dumping body parts now charged with murdering wife, in-laws

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 16:08:30 GMT

Samuel Bond Haskell IV, 35, has been formally charged by the Los Angeles County District Attorney’s Office with three counts of murder in connection with the death of his wife and her parents in Tarzana, officials announced Monday.  On Nov. 7, the son of Samuel Haskell III, a one-time high-profile Hollywood agent at William Morris Agency, allegedly hired four day-laborers to haul off several heavy black plastic trash bags from the home he shared with his wife, 37-year-old Mei Haskell, her elderly parents and the couple’s three young children.  “One of the laborers opened one of the bags and allegedly observed human body parts,” according to a news release from the district attorney’s office. “They called 911 and reported the incident.”  That same day, he was reportedly seen and photographed approximately five miles from his home in the 4100 block of Coldstream Terrace disposing a large trash bag into a dumpster off Ventura Boulevard in Encino.  On ...

Storm set to drench Southern California this week

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 16:08:30 GMT

A slow-moving storm system is still on track to drench Southern California with significant rain this week.After relatively mild weather on Monday and Tuesday, "business" begins to pick up on Wednesday across the region, according to the National Weather Service.There will be increasing chances of rain throughout the day, and, by Wednesday evening, most areas can expect to receive around a quarter inch of rain, NWS says.Satellite-radar composite of the atmospheric river headed toward Southern California. Nov. 13, 2023. Precipitation from the atmospheric river event continues through Thursday, Friday and into Saturday morning.“It looks like Friday will be the wettest day of the week when we’ll see moderate to heavier rainfall, especially in the foothill and valley communities,” says KTLA’s Kaj Goldberg. El Niño is back: What it could mean for California’s winter The updated forecast calls for one to 1.5 inches of rain along the coast and in the Los Angeles basin through Saturday. V...

2 teens arrested in man's killing in Costa Mesa

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 16:08:30 GMT

Two teens have been arrested in connection with a shooting that left a man dead in Costa Mesa last week.The shooting happened Friday evening on the 2800 block of Mendoza Drive, according to the Costa Mesa Police Department. When police arrived on scene around 5:40 p.m., they found 35-year-old Raymond Gonzalez dead from an apparent gunshot wound.Investigators immediately determined that the shooting was gang-related and one person was arrested over the weekend. On Monday, police announced that a second person was taken into custody.One of the suspects has been identified as Ryan Ivan Ramos, 18, of Costa Mesa. The second suspect is a juvenile, police said, and their name is being withheld.The shooting was not believed to be random and police said there was no threat to the greater community.The investigation remains ongoing and anyone with information is urged to contact the Costa Mesa Police Department at 714-754-5252 or Detective Fricke at 714-754-4908. 

Soul Asylum Strips Down in Santa Monica

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 16:08:30 GMT

Soul Asylum Strips Down in Santa Monica: McCabes Guitars in Santa Monica is more than just a store, although it is a very, very good musical instrument store. They also tune and repair instruments, and offer lessons. Best of all, they regularly host acoustic concerts. On Sunday evening, one such McCabes show was headlined by Minneapolis alt-rockers Soul Asylum.After a touching set by Louisiana singer and songwriter Victoria Williams that saw her play crowd favorites “Crazy Mary” and “Frying Pan” among others, Soul Asylum’s David Pirner and Ryan Smith (who has been in the band since 2016) took to the stage.It was wonderful to see them in a relatively intimate environment, and Pirner was in a chipper mood. The singer and guitarist told one bad dad joke after another, each one generating cheerful groans from the crowd.Musically though, they were magnificent. Pirner and Smith’s chemistry is relatively fresh but tangible. The pair playfully play off of...

Review: The Marvels

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 16:08:30 GMT

Disney and its Marvel Cinematic Universe has been in a bit of a slump recently. The adrenaline shot that audiences used to receive with films such as Avengers: Infinity War seem part of a bygone era that nervous execs are hoping to recapture. But after Avengers: End Game and Spider-man: Far From Home, Phase Three closed an unparalleled winning streak while Phase Four seemed to divide audiences with divisive films such as Eternals. And now in Phase Five, it seems audience fatigue for the genre has firmly set in thanks to a multitude of multiverses and a myriad of masked crusaders. It seems every studio has felt the pushback from a lethargic audience starving for original content.But can The Marvels save us from caped crusader burnout?Featuring Carol Danvers (Brie Larson) from Captain Marvel and The Avengers, Monica Rambeau from WandaVision (Teyonah Parris) and Kamala Khan (Iman Vellani) from Ms. Marvel, The Marvels is a female-led superhero pic directed by Nia DaCosta (Candyman) in s...

Photos: Bandaloop teaches aerial dancing like its Transamerica Pyramid show

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 16:08:30 GMT

Related ArticlesCalifornia News | Three-alarm fire burns in Oakland hills near Holy Names University California News | Photos: Fire under I-10 in Los Angeles shuts freeway down California News | Photos: Stunning Bay Area wildlife California News | Brink, Iriafen lead No. 15 Stanford to whopping 96-64 rout of No. 9 Indiana California News | Thousands rally and march in San Francisco in protest against APEC and corporate power BANDALOOP, the Bay Area’s original aerial dance troupe, dangled from the iconic Transamerica Pyramid and performed over downtown San Francisco on Monday.Three of the Oakland-based troupe’s dancers were seen in social media posts documenting their performance, which the troupe said in a press release it planned in concert with city officials and the Transamerica Pyramid.Three people were spotted rappelling down the Transamerica Pyramid in San Francisco. They were part of O...

Fashion mogul Nygard found guilty of sexual assault

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 16:08:30 GMT

By Eva Rothenberg | CNNFormer fashion mogul Peter Nygard was found guilty of four counts of sexual assault in a Toronto court on Sunday, following a six-week trial.Nygard, 82, was accused by five women of attacking them in a series of incidents from the 1980s to the mid-2000s. He was acquitted of one count of sexual assault and one count of forcible confinement.A sentencing hearing will be set on November 21, prosecutors told CNN.CNN has reached out to Nygard’s attorney for comment.Nygard is also awaiting potential extradition to the United States, where he faces a federal indictment filed in 2020 in the Southern District of New York that accuses him of using his fashion business as a “façade of legitimacy” in order to conceal sex trafficking and other illegal activity. Prosecutors allege the businessman used his ties to the fashion industry to entice young women with drugs, money and the lure of a successful modeling career.The accusers were then “forcibly sexually assaulted, drugg...

Online misinformation is thriving in Israel-Hamas war

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 16:08:30 GMT

Associated PressMisinformation about the latest Israel-Hamas war is thriving on social media platforms, where misrepresented video footage, mistranslations and outright falsehoods often crowd out real reporting from the conflict.In recent weeks, users have pushed false claims that “crisis actors” are staging scenes of carnage and that U.S. Marines are flooding in to fight on the ground in Gaza.Here is a closer look at the latest misinformation spreading online — and the facts.CLAIM: A video shows a makeup artist applying dirt and fake blood to a young girl on a stretcher, proving that people in Gaza are faking injuries in the latest Israel-Hamas war.THE FACTS: The video is behind-the-scenes footage from a short film made in Lebanon, and was not made to mislead people, the director confirmed to The Associated Press.In recent weeks, social media users have repeatedly misrepresented videos to falsely accuse Palestinians of being “crisis actors” in the war, as pa...

All lanes of Highway 13 open after nearby fire

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 16:08:30 GMT

(KRON) -- A vegetation fire in Oakland on Monday blocked all of the northbound lanes of Highway 13, according to a 511 alert. All lanes have since reopened. The lanes are blocked between I-580 West and Lincoln Avenue. The Oakland Fire Department said the fire is in the area of Holy Names University, which was located at 3500 Mountain Blvd. Video: Three people rappel down Transamerica Pyramid OFD said crews arrived to the scene to fight four vegetation fires. All of the fires are between the on-ramp near Redwood Road above Highway 13 and the Joaquin Miller Road exit. There are no structures threatened by the fires, per OFD. They spanned about 1.5 miles. The fires have since been contained and nobody was injured. This is a developing story. Stick with KRON4 for updates.

'I'm going to have to take you out': Paul Pelosi delivers chilling testimony in DePape trial

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 16:08:30 GMT

SAN FRANCISCO (KRON) -- Paul Pelosi said he realized he was in "serious danger" when a stranger broke into the Pacific Heights home he shares with his wife, former Speaker Nancy Pelosi. Taking the stand Monday in David DePape's federal trial, Paul Pelosi testified that he was sleeping on the night of October 28, 2022. Mr. Pelosi said he was woken up when a "very large man" entered his bedroom holding a hammer in one hand, and zip ties in the other."He burst in the door, and that wakes me up," Mr. Pelosi testified for the jury. The home intruder stood in the bedroom doorway and asked, "Where's Nancy?" Paul Pelosi recalled.Flanked by four defense attorneys, DePape quietly listened to testimony from the man he's accused of trying to murder. DePape's eyes blinked and twitched with nervous tics.Paul Pelosi testifies against David DePape in a San Francisco courtroom on Nov. 13, 2023. (Courtroom sketch by Vicki Behringer) After becoming emotional on the stand, Mr. Pelosi explained to the j...