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Missing 13-year-old girl found safe in East Los Angeles

Published Mon, 03 Mar 2025 18:52:13 GMT

A missing girl who disappeared in East Los Angeles was found safe Saturday afternoon.The critically missing teen was identified as Victoria Berenice Pacheco, 13, by the Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department."Thank you to the public, the media, Aero Bureau, and deputy personnel for their tireless efforts in the search for Ms. Pacheco," said LASD.At the time, Pacheco was last seen on Friday night in the 1300 block of South Downey Road around 11 p.m.She had no history of running away in the past and her family was very concerned for her well-being, officials said.A “critically missing person” is defined as:-A person in critical need of medical attention-The victim of a crime or foul play-A person who has no pattern of running away or disappearing-The victim of a kidnapping or parental abduction-A person who is mentally impaired to the extent that such person is unable to care for him or herself or is an immediate danger to his or her own safety or the safety of othersNo fur...

Photos: Supporters show up for Oakland ice cream vendor seen being robbed on video

Published Mon, 03 Mar 2025 18:52:13 GMT

OAKLAND — More than 200 people came out late Saturday morning to buy ice cream and popsicles and make donations to support an ice cream vendor who was seen on video being robbed at gunpoint earlier this week.Juan Alberto Diaz Carazas, 80, of Oakland, was pushing his ice cream cart in the 3900 block of E. 18th Street about 12:08 p.m Monday when a car stopped and two men got out, at least one armed with a gun. As seen on a video posted to social media, the men jostled him and took an unconfirmed amount of cash from him before fleeing in the vehicle.He was not injured.Ice cream vendor Juan Alberto Diaz Carazas, 80, sells his sweet and refreshing products during an ice cream buy out event at the Fruitvale Station Shopping Center parking lot in Oakland, Calif., on Saturday, July 22, 2023. Diaz, a native of Peru, was robbed at gunpoint while selling/walking with his ice cream cart early this week. More than a couple hundred people came to buy ice cream and popsicles in addition to the gen...

Four people stabbed in ‘random’ attack in Maryland

Published Mon, 03 Mar 2025 18:52:13 GMT

(CNN) — A man stabbed four people Saturday morning in Montgomery County, Maryland, before a police officer fatally shot him.The four victims are expected to survive, according to local police. Authorities said they believed the stabbing incident was a “random” act.“We have total of four stabbing victims,” Darren Francke, assistant chief for the Montgomery County Police said in a Saturday news conference. “Three women, one male. Two of the women were stabbed in the neck.”Police first received a call about one of the stabbings at a thrift store in Aspen Hill at 10:36 a.m.“Officers responded and simultaneously received another call for a stabbing … in the 4100 block of Colie Drive – two women were stabbed there,” Francke said.Officers responding to the call about the two women also discovered an adult male with “superficial injuries,” according to a news release from the police department.Police set up a perimeter to search for the suspect. They were told the suspect “was heading into ...

3 dead in listeria outbreak in Washington state

Published Mon, 03 Mar 2025 18:52:13 GMT

Health officials in Washington state said Friday that three people had died and two had been hospitalized in the Puget Sound area after contracting foodborne listeria infections in what appeared to be an outbreak.Testing indicated that all five patients, three men and two women, became ill between Feb. 27 and June 30 and probably had the same source of infection, officials said, though an investigation had not identified a common food source.Each infected person was in their 60s or 70s and had a compromised immune system, officials said.Four of the cases were in Pierce County, and one was in Thurston County.The Washington State Department of Health said it was working with “local health jurisdictions to gather information from interviews with patients and their families to help identify any common exposures.”It was unclear where the cases originated. Officials said the bacteria are commonly found in unheated cheeses and deli meats, unpasteurized dairy products, and premade deli sala...

13-year-old Aussie skater Chloe Covell wins the women’s street competition at the X Games

Published Mon, 03 Mar 2025 18:52:13 GMT

VENTURA, Calif. (AP) — Chloe Covell, the 13-year-old Australian skateboarding prodigy, has won the women’s street competition at the X Games.Covell earned the biggest victory of her nascent career Saturday at the coastal Ventura County Fairgrounds, where she became the youngest winner in the X Games’ street skating discipline. Covell beat a strong field including Olympic gold medalist Momiji Nishiya of Japan and Brazilian star Leticia Bufoni.Covell already won a bronze medal in Chiba, Japan, and a silver medal in California last year in the X Games, becoming the youngest skater with two podium finishes in the competition’s history.After another year of growth and improvement, she won gold in Ventura with an impressive final run that included a heel flip down a flight of stairs and a 50-50 kickflip.Gui Khury is still the youngest gold medalist in X Games history after winning the men’s best vert trick competition at 12 years old in 2021.Covell started skating at 6 y...

Cody Bellinger drives in 4 runs as the Cubs top the Cardinals 8-6 on a rainy day at Wrigley

Published Mon, 03 Mar 2025 18:52:13 GMT

CHICAGO (AP) — Cody Bellinger drove in four runs and Nico Hoerner had three of Chicago’s 15 hits, helping the Cubs beat the St. Louis Cardinals 8-6 on Saturday in a wet and wild matchup of NL Central rivals.Chicago trailed 1-0, 3-1, 5-3 and 6-5 before moving in front for the first time with three runs in the sixth inning. Bellinger yanked a two-run single into right field and Seiya Suzuki followed with an RBI single, giving the Cubs an 8-6 lead.After the start was delayed for 25 minutes, it rained intermittently before another downpour stopped play. Two members of the grounds crew were nearly swallowed by the tarp as they pulled it over the diamond in the middle of the seventh, and the Wrigley Field crowd of 40,425 sang along to Creedence Clearwater Revival’s “Have You Ever Seen The Rain?” during the 87-minute delay.Bellinger, a possible trade target ahead of the Aug. 1 deadline, continued his torrid hitting. The 2019 NL MVP is batting .382 (42 for 110) with 21 RBIs in h...

Kiara Romero wins US Girls’ Junior at the US Air Force Academy

Published Mon, 03 Mar 2025 18:52:13 GMT

AIR FORCE ACADEMY. Colo. (AP) — Kiara Romero won the U.S. Girls’ Junior Championship on Saturday, outlasting Rianne Malixi 1-up in the 36-final at the U.S. Air Force Academy Eisenhower Golf Club.The 17-year-old Romero, from San Jose, California, took the lead with a par on the 31st — the 121-yard 13th hole on the Blue Course — and halved the final five holes with pars.An incoming freshman at Oregon, Romero earned spots in the 2024 U.S. Women’s Open at Lancaster Country Club in Pennsylvania and the 2024 Augusta National Women’s Amateur. Both finalists are exempt next month in the U.S. Women’s Amateur in Los Angeles.The 16-year-old Malixi was trying to become the second player from the Philippines to win the event, following Princes Mary Superal in 2014.Malixi had a 2-up lead through seven, and Romero won Nos. 9 and 10 to tie. Malixi took Nos. 12 and 16 for another 2-up lead, and Romero rallied to tie it with par wins on Nos. 18 and 22. Romero won the par-4 26th with a par for her fir...

Dansby Swanson, All-Star SS, activated by the Cubs after being sidelined by a heel injury

Published Mon, 03 Mar 2025 18:52:13 GMT

CHICAGO (AP) — All-Star shortstop Dansby Swanson was activated by the Chicago Cubs on Saturday after he had been sidelined by a bruised left heel.Swanson had two hits and drove in a run in an 8-6 victory over St. Louis in his first big league game since he got hurt during a 4-3 win at Milwaukee on July 5. He is batting .261 with 10 homers and 37 RBIs in 84 games.The 29-year-old Swanson, who finalized a $177 million, seven-year contract with Chicago in December, played in 160 games in 2021 and 162 games last year in his final season with Atlanta. He said he was going “a little stir crazy” while he was on the 10-day injured list.“I felt like I was everybody’s honorable assistant,” he said. “I felt like hitting coaches, pitching coaches, like everybody, I felt like I was essentially an assistant coach for the last two weeks, which, it was driving me nuts. I love playing. I love going out there every day.”Infielder Jared Young was optioned to Triple-A Iowa to make room for S...

Baseball Hall of Fame Year-by-Year Inductees

Published Mon, 03 Mar 2025 18:52:13 GMT

Year-by-year inductees to the Major League Baseball Hall of Fame:BBWAA: Elected by the Baseball Writers Association of America; TGE: Today’s Game Era (1998-present) committee; VC: Elected by the Veterans Committee; NL: Elected by the Veterans Committee based on Negro League career; SCNL: Elected by the special committee on the Negro Leagues and the Pre-Negro League; PI: Elected by Pre-Integration (1871-1946) committee; G: Elected by Golden Era (1947-72) committee; E: Elected by Expansion Era (1973-present) committee; ME: Elected by Modern Era (1970-87) committee; TG: Elected by Today’s Game (1988-present) committee; GD: Elected by Golden Days (1950-69) committee; EB: Elected by Early Baseball (1871-1949) committee; CBE: Contemporary Baseball Era (1980-present committee:2023 — BBWAA: Scott Rolen. CBE: Fred McGriff.2022 — BBWAA: David Ortiz. GD: Gil Hodges, Jim Kaat, Minnie Minoso, Tony Oliva. EB: Bud Fowler, Buck O’Neil.2021 — None.2020 — BBWAA: Derek Jeter; Larry W...

Fred McGriff’s Career Statistics

Published Mon, 03 Mar 2025 18:52:13 GMT

ABRHHRRBIAVG1986, Tor51100.2001987, Tor29558732043.2471988, Tor5361001513482.2821989, Tor551981483692.2691990, Tor557911673588.3001991, SD5288414731106.2781992, SD5317915235104.2861993, SD-Atl55711116237101.2911994, Atl424811353494.3181995, Atl528851482793.2801996, Atl6178118228107.2951997, Atl564771562297.2771998, TB564731601981.2841999, TB5297516432104.3102000, TB5668215727106.2772001, TB-CHC5136715731102.3062002, CHC5236714330103.2732003, LAD29732741340.2492004, TB7271327.181Totals8757134924904931550.284___Division SeriesYearABRHHRRBIAVG1995, Atl184626.3331996, Atl91313.3331997, Atl94201.222Totals36911310.306___League Championship SeriesYearABRHHRRBIAVG1989, Tor211303.1431993, Atl2361014.4351995, Atl165700.4381996, Atl286727.2501997, Atl210704.333Totals1091834318.312___World SeriesYearABRHHRRBIAVG1995, Atl235623.2611996, Atl204626.300Totals4391249.279Source