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University City Police Department hosts hiring event this weekend

Published Fri, 07 Feb 2025 10:00:38 GMT

UNIVERSITY CITY, Mo. - The University City Police Department is looking for people to join its team.It's hosting a hiring event this Saturday. There are openings for all positions within the department. Top story: Suspected Schnucks shooter appeared to be targeting suburbs University City police officers make between $60,000 and $80,000. They also receive paid training, residency pay, tuition reimbursement and health benefits.The written test for dispatchers will also be available to take at Saturday's hiring event. It's at the Heman Park Community Center from 9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.

Denver man visited by Englewood police conducting welfare check jailed on child porn charges

Published Fri, 07 Feb 2025 10:00:38 GMT

Englewood police and “mental health responders” conducting a welfare check on a 73-year-old man in metro Denver last week arrested and jailed him because they found evidence of child pornography in plain view, the police said in a media release statement.The Englewood Police Department issued the statement Wednesday saying they have arrested and jailed Homer Daniel Lewis, of 1401 East Girard Place, as a suspect.Lewis was arrested and jailed March 2 on suspicion of Sexual Exploitation of a Child after officers and mental health responders contacted him and entered his residence, the statement said.On March 3, detectives with a search warrant went to the residence and located additional evidence, according to the police department statement.Lewis was released on a personal recognizance bond by an Arapahoe County court, police said. But he failed to appear Wednesday for his court date. He was charged formally with five counts for sexual exploitation of a child and the court issued a wa...

CBI issues “endangered missing” child alert seeking girl last seen Tuesday in Texas

Published Fri, 07 Feb 2025 10:00:38 GMT

The Colorado Bureau of Investigation issued an “endangered missing alert” Thursday morning, asking for public help locating an 8-year-old girl and identifying a suspect.The girl — Haven Barker with blonde hair and brown eyes, 4 feet tall and weighing 60 pounds — last was seen Tuesday morning in San Jacinto County, Texas, according to the CBI bulletin sent via Twitter.CBI officials indicated they believe suspect Charles Estep, 50, may be in Colorado. The authorities identified a dark-color 2015 Honda Accord with Texas license plates — PYS4575 — and directed anybody who can provide information to call 911 or the Trinity County Sheriff’s office in Texas at 936-642-1424.If seen, please call 911. pic.twitter.com/gU0WHbIHjF— CBI (@CBI_Colorado) March 9, 2023

Oscars 2023 preview: Denver’s “Fire of Love” producer on his historic, Disney-sized nominations

Published Fri, 07 Feb 2025 10:00:38 GMT

Colorado is fired up for an Oscar win.Last year’s biggest statewide entry in the Academy Awards was “Don’t Look Up,” the ecological fable/comedy directed by former Denverite Adam McKay (“Anchorman,” “The Big Short”) and co-written by Denver’s David Sirota. It lost in all four categories for which it was nominated — including Best Motion Picture of the Year — but there’s hope again in 2023.“Hollywood has a way of making the ceremony feel really humbling,” said Denver producer Shane Boris, who will attend the Oscars this weekend thanks to nominations for two separate titles. “We never make these even thinking an Oscar is possible.”“These” are the documentaries “Fire of Love” and “Navalny,” two very different projects that share Boris as a producer. Boris, in fact, is the only person in Oscars history other than Walt Disney to be nominated in the Documenta...

Storm headed for Southern California to bring additional rain, cause significant snowmelt

Published Fri, 07 Feb 2025 10:00:38 GMT

Another storm system is headed to Southern California, bringing the threat of potential flooding, damaging winds and hazardous driving conditions.Showers will arrive beginning Thursday night and will continue through Saturday, according to the National Weather Service.In Los Angeles and Ventura counties, light to moderate rain is expected, with rainfall totals expected to total 0.75 to 1.5 inches.Santa Barbara and San Luis Obispo counties will receive moderate to heavy rainfall during the storm with expected totals of 2-4 inches. In Northwest San Luis Obispo County, 5-10 inches are forecasted.Higher elevations, mostly above 10,000 feet, will see snowfall this weekend with “significant avalanche danger at about 5,000 feet,” said NWS. Areas 5,000 and below can expect significant snowmelt due to warmer temperatures and rain.“We have a couple more storms heading our way,” said KTLA Meteorologist Vera Jimenez. “So even though the snow levels will remain high, there will be the possibilit...

12 bodies found as San Bernardino County mountain communities dig out from snow

Published Fri, 07 Feb 2025 10:00:38 GMT

Authorities say 12 people have been found dead so far following the historic storms that buried the San Bernardino Mountains under several feet of snow, covering homes and paralyzing travel.“So far, we can only confirm (one), a traffic accident, as weather-related,” San Bernardino County Sheriff’s Department spokesperson Mara Rodriguez said Wednesday. “The preliminary information in the other deaths does not indicate they are weather-related, but those investigations are ongoing.”“There’s going to be a lot more,” said Megan Vazquez, a volunteer. "It's been very cold here. It's been below freezing, so if somebody didn’t have electricity or gas to heat their home, they may have frozen to death. I mean, it's shocking."The storms blocked road access to mountain areas, leaving stranded locals to fend for themselves without power as supplies of food, medicine and fuel were dwindling.Gov. Gavin Newsom declared a state of emergency in the area on March 1.With another storm on the way this w...

Police to release new information about teen’s stabbing death in El Sereno

Published Fri, 07 Feb 2025 10:00:38 GMT

The Los Angeles Police Department will hold a news conference on Thursday to release more information about the fatal stabbing of a 17-year-old honors student and the suspect who was arrested following a standoff. 32-year-old David Anthony Zapatista was taken into custody in Alhambra on Wednesday in connection with the fatal stabbing of Xavier Daniel Chavarin, 17, and for also allegedly stabbing a 33-year-old father.The El Sereno attack, which occurred at about 4 p.m. Friday in the 4500 block of Valley Boulevard, left the Woodrow Wilson High School student seeking help at a local King Torta shop before he collapsed on the floor, witnesses said. Man accused of fatally stabbing high school student in L.A. taken into custody Police released video of the alleged attacker earlier Wednesday, and Zapata appears to be the same person depicted in the surveillance footage. The motive behind the stabbings remains unknown, but more information is expected to be released at the press conferenc...

3 LAPD officers in stable condition following shooting in East Los Angeles; suspect dead

Published Fri, 07 Feb 2025 10:00:38 GMT

Three police officers were hospitalized in stable condition Wednesday evening after they were shot by a suspect during an investigation in Lincoln Heights. The suspect was found dead several hours later, police said.The shooting took place some time after 6 p.m. near the intersection of Mission Road and North Broadway in the Lincoln Heights neighborhood.Video from Sky5 showed a large perimeter set up around the scene for what appeared to be a barricaded suspect.Police said that officers had been in the area as part of a felony investigation of a parolee at large. They observed the suspect walking down the alley, and then go into a residence.Police then set up a perimeter and a police K-9 unit was called to the scene.The suspect was located in a small room in the bottom of the main house. Officers called out to the suspect, but he refused to surrender. Eventually, a chemical agent was deployed in an attempt to get the suspect to come out peacefully. "Unfortunately, that suspect respo...

LAUSD releases safety app for anonymous reporting

Published Fri, 07 Feb 2025 10:00:38 GMT

A new phone app released by the Los Angeles Unified School District aims to keep campuses and students safer from a variety of threats, perhaps the foremost among them the recent instances of opioid use and overdoses by students.The app, Los Angeles Schools Anonymous Reporting or LASAR, lets anyone in "the Los Angeles school community" report anything that the Los Angeles School Police Department, Psychiatric Social Workers, other mental health support or the Los Angeles Police Department need to know in order to intervene, the LAUSD said in a news release. “The LASAR app represents an additional safety tool at our disposal to protect our students and be a leader in responding to safety incidents such as the opioid crisis among teens,” Superintendent Alberto M. Carvalho said in a statement. “Student safety will always be our top priority. Along with the mental health support and social-emotional focus in our curriculum, the anonymous reporting app rounds out our holistic approach to...

Making a Splash: The Aquadolls are living a charmed life

Published Fri, 07 Feb 2025 10:00:38 GMT

Making a Splash: L.A. treasures the Aquadolls are a glorious mass of contradictions. A walking dichotomy, covered in glass and glitter. On one hand, perhaps the most overt and obvious hand, they’re a joyful exercise in melodic pop-rock, kitted out in sparkles and mermaid tails. But life has a habit of reminding us that it’s not all sunshine, puppy dogs and rainbows, and the Aquadolls encapsulate that majestically. Their counter, the yin to the happy yang, is their ability to capture life’s angst with oft-caustic but never hopeless lyrics. And of course, they can ferociously hammer their instruments between more delicate moments.Singer and guitarist Melissa Brooks started the band a decade ago with an entirely different lineup, chopping and changing until she eventually linked up with bassist Keilah Nina and drummer Jacqueline Proctor in 2018. The band’s third album, Charmed, will be released this summer and it’s this trio’s first together. New single “Sneaky” is, literally, a sneak ...