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Compton officials discuss plan to crack down on street takeovers at City Council meeting

Published Sat, 22 Feb 2025 12:00:01 GMT

A weekend of street takeovers and smash-and-grab burglaries has Compton residents demanding more of city officials and law enforcement.The social-media-fueled flash mobs have troubled Compton and elsewhere for years now, sometimes even resulting in the death of attendees. Despite arrests and car seizures, the takeovers continue.After burglaries at the Birrieria Gonzalez restaurant, an Arco station and elsewhere this weekend, Compton Mayor Emma Sharif demanded change in a Tuesday City Council meeting."These street takeovers have plagued our city for far too long," Sharif said.As a preventative measure, the city plans to install Botts' dots in an intersection used in last weekend's takeover, Sharif said.Capt. Terrence Bell of the Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department said deputies are being shifted to weekend work to help crack down on the illegal gatherings."You're going to see enforcement all over the weekend, Friday, Saturday and Sunday night," he said. Street takeovers, lootin...

Family says L.A. County deputies wrongfully detained their children

Published Sat, 22 Feb 2025 12:00:01 GMT

Security cameras capture the events that unfolded when a San Gabriel mother said authorities wrongfully entered her home and detained her children for no reason.Months after the incident, the family tells KTLA they’re still traumatized and are demanding answers as they feel their civil rights were violated.“It was terrifying," said homeowner, Ceidy Cordova. "My kids should have never gone through this. Never. They shouldn’t ever put hands on them at all.”It was Oct. 22, 2022, when Los Angeles County sheriff’s deputies entered Cordova’s apartment in the 5100 block of Rosemead Boulevard.At the time, Cordova said she and her husband had gone out and their two teenage children - 14-year-old Isaac and 19-year-old Aliza, were home alone.“When she said that they were already in there and they were being aggressive and trying to grab her, that’s when I turned on the cameras," said Cordova. "Then I saw what happened."Security video shows Cordova speaking through the security system’s audio f...

Nature is Healing: Arts Calendar April 20-26

Published Sat, 22 Feb 2025 12:00:01 GMT

This Earth Day, check back into the healing powers of nature, as all manner of creatives lift their eco-minded voices with films on environmental preservation, ethical adventurism, and the elemental marvels of the landscape; beachfront performance art opening lines of subliminal coastal communication; printmaking in conversation with the trees; and a full day of art, design, architecture, art-making, gardening lifestyle, conversation, demonstration, fairy gardens, and remedial landscaping. Plus classical music in the mansion, an arresting and rather magical new dance film, painters tackling organic geometry, painters reflecting their backgrounds in vivid tableaux, poetry and the theater, poetry by the pool, dreamy avant-garde cinema, and fucked up ceramics. Oh! And in honor of Earth Day, everyone gets free rides on Metro trains and buses for all of Saturday.Alizé CarrèreThursday, April 20NatGeo Live: Adaptation at the Broad Stage. Explore the remarkable ways people around the worl...

A Male Birth Control Pill May Finally Be on the Horizon

Published Sat, 22 Feb 2025 12:00:01 GMT

Lots of guys have been wanting more birth control options for them. However, they’ve always been limited to a few solutions. Enter the male birth control pill! Though it’s not in the market (yet) — as scientists are still in the testing phase — men can potentially take oral contraceptives to prevent unplanned pregnancy.How did scientists test the male birth control pill?Scientists from the National Institutes of Health recently tested the contraceptive on mice. They allowed the rodents to copulate while the male rodents were on the male birth control pill. When they retrieved the sperm from the female mice, the sperm cells remained “incapacitated.” As a result, the female mice didn’t become pregnant.How does the contraceptive work?The contraceptive works by disabling an enzyme called adenylyl cyclase (sAC) — which triggers the sperm cells to swim to the egg cell. According to the researchers, the male birth control pill started to work on the male mice within 30 minutes to an hour —...

Earn MGM Rewards Faster With MGM Rewards Mastercard

Published Sat, 22 Feb 2025 12:00:01 GMT

People serious about fun should know: you can now earn MGM Rewards even faster with the MGM Rewards Mastercard. This is great news if you love luxury travel perks, as MGM Rewards points can get you free stays, VIP access, fabulous upgrades and even comped travel. As a Mastercard holding member of MGM Rewards, you’ll earn points on everything you do in Las Vegas from dining and playing to gaming and even sleeping! If you’re looking for a good time, the MGM Rewards Mastercard is your passport to the experiences of your dreams. With the MGM Rewards Mastercard, you can turn everyday purchases into elevated experiences by earning MGM Mastercard Points that can be redeemed for Slot Dollars and MGM Rewards Points for use on room, dining and entertainment.Why be a guest when you can be a member? With the MGM Rewards Mastercard the perks are immediate and the benefits are plentiful. For example, when you elevate yourself to the first tier of the MGM Rewards Mastercard club, you are awarded a...

MGM Rewards Dining Is Changing The Game

Published Sat, 22 Feb 2025 12:00:01 GMT

MGM Rewards dining offers a veritable feast of options for both your appetite for eating and your appetite for earning points. With over 400 dining experiences to choose from at MGM Resorts, you’ll never go hungry – or find your benefits balance empty – again. MGM Rewards dining is a VIP experience from start to finish. MGM Rewards members with Gold or greater status receive priority dining reservations online, giving you a prime pick of all the most popular and in-demand tables in town.  So how do you earn points through MGM Rewards dining? It’s pretty easy, all you really have to do is eat! You see, all MGM Rewards members need to do is visit participating food and beverage outlets at MGM Rewards destinations nationwide, such as MGM Resorts-owned restaurants, bars, lounges & nightclubs & select leased outlets. Those who are not hotel guests need to provide their MGM Rewards card to the employee at the outlet at time of payment to earn MGM Rewards Points. Those who are hote...

How To Earn Points On Stays At Park MGM

Published Sat, 22 Feb 2025 12:00:01 GMT

Earning points on stays at Park MGM is easy! A vacation is a reward in itself, but for MGM Rewards members, you get rewarded for taking one. Why be a guest when you can be a member? As an MGM Rewards member you’ll earn points on everything from hotel stays to dining, slots, table games and even more. Earning points on stays at Park MGM isn’t the only perk you’ll enjoy with all the exclusive benefits rewards members enjoy; you can be confident that as a member, each stay at Park MGM will be your best stay, bursting with both redeemable points and unforgettable memories. Once your vacation is over, use the rewards you earned for having fun and relaxing to do it all over again. It’s the circle of good living! How does one go about earning points on stays at Park MGM? By booking a trip! You see, a member’s MGM Rewards account number must be added to their hotel reservation in order to rack up rewards. To add your rewards account number to your reservation, you can book directly through ...

Get A Seat At The Best Restaurants In Las Vegas With MGM Rewards

Published Sat, 22 Feb 2025 12:00:01 GMT

Did you know that Gold, Platinum and NOIR MGM Rewards members get priority reservations at the best restaurants in Las Vegas, thanks to new benefits of the MGM Rewards program? Las Vegas is known for many things, but perhaps best of all it’s known for being an oasis of incredible food, with dining experiences people travel across the globe for. From establishments with the hottest food trends, to international pop ups and out-of-this-world culinary adventures, Vegas is the ultimate foodie haven.The best restaurants in Las Vegas can be found at Park MGM. Discover approachable restaurants with bold menus, spaces that blur the lines between dining and nightlife with settings both extravagant and casual. If you’re in the mood for a steakhouse, Italian marketplace, or something ultra-trendy and uber-chic —we’ve got it all and then some. Enjoy flair without the formality at Bavette’s, journey to Central Italy at Toscana Ristorante & Bar by Eataly or revel in a new level of culinary ex...

Exoneree featured in Netflix’s ‘The Innocence Files’ launches campaign for California congressional seat

Published Sat, 22 Feb 2025 12:00:01 GMT

By Shania Shelton | CNNFrancisco “Franky” Carrillo, who spent two decades behind bars and was featured in the Netflix series “The Innocence Files,” is launching a campaign on Wednesday for California congressional seat targeted by Democrats trying to win back the US House.As a 16-year-old, Carrillo was arrested for a drive-by shooting after police mistakenly identified him in a different case, according to The Northern California Innocence Project. After two trials, he was convicted of murder and six counts of attempted murder in 1992. He was sentenced to life in prison.Franky Carrillo. (Twitter) During his time in prison, his story got the attention of new attorneys and The Northern California Innocence Project. In 2011, Carrillo was exonerated when the eyewitnesses who had identified him as the shooter recanted their testimony and other men confessed to the shooting.“I know what it feels like to be ignored, marginalized, forgotten about,” C...

California bills to expand state tax credits could send $1 billion to low-income families

Published Sat, 22 Feb 2025 12:00:01 GMT

When Reyna Bonilla lost her job cleaning hotel rooms in 2020 at the start of the pandemic, she used tax credits and other pandemic relief to chip away at past-due rent so she and her two children could stay in their Koreatown apartment in Los Angeles.This year things are different. Bonilla cleans homes a few days a week but only makes about $10,000 a year. Most of her pandemic aid has phased out, so she struggles to keep up with expenses.Add to that, her youngest child turned 6 in November, making Bonilla ineligible for California’s Young Child Tax Credit. Her tax refund will be $1,083 less this year, squeezing her already tight budget.“Sometimes I say I’m going to save money and I start saving,” she said, “but the prices go up and I can’t do it anymore.”Advocates say California’s tax credits are more crucial now, as low-income families like Bonilla’s struggle to financially recover from the pandemic as other government relief programs end.For instance, the federal government in 202...