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Costume-clad fans hit L.A. Convention Center for Anime Expo

Published Tue, 18 Feb 2025 23:40:54 GMT

Thousands of fans, many of them dressed in their favorite character costumes, hit the Los Angeles Convention Center for the Anime Expo, which was completely sold out on Sunday.  The annual celebration of Japanese pop culture, which is typically held the first weekend of July, includes more than 800 hours of programs and panels.  Fans told KTLA that part of the fun is just being around the energy of others who also love anime.  “I really like anime not only just because I am a graphic design major, but I do also really like the community that anime has brought,” one attendee told KTLA.  An attendee at the L.A. Anime Expo at the Los Angeles Convention Center on July 2, 2023. (KTLA)“The fact that we’re all just people trying to put ourselves in other people’s shoes, it really opens up people to be welcoming and accepting of just basically everyone and all walks of life,” another said.  The Anime Expo runs through July 4.  KTLA Photojournalist Phil Ige reports.  

Warriors sign free agent point guard to back up Steph Curry, Chris Paul

Published Tue, 18 Feb 2025 23:40:54 GMT

The Warriors were in need of a backup point guard option with Steph Curry and Chris Paul expected to miss at least a handful of games next season for load management. The Warriors signed Cory Joseph to a one-year veteran minimum contract as the third point guard option off the bench, sources confirmed to this news organization.Joseph, 31, will fill the third string point guard job previously held by two-way player Ty Jerome, who signed a two-year contract with the Cleveland Cavaliers. The Warriors had extended Jerome a qualifying offer, but decided not to match Cleveland’s offer.At 6-foot-5, Joseph is a taller point guard who plays a more traditional point guard role as a distributor and strong point-of-attack defender. As second apron luxury tax violators, the Warriors can only hand out veteran minimum contracts to free agents such as Joseph, who will earn approximately $3 million as a 12-year NBA veteran.Joseph has played for five NBA teams, including the San Antonio Spurs f...

2 people were killed and 28 wounded in a mass shooting at a Baltimore block party

Published Tue, 18 Feb 2025 23:40:54 GMT

(CNN) — An 18-year-old woman and a 20-year-old man were killed and 28 others injured in a mass shooting at a Baltimore block party, officials said.All 30 of the victims had gunshot wounds, Baltimore Police Acting Commissioner Richard Worley said in a Sunday afternoon news conference. Their ages range between 13 and 32 years old, Worley added.The two people killed were identified by Baltimore police as 18-year-old Aaliyah Gonzales and 20-year-old Kylis Fagbemi.Of those injured, 15 were younger than 18 years old, according to Sunday night news release from police. Nine of those injured remained in nearby hospitals “in various conditions” Sunday afternoon, the commissioner added.Investigators continue to scour the large crime scene – which spans multiple blocks – and officials urged anyone with information or who may have captured video footage, including from security cameras, to come forward.There were “at least two” people who opened fire du...

Ride along with California Highway Patrol during July 4 weekend

Published Tue, 18 Feb 2025 23:40:54 GMT

(KRON) -- The California Highway Patrol is working to prevent accidents from happening during what they say is one of the most busiest and deadliest weekends of the year. They are currently in their maximum enforcement period through the end of the July 4 holiday weekend. KRON4's Amanda Hari rode along with CHP Officer Adam Lane to see what they are doing to keep everyone safe. Watch the video in the player above. Three highway deaths in Contra Costa County during July 4 weekend In just a half-hour driving with Officer Lane, four traffic stops occurred. One for distracted driving, one for not wearing a seatbelt and two for speeding. "My main concern is always speed. When you look at what causes the majority of collisions in California, it is speed. As I'm passing cars, what I'm looking for is seatbelt and cellphone as well," said Officer Lane. During the maximum enforcement period, which began Friday evening and will end at midnight on July 4, about one-third more officers will be...

Three highway deaths in Contra Costa County during July 4 weekend

Published Tue, 18 Feb 2025 23:40:54 GMT

(KRON) -- Three people are dead after two separate highway collisions despite this weekend being one of California Highway Patrol's maximum enforcement periods. Police said one person was killed early Sunday morning on Highway 242 in Concord. Two people were traveling in the southbound lanes in a Nissan Sentra when they hit a guardrail at Concord Avenue. Crews contain two-alarm residential fire in Martinez The passenger was ejected from the car and sustained major injuries. The driver of the car was killed, investigators said. Another deadly crash occurred on Highway 4 near Baypoint around 8:15 p.m. on Saturday. Two people died after their GMC pickup truck hit a Volkswagen and then rolled off the roadway. KRON On is streaming news live now.embed-container { position: relative; padding-bottom: 56.25%; height: 0; overflow: hidden; max-width: 100%; } .embed-container iframe, .embed-container object, .embed-container embed { position: absolute; top: 0; left: 0; width: 100%; height: 1...

Denver summer crime on the rise

Published Tue, 18 Feb 2025 23:40:54 GMT

DENVER (KDVR) -- Police are investigating three overnight shootings in downtown Denver on Saturday that sent several people to the hospital. Data from the Denver Police Department (DPD) shows violent crime so far this year is already higher than in years past. This graph shows the monthly number of robberies, aggravated assaults and murders from 2018 to 2023. Both the monthly number of violent crimes and the total number of violent crimes to date are rising in 2023. Typically, cities see a rise in violent crime during the summer months, something long-time residents Robert and Karen Tebaldi said doesn’t surprise them. “The hotter the weather, the higher the crime,” Robert Tebaldi said. “Things we haven’t seen we’re seeing these last couple of years,” Karen Tebaldi added. Crusita Ceballos and Flor Gonzales said it seems like something every weekend. "We’re Colorado natives, so we’ve been here forever,” Ceballos said. “Crime wise it has kind of gotten worse ov...

Local teen gets new surgery to treat scoliosis, leads support group to help others

Published Tue, 18 Feb 2025 23:40:54 GMT

DENVER (KDVR) — A local 14-year-old is using her journey with scoliosis and a new emerging surgery to help support others.Pictures of Addie Jenkins capture her true passion for sports, particularly swimming and lacrosse. Addie started swimming at just 7 years old, but when she turned 8, she got a diagnosis that doctors say 1% of the world deals with -- scoliosis.“There are definitely a bunch of ups and downs throughout the entire thing, and it's just difficult to wear a brace 18 hours every day, especially with school and everything,” Addie said.Addie went through school and sleep with a brace on for years. Northridge Elementary student selling necklaces to help teachers recover from tornado “As a parent, watching your kid go through that just breaks your heart,” Jenkins’ father Glenn said. The Jenkins' worked with pediatric orthopedic surgeon Dr. Jaren Riley and his practice, Rocky Mountain Pediatric OrthoONE.“She recently went through surgery, she had vertebral body te...

Caravan and memorial held for tow truck driver killed in boat crash near PortMiami

Published Tue, 18 Feb 2025 23:40:54 GMT

Family and friends came together to bid a final farewell to a tow truck driver killed in a tragic boat collision near PortMiami.7News cameras captured dozens of people who gathered to honor the life of Cristian Fernandez at a memorial held in Southwest Miami-Dade, Sunday.“It’s what he would have wanted. It’s something that I’m sure he’s right now watching down and enjoying it,” said Richard Rodriguez, Fernandez’s longtime friend.It was a one-of-a-kind, heartfelt celebration of life for the trucker, who was killed when his 32-foot boat crashed into the Fisher Island ferry in Government Cut at around 3:40 a.m., June 25, according to the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission.“It’s been pretty hard. It’s hard to accept, especially somebody like him that never really – he always helped everybody, he had a really big heart,” said Rodriguez.Just over a week later, his family, friends and co-workers from the...

The politics of the French riots

Published Tue, 18 Feb 2025 23:40:54 GMT

John Lichfield is a former foreign editor of the Independent and was the newspaper’s Paris correspondent for 20 years.Beware of those who offer a simple explanation of the riots that have exploded in multi-racial suburbs across France.These are not, for the most part, political riots — although they are influenced by, and will dangerously inflame, the poisonously divided politics of France.They are not religious riots. Many of the very young rioters may have a sense of besieged Muslim identity, but they are driven by  anger rather than their religion. This is an insurrection, not an intifada. They are not, properly speaking, truly race riots. The great majority of the many millions of hard-working residents of the racially mixed suburbs which surround French cities are not involved.Rather, they are the main victims of the destruction of cars, buses, trams, schools, libraries, shops and social centers which began after a 17-year-old boy was shot dead by a traffic cop in Nan...

Security for Ukraine — but how?

Published Tue, 18 Feb 2025 23:40:54 GMT

In its sixteenth month, the war rages on in Ukraine with no end in sight, making the question of longer-term security guarantees ever more urgent. And at the upcoming NATO summit in Lithuania, the issue of Ukraine’s membership will be on the agenda. Since Russia’s attack, the once popular idea of seeing Ukraine as a bridge between East and West has been buried — buried for good. And with Ukraine abandoning its earlier goal of neutrality some years ago, the country has made joining NATO a constitutional objective. In 2008, Ukraine, along with Georgia, received a promise from the alliance that it would become a member — a promise made without a clear roadmap or timetable. But while almost everyone agrees that simply a mantra-like repetition of the 2008 promise won’t do justice to the current situation, the question remains, how can and should Ukraine’s security be strengthened? And what exactly should the NATO summit communique in Vilnius say? By now, there is con...