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Police respond to flash mob activity at Del Amo Fashion Center in Torrance

Published Wed, 05 Mar 2025 02:50:12 GMT

Police responded to the Del Amo Fashion Center in Torrance due to some type of flash mob activity on Sunday. Video provided by the Citizen app showed a crowd of people and officers outside the mall located at 3525 W. Carson St. The Torrance Police Department confirmed that there was some sort of "flashmob" at the mall.They could not say wether the activity was related to any type of robbery. Check back for updates on this developing story.

Local sports teams react to El Segundo winning Little League World Series

Published Wed, 05 Mar 2025 02:50:12 GMT

The El Segundo 12U All Stars won the Little League World Series Sunday with a dramatic walk-off home run in the sixth inning. El Segundo wins Little League World Series with dramatic walk-off HR In celebration of the team's hard-fought 6-5 victory over Curacao, several local sports teams have reacted on social media. El Segundo's Louis Lappe celebrates with teammates after hitting a walk-off home run in the Little League World Series Championship game on Aug. 27, 2023. (AP Photo/Gene J. Puskar)Lakers: "Congrats, Champs!"Dodgers: "CONGRATULATIONS, CHAMPS! 🏆"Rams: "Another team of champions in LA 🏆 Congrats, El Segundo Little League!!"USC Athletics: "Congratulations to El Segundo Little League on winning the #LLWS! Proud of the way you represented LA!"Chargers: "WORLD SERIES CHAMPS! congrats to the el segundo little league team 👏👏" Angels: "Congratulations, El Segundo Little League! 🏆"Sparks: "City of Champions! 🏆 Congrats to El Segundo on winning the 2023 @LittleLeague W...

Megan Khang earns 1st win, and Andrea Lee earns Solheim Cup spot at CPKC Women’s Open

Published Wed, 05 Mar 2025 02:50:12 GMT

VANCOUVER, British Columbia (AP) — Megan Khang beat Jin Young Ko with a par in a playoff for her first LPGA win, and Andrea Lee rallied to clinch a spot on the U.S. Solheim Cup team at the CPKC Women’s Open on Sunday.After struggling most of the afternoon, Khang made a 4-foot birdie putt on the par-4 18th hole at Shaughnessy Golf and Country Club to force the playoff. Ko hit her tee shot on the first playoff hole into the hazard left of the fairway and took a double bogey after a penalty shot.The 25-year-old Khang hit her second shot to the fringe left of the pin on 18 and two-putted for her first win in eight years on the LPGA Tour, giving her caddie a giant huge after it dropped. She shot 2-over 74 in the final round to finish at 9-under 279 and claimed the victory in her 191st career LPGA Tour start.Lee needed to finish 13th to earn one of the seven automatic qualifying spots for the U.S. team. She just missed a birdie on 18 to shoot 70 in the final round, leaving her 11th at 2 u...

Giants rookies Patrick Bailey, Casey Schmitt deliver big hits in 8-5 win over Braves

Published Wed, 05 Mar 2025 02:50:12 GMT

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Patrick Bailey hit a tiebreaking three-run double in the fifth inning, fellow rookie Casey Schmitt hit his first homer since in 3 1/2 months, and the San Francisco Giants beat the Atlanta Braves 8-5 Sunday to avoid a three-game sweep.The Giants won for just the sixth time in their last 20 games to slow a slide that has dropped them out of a wild card position after they once held the top spot. Atlanta’s Marcell Ozuna hit his 29th home run to break a tie with Ronald Acuña Jr. for second-most on the team behind Matt Olson (30). The Braves had won four in a row.Reliever Scott Alexander (7-2) pitched 1 1/3 innings to pick up the win. Tyler Rogers and Taylor Rogers got the next seven outs, and Camilo Doval pitched a perfect ninth for his 34th save — snapping a streak of four consecutive blown chances.The Braves trailed 2-0 before taking the lead in the fifth on Travis d’Arnaud’s two-run single against Tristan Beck, and Nicky Lopez’s go-ahead RBI sin...

Partido de López Obrador concluye giras políticas; ahora va a la etapa final de elegir candidato

Published Wed, 05 Mar 2025 02:50:12 GMT

CIUDAD DE MÉXICO – Los seis aspirantes a la candidatura presidencial del gobernante Movimiento Regeneración Nacional (Morena) concluyeron este fin de semana sus giras políticas por el país, para dar paso la etapa final en la que se definirá al candidato para 2024 del partido fundado por el actual presidente de México, Andrés Manuel López Obrador.A partir del lunes comenzará un levantamiento de encuestas, se estiman unas 12,500 en total, entre sus bases, del 28 de agosto al 3 de septiembre, mientras que del 4 a 6 de septiembre se procesarán los resultados y el mismo 6 será divulgado el candidato de Morena, donde se perfila un duelo entre la exalcaldesa de Ciudad de México, Claudia Sheinbaum, y el excanciller Marcelo Ebrard.Este domingo, Ebrard en su cierre en la capital mexicana, ante unos 20,000 seguidores que asistieron la Arena Ciudad de México, aseguró que su propuesta buscar traer de vuelta la grandeza de México. Grupo Frontera, el invitado especial a las fie...

Arrestan a una niña de 16 años por apuñalar mortalmente a otra menor en un McDonald’s en DC

Published Wed, 05 Mar 2025 02:50:12 GMT

Una adolescente de 16 años ha muerto tras ser apuñalada en un McDonald’s del noroeste de Washington el domingo. Otra menor fue acusada del asesinato, según la policía.La víctima fue identificada como Naima Liggon, de Waldorf, Maryland. Según un comunicado del Departamento de la Policía Metropolitana, los uniformados acudieron al hospital sobre las 2:10 a.m. en busca de una joven que había sido apuñalada.Liggon había sido llevada al hospital en un vehículo privado. A pesar de intentos de salvarle la vida, no sobrevivió a sus heridas, según la policía.Tras una investigación inicial, las autoridades creen que el apuñalamiento se produjo tanto dentro como fuera del McDonald’s situado en la cuadra 1900 de 14th Street NW.El McDonald’s está ubicado en la esquina de U Street y está abierto las 24 horas del día. U Street es una zona conocida por su vida nocturna. Los bares cierran en el Distrito a las 2 a.m.La policía arrestó a una joven de 16 años de Waldorf, Maryland...

Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis booed at vigil as hundreds mourn victims in Jacksonville store shooting

Published Wed, 05 Mar 2025 02:50:12 GMT

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. (AP) — Hundreds of people gathered Sunday at prayer vigils and in church, in frustration and exhaustion, to mourn yet another racist attack in America: this one the killing of three Black people in Florida at the hands of a white, 21-year-old man who authorities say left behind white supremacist ramblings that read like “the diary of a madman.”Following services earlier in the day, about 200 people showed up at a Sunday evening vigil a block from the Dollar General store in Jacksonville where officials said Ryan Palmeter opened fire Saturday using guns he bought legally despite a past involuntary commitment for a mental health exam.Republican Gov. Ron DeSantis — who is running for the GOP nomination for president, who has loosened gun laws in Florida and who has antagonized civil rights leaders by deriding “wokeness” — was loudly booed as he addressed the vigil.Ju’Coby Pittman, a Jacksonville city councilwoman who represents the neighborh...

Davie woman says 8-year-old daughter alerted her about kitchen fire; family escapes burning townhome

Published Wed, 05 Mar 2025 02:50:12 GMT

A Davie mother said she has her 8-year-old daughter to thank for alerting about a fire that broke out in the kitchen of her townhome and filled the entire residence with smoke.Melissa Cristo showed 7News the damage from the blaze that destroyed her kitchen on Sunday.She said she is still figuring out her next steps.“I don’t know what to do. I don’t know how to start to fix the situation,” she said. “I’m a single mom, and I don’t have money to move.”But for now, Cristo is grateful to her daughter Catalina, who said she smelled smoke and knew exactly what to do.“I was with my brother, and then I was looking for my mom, and then, when I found her, I’m like, ‘Wake up, there’s fire,'” said Catalina.“My daughter saved my life,” said Cristo.According to Davie Fire Rescue, the fire sparked in Cristo’s townhome, located along Southwest 67th Terrace, at around 6 a.m.Cristo said she and her two chil...

High-quality recycling loops are best for circular economy

Published Wed, 05 Mar 2025 02:50:12 GMT

On Europe’s journey to a circular economy, high quality recycling is essential. In fact, the recycling of fibre-based packaging constitutes one of the best examples. If you put your used paper products in the right recycling bin, you can count on them making their way to a facility that will recycle those materials so they can be used again many times to make packaging for breakfast cereal, boxes to carry your online deliveries, newspapers, and a whole host of other useful products.Currently, about 75 percent of the raw materials used for the fibres in our packaging come from recycling. The rest comes from sustainably-managed forests. Our packaging helps keep fossil fuels in the ground, playing its part in making our planet greener. This is why fibre-based materials are widely recognized as one of the most sustainable choices available for packaging.This is why fibre-based materials are widely recognized as one of the most sustainable choices available for packaging.The EU’s packagi...

Top US and Chinese commerce officials express support for better trade conditions

Published Wed, 05 Mar 2025 02:50:12 GMT

BEIJING (AP) — Commerce Secretary Gina Raimondo and her Chinese counterpart expressed support for improving trade conditions as Raimondo on Monday began a visit to Beijing aimed at improving chilly relations.Raimondo joined American officials including Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen in July who have visited China in the past three months. They expressed optimism about improving communication but have announced no progress on technology, security, human rights and other disputes that have plunged relations to their lowest level in decades.For its part, Chinese leader Xi Jinping’s government wants to revive foreign investor interest in China as it tries to reverse a deepening economic slump.Beijing is ready to work together to “foster a more favorable policy environment for stronger cooperation” and “bolster bilateral trade and investment,” Commerce Minister Wang Wentao told Raimondo. Wang gave no details of possible initiatives.Raimondo said the two sides are working on establishing...