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Used fireworks thrown away spark fire that destroys two Parker homes

Published Sat, 22 Feb 2025 11:00:26 GMT

Improperly disposed of fireworks sparked a fire that destroyed two homes in Parker early Tuesday morning, according to South Metro Fire Rescue.Used fireworks tossed in a recycling bin outside the garage of one of the homes sparked a fire that destroyed that house and a neighboring house, fire officials said. The blaze was reported shortly after midnight at 10716 Kimball St.“They thought that because the firework had gone off and had been used, that it was cool enough to throw in the trash and be safe,” said Eric Hurst, spokesman for South Metro Fire Rescue. “Unfortunately every year we respond to fires like this, where people make that mistake…That smoldering heat ends up reigniting and rekindling, and it catches everything in the bin and the plastic bin itself on fire. And at that point, the heat can just run away and start a major fire like we saw this morning.”One family was asleep in their home when the blaze started. At the home where the fireworks...

Where to see fireworks Los Angeles, Orange, Riverside, and San Bernardino counties on July 4th

Published Sat, 22 Feb 2025 11:00:26 GMT

Colorful fireworks will fill this sky during the upcoming holiday weekend and into the workweek for Independence Day.While environmental regulations have caused some to cancel their fireworks shows, others are scheduled to go as planned. Fourth of July cookouts won’t be as expensive compared to last year, new study says Here is a roundup of a few shows happening across Southern CaliforniaLos Angeles County: Los AngelesDowntown Los Angeles will be taking a different approach to the July 4 celebration this year at Gloria Molina Grand Park. Fireworks will be replaced by a drone show. More information about the free “4th of July Block Party” can be found here.Long BeachThe city of Long Beach will host a free fireworks show at Queensway Bay in downtown Long Beach. Guests can view the fireworks display along the waterfront beginning at 9 p.m. Harbor Breeze Cruises is also offering a ticketed viewing experience of the show. More information about the fireworks show can be found here.Pasa...

Adele slams fans who throw items on stage: '“I f---ing dare you'

Published Sat, 22 Feb 2025 11:00:26 GMT

For fans hoping to toss something on stage at the next Adele concert, don't do it. The songstress addressed the recent trend during her Las Vegas residency at The Colosseum at Caesar's Palace. Video was captured of her touching on the topic. “Have you noticed how people are like, forgetting f---ing show etiquette at the moment? People just throwing s--t on stage, have you seen them?” the "Hello" singer asked the crowd while carrying a t-shirt gun. Then she issued a stern, but cheeky warning. “I f---ing dare you. Dare you to throw something at me and I’ll f---ing kill you,” she joked.While wielding the t-shirt gun, the Grammy Award winner said, “Stop throwing things at the artist when you can shoot things to people … I’ve been seeing these people. These people lost it, can you imagine?”Adele's on-stage chat comes weeks after Bebe Rexha suffered a black eye after a fan threw a cell phone at her while performing in New York. Then days later, a fan of Pink tossed their mother's ashes o...

Getting Side Eyes at Zebulon

Published Sat, 22 Feb 2025 11:00:26 GMT

Getting Side Eyes at Zebulon: Los Angeles contemporary punks the Side Eyes are celebrating the release of their sophomore album What’s Your Problem? with this Zebulon show. “Anyone suspecting that the Southern California band may have mellowed out in the five years between albums will have those suspicions shattered within the first twenty seconds of the opening track ‘Get Me Out’,” they say. “If anything, the band is now harder, faster and angrier than they were the first time around.” That’s enticing!“Vocalist Astrid McDonald is in fiery fine form calling out everything from phonies to shit talkers to people that simply aren’t nice,” reads a press release. “Brothers Kevin and Chris Devine on guitar and bass and drummer Sam Mankinen thunder through the twelve tracks here at a breakneck speed that is positively pummeling. While The Side Eyes sound like a throwback to early Southern California hardcore punk rock like Circle Jerks and theAdolescents, the band also ci...

Woman in parking lot chased and fatally struck by forklift driver, sheriff says

Published Sat, 22 Feb 2025 11:00:26 GMT

Sheriff’s deputies investigating the theft of a forklift from a Lowe’s store found it in another store’s parking lot — with a woman dead underneath it.They say the forklift’s thief chased and ran over her as she tried to flee on foot.The incident began with the report at 12:40 a.m. Sunday of a theft in progress at the Lowe’s Home Improvement in Waldorf, Maryland, 15 miles south of the Washington, D.C., metro area.Someone had broken into the store and driven away in a forklift, breaking through the rear gates, the Charles County Sheriff’s Office said.Officers found the forklift half a mile away in the parking lot of a Home Depot. “They subsequently discovered the victim underneath of the forklift; she was pronounced deceased on the scene,” the sheriff’s report said.Detectives pieced together what they thought had happened: The woman — Gloristine Pinkney, 73, of Waldorf — was sleeping in her car in the Home Depot...

Wimbledon: Top seed Carlos Alcaraz starts with a straight-set win

Published Sat, 22 Feb 2025 11:00:26 GMT

By CHRIS LEHOURITES | AP Sports WriterWIMBLEDON, England (AP) — In only his third Wimbledon tournament, Carlos Alcaraz is already one of the main men to beat.The top-seeded Spaniard hasn’t been past the fourth round at the All England Club, but he has become the primary threat in Novak Djokovic’s quest for a record-equaling eighth men’s title at the grass-court Grand Slam.On Tuesday, Alcaraz beat Jeremy Chardy 6-0, 6-2, 7-5 on No. 1 Court — a fitting location for the No. 1 player in the world.The match was played under the roof because rain affected play on the outside courts for the second straight day.“Obviously without the roof, with sun, is much better for me. I think for everyone as well,” Alcaraz said on court. “With the roof or not, I have to show my best level.”His best led Alcaraz to his first major title at the U.S. Open last year. He reached the final at this year’s French Open, but Djokovic ended up winning his 23rd Grand Slam title in that match.At Wimbledon, Alcaraz re...

Philipsen makes it back-to-back Tour de France stage wins, Yates keeps overall lead

Published Sat, 22 Feb 2025 11:00:26 GMT

NOGARO, France (AP) — Belgian rider Jasper Philipsen won a mass sprint to earn a second straight stage victory at the Tour de France on Tuesday, while Adam Yates kept the race leader’s yellow jersey heading into the Pyrenees mountains.Philipsen followed up his win on Monday’s third stage and was once again expertly helped into position to attack by his Alpecin–Deceuninck teammate and countryman Mathieu van der Poel.Philipsen showcased his pure speed by holding off Australian rider Caleb Ewan at the line to underline his credentials to win the sprinter’s green jersey with another impressive performance. Philipsen’s countryman Wout van Aert won it last year.German rider Phil Bauhaus was third to make it the same top three finishers as Monday, with Ewan beating Bauhaus this time. Several riders behind them crashed as they jostled for position on the final straight. The 181.8-kilometer (112.7-mile) route from Dax to Nogaro in southwestern France was almost totally flat...

Violento 4 de julio: los tiroteos masivos ocurridos en EEUU durante las últimas horas

Published Sat, 22 Feb 2025 11:00:26 GMT

WASHINGTON – Al menos 8 personas murieron el lunes en tiroteos que ocurrieron en los estados de Texas y Pensilvania, producidos en las horas previas a que EEUU celebre este martes el Día de la Independencia, una jornada que, según las estadísticas, suele ser de las más violentas del año.La Policía de la ciudad de Filadelfia, en Pensilvania, informó que un hombre fue detenido la noche del lunes tras disparar indiscriminadamente contra varias personas en el barrio de Kingsessing, en el suroeste de la ciudad.Cinco personas murieron en este suceso y dos más, dos menores de 2 y 13 años, resultaron heridos. El hombre vestía un chaleco antibalas y tenía varios cargadores, un rifle de asalto AR 15 y una pistola. Tiroteo luego de festival local deja tres muertos y 8 heridos en Texas, según la policía Hombre vestido con chaleco antibalas mata a 5 personas y hiere a dos menores En otro suceso violento registrado en la ciudad de Forth W...

Retired tennis champion Ash Barty announces birth of baby boy

Published Sat, 22 Feb 2025 11:00:26 GMT

SYDNEY (AP) — Retired tennis champion Ash Barty on Tuesday announced the birth of her first child.The former No. 1 player, who retired just over 15 months ago, revealed on social media that she and husband Garry Kissick had welcomed a baby boy.“Our beautiful boy. Welcome to the world, Hayden!” the Australian wrote on Instagram alongside a photo of the newborn.The three-time Grand Slam champion who spent more than two consecutive years at No. 1 in the rankings retired at the age of 25, just two months after winning the 2022 Australian Open title.Barty won the Wimbledon title two years ago and the French Open in 2019.___AP tennis: https://apnews.com/hub/tennis and https://twitter.com/AP_SportsSource

Yan Mingfu, Communist Party envoy to protesters in China’s Tiananmen Square in 1989, dies at age 91

Published Sat, 22 Feb 2025 11:00:26 GMT

BEIJING (AP) — Yan Mingfu, a former top Communist Party figure who acted as an envoy to pro-democracy protesters in Beijing’s Tiananmen Square in 1989 and was forced out after the protests were crushed, has died, according to Chinese news reports. He was 91.Yan died Monday in a hospital of unspecified causes, media including the business news magazine Caixin and Phoenix Satellite TV reported.Born in 1931, Yan was the son of Yan Baohan, an intelligence official for the party, then an underground group fighting a guerrilla war against the Nationalist Party-led government of Gen. Chiang Kai-shek.Yan joined the party in 1949, the year the Nationalists were driven into exile on Taiwan and the Communist government was established. He studied Russian and spent two decades as an official interpreter, including for then-leader Mao Zedong in meetings with the Soviet Union’s Josef Stalin and other foreign leaders.Yan and his father were arrested in 1967, a year after Mao launched t...