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Jessica and her KTLA family get together for her 5th Annual Friendsgiving Celebration 

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 12:07:48 GMT

It's one of her favorite traditions of the year.  Jessica and her KTLA 5 Morning News family got together for a Friendsgiving celebration.  Jessica was especially excited for this year's gathering because Michelin-starred Chef Curtis Stone hosted everyone at his restaurant, Gwen, for a gourmet Thanksgiving feast! Gwen is open for Christmas Eve dinner and they're hosting a fun celebration for New Year's Eve.  For more information on their holiday offerings, you can go to gwenla.com or follow them on Instagram. Jessica gets in the kitchen with Annie Rose Ramos and her mom Cici to make a Thanksgiving snack  Mark, Frank and Sam share their Thanksgiving memories  Chef Curtis Stone and the KTLA5 Morning News Early Team Make a Thanksgiving Dessert Chef Curtis Stone gives Jessica a sneak peek of his Friendsgiving feast  Chef...

How to watch Thanksgiving football games on cable and streaming services

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 12:07:48 GMT

Football won’t be taking a day off for the holiday, with three games slated to take place on Thanksgiving Day.While you are waiting for Thanksgiving dinner to be done, enjoy some leisure time on the couch and catch a Week 12 matchup. Viral Chargers superfan receives line of novelty bobbleheads These teams will be playing on Turkey Day, and this is how fans can tune in: Green Bay Packers vs. Detroit Lions, 9:30 a.m. on FoxWashington Commanders vs. Dallas Cowboys, 1:30 p.m. on CBSSan Francisco 49ers vs. Seattle Seahawks, 5:20 p.m. on NBCHow to catch the gameWhile most cable packages include Fox, CBS and NBC, for cable cutters, it’s easy to watch NFL games on various streaming services.The Packers vs. Lions game can be watched on Sling TV, the Commanders vs. Cowboys game can be viewed on Paramount+ and the 49ers vs Seahawks game can be watched on Peacock. Padres give Mike Shildt another chance to manage 2 years after his Cardinals exit Football fans who don’t have cable or any of t...

Thanksgiving travel continues for many in SoCal

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 12:07:48 GMT

Thanksgiving is here, and there are still plenty of people trying to get to their celebrations.Millions are taking to the skies and roads for the holiday.About 4.6 million people are expected to drive more than 50 miles for Thanksgiving, according to AAA, and that number of travelers can really slow down everyone's journey. Crush of Thanksgiving traffic underway in SoCal On Wednesday, a crash backed up the 5 Freeway for about 30 miles.Another 2.5 million are expected to visit LAX during the 10-day Thanksgiving travel period.

Winter roadway closures at national parks in California's Sierra Nevada

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 12:07:48 GMT

Snowfall from recent storms throughout the Sierra Nevada has caused the National Park Service to announce road closures at three national parks in California.Yosemite, Lassen Volcanic and Sequoia/Kings Canyon National Parks are the three California national parks located in the higher elevations of the Sierra Nevada. What to do at California’s national parks in the winter Yosemite National ParkThe National Park Service announced on Tuesday that Tioga Pass along State Route 120 will be closed on the eastbound side as part of the seasonal winter closure. Tioga Pass begins east of Mono Pass Trailhead and ends at the junction of Hwy 120 and U.S. 395. Yosemite, the United States’ first state park The closure began at 3 p.m. on Tuesday and extends east of Crane Flat Road inside of the national park. Caltrans District 10 said there is no estimated time of reopening, but it typically occurs in late May or early June. All other entrances along Highway 120 from the west, Highway 140 and ...

Book Picks: Visual Storytelling for a Season of Reflection

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 12:07:48 GMT

The end of the year is not just for holidays and gifting—it’s also a season of reflection, recollection, and resolution. With that in mind, here are our book picks among eclectic titles on art, photography, film-making, architecture, urban design, absurdist pedagogy, extreme on-set BTS, obsessive pen-pals, fantasy illustration, Indigenous identities, and the inner and activist lives of artists—all perfect for smartening up your own bookshelves or those of someone you love.Sofia Coppola: Archive (MACK)Sofia Coppola: Archive (MACK). Though not technically a memoir, the substantial book exploring Coppola’s filmography in extensive, intimate contemporaneous documentation, ephemera, work process materials, script notes, etc. effectively functions as one. The rich visual narrative and associated conversations touch on aspects of the auteur’s creative process across all of her films, from The Virgin Suicides (1999) to Lost in Translation (2003) and her forthcoming feature about Priscilla P...

Shooting at Oakland homeless encampment sends man to hospital

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 12:07:48 GMT

OAKLAND — A 24-year-old man suffered a bullet wound to the leg early Thursday after being shot at a homeless encampment not far from Lake Merritt, police said.Related ArticlesCrime and Public Safety | Driver in fatal hit-and-run that killed woman on Highway 4 arrested Crime and Public Safety | Discovery Bay: Arrest made in fatal hit-and-run on Highway 4 Crime and Public Safety | Former Antioch police chief among candidates for Oakland’s top cop job Crime and Public Safety | Upon further review, police say East Bay Amazon driver was not kidnapped Crime and Public Safety | Oakland police arrest suspect in fatal shooting of 28-year-old man The man was in stable condition at a hospital, according to police.Authorities said they were dispatched to the shooting about 1:20 a.m. at a homeless camp in Peralta Park in the 90 block of East 10th Street. The camp is next to the Kaiser Convention Center an...

Driver in fatal hit-and-run that killed woman on Highway 4 arrested

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 12:07:48 GMT

A driver suspected in fatally hitting a woman and not stopping while driving through Discovery Bay on Highway 4 was arrested Wednesday, the California Highway Patrol said.Related ArticlesCrime and Public Safety | Discovery Bay: Arrest made in fatal hit-and-run on Highway 4 Crime and Public Safety | Former Antioch police chief among candidates for Oakland’s top cop job Crime and Public Safety | Upon further review, police say East Bay Amazon driver was not kidnapped Crime and Public Safety | Oakland police arrest suspect in fatal shooting of 28-year-old man Crime and Public Safety | Two men wounded in Oakland shootings Investigators arrested the 32-year-old Antioch man on suspicion of felony hit-and-run about 3:05 p.m., according to a statement from spokesperson Officer Adam Lane. The CHP did not release details about how they tracked down the man or where they arrested him.The fatal collision happe...

Investigators believe New York man and his wife were killed in Bentley that exploded at US-Canada bridge, sources say. Here’s what we know

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 12:07:48 GMT

(CNN) — Investigators believe a New York man and his wife were the two people killed in a car that crashed and exploded at a US-Canada border crossing near Niagara Falls on Wednesday, law enforcement sources say, and the FBI sees no link to terrorism.Alarms were raised from New York to Washington, DC, late Wednesday morning after the incident on the US side of the Rainbow Bridge crossing. Investigators believe the couple was traveling in a Bentley at high speed when it struck a curb at the checkpoint, then hit a guardrail that sent the vehicle airborne and into a screening area before it exploded, according to the sources.Despite initial concerns of a terror attack, the FBI has not found any connection to terrorism and no explosives were found at the scene, the agency’s Buffalo field office announced Wednesday night. The case is being turned over to local police as a traffic investigation.“I want to be very, very clear to Americans and New Yorkers: At this time there is no indicatio...

Construction crew has $5K worth of stolen tools returned after Pleasanton police bust

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 12:07:48 GMT

(KRON) -- A construction crew recently had their work site in Pleasanton burglarized, where thieves made off with nearly $5,000 worth of tools, according to the Pleasanton Police Department. Fortunately for the workers, vigilant witnesses provided vital information to authorities in order to track down the suspects.Pleasanton police are crediting witnesses who provided the information that led officers “straight to the suspects.” The stolen tools were found inside the suspects’ vehicle, police said, and returned right back to the construction crew who had been “devastated by the prospect of being out a job.” Suspect in series of robberies nabbed by Moraga police A photo shared by Pleasanton PD shows a crew of 10 workers around a large number of power tools.“Being a good witness can help us help others,” the Pleasanton Police Department said in a Facebook post. “Pay close attention to details and report any suspicious activity immediately.”

Amid Thanksgiving travel rush, Reagan National Airport sets record for number of guns caught at security checkpoints

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 12:07:48 GMT

Amid the rush of Thanksgiving travel, Reagan National Airport in Virginia has set a new single-year record for the number of guns caught at security checkpoints.A woman from Springfield, Maryland, was caught with a loaded handgun at one of the airport’s security checkpoints on Wednesday as she was trying to get onto her flight, the Transportation Security Administration said in a news release.Officers with the Metropolitan Washington Airports Authority Police Department took the 9 mm handgun loaded with six bullets and cited her on a weapons charges, the TSA said.The TSA said this was the 33rd gun caught this year — the most guns caught in a single year and continuing a pattern of a rise of travelers bringing guns to airport checkpoints nationwide.“There is no excuse for bringing a gun to the checkpoint,” John Busch, TSA’s deputy federal security director for the airport, said in a statement.“Responsible gun owners do not bring their guns to a checkpoint. Tod...