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Dog swimming out to sea rescued by Long Beach lifeguard

Published Tue, 04 Mar 2025 07:32:35 GMT

Lifeguards rescued a small white dog who was swimming out to sea Sunday in Long Beach, officials announced.  At around 6 p.m., lifeguards received a call regarding a dog that was running loose in the Junipero Lot. When personnel arrived, they saw the pooch run into the ocean and start swimming out to sea. “Lifeguard 7 put on his wetsuit, grabbed his rescue board and buoy, and headed out to rescue the small white lap dog,” the Long Beach Fire Department said.  The dog made it all the way out to the swim line before crews on a boat were able to help the lifeguard get the dog on the rescue board and safely back to shore.Before running into the ocean, the little pooch had been seen running loose in the Junipero Lot Mar. 12, 2023 (LBFD).So far, lifeguards have been unable to locate the dog’s owner and animal control was called to take custody of the animal.  Officials asked the owner of the dog call 562-570-7387. 

Oscars 2023: ‘Everything Everywhere’ makes history

Published Tue, 04 Mar 2025 07:32:35 GMT

“Everything Everywhere All at Once” proved to be the weird little movie that could at the 95th annual Academy Awards on Sunday, winning seven of its 11 nominations, including Oscars for best picture, best director and three of its actors.Producer Jonathan Wang thanked the “brilliant and bighearted cast and crew” who surrounded him onstage at the Dolby Theatre in Hollywood after “Everything Everywhere” closed out the night with a win for best picture.Co-director Daniel Kwan wrapped up with a message of hope for the continuing role of film to help “shelter each other from the crazy chaos of this world.”“I have great faith in our stories,” Kwan said of film in general. “These stories have changed my life. They have for generations. And I know that we’ll get through this.”Michelle Yeoh, the first Asian to win a best actress Oscar, accepted her award for “Everything Everywhere” with a shout-out for holding fast to your dreams no matter one’s background or age.“For all the little boys and...

Photos: See the winners and best performances of the 95th annual Academy Awards in Hollywood

Published Tue, 04 Mar 2025 07:32:35 GMT

“Everything Everywhere All at Once” was the big winner on the historic 95th annual Academy Awards night.With seven awards, capping a huge haul on Hollywood’s biggest night, the movie won best picture to close the evening.With 11 nods, the film helmed by the duo known as the Daniels also picked up awards for best actress (Michelle Yeoh), best supporting actor (Ke Huy Quan), best supporting actress (Jamie Lee Curtis), best director, best original screenplay and best film editing.For Michelle Yeoh, it was an Oscar. For Asian women, it was history. Yeoh became the first Asian woman to win best actress.Brendan Fraser was “The Whale.” He’s now the winner. Fraser’s journey is complete, winning Best Actor for “The Whale” on Sunday at the Oscars, the crowd at the Dolby Theater erupting in what seemed like one of the loudest ovations of the night when he was announced.You might think Lady Gaga’s bare-faced, ripped-jeans-and-T-shirt appearance during her performance of “Hold My Han...

‘Everything Everywhere’ wins best picture and six other honors at Oscars

Published Tue, 04 Mar 2025 07:32:35 GMT

By JAKE COYLE (AP Film Writer)LOS ANGELES (AP) — The metaphysical multiverse comedy “Everything Everywhere All at Once” wrapped its hot dog fingers around Hollywood’s top prize Sunday, winning best picture at the 95th Academy Awards, along with awards for Michelle Yeoh, Ke Huy Quan and Jamie Lee Curtis.Though worlds away from Oscar bait, Daniel Kwan and Daniel Scheinert’s anarchic ballet of everything bagels, googly-eyed rocks and one messy tax audit emerged as an improbable Academy Awards heavyweight. The indie hit, A24’s second best picture winner following “Moonlight,” won seven Oscars in all. Only two other films in Oscar history — “A Streetcar Named Desire” and “Network” — won three acting Academy Awards.Fifty years after “The Godfather” won at the Oscars, “Everything Everywhere All at Once” triumphed with a much different immigrant experience. Its eccentric tale about a Chinese immigrant family — just the second feature by the Daniels, as the filmmaking duo is known — blended ...

Santa Clara hosts WAC power in opening round of NIT; here’s how to watch

Published Tue, 04 Mar 2025 07:32:35 GMT

The Santa Clara men’s basketball team will host No. 2 seed Sam Houston State in the first round of the 32-team National Invitation Tournament on Wednesday at 6 p.m.The game will be streamed on ESPN+.The winner will play either No. 2 North Texas (26-7) or unseeded Alcorn State (18-13) in the second round on Saturday or Sunday.Santa Clara (23-9), which is making its second straight appearance in the NIT, finished the regular season on a seven-game win streak and entered the West Coast Conference tournament as the No. 3 seed.  The Broncos, though, lost 93-87 in double overtime to San Francisco in the conference quarterfinals, eliminating any chance they had of earning a bid to the NCAA Tournament.“We are incredibly excited to get an opportunity to continue our season in the NIT for the second-straight year,” Broncos coach Herb Sendek said in a statement. “Our players and staff have worked tremendously hard all season long, and I’m so pleased that their hard work...

Stanford: Swastikas, picture of Adolf Hitler found on dorm room door

Published Tue, 04 Mar 2025 07:32:35 GMT

Multiple swastikas and a picture of Adolf Hitler were found on a whiteboard attached to a Stanford University dorm room door, university officials said.In a March 11 letter to students, top officials said the student living in the Florence Moore Hall dorm was “alarmed” to find the pictures and alerted residential staff. The student is Jewish, according to the letter.The Stanford University Department of Public Safety is investigating the matter and believes the swastikas were being used to “intimidate” the student.“We wish to be clear: Stanford wholeheartedly rejects antisemitism, racism, hatred, and associated symbols, which are reprehensible and will not be tolerated,” Susie Brubaker-Cole, vice provost for student affairs; Patrick Dunkley,  vice provost for institutional equity, access and community; Laurie Hahn Tapper, campus rabbi and associate dean for religious and spiritual life and Tiffany Steinwert, dean for religious and spiritual life w...

Oscar winners 2023: See the full Academy Awards list

Published Tue, 04 Mar 2025 07:32:35 GMT

The 95th Academy Awards were presented on SundaySee below for a full list of the nominees. The winners are indicated in bold.BEST PICTURE“All Quiet on the Western Front”“Avatar: The Way of Water”“The Banshees of Inisherin”“Elvis”“Everything Everywhere All at Once” *WINNER“The Fabelmans”“Tár”“Top Gun: Maverick”“Triangle of Sadness”“Women Talking”ACTRESS IN A SUPPORTING ROLEAngela Bassett, “Black Panther: Wakanda Forever”Hong Chau, “The Whale”Kerry Condon, “The Banshees of Inisherin”Jamie Lee Curtis, “Everything Everywhere All at Once” *WINNERStephanie Hsu, “Everything Everywhere All at Once”ACTOR IN A SUPPORTING ROLEBrendan Gleeson, “The Banshees of Inisherin”Brian Tyree Henry, “Causeway”Judd Hirsch, “The Fabelmans”Barry Keoghan, “The Banshees of Inisherin”Ke Huy Quan, “Everything Everywhere All at Once” *WINNERINTERNATIONAL FEATURE FILM“All Quiet on the Western Front,” Germany *WINNER“Argentina, 1985,” Argentina“Close,” Belgium“EO,” Poland“The Quiet Girl,” IrelandDOCUMENTARY (SHORT)...

Bay Bridge lights back on due to 'glitch'

Published Tue, 04 Mar 2025 07:32:35 GMT

SAN FRANCISCO (KRON) -- The Bay Bridge lights are back? Well, they are for now. A KRON4 traffic camera (view above) captured the Bay Bridge being lit up Sunday night during the 8 p.m. hour.After ceremoniously shutting down the lights one week ago last Sunday, the lights on the iconic San Francisco Bay Area landmark have come back on. At least temporarily. The lights are not supposed to be on, Illuminate CEO Ben Davis told KRON4. He says the lights are glitching out, turned on randomly and now they won't turn off.Illuminate is the nonprofit in charge of the Bay Bridge's lights. It has been raising funds, with a goal of $1 million, to bring the lights back permanently using 50,000 LEDs. Illuminate's plan is to light both sides of the bridge and have them visible from Oakland and Alameda.Before turning off last week, the Bay Bridge lights had been lit up for 10 years. KRON On is streaming news live now.embed-container { position: relative; padding-bottom: 56.25%; height: 0; overflow: h...

Novak scores 2nd goal in OT, Predators beat Ducks 5-4

Published Tue, 04 Mar 2025 07:32:35 GMT

ANAHEIM, Calif. (AP) — Tommy Novak had two goals, including the game-winner at 1:12 of overtime, and the Nashville Predators beat the Anaheim Ducks 5-4 on Sunday night.Novak, who also had an assist, beat John Gibson on an odd-man rush and scored his 12th goal of the season and third in two nights.Philip Tomasino, Kiefer Sherwood and Yakov Trenin also scored for Nashville in the finale of a six-game trip. Roman Josi and Colton Sissons both had two assists and Juuse Saros made 33 saves.Mason McTavish had two goals for Anaheim, which rallied from a pair of two-goal deficits but was unable to get the win. Frank Vatrano and Troy Terry also scored while Cam Fowler had three assists. Gibson finished with 31 saves.Nashville earned points in five of the six games on its road trip and is six points behind Winnipeg for the final wild card in the Western Conference. The Predators though have three games in hand on the Jets.Anaheim trailed 4-2 with three minutes remaining before forcing overtime...

US unveils bank rescue plan to stem crisis

Published Tue, 04 Mar 2025 07:32:35 GMT

WASHINGTON — U.S. officials took aggressive action Sunday to backstop all depositors for two failed lenders, Silicon Valley Bank and Signature Bank, and to prevent runs on any other financial institutions, in a bid to end days of uncertainty and panic.The Treasury Department, Federal Reserve and FDIC said in a joint announcement that taxpayers would not bear losses from the moves to bolster the depositors at the two shuttered banks. Silicon Valley Bank collapsed late last week. Officials announced Signature’s closure on Sunday.The agencies said Silicon Valley Bank’s depositors would have access to all their money on Monday. In a move to bolster confidence in the financial system, the Fed said it will make available funding to other banks to help assure they can meet the needs of all their depositors.“The U.S. banking system remains resilient and on a solid foundation, in large part due to reforms that were made after the financial crisis,” Treasury Secretary ...