A HOSTAGE aboard DB Cooper’s hijacked flight says he remembers the elusive crook as a suave and level-headed figure who exuded authority. Michael Cooper was traveling home for Thanksgiving when his flight, Northwest Orient 305, was hijacked on November 24, 1971, by a smartly dressed man identifying himself as Dan Cooper. 12 Dan Cooper was an alias used by … Read more
Former Los Angeles City Councilmember Jose Huizar was sentenced Friday to 13 years in prison in a corruption case that involved cash bribes with a local real estate developer. U.S. District Court Judge John F. Walter handed down the sentence after receiving a letter from Huizar, who apologized for his crimes. The former councilman said … Read more
A Colorado man accused of entering U.S. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s office during the breach of the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021, was sentenced to three years of probation this week. Hunter Palm, who was arrested in Denver in May 2021, pleaded guilty to disorderly and disruptive conduct in a restricted building or grounds, … Read more
NYPD preparing for protests on New Year’s Eve NYPD preparing for protests on New Year’s Eve 02:38 NEW YORK — The NYPD and FBI are preparing to secure Times Square for the hundreds of thousands of visitors expected at Sunday’s New Year’s Eve celebration. Police will set up a perimeter from Sixth Avenue to Eighth and from … Read more
A federal appeals court on Tuesday threw out the conviction of former Rep. Jeff Fortenberry of Nebraska for lying to the FBI about illegal contributions made to his reelection campaign, determining that he was tried in the wrong venue. The Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals said in an opinion that Fortenberry should have been … Read more
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says he believes India’s relations with Canada may have undergone “a tonal shift” in the days since the unsealing of a U.S. indictment alleging a conspiracy to murder a Sikh activist on American soil. The prime minister made the remarks in an end-of-year interview with the CBC’s Rosemary Barton. Indian Prime Minister Narendra … Read more
FILE: A pilot walks by United Airlines planes parked at SFO in April 2020. Justin Sullivan/Getty Images SFGATE wasn’t alone in recording the bad behavior. The FAA released its annual, year-end data set to illustrate the unruly passenger incidents that it investigated. The report illustrates how airline passengers continue to act out and although the … Read more
Retail workers face increasing threats from shoplifters brandishing “knives and guns,” a top Home Depot executive told a congressional panel looking to pass legislation amid the scourge of organized retail theft. Scott Glenn, head of loss prevention for the 2,000-store chain, joined industry leaders and law enforcement officials in pleading for help during a hearing … Read more
A Netflix logo is seen in Los Angeles on Nov. 13, 2023. The company is headquartered in Los Gatos. Jakub Porzycki/NurPhoto via Getty Images We are collectively pouring millions of years of attention into Netflix. The Los Gatos-based streaming giant published its first-ever Engagement Report on Tuesday, sharing the time subscribers spent watching the service’s top … Read more
Not many California downtowns feature an idle F-4 Phantom supersonic jet tilted on a cement perch, but that’s exactly how the east end of main street in Lancaster begins. The jet is in Boeing Plaza, at the mouth of a central boulevard in the Southern California city. From there, the road diverts into two slow … Read more
