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CBS News
5 days ago
- General
- CBS News
Man struck and killed by car on 710 Freeway in Long Beach
A man was struck and killed by a car on the 710 Freeway in Long Beach early Tuesday morning, according to the California Highway Patrol. Officers were sent to the center divider on northbound lanes near Willow Street after they learned of a man who was walking around a car that had pulled over in the area, according to a CHP press release. Sometime after this, the man was struck by a white minivan, police said. He was rushed to a nearby hospital where he was later pronounced dead. He has not yet been identified. Investigators believe that the victim may have been involved in some sort of accident just before he was struck. The driver of the van remained at the scene to cooperate with investigators. During their investigation, CHP officers issued a SigAlert for the No. 1 and 2 lanes of the 710 Freeway and the eastbound Pacific Coast Highway onramp until just after 5 a.m.
The Independent
5 days ago
- Entertainment
- The Independent
Meet Fernando Vargas Jr - the son of a world champion boasting knockout power
Fernando Vargas Jr returns to the ring this weekend, looking to extend his 16-0 record by defeating Gonzalo Coria. A super welterweight, Vargas Jr is the son of former world champion Fernando Vargas. Since making his debut as a pro in 2020, Vargas Jr has gone the distance just once in 16 fights, with 14 knockouts and a technical decision win. Vargas Jr hopes to continue his road to a world title shot through a fight with Gonzalo Gaston Coria. That bout headlines a card at Thunder Studios, Long Beach on Saturday, with the action live on DAZN. Fernando Vargas Jr's start to boxing life Fernando Vargas Jr had a solid career in the unpaid code, accumulating a 36-4 record before turning pro at 24 years old in 2024. Fighting out of his father's gym in Las Vegas, the Fernando Vargas Fighting Foundation, Vargas Jr only donned the gloves properly as a 17-year-old. Within four years he was competing for a spot on the US squad for the 2020 Olympics, controversially losing a semi-final bout in the Olympic trials. Prior to turning professional, Vargas Jr sparred with world champions Kell Brook and Shawn Porter. Vargas Jr's first fight was staged behind closed doors in Mexico because of the COVID-19 pandemic. His opponent Pablo Rosas retired after the second round, giving Vargas Jr the first stoppage win of his career. He would win his first 11 fights by stoppage before being taken the distance by Luis Flores in 2023. After that unanimous decision victory, normal service was resumed with a run of three stoppages. In Vargas Jr's most recent right, he won by technical decision in the fifth round, meaning he has only heard the final bell once in his pro career. Vargas dynasty – Fernando Vargas Jr's boxing family Fernando Vargas Jr constantly makes reference to the 'Vargas dynasty' on social media. His father, Fernando Vargas Sr, was a two-time champion at light middleweight, holding the IBF and WBA straps at different spells. Aside from his stints as champion of the world, Vargas Sr was known for his bouts with Oscar De La Hoya, Richardo Mayorga, and Felix Trinidad. It is not just his birthname that he shares with his father, with Vargas Jr also donning the same nickname of 'El Feroz'. Vargas Jr is not the only fighter carrying the family name into the ring, with his two brothers also boxers. The eldest of three brothers, Vargas Jr is the most experience of the trio. 24-year-old Amado Vargas is a lightweight boasting a 13-0 (6) record, whilst youngest sibling Emiliano Vargas is also unbeaten, the 21-year-old 14-0 (12) at super lightweight. At the start of May, Emiliano picked up the NABF junior super lightweight title, with Vargas Jr in attendance. Vargas Sr is often seen in the corner for his son's fights. In the public eye thanks to their father's exploits as a boxer, the family were the subjects of their own reality TV show in 2014. Titled Welcome to Los Vargas, a pun on the family name and the fact they lived in Las Vegas, the show followed the family for 13 episodes.
CBS News
6 days ago
- CBS News
3 injured in Long Beach Shoreline Village shooting
Three people, including a 14-year-old boy, were wounded Sunday night in a shooting at the waterfront area of Shoreline Village in Long Beach. Around 10:50 p.m., Long Beach police responded to the area of Shoreline Drive and Shoreline Village Drive to a call of shots fired near a restaurant. A woman was taken to the hospital for non-life-threatening injuries to her upper body and a 14-year-old boy and a man took themselves to the hospital for non-life-threatening gunshot wounds. Police said all victims are expected to survive. A suspect may have been on a light-colored vessel and was last seen heading eastbound after exiting the marina, according to police.
Yahoo
7 days ago
- Business
- Yahoo
Trump's Trade War Sends Chill Through Southern California Port Economy
LOS ANGELES—Ruben Diaz typically hauls two container loads of goods a day in a rented big rig between Southern California's sprawling ports and warehouses dozens of miles away. Now, the 38-year-old is struggling to find two loads a week, and is being paid less for them, following a sharp drop in imports into the ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach. President Trump's tariffs, especially the high fees on Chinese goods, have crippled the flow of imports into Southern California and choked the economy that feeds off the ports.
Yahoo
7 days ago
- Yahoo
Search suspended for teen caught in surf at Long Beach, WA
This story was originally published on The Coast Guard suspended a search for a missing 15-year-old boy who struggled in the surf off Long Beach, Washington. Crews searched for five hours by boat and helicopter over a 100-mile area Friday evening. Two others in the boy's group tried to swim out to him to help, but they also had a tough time trying to swim in the powerful waves and surf. A Pacific County rescue swimmer launched a jet ski to try to help. The rescuer made it to the two swimmers who tried to reach the teenager, and got them back to shore. Medics transported the pair to Ocean Beach Hospital due to possible hypothermia. The Coast Guard suspended the search for the teen at 12:30 a.m. Saturday. The first reports of the teen struggling came in to watchstanders at the United States Coast Guard's Sector Columbia River at around 8:00 p.m. They received the report from Pacific County's Dispatch Center. Crews launched a 47-foot motor lifeboat from Station Cape Disappointment. A flight crew from Air Station Astoria also boarded an MH-60 Jayhawk twin-engine helicopter to search from the air. Officials say Coast Guard crews searched for more than five hours over a 100-nautical-mile section of the coastline. At the time of the search, weather conditions included winds close to ten miles-per-hour, three-foot waves and water temperature of 54 degrees. In a statement released by the U.S. Coast Guard, Search and Rescue Mission Coordinator Greg Merten said, 'The act of suspending any search, let alone that of a 15-year-old, is something that the Coast Guard does not take lightly and not without a heavy heart. We would like to thank the swimmer from Pacific County for their heroism and extend our deepest condolences to everyone affected by this horrible tragedy.'
