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Johnny Hallyday a récolté d’innombrables trésors en 57 ans de carrière, des souvenirs qu’il gardait précieusement chez lui, à Marnes-la-Coquette, dans les Hauts-de-Seine. Auprès de son décorateur Philippe Puron, le rockeur avait émis l’idée de faire de sa résidence un musée – un projet qui trotte aujourd’hui dans la tête de son manager, Sébastien Farran.

Un musée Johnny Hallyday à Marnes-la-Coquette, dans les Hauts-de-Seine ? Sébastien Farran a émis auprès du JDD dimanche 25 mars l’idée de faire de la résidence La Savannah un “Graceland”, du nom de la propriété d’Elvis Presley. Le projet n’est pas tout neuf puisqu’il germait déjà à l’époque dans la tête… du rockeur lui-même. Le décorateur Philippe Puron, qui a conçu les plus belles maisons de la star, s’est en effet souvenu lors d’une interview accordée à Gala.fr mi-janvier de ce que souhaitait faire le Taulier de son incroyable collection de bibelots. “Il y avait telle­ment d’objets qui traî­naient depuis tant d’an­nées, des costumes de scène, des tableaux, des cadeaux… A une époque, Johnny m’avait dit ‘J’ai­me­rais bien qu’un jour on fasse un musée avec tous ces souve­nirs’. J’ai­me­rais beau­coup le créer.Ce serait un bel hommage”, nous expliquait l’artiste.

Le pied-à-terre parisien de la famille Hallyday s’étale sur une surface de 900m2, sur un domaine de 5500m2 avec piscine et court de tennis. Véritable mine d’or où s’entreposent des trésors récoltés en plus de 57 ans de carrière, cette résidence de Marnes-la-Coquette a, en outre, vu Johnny Hallyday pousser son dernier soupir. La demeure chargée de souvenirs et de symboles a d’abord été mise en vente. La maison reste finalement la propriété de la famille, comme l’a confirmé Sébastien Farran au JDD.

>> Découvrez en photos la maison de Johnny et Laeticia Hallyday à Los Angeles

En outre, un mémorial Johnny Hallyday pourrait bien voir le jour, dans le square de la Trinité situé dans le 9ème arron­dis­se­ment de Paris, là où est né et où a grandi le rockeur. Un rêve qui pourrait vite se réaliser puisque la maire de l’arrondissement, Delphine Bürkli, y travaillerait déjà depuis plusieurs années.

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WASHINGTON — 

Rep. John Lewis, one of the lions of the U.S. civil rights movement, announced Sunday he is suffering from Stage 4 pancreatic cancer, triggering a wave of prayerful wishes for the Georgia Democrat’s recovery.

The 79-year-old congressman likened his fight against the disease to his role in the epic struggle against racial discrimination that convulsed the American South and beyond in the 1960s.

Now serving his 17th term in office, Lewis pledged in a statement to remain in the House of Representatives, serving Georgia’s 5th Congressional District, north of Atlanta, while he is being treated for his cancer.

“I have been in some kind of fight — for freedom, equality, basic human rights — for nearly my entire life,” he said. Lewis said he had been given the diagnosis of advanced pancreatic cancer — one of the most difficult cancers to treat, with bleak survival rates — earlier this month after a routine medical checkup.

Even while acknowledging that “I have never faced a fight quite like the one I have now,” Lewis, who is one of the most widely admired figures in Congress, voiced calm optimism.

“I may miss a few votes during this period, but with God’s grace I will be back on the front lines soon,” he said in his statement.

In his youth, those front lines were more than merely figurative for Lewis, the Alabama-born son of sharecroppers who placed himself in physical jeopardy again and again in the nascent days of the civil rights movement. Arrested dozens of times, he was seriously injured during the 1965 march for voting rights in Selma, Ala.

March 7, 1965, which came to be known as Bloody Sunday, found a place in the annals of history — and of Hollywood, commemorated in the 2014 film “Selma,” directed by Ava DuVernay. Learning of Lewis’ illness, the director posted late Sunday on Twitter: “Dear Congressman. You are loved. You are respected. You are magnificent. Lifting you up in prayer, peace and the power of your ancestors this day.”

A lifelong adherent of nonviolence, Lewis’ contemporaries in the “Big Six” of the civil rights movement included the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr., slain in 1968. He was among the founding members of the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee, which employed tactics such as lunch-counter demonstrations and voter-registration drives.

Characteristically, Lewis’ statement disclosing his illness was both bluntly realistic and hopeful. Also characteristically, he asked for prayers.

“While I am clear-eyed about the prognosis, doctors have told me that recent medical advances have made this type of cancer treatable in many cases, that treatment options are no longer as debilitating as they once were, and that I have a fighting chance,” he said.

The congressman’s announcement triggered an outpouring on social media, with admirers hailing him as a hero and a national treasure.

“Praying for you, my friend,” former President Obama wrote on Twitter, praising Lewis’ “incomparable will to fight.”

Lewis is “America’s conscience and Georgia’s heart,” tweeted Stacey Abrams, Georgia’s former gubernatorial candidate for whom the congressman campaigned passionately. “We stand by him as he fights one more battle.”

“There is no living politician in America with greater moral authority,” Rep. Ro Khanna (D-Fremont) wrote on Twitter. “Tonight many around the nation and the world pray for him.”

Lewis, who was known for the preacher-like cadences of his oratory, delivered an emotional address on the floor of the House earlier this year in condemnation of racist tweets by President Trump.

“I know racism when I see it; I know racism when I feel it,” the Georgia Democrat said prior to a House vote to condemn presidential tweets attacking four congresswomen of color. “And at the highest level of government, there’s no room for racism.”

Like nearly all his fellow House Democrats, Lewis voted earlier this month in favor of impeaching Trump, framing it in terms of a “moral obligation.”

“Be on the right side of history,” he urged lawmakers during the marathon Dec. 18 debate that resulted in two articles of impeachment – for abuse of power and obstruction of Congress – being approved against the president.

But the momentous events of more than half a century earlier echoed down to the present day. The 1965 confrontation at the Edmund Pettus Bridge, on the outskirts of Selma, was a seminal moment in the fight for voting rights. Hundreds of peaceful marchers were setting off on the march to the state Capitol in Montgomery when they were set upon by Alabama state troopers with truncheons and whips.

Badly beaten, Lewis — only 25 at the time — suffered a skull fracture and other serious injuries. The harrowing episode drew nationwide attention and a burst of activism that included subsequent demonstrations in dozens of cities that helped pave the way for congressional passage of the Voting Rights Act of 1965.

In the statement announcing his illness, Lewis alluded to that day.

“We still have many bridges to cross,” he said.

Times staff writer Jennifer Haberkorn contributed to this report from Washington.


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Bernie Sanders suffered “modest heart muscle damage” during his October heart attack but has since been doing well and should be able to continue campaigning for president “without limitation,” according to letters released Monday by his primary care physician and two cardiologists.

“He is currently entirely asymptomatic, his heart function is stable and well-preserved, his blood pressure and heart rate are in optimal ranges,” wrote Martin LeWinter, attending cardiologist at University of Vermont Medical Center in Sanders’ home state.

LeWinter wrote that the 78-year-old Vermont senator continues to receive “several” medications that patients commonly take after a heart attack and that he sees “no reason” why Sanders can’t campaign as normal and handle the stress of being president, should he win next year’s election.

“While he did suffer modest heart muscle damage, he has been doing very well since,” LeWinter wrote.

Sanders, the oldest candidate in the 2020 presidential race, had vowed to release detailed medical records by the end of the year, and did so the day before New Year’s Eve.

A separate letter from Brian Monahan, the congressional attending physician in Washington, said several medications that Sanders received after his heart attack, including a blood thinner and beta blocker, “were stopped based on your progress.”

“Your heart muscle strength has improved. You have never had symptoms of congestive heart failure,” Monahan wrote in a letter to Sanders. “The heart chamber sizes, wall thickness, estimated pressures, and heart valves are normal.”

He added that Sanders had a successful graded exercise treadmill examination monitoring heart function, muscular exertion and oxygen consumption that indicated “a maximal level of exertion to 92% of your predicted heart rate without any evidence of reduced blood flow to your heart or symptoms limiting your exercise performance.”

“Your overall test performance was rated above average compared to a reference population of the same age. The cardiac exercise physiologist who evaluated your results determined that you are fit to resume vigorous activity without limitation,” Monahan wrote. “You are in good health currently and you have been engaging vigorously in the rigors of your campaign, travel, and other scheduled activities without any limitation.”

Sanders suffered a heart attack while campaigning on Oct. 1 in Las Vegas and spent several days recuperating in his Vermont home. He said he had felt symptoms for weeks that he “should have paid more attention to,” including being especially fatigued after long campaign days, having trouble sleeping and sometimes feeling a “little unsteady” at the podium while speaking at events.

On the evening of the event in Las Vegas, Sanders said he asked for a chair to be brought onstage “for the first time in my life.” Afterward, he was sweating profusely when pain in his arm prompted him to head to an urgent care medical facility, where “the doctor made the diagnosis in about three seconds.”

Taken by ambulance to the hospital, Sanders said he underwent surgery to insert stents for a blocked artery.

“There was some damage, but … within the next month, we’ll see what happens,” he said during a CNN interview on Oct. 10. “But so far, so very good.”

Sanders’ staff initially said stents were inserted for a blocked artery, revealing only two days later that he had suffered a heart attack. Sanders bristled at the notion that his campaign was less than forthcoming about his condition, saying that it released as much information as it could, as fast as possible, and that the full details came later.

Scrutiny of Sanders’ health intensified after his heart attack, but it’s an issue for every Democrat age 70 or older seeking the White House.

Former Vice President Joe Biden, 77, says he will release his medical records before the Iowa caucuses on Feb. 3.

Earlier this month, 70-year-old Elizabeth Warren released a note from her doctor saying that she is “in excellent health” and that her only major medical concern is an underactive thyroid gland, which the Massachusetts senator easily treats with medication, the only kind she takes.

Michael Bloomberg’s doctor declared the 77-year-old former New York City mayor to be in “outstanding health,” though he is receiving treatment for several medical conditions, including an irregular heartbeat. Bloomberg also takes a beta blocker and medication to control his cholesterol, had “small skin cancers” removed and receives treatment for arthritis and heartburn, “both of which are well controlled.”

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Additionally, Bloomberg had a stent put in his heart to clear an artery in 2000 and “has had normal cardiac stress testing annually since then.”


EXETER, N.H. — 

Former Vice President Joe Biden entertained the idea of choosing a Republican as a 2020 running mate as he campaigned Monday — though he conceded he didn’t have anyone specific in mind.

A voter told Biden during an event Monday afternoon in Exeter, N.H., that her son had wondered if the Democratic presidential contender would consider choosing a Republican as a running mate.

“The answer is, I would, but I can’t think of one now,” Biden said as the crowd laughed.

Biden added that there are “some really decent Republicans that are out there still,” before adding that “they’ve got to step up.”

At the start of Monday’s event, Biden reminded voters his goal is to unite the country.

“I refuse to accept the proposition that we’ll be in a state of perpetual war with Republicans, because you can’t govern the country if that’s the case,” Biden said. “We are a democracy, and our democracy depends upon consensus. We have to be able to pull the country together.”

Biden is sometimes asked about possible running mates by voters on the campaign trail. On Monday, he said it was presumptuous to talk about the idea at this point in the campaign.

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If he becomes the Democratic nominee, Biden said, he’d want to pick someone “simpatico” with him and his priorities, telling voters there are “a lot of qualified women” and “a lot of qualified African Americans.”

“There’s a plethora of really qualified people,” Biden said.


SANTA CLARA, Calif. — 

As a freshman a year ago, Chase Garbers was benched at halftime for ineffectiveness during his first trip to a bowl game. The California quarterback made his second appearance in the postseason much more memorable for both himself and the Golden Bears.

Garbers threw four touchdown passes and ran for another score, leading California to a 35-20 win over Illinois on Monday in the Redbox Bowl.

“He’s taken that next step and he’s worked at it, whether it’s the weight room, meetings, practice” Golden Bears coach Justin Wilcox said. “He has just continued to work at it and guys respect him because of how hard he works. It really showed today.”

Garbers, who had been in and out of the lineup all season because of a shoulder injury, got going after being sacked on the first play from scrimmage and throwing an incomplete pass on the second. The offensive MVP of the game, Garbers completed 22 of 31 passes for 272 yards with TD passes of 4, 3, 2 and 6 yards. He also scored on quarterback sneak from the 1 early in the second quarter while helping the Bears set a season-high for scoring.

It was significantly different than 2018, when Garbers threw three first-half interceptions against TCU in the Cheez-It Bowl and spent the remainder of the game on the sidelines.

“It went a lot better today than last year,” Garbers said. “It just speaks to the guys in our offensive room and the team and how hard we work. We knew playing Illinois there would be shots we needed to take. You just have to execute those shot plays.”

The Bears won all seven games this season when the oft-injured Garbers played more than one half.

Christopher Brown Jr. ran for 120 yards on 20 carries, and Makai Polk caught five passes for a season-high 105 yards as Cal (8-5) won its first bowl game since 2015.

Brandon Peters passed for 273 yards and one touchdown for Illinois (6-7) in his return after sitting out the regular-season finale with a concussion. Peters, who was shaken up again after diving out of bounds following a scramble late in the fourth quarter, completed 22 of 37 passes and added a team-high 68 rushing yards.

The Illini lost despite outgaining the Bears in total yards 450-395.

“We didn’t play well enough. You have to give Cal credit for that,” Illinois coach Lovie Smith said. “Sometimes yards can be a little misleading. They got in the end zone more than we did.”

The strong showing by Garbers offset an uneven day by California’s defense.

The Bears allowed a field goal and touchdown on the Fighting Illini’s first two drives, then surrendered a late field goal before halftime.

Illinois’ offense was mostly stagnant after that, while California pulled away.

The Bears had lost three of their previous four bowl games.

California led 14-10 late in the second quarter before the teams combined for 10 points in the final 25 seconds.

After Wilcox made the decision to go for it on a 4th-and-goal, Garbers threw a short swing pass to Brown, who stiff-armed Illinois linebacker Tolson Khalan before reaching the end zone.

Peters helped the Illini answer quickly. He completed three consecutive passes for 58 yards, setting up a 30-yard field goal by James McCourt.

No. 6 Florida beats Virginia at Orange Bowl

Lamical Perine scored on a 61-yard run in the opening minute and didn’t stop until he climbed onto a platform for the postgame ceremony to receive the Orange Bowl’s most valuable player trophy.

Perine totaled 181 yards rushing and receiving with three touchdowns Monday to help No. 6 Florida beat Virginia 36-28.

Perine carried 13 times for a career-high 138 yards rushing at the end of a so-so senior season. He came into the game with only 538 yards rushing this year in the Gators’ pass-oriented offense.

But Perine was too quick and speedy for the Cavaliers, as his dash through their secondary on the first series showed. He also scored on a 10-yard run and caught a 16-yard touchdown pass from Kyle Trask.

The win means Florida (11-2) will likely finish in the Top 10 in consecutive seasons for the first time since 2008-09. Second-year coach Dan Mullen credited Perine and the rest of the senior class with leading the resurgence.

“They restored the Gator standards and are building what we want to build,” Mullen said.

The Cavaliers (9-5) lost their final two games but still posted their highest win total since 2007.

Trask capped a storybook junior season by throwing for 305 yards. He was lightly recruited and in late September became a starter for the first time since ninth grade.

Florida totaled 549 yards, including a season-high 244 rushing, and didn’t punt until midway through the third quarter. The Gators exposed the weaknesses in a Virginia defense that allowed more than 23 points per game and gave up 62 to Clemson in an Atlantic Coast Conference title game loss.

Louisville beats Mississippi State at Music City Bowl

Micale Cunningham threw for 279 yards and two touchdowns and ran for 81 more, and Louisville capped coach Scott Satterfield’s debut season by beating Mississippi State 38-28 on Monday in the Music City Bowl.

The Cardinals (8-5) rallied from a 14-point deficit by scoring 31 straight to finish their big turnaround from 2-10 last season. Louisville also finally beat Mississippi State on the field for the first time in six tries, though the series now is tied 3-3 thanks to a pair of forfeits by the Bulldogs in the 1970s.

“We got down 14 points early in the game, and the kids didn’t flinch,” Satterfield said. “I mean they kept playing, they kept battling. The next thing you know you’re right back in the game. We grabbed the momentum and poured it on.”

Mississippi State (6-7) had been trying to finish the season with a three-game winning streak for the first time since 2013 and only the third time since the end of World War II. Instead, the Bulldogs go home having lost a bowl game in each of coach Joe Moorhead’s two seasons.

“This season was a book in and of itself,” Moorhead said. “Certainly 6-7 was not the outcome we desired. To get bowl eligible, win an Egg Bowl and have this opportunity to play in a bowl game to me is a credit to these seniors, a credit to these staff and credit to these leaders that we were able to battle through a lot of adversity this season.”

The Cardinals had four sacks and recovered two fumbles, one returned 31 yards for a TD by safety Khane Pass.

“It popped right in my hands, a perfect bounce,” Pass said.

Javian Hawkins led Louisville with 105 yards rushing, and he ran for a TD late. The Cardinals outgained Mississippi State 510-366.


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Black Monday was cast in shades of gray.

While a few struggling NFL teams have made changes at the top in the aftermath of the regular season, others remain in flux.

Nowhere is that more evident than the NFC East, where the New York Giants fired coach Pat Shurmur on Monday, the Washington Redskins reportedly were putting the finishing touches on hiring Ron Rivera, and the Dallas Cowboys left coach Jason Garrett in limbo.

The Cleveland Browns fired Freddie Kitchens on Sunday after one season as coach, and Jacksonville looks to be heading that direction with Doug Marrone, although, according to an ESPN report, the Jaguars are not scheduled to formally meet with their coach until Tuesday.

With all signs pointing to the Cowboys parting ways with Garrett, whose team missed the playoffs for the sixth time in his nine seasons, the team announced Monday there wouldn’t be any news conference that day.

A day earlier, after his team finished 8-8 for the fourth time in the Garrett era, Cowboys owner Jerry Jones told reporters he wasn’t worried about other teams getting a head start in their coaching searches.

“I’m just not concerned about it,” Jones said. “They can hire every name you’ve heard tonight. I’m not concerned.”

Elsewhere, the ax fell. The Redskins fired Bruce Allen as team president after a 3-13 season that capped a decade of futility. The franchise that once boasted a season-ticket waiting list that could fill a stadium on its own has been in steady decay under owner Daniel Snyder and plays in a stadium featuring wide swaths of empty seats. At least once this season, tickets were going for as low as $4 on the secondary market.

Allen, the son of legendary coach George Allen, was Snyder’s right-hand man for the past decade and the focus of much derision during his tenure.

According to multiple reports, Washington is on the verge of hiring Rivera, a two-time NFL coach of the year who was fired by Carolina at the beginning of December. His Panthers teams were 76-63-1 in his eight-plus seasons but got off to a 5-7 start this year. Carolina finished 0-4 under interim coach Perry Fewell.

The Panthers and Giants have both made requests to the Kansas City Chiefs to interview offensive coordinator Eric Bieniemy, a Bishop Amat graduate who played running back in the NFL and later coached the position at UCLA.

Chiefs coach Andy Reid lavished praise on Bieniemy in his Monday news conference.

“I’m a big fan, don’t want to lose him,” Reid said. “But reality is, there’s a good chance that happens.”

Other names in the mix for coaching jobs include former Green Bay coach Mike McCarthy, Baltimore offensive coordinator Greg Roman and New England offensive coordinator Josh McDaniels, as well as college coaches Matt Rhule of Baylor, Lincoln Riley of Oklahoma and Urban Meyer, who retired from Ohio State after the Buckeyes won the 2019 Rose Bowl.

The Giants showed Shurmur the door after he went 9-23 in two seasons — precisely his record as coach of the Browns from 2011 to 2012. At one point this season, the Giants lost nine in a row.

“With Pat, it ends up being as much a gut instinct as anything else,” Giants co-owner John Mara said. “We felt like we weren’t winning enough games, we weren’t winning the games we should have won, and we just need to go in a different direction.

“I just felt there were so many games I felt we should have won and we just didn’t get the job done.”

Among the coaches who looked to be in danger of losing their jobs at the end of this season but heard from their teams that they will be staying for 2020 are Adam Gase of the New York Jets, Dan Quinn of the Atlanta Falcons and Matt Patricia of the Detroit Lions.

The Chargers got to the AFC divisional round of the playoffs last season, but this is an unforgiving business in which memories and patience are short. Coach Anthony Lynn was asked after Sunday’s loss at Kansas City whether he has received assurances he’ll be back.

“Unless you know something I don’t,” he said, “yes.”


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Three Mission League teams — Mission Hills Bishop Alemany, Encino Crespi and La Canada St. Francis — won tournament basketball titles Monday night.

Alemany, led by tournament MVP Brandon Whitney’s 29 points, defeated Torrance Bishop Montgomery 66-57 to win the Platinum division title of the So Cal Christmas Classic tournament. Isaiah Johnson scored 32 points for Bishop Montgomery.

Freshman Mike Price earned MVP honors by scoring 25 points to help Crespi win the Orange Holiday Classic with a 75-71 win over La Habra.

St. Francis won the Silver division title at the Classic at Damien with a 52-46 win over Hawaii Maryknoll. Tournament MVP Andre Henry finished with 24 points and 12 rebounds.

San Juan Capistrano JSerra won its division of the Torrey Pines tournament, handing Sacramento Sheldon a 52-50 defeat. Francesco Borra had 14 points.

Santa Ana Mater Dei won the Les Schwaub tournament in Oregon with a 70-58 win over Eastside Catholic. MVP Devin Askew had 22 points and Harrison Hornery 16.

At Damien, Chatsworth Sierra Canyon’s 14-game winning streak this season came to an end. Temecula Rancho Christian, the last team to beat the Trailblazers in the final game of the regular season last season, did it again to win the championship game of the Platinum division. It took overtime but Rancho Christian prevailed 85-81.

Gonzaga-bound Dominick Harris finished with 30 points for Rancho Christian. Ziaire Williams made his season debut for Sierra Canyon and scored 28 points. B.J. Boston added 26 points.

Etiwanda took third place in the Platinum division with a 57-54 win over Bellflower St. John Bosco. Jaylen Clark, in his season debut, scored 17 points for Etiwanda.

La Verne Damien defeated Lake Balboa Birmingham 100-73. Chris Nickleberry and RJ Smith each scored 24 points and Austin Cook had 22 points.

West Hills Chaminade came away with a 58-56 win over Rolling Hills Prep. Kenneth Simpson scored 17 points.

Ribet defeated Fairfax 78-66. Tyler Powell led the way with 18 points. Barry Wilds scored 17 points for Fairfax.

Santa Clarita Christian won the Gold division championship with a 75-52 win over Washington Prep.

Heritage Christian defeated Valencia 77-76 in overtime. Skyy Clark had 26 points. Jake Hlywiak scored 22 points for Valencia.

At Torrey Pines, Saugus defeated Bakersfield 64-54. Adrian McIntrye had 23 points.

San Diego St. Augustine defeated Riverside Poly 72-59. Tyson McWilliams scored 29 points. DJ Davis, in his debut for Poly, scored 15 points.

Santa Margarita was beaten by Poway 60-51.

At the Beach Ball Classic, Harvard-Westlake defeated Myrtle Beach (S.C.) 72-40. Mason Hooks had 14 points and 22 rebounds.

Oxnard improved to 17-1 and won the Ventura tournament with a 63-50 win over Anaheim Servite. Tournament MVP Andrew Ramirez scored 14 points.


Body cam video released Saturday by Sacramento police shows a shooting this month that injured a security guard, a dog and a man suspected of being drunk in public and creating a disturbance.

Body cam video released Saturday by Sacramento police shows a shooting this month that injured a security guard, a dog and a man suspected of being drunk in public and creating a disturbance.

The situation began about 6:45 p.m. Dec. 18 when a security guard working in a shopping center in the 1800 block of 19th Street flagged down an officer to report that a man was causing a disturbance and refusing to leave the area.

The first of four videos released by the department shows an officer approaching the man, who appears to be homeless, with his dog tied to a shopping cart, outside a Panda Express. The officer directs the man, who he alleges has alcohol on his breath, to leave the shopping center, but the man refuses, the video shows.

After a few minutes, the officer tells him he believes the man is not able to care for himself and starts to take him into custody. In the video, the man denies drinking and continues arguing with the officer.

“Is your dog going to become aggressive?” the officer asks, explaining that he does not want to shoot the dog. The man, whom authorities have not identified, told him the dog wouldn’t be a problem. But as the officer attempts to detain the man, the dog begins barking and growling.

The man tries to control the dog, asking it to sit down, but is not successful.

During the scuffle, the dog bit the arresting officer on the arm, police say. A second officer, who arrived at the scene minutes later, shot the dog after the animal broke free from its leash and ran toward him. The dog retreated after the round was fired and the man complained the officer shot him in the eye, the video shows.

Another video released by authorities shows the security guard who initially sought help from police with a wound to his leg. Police say the dog, the man and the security guard suffered minor injuries from bullet fragments of the round that was fired.

A shopper at a nearby Safeway store told the Sacramento Bee the dog ran into the store covered in blood after the shooting.

“Very scared, shaking like a leaf, she just ran to the back of the store and hid underneath my legs,” Jandy Jorgensen told the newspaper on the day of the shooting. “She wasn’t aggressive. She was real sweet.”

The dog eventually was captured and taken by Animal Control for treatment.


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Los Angeles police have arrested one of three drivers who fled last month after each successively struck a 62-year-old pedestrian, who was ultimately left alone to die outside a gas station on Thanksgiving.

At about 8:40 p.m. Nov. 28, Jihad Muhammad was standing on the street outside of a marked crosswalk near Adams Boulevard and West View Street when a white car, which police reported was possibly an Audi A5, traveling eastbound on Adams Boulevard hit him, knocking Muhammad to the ground.

As the car drove away, Muhammad laid motionless in the street, according to police and surveillance footage. Another vehicle, believed to be a white Cadillac Seville, hit him again. The Cadillac also fled the scene.

As one driver stopped to try to help Muhammad, another vehicle, believed to be a white or gray Ford Focus, hit Muhammad again. He became lodged beneath the car, which dragged his body for almost a mile before the driver stopped at a gas station on the corner of Adams and Crenshaw boulevards, according to police.

After pulling up to the gas pumps, the driver got out of her car to see what was under her vehicle, according to police. She then got back into her car and backed up, which dislodged Muhammad from beneath her car.

Her passenger got out of the car and looked at Muhammad lying in front of the vehicle. The passenger got back into car, and they drove away. Muhammad was pronounced dead at the scene by the Los Angeles Fire Department.

At a Monday news conference about traffic safety and accident statistics, LAPD officials announced that Yolanda Thompson, 57, of Los Angeles, was arrested about noon Dec. 16 after she turned herself in.

Authorities declined to provide any further details about Thompson’s arrest, including which car she was driving, citing the active investigation into the identities of the two other drivers.

LAPD Det. Ryan Moreno told KTLA-TV Channel 5 that Muhammad was homeless, and was well known and liked in the neighborhood.

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As part of the city’s hit-and-run reward program trust fund, a reward of up to $50,000 is available to community members who provide information leading to the offender’s identification, apprehension and conviction, or resolution through a civil compromise.

LAPD Chief Michel Moore warned at Monday’s news conference that a motorist should never flee the scene of an accident.

“The key for hit-and-runs for me is this: It’s an accident, don’t make it a crime,” Moore said. ““Many times when we see collisions involving pedestrians or other motorists that turn into a hit-and-run, the person who’s actually at fault may not be the person who flees the scene. And yet that person who flees the scene is now committing a felony.”

City News Service contributed to this report.


Judge blocks California law on dialysis clinics

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SANTA ANA  — 

A federal judge on Monday blocked enforcement of a California law aimed at preventing increased billing costs at dialysis clinics.

There is “a dire public interest” in granting a preliminary injunction that would bar enforcement for months while a lawsuit against it proceeds through the courts, Judge David O. Carter said.

If Assembly Bill 290 is permitted to take effect before it is reviewed, “thousands of California HIPP recipients — who number among the poorest and most medically vulnerable of all Californians — may not be able to afford the dialysis treatments that keep them alive (or may be forced to dedicate all of their scant financial resources to medical care) and may face further delays in receiving a transplant,” Carter wrote.

HIPP refers to the Health Insurance Premium Program run by the nonprofit American Kidney Fund. The program, paid for by dialysis clinics, covers insurance premiums for low-income patients with kidney disease who need dialysis.

California passed the law this year in an effort to deter dialysis clinics from encouraging patients to enroll in health plans that give them higher reimbursement rates.

But the lawsuit contends the law will force the American Kidney Fund to close down the program, which helps about 3,700 patients in the state.

The fund has said the law creates requirements in California that conflict with federal laws the program must follow.

State lawmakers contended that two large dialysis clinics in California were contributing to the fund’s program, which in turn covered their patients’ premiums with private insurers that paid higher reimbursement rates back to the clinics.

The state passed the law after a ballot measure to cap dialysis clinics’ profits failed in 2018.