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Man arrested in 41-year-old cold case murder in Southern California
A 70-year-old man was arrested Friday in connection with a 1983 murder in Southern California, police said.
Michael Larry Manatt, of Huntington Beach, was arrested in connection with the murder of Ronald Gaskey, who police said was killed in his Newport Beach home on Dec. 13, 1983.
Newport Beach police said in a statement that after detectives conducted interviews and collected evidence from Gaskey’s home at the time of the murder, they were not able to charge a suspect, leading the case to go cold.
It was reopened in the last few years, police said, and they were able to identify Manatt as a suspect.
It was not clear how police concluded that Manatt was a suspect. A motive was not specified.
Police said Manatt was jailed on $1 million bail. Online court records that could indicate whether he was still in custody could not be found Sunday night. A jailer said by phone that the facility could not release information about inmates’ custody status.
It was unclear whether Manatt has an attorney. The Orange County public defender’s office did not immediately respond to an email seeking comment Sunday night.
A former girlfriend found Gaskey, who was 36 at the time of his death, after he did not show up to work as a construction worker, The Associated Press reported, citing The Orange County Register, which cited a 1983 article by the Daily Pilot. He had been clubbed in the head and the face with a blunt object.
According to the Daily Pilot article, Gaskey was a “highly security-conscience person” and had tried to fortify his home, the AP reported. His door was found unlocked, which neighbors said would have been unusual.
At the time, police ruled out robbery as a motive, as Gaskey’s house had not been ransacked, according to the AP.
Huntington Beach is a city about 36 miles south of Los Angeles. Newport Beach is a city in neighboring Orange County, about 45 miles southeast of Los Angeles.
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More SoCal rallies for and against military action in Iran expected on Sunday and Monday
LOS ANGELES (KABC) — Worshippers across Los Angeles were met with an increased law enforcement presence on Sunday as police and sheriff’s deputies stepped up patrols outside mosques, synagogues and cultural landmarks following the strikes on Iran.
Local officials said there are no credible threats to Southern California, but the Los Angeles Police Department and the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department heightened visibility as a precaution to ensure communities stay safe.
More demonstrations tied to the attack on Iran are expected Sunday and Monday. Several protests were held across Southern California on Saturday.
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While Iranian-Americans celebrated in Westwood, protesters gathered in downtown Los Angeles to oppose the Trump administration’s attacks against Iran.
While some groups gathered in downtown Los Angeles to protest the strikes, others assembled in Westwood to celebrate “the fall of the Ayotollah,” according to organizers.
Authorities said they will continue monitoring events as the region prepares for additional gatherings in the days ahead.
This is a developing story. This article will continue to be updated as more information becomes available.
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Six planets to align in “planetary parade” above California. Here’s how to see it.
A rare celestial event will be taking place in the sky above California on Saturday night, as six planets are expected to be visible in what is being called a “planetary parade.”
Look towards the western horizon 30-60 minutes after sunset. Mercury, Venus, Jupiter, and Saturn will all be lined up along an arc, visible to the naked eye creating a literal parade of planets.
The alignment only occurs every few years, with the next one not until 2028.
Mars, Jupiter, and Saturn are frequently seen in the night sky, but the addition of Venus and Mercury make this planet lineup particularly noteworthy.
In the San Francisco Bay Area, there will be some cloud coverage Saturday evening, but it should be in the high levels of the atmosphere so hopefully the horizon remains clear. In Los Angeles and San Diego, the forecast is expected to be clear.
Meanwhile, the planetary parade may not be visible in the northern part of the state, with cloudy conditions expected Saturday night in Sacramento, and possible showers and thunderstorms in Eureka and Redding.
People with telescopes and binoculars will also be able to see Uranus and Neptune as well.
For amateur astronomers, this also would be a fun time to test out your telescope skills by checking out Jupiter’s many moons or Saturn’s rings.
Please note that if your view is obscured by buildings, trees or hills, you won’t see the parade because it will appear very low on the horizon.
The nontechnical term is Parade of Planets, but the technical term is planetary alignment. Basically, it’s just the name for what happens when the planets and sun line up in the sky, these happen during events called oppositions and conjunctions.
Opposition is the term for when a planet is directly opposite the Earth from the Sun. Meanwhile, conjunction is when they are aligned with each other and is when we get the best views of the planets.
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