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California family fighting neighbors' junkyard ridden with hazardous waste is at breaking point: 'Trapped'
One California family is at its breaking point, warning their neighbors are “endangering the entire community” with their hazardous, makeshift junkyard as they struggle to get support from government officials.
Los Angeles resident Elena Malone and her family purchased what they thought was their dream home in Sun Valley in 2021, but things quickly changed after their neighbor allowed the property to spiral into a hoarding nightmare – one ridden with hazardous material, trash, melted car batteries and even stolen vehicles.
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Malone, who is concerned about her two children and husband who is fighting cancer, told “Fox & Friends First” she is at her “limit” in trying to mitigate the dangerous waste site.
“We are at our limit here,” Malone told co-host Todd Piro on Thursday. “I have two young children. Both of us are working. We just dealt with cancer treatment, but we are trapped here. I would never sell this property to another family and have them have to deal with that… I don’t know what I can do. I can’t sell the property, and I can’t seem to get the city or the state or the federal government to do anything to remove this hazardous waste from the property, so I’m stuck.”
Malone, who contacted one dozen government offices, argued officials passed the buck in handling the property.
Los Angeles resident Elena Malone joined ‘Fox & Friends First’ to discuss how government agencies have responded to her pleas for help and what pushed her ‘over the edge’ as she continues to fight against her neighbors’ junkyard. (Elena Malone)
She said the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and California Highway Patrol (CHP) have both skirted responsibility for cleaning up the property as the hazardous material continues to mount.
“They’re passing the buck. The EPA has declared the site a hazardous waste site in 2021. They say the soil’s contaminated, but will not clean the soil until CHP removes some of the 100 vehicles, five of which have been either identified as stolen or involved in crimes,” Malone said. “But EPA will not go until the CHP clears. CHP will not enter the property until they feel it’s safe for officers. So, each agency has basically said they aren’t willing to engage with this person on this property because it’s not safe.”
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Despite her efforts, Councilwoman Monica Rodriguez’ office said in a statement she “is engaging with city departments on immediate next steps to resolve this issue.”
Malone told KTLA that the amount of debris also worries her because of wildfires, since she has been trapped on the property before by the neighbor’s cars.
The LA Times previously reported that the property owner, Mary Ferrera, allows her son, David, to live on the property and even brings him food each day.
“She’s worried about her son, as we all are as parents, but she is really endangering the whole community,” Malone said. “We’ve already had two fires in this canyon this week. Two brush fires and the week’s not even over yet.”
But that isn’t what has pushed Malone “over the edge.” She explained how her husband’s cancer journey brought her concern to a heightened level.
“When he was in the peak of his treatment, doing chemo and radiation every day, we were in and out of the house and asked the neighbors to at least keep the gate free,” Malone said. “There was a time when… [it] was a very difficult day of chemo, and my husband was vomiting, needed me to come get him, and I was trapped in my house because of the cars blocking the gate, so that was really the point where I felt like I broke.”
“I could not imagine someone not being able to see the empathy and move their car so that they could… allow their neighbor to go get their husband and their family,” she continued.
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San Francisco, CA
Giants Reach Franchise Milestone Never Before Seen in San Francisco
The San Francisco Giants have been around for more than 125 years. It’s hard to find something they haven’t done before.
It’s not quite as hard to find something they haven’t done since the team moved from New York to San Francisco before the 1958 season. But, on Saturday, the Giants managed it.
San Francisco lost to the Miami Marlins, 6-3, in the sloppiest game the Giants have played this season. That sloppiness was defined by two things. San Francisco pitchers hit four batters. San Francisco fielders committed four errors.
Per Justice delos Santos of the San Jose Mercury-News (subscription required), the Giants had never done that since they moved from New York. It was just the third time in franchise history, dating back to 1883 that the franchise had ever done that.
What Happened in Miami?
Rafael Devers committed a fielding error, which was his fifth of the season. Pitcher Trevor McDonald committed his second error of the season on a missed catch. Catcher Eric Haase had it worse. He had two errors, one on catcher’s interference and another on a throw.
As for hitting batters, McDonald dominated there. He hit three of them — Kyle Stowers, Leo Jimenez and Esteury Ruiz. Matt Gage also hit Jimenez.
Much of that action came in the fourth inning, when the Giants gave up four runs in game in which they were tied with the Marlins. Ruiz was hit by a pitch, stole second and then went to third on Haase’s throwing error. He scored on a single by Jakob Marsee.
Otto Lopez singled and that ended the day for McDonald, who took the loss. Gage walked Stowers to load the bases. Gage then got Xavier Edwards to ground into a double play, which scored a run but got the Giants two outs. It didn’t help.
Heriberto Herandez homered off Gage, making it 6-2. Gage allowed a single to Owen Caissie and then hit Jimenez with a pitch before San Francisco went to JT Brubaker. He got the final out, inducing a flyout by Joe Mack.
Only four of the six runs the Giants gave up were earned.
Now 14 games under .500, the Giants (31-45) will return home after Sunday’s finale with the Marlins and get a day off. After that, San Francisco renews its rivalry with the Athletics from Tuesday-Thursday, followed by a three-game series with the NL East-leading Atlanta Braves.
San Francisco is moving toward July and likely determining which players it wants to put on the trade market to either trim payroll or arrange its roster to try and turn things around in 2027.
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Denver, CO
7 injured in 3 overnight crashes across Denver, police say
At least seven people were injured in three crashes across Denver between Saturday night and Sunday morning, police said.
The Denver Police Department reported the first crash at 11:20 p.m. Saturday. Two people were injured in a two-car crash near West Colfax Avenue and Kalamath Street, on the edge of Denver’s Lincoln Park and Auraria neighborhoods, police said.
One person was injured in a separate crash involving a motorcycle in the 1200 block of Broadway in Denver’s Capitol Hill neighborhood, according to a post from the police department at 1:19 a.m. Sunday.
Paramedics then took four people to the hospital after a two-car crash near Yosemite Street and East 12th Avenue in Denver’s East Colfax neighborhood, police wrote on social media at 3:26 a.m. Sunday.
Additional information about the crashes, including the causes, was not immediately available on Sunday.
This is a developing story and may be updated.
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Seattle, WA
Kraken Acquire Panthers Wing Mackie Samoskevich | Seattle Kraken
Samoskevich should factor in someplace on the Kraken’s top three lines and potentially among their top two trios, bringing another right-handed shot on a team needing more of those. Top right-handed Kraken shooters include Jordan Eberle, Chandler Stephenson and Shane Wright among forwards and Brandon Montour and Adam Larsson on the defensive side, with Botterill agreeing another winger to let fly from the right side of the ice won’t hurt.
“You’re just trying to give options to (coach) Lane (Lambert) and the coaching staff,” Botterill said. “We pride ourselves on being a four-line team, so I’ll leave it up to Lane and the coaching staff on where Mackie fits into the mix and stuff. But we think that – especially with that right shot – we’ve talked a lot about getting more pucks to the net, more of a shooter mentality, and that’s certainly what Mackie brings.”
Samoskevich, a native of Newtown, Connecticut whose “Mackie” name evolved from a twin sister trying to pronounce his “Matthew” birthname as toddlers, brings above average speed to go with that right-handed shot. The 5-foot-11, 185-pounder is also known for his grit and a scoring touch that saw him notch 12 goals and 20 assists last season to follow up a rookie campaign when he scored 15 and added 16 assists.
The Kraken hope Samoskevich builds off those totals, especially if afforded more ice time than the 14:28 per game he managed last season with the defending two-time Cup champion Panthers. The restricted free agent earned $775,000 last season, and Florida would have needed to make a qualifying offer of $813,750 to extend him.
Botterill said he’s yet to speak with Samoskevich’s representatives about any extension talks or how his restricted free agency will be approached this summer.
“Those are things we’ll certainly look at with them,” he said.
For now, it’s a matter of getting Samoskevich acclimated to his new team. Having a former teammate around in top line centerman Beniers, who played his final Michigan season as a sophomore when Samoskevich was a freshman there in 2021-22, certainly won’t hurt.
“I just think that it’s easier from a familiarity standpoint coming to a new organization,” Botterill said. “It just makes the transition all that much easier. I know Matty speaks very highly of Mackie, his style of play and the person he is, too.”
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