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5-alarm fire destroys convenience store near Cahokia Heights

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 11:38:23 GMT

CAHOKIA HEIGHTS, Ill. - Investigators are trying to figure out what caused an intense overnight fire that destroyed a Metro East convenience store.It happened at the 'County Line Quick Stop' on Camp Jackson Road at Carol Street, very close to Cahokia Heights. A quick-moving and destructive fire completely destroyed the building. Crews got the first call just before 2:30 a.m. The Camp Jackson Fire Department was very close to the scene so crews from there were the first to arrive.Camp Jackson Fire Department Chief Chris Davis told FOX 2 that flames were already pouring from the building when he and his crews got to the scene. The fire quickly grew to five alarms, with some 30 firefighters responding from 10 different departments. There was a full second floor to the building with an apartment before the fire.The business owner did not want to speak on camera. However, he did share with FOX 2 off camera that one of his workers was sleeping upstairs when this all happened. He revealed ...

Don't dump deer carcasses around roads or waters of St. Louis, MDC warns

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 11:38:23 GMT

ST. LOUIS - It's one of the busiest times of the year for deer hunters, and it comes with a warning from the Missouri Department of Conservation: Think twice before dumping deer carcasses just anywhere around the St. Louis area. MDC is advising hunters and others who encounter deer carcasses of illegal dumping. Anyone linked to the offense of unlawful disposition of a dead animal faces a class C misdemeanor in St. Louis. When should Missouri expect the first snow? According to MDC, illegal dumping happens when people knowingly place carcasses or cause them to be placed in a variety of locations, including:On any public road or highway, river, stream, or watercourse Into any well, spring, brook, branch, creek, pond, or lakeUpon premises not his or her own for the purpose of annoying another or othersNot only is dumping of this nature illegal in Missouri, but agents are also concerned it could lead to the spread of chronic wasting disease. Long after infected carcass remains decomp...

This St. Louis restaurant's reels of flying rice are Insta-famous

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 11:38:23 GMT

MARYLAND HEIGHTS, Mo. -- A viral Instagram video featuring a hibachi chef performing tricks for customers launched Kobe Steakhouse to internet popularity. At Kobe, located in Westport Plaza they train their chiefs to work the hibachi. A lot of chefs start in the kitchen and work their way up to the tables.At the table, hibachi cooks work on big flat griddles and perform a show when they cook. They cut up and cook different kinds of food right in front of the customers, like meat, seafood, veggies, and rice.This video has 2.4 million views. Tyson Santos was the cook who was performing the trick. As a favorite trick, he likes to "feed" people shrimp by throwing them into their mouths.The General Manager of Kobe Steakhouse, Jasper Pascua, said that Kumeo Komazaki's dream of opening Kobe Steak House of Japan began during his tenure as a hibachi cook at Benihana in New York. He realized this dream in 1991 by opening the restaurant in St. Louis, and it has remained a popular establishment...

Roti, a shape-shifting global staple, takes a new form: convenience food

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 11:38:23 GMT

By Priya Krishna, The New York TimesChef Peter Prime has been eating roti all his life. But asked to define what exactly roti is, he laughed and launched into a long-winded answer.It could be a plain round of blistered bread, he said. Or the flaky version also known in his native Trinidad and Tobago as buss up shut. Or a floppy specimen stuffed with split peas, also known as dhal puri.“We call everything roti,” said Prime with a laugh as he smeared a mixture of coconut oil and butter onto a paper-thin piece of dough in his home kitchen in Washington, D.C. It was destined to become buss up shut — or roti, depending on whom you ask.Roti is one of the world’s most ubiquitous and shape-shifting foods, a round, unleavened bread of uncertain origin that has spread around the world, changing every time it reaches a new country, region or even household.There are the simple wheat-flour-and-water versions found across India, the stretchy, layered variety known as roti canai in Malaysia...

'Mobility impaired' woman killed in Sherman Oaks house fire

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 11:38:23 GMT

A woman is dead after a house fire in Sherman Oaks Wednesday morning.The fire at 8766 N. Matilija Ave. was reported at 8:08 a.m., and though it was extinguished in just over 20 minutes by 34 firefighters, a woman was found dead in the 1,500-square-foot home, the Los Angeles Fire Department said in an alert. Other residents of the home said the woman, whose identity has not been released, was "mobility impaired," and she was "lifeless in a rear bedroom" and "beyond medical help" when firefighters found her, according to the alert. She was declared dead at the scene."Three other residents, including one child, who were home at the time of the fire, are now being medically evaluated by LAFD Paramedics at scene for smoke exposure," fire officials said. Firefighters are continuing to investigate if smoke alarms were functional, though they have confirmed that the home, built in 1949, did not have fire sprinklers.This fire came hours after a spree of fires damaged a flower shop and a hous...

L.A. area retail theft suspects arrested with thousands in cash, merchandise

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 11:38:23 GMT

Two suspects in retail theft crimes across Los Angeles were arrested last week by an LAPD task force, the police department announced Tuesday.Officers with the Los Angeles Police Department Organized Retail Crime Task Force served search warrants at two Los Angeles area homes on Oct. 12. They were targeting suspects who were identified as being involved in retail thefts from stores in Los Angeles, Carson, Lakewood and other surrounding cities, according to an LAPD news release. The suspects, identified as Daronica Harris and Quenda Scott, were taken into custody and arrested on suspicion of grand theft with active Ramey warrants. Harris and Scott remain in custody on $150,000 bail, according to the news release. Two additional suspects who were not identified were also arrested in connection with the operation. One of the suspects had an outstanding felony warrant and the other was arrested on suspicion of identity theft. 4 women struck, killed while walking in Malibu Officers fo...

Flower shop, house damaged in San Fernando Valley fire spree

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 11:38:23 GMT

A spate of fires destroyed a flower shop and a house in the San Fernando Valley Tuesday night and early Wednesday morning.A fire was reported at Mark's Garden at 13838 W. Ventura Blvd. in Sherman Oaks at about 11:20 p.m., according to the Los Angeles Fire Department.The blaze in the 3,000-square-foot shop was extinguished in 23 minutes, and a "well-coordinated firefight prevented fire damage to adjacent buildings," fire officials said."The cause of the fire is considered suspicious - and was among a handful of rubbish/debris/vegetation fires that occurred in the general area at the time of the fire. The other fires were quickly extinguished by LAFD responders, before they could cause structural damage or injury. A team of LAFD Investigators is actively investigating the fires," the LAFD said in an alert. One of those other blazes, this one at a 1,409-square-foot home at 4646 N. Nagle Ave. in Sherman Oaks, was reported at about 1:40 a.m. and was also extinguished in 23 minutes, the L...

Biden says Gaza hospital blast 'appears as though it was done by the other team,' not Israel

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 11:38:23 GMT

President Joe Biden opened his visit to Israel on Wednesday vowing to show the world that the U.S. stands in solidarity with the Jewish people and offering an assessment that the deadly explosion at a Gaza Strip hospital appeared to have been carried out “by the other team” and not the Israeli military.“Based on what I’ve seen, it appears as though it was done by the other team, not you,” Biden told Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu during a meeting, referring to Hamas militants. But Biden said there were “a lot of people out there” who weren't sure what caused the blast.The Hamas-run Gaza Health Ministry said an Israeli airstrike caused the destruction and hundreds of deaths. The Israeli military denied involvement and blamed a misfired rocket from the Palestinian Islamic Jihad, another militant group. However, that organization also rejected responsibility. Gaza hospital blast overshadows Biden’s Israel visit: Live updates Biden had been scheduled to visit Jordan af...

These Los Angeles-area Rite Aid stores are expected to close

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 11:38:23 GMT

More than 150 Rite Aid locations are expected to close after the Rite Aid Corporation filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection earlier this week.As part of the process, Rite Aid expected to close underperforming stores. In court filings submitted Monday, the company disclosed the initial 154 stores it will be closing nationwide. 31 of the 154 stores set to close are in California, with over half of those 31 located in Southern California.It's unclear when the Rite Aid stores are expected to close, but patients' prescriptions are expected to be transferred to other pharmacies, the company told Insider. Rite Aid did not immediately respond to Nexstar's request for comment or additional information. The stores set to close their doors in California, according to court documents, is below: Store #05448: 4044 Eagle Rock Boulevard, Los AngelesStore #05457: 4046 South Centinela Avenue, Los Angeles Store #05466: 7859 Firestone Boulevard, Downey Store #05521: 4402 Atlantic Avenue, Long Bea...

Driver dies after would-be rescuer disappears in San Joaquin River

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 11:38:23 GMT

After a stranger went missing while trying to rescue her, a woman has died of injuries suffered when her SUV plunged into the San Joaquin River.Related ArticlesCrashes and Disasters | Motorcyclist dies in Livermore traffic collision Crashes and Disasters | 2 Napa bicyclists die after being hit by lumber on flatbed truck Crashes and Disasters | San Jose man’s toxicology results released in double-fatal Santa Cruz County crash Crashes and Disasters | Man accused in downtown Long Beach crash was working for Uber, had passenger in car, DA says Crashes and Disasters | East Bay woman arrested in connection with fatal hit-and-run earlier this year in Tracy Melanie Caligiuri, 46, of Patterson, died at San Joaquin General Hospital, in French Camp, the San Joaquin County coroner’s office announced Tuesday, Oct. 17.A week earlier, on Oct. 10, Caligiuri was driving with her 5-year-old daughter when their...