{"id":97920,"date":"2025-12-17T06:43:10","date_gmt":"2025-12-17T06:43:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/97920\/"},"modified":"2025-12-17T06:43:10","modified_gmt":"2025-12-17T06:43:10","slug":"evening-briefing-dec-16-2025","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/97920\/","title":{"rendered":"Evening Briefing: Dec. 16, 2025"},"content":{"rendered":"

Good evening! We’re wrapping up the day for you with the most important stories you need to know and your weather outlook.<\/p>\n

Your Weather Planner<\/p>\n

Advection fog will overtake the coast in the mornings, reducing visibility.<\/p>\n

The next few days remain dry with afternoon sunshine.<\/p>\n

Forecast weather models are showing a high probability of rain chances heading into the Christmas holiday.<\/p>\n

Tomorrow’s Highs<\/p>\n

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Watch the latest news from across the country.<\/p>\n

Today’s Big Stories<\/p>\n

1.\u00a0Prosecutors charge Rob Reiner\u2019s son Nick with 2 counts of murder in killing of his parents<\/a><\/p>\n

Rob Reiner\u2019s\u00a0son\u00a0Nick Reiner\u00a0has been charged with two counts of first-degree murder in the killing of his parents, Los Angeles County prosecutors said Tuesday.<\/p>\n

Nick Reiner, 32, was charged in the death of the 78-year-old actor and director Rob Reiner and his wife\u00a0Michele Singer Reiner, District Attorney Nathan Hochman announced at a news conference with LA Police Chief Jim McDonnell.<\/p>\n

Prosecutors filed charges Tuesday afternoon, two counts of first degree murder with a special circumstances of multiple murders. They also included a special allegation that he used a dangerous weapon, a knife.<\/p>\n

The announcement of the charges came two days after the couple was found dead from apparent stab wounds in their home in the upscale Brentwood neighborhood of Los Angeles. Nick Reiner was arrested on suspicion of the killing and jailed hours later.<\/p>\n

2. A doctor who helped sell ketamine to actor Matthew Perry gets less than a year of home confinement<\/a><\/p>\n

A doctor who pleaded guilty in a scheme to supply ketamine to actor\u00a0Matthew Perry\u00a0was sentenced Tuesday to 8 months of home confinement.<\/p>\n

Dr. Mark Chavez of San Diego is on supervised release for 3 years and will be expected to do 300 hours of community service for his role in the \u201cFriends\u201d star\u2019s overdose death, Judge Sherilyn Peace Garnett ruled.<\/p>\n

Chavez acquired ketamine and gave it to\u00a0Dr. Salvador Plasencia, who was sentenced to 2 1\/2 years in prison\u00a0earlier this month\u00a0for selling ketamine to Perry in the months leading up to his death.<\/p>\n

Plasencia admitted to taking advantage of Perry, knowing he was a struggling addict. Plasencia texted Chavez that Perry was a \u201cmoron\u201d who could be exploited for money, according to court filings.<\/p>\n

3. States sue Trump administration over EV charger funding<\/a><\/p>\n

A coalition of 17 attorneys general and one state sued the Trump administration Tuesday to restore federal funding for electric vehicle chargers. The lawsuit contends the Department of Transportation has stopped approving new funding for two EV charging infrastructure programs created through the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act enacted during the Biden administration.<\/p>\n

\u201cThis isn\u2019t about party politics,” California Attorney General Rob Bonta said during a news conference announcing the lawsuit \u2014 the state\u2019s 50th against the Trump administration in 2025. “It\u2019s about the future of our country, our economy and our planet.<\/p>\n

At issue are two federal programs run by the U.S. Department of Transportation: the Charging and Fueling Infrastructure Program that provides grants to build a national EV charging network and the Electric Vehicle Charger Reliability and Accessibility Accelerator Program that helps repair, replace and improve broken or non-functioning public chargers. Together the programs provide about $3 billion in funding nationwide, Bonta said.<\/p>\n

4. No-burn order extended through\u00a0Wednesday for much of SoCal<\/a><\/p>\n

The South Coast Air Quality Management District extended a No-Burn Alert through 11:59 p.m. Wednesday, prohibiting wood burning in fireplaces and in all indoor or outdoor devices across four Los Angeles-area counties.<\/p>\n

The updated alert now in effect until midnight Wednesday includes the South Coast Air Basin, covering large areas of Los Angeles, Orange, Riverside and San Bernardino counties, except the High Desert and Coachella Valley.<\/p>\n

“South Coast AQMD reminds residents in these areas that burning wood in their fireplaces or any indoor or outdoor wood-burning device is prohibited at any time on No-Burn Days,” the agency said.<\/p>\n

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(AP Photo\/Nick Ut)<\/p>\n

Your Notes for Tomorrow<\/p>\n

Former special counsel Jack Smith to sit for closed-door House Judiciary deposition on Trump investigations
\nGlobal premiere tour for “Avatar: Fire and Ash” to conclude in Toronto
\nUrsids meteor shower<\/p>\n

In Case You Missed It
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(Spectrum News\/Jaqueline Hurtado)<\/p>\n

For nearly three decades, Griselda has spent her days pruning trees in Kern County orchards, working through scorching summers, freezing mornings and everything in between. On a cold December morning near Bakersfield, she was back at work \u2014 doing the job that helps put food on tables across the country.<\/p>\n

Just a few rows away, Evelyn worked alongside her. Like many farmworkers, she said this year has been especially difficult. Immigration raids, changing policies and financial pressures have left families anxious and uncertain, even as the work in the fields continues.<\/p>\n

\u201cThis year has been hard,\u201d Evelyn said, describing the fear many feel as immigration enforcement intensifies.<\/p>\n

Click the link above for the full interview.\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Good evening! We’re wrapping up the day for you with the most important stories you need to know…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":97921,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[27],"tags":[7251,7,48,52,51,47,50,49,15428,8615],"class_list":{"0":"post-97920","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-los-angeles","8":"tag-app-evening-briefing","9":"tag-california","10":"tag-la","11":"tag-la-headlines","12":"tag-la-news","13":"tag-los-angeles","14":"tag-los-angeles-headlines","15":"tag-los-angeles-news","16":"tag-paco-ramos-moreno","17":"tag-yazmin-cruz"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/97920","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=97920"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/97920\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/97921"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=97920"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=97920"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=97920"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}