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High-speed chase ends as woman drives into ocean near Venice Beach
A woman was arrested after she crashed into the Pacific Ocean while leading officers on a high-speed chase late Saturday evening.
The chase began at around 11:20 p.m. near Temple City, according to the California Highway Patrol.
Officers chased her along the I-110 and I-405 until she reached the Venice Beach area, where she somehow drove into the ocean near Marina del Rey.
Video shows the moments that the suspect flies through a parking lot and onto a still crowded part of beach near the pier, where dozens of people watched on in disbelief.
“Out of nowhere you just hear screeching tires and ‘Boom!'” said one witness, Yerucham Klein, the day after the wild scene took place. “I mean, it was just crazy. We’re like, ‘What just happened? What’s going on?'”
More footage shows as the water sprays dozens of feet into the air after the woman’s car plunges into the water.
After her car became submerged, the woman got out and started swimming heading deeper into the water as officers run down the pier.
Eventually, Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Deputies were able to reach her on one of their boats, tossing a life preserver in her direction to pull her onboard.
At times, the woman was alleged to have been driving around over triple digit speed, refusing to pull over to pursuing police.
Two dogs, which appeared to be Boston Terriers, were pulled from the car after the crash. Both of them appeared to be unharmed, police said. They were picked up by animal control workers.
She was hospitalized before being placed into custody, police said. She remains unidentified.
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Tupperware files for bankruptcy amid slumping sales
Tupperware and some of its subsidiaries filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection, the once-iconic food container maker said in a statement late Tuesday.
The company has suffered from dwindling sales following a surprise surge during the COVID-19 pandemic, when legions of people stuck at home tried their hands at cooking, which increased demand for Tupperware’s colorful plastic containers with flexible airtight seals.
A post-pandemic rise in costs of raw materials and shipping, along with higher wages, also hurt Tupperware’s bottom line.
Last year, it warned of “substantial doubt” about its ability to keep operating in light of its poor financial position.
“Over the last several years, the Company’s financial position has been severely impacted by the challenging macroeconomic environment,” president and CEO Laurie Ann Goldman said in a statement announcing the bankruptcy filing.
“As a result, we explored numerous strategic options and determined this is the best path forward,” Goldman said.
The company said it would seek court approval for a sale process for the business to protect its brand and “further advance Tupperware’s transformation into a digital-first, technology-led company.”
The Orlando, Florida-based firm said it would also seek approval to continue operating during the bankruptcy proceedings and would continue to pay its employees and suppliers.
“We plan to continue serving our valued customers with the high-quality products they love and trust throughout this process,” Goldman said.
The firm’s shares were trading at $0.5099 Monday, well down from $2.55 in December last year.
Tupperware said it had implemented a strategic plan to modernize its operations and drive efficiencies to ignite growth following the appointment of a new management team last year.
“The Company has made significant progress and intends to continue this important transformation work.”
In its filing with the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the District of Delaware, Tupperware listed assets of between $500 million and $1 billion and liabilities of between $1 billion and $10 billion.
The filing also said it had between 50,000 and 100,000 creditors.
Tupperware lost popularity with consumers in recent years and an initiative to gain distribution through big-box chain Target failed to reverse its fortunes.
The company’s roots date to 1946, when chemist Earl Tupper “had a spark of inspiration while creating molds at a plastics factory shortly after the Great Depression,” according to Tupperware’s website.
“If he could design an airtight seal for plastic storage containers, like those on a paint can, he could help war-weary families save money on costly food waste.”
Over time, Tupper’s containers became popular that many people referred to any plastic food container as Tupperware. And people even threw “Tupperware parties” in their homes to sell the containers to friends and neighbors.
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