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Arraignment postponed for Ventura County fatal crash, Walmart stabbing suspect

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 14:50:41 GMT

Austin Eis, the man accused in a series of violent acts that culminated in a crash that killed a ninth-grade student at Westlake High School, did not physically appear in court as scheduled on Thursday for arraignment. Instead, he appeared electronically from his jail cell and, through his attorney, postponed arraignment until May 19, prosecutors said.Eis, 24, is also accused of pepper spraying and stabbing a Walmart employee in Simi Valley and attempting to drag another employee out of the store on the same day. He is also accused of going to a relative’s home without permission in Camarillo where he allegedly brandished a firearm. Austin Eis is seen in this undated photo provided by the Ventura County Sheriff's Office.Family and friends console each other at the scene of a fatal crash in Thousand Oaks, California. April 18, 2023. (KTLA)A 15-year-old boy died and three other teens were injured when a suspect fleeing the scene of a stabbing allegedly crashed into a crowd of students...

Kawhi Leonard out for Clippers in Game 3 against Suns

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 14:50:41 GMT

Kawhi Leonard won’t play for the Los Angeles Clippers against the Phoenix Suns in Game 3 of their Western Conference playoff series Thursday night.He was listed as having a sprained right knee on the NBA's injury report that came out several hours before tipoff in Los Angeles. That leaves the Clippers without both of their star players against the Suns’ trio of Kevin Durant, Devin Booker and Chris Paul. Paul George hasn’t played since March 21, when he sprained his right knee in a game. Leonard is averaging 34.5 points, 6.5 rebounds and six assists through the first two games of the best-of-seven series, which is tied 1-1.The two-time NBA Finals MVP missed all of last season while recovering from surgery for a torn right ACL.___AP NBA: https://apnews.com/hub/nba and https://twitter.com/AP_Sports

Orange County man busted for possession of child pornography

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 14:50:41 GMT

A 40-year-old Santa Ana man has been arrested for possession of child pornography, authorities announced Thursday.  The suspect, Rafael Gil-Segura, was identified by a civilian investigator with the Santa Ana Police Department’s Internet Crimes Against Children (ICAC) Task Force who learned that the 40-year-old was downloading child sexual abuse material over the internet. Detectives with Santa Ana PD, along with federal agents from the Department of Homeland Security, executed a search warrant at Gil-Segura's residence, located in the 1800 block of West Pendelton Avenue, on April 19.  “During the search, several electronic devices were seized and evidence relating to the downloading of child pornography was discovered,” according to a Santa Ana PD news release. Gil-Segura was arrested and booked into the Santa Ana Detention Facility for possession of child pornography. Anyone with information about this case is urged to contact Santa Ana PD’s ICAC Task Forc...

LAX pylons will light up to honor former Los Angeles Mayor Richard J. Riordan

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 14:50:41 GMT

The Los Angeles International Airport pylons will light up to honor former L.A. Mayor Richard J. Riordan, who died Wednesday night surrounded by family, friends, caregivers and his beloved dogs.Riordan was 92 years old.“Tonight, our pylons will be lit the city’s colors, red-green-yellow to honor former LA Mayor Richard Riordan,” the official Twitter account for the airport announced Thursday. Former L.A. Mayor Richard J. Riordan dead at 92 Both current and former L.A. city officials reacted to the news of Riordan passing Thursday morning, with many crediting him for helping lead L.A. through challenging times such as the 1992 Rodney King riots and the 1994 Northridge earthquake.“Mayor Richard Riordan loved Los Angeles and devoted so much of himself to bettering our City,” L.A. Mayor Karen Bass said in a statement. “In the wake of the Northridge earthquake, Mayor Riordan set the standard for emergency action – he reassured us and delivered a response with an intensity that still pu...

'I want to be out there so bad': Paul George describes ongoing recovery, series with Suns

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 14:50:41 GMT

Los Angeles Clippers star Paul George is continuing his recovery from a knee injury that ended his regular season and cast a shadow over his team's NBA title dreams.The 32-year-old multi-time NBA All Star has spent the first two games of his team's playoffs series against the Phoenix Suns on the sideline, supporting his teammates from the bench.George says he's been watching the games amid feelings of excitement and envy."I want to be out there so bad, it hurts," the former Palmdale basketball star said on his podcast, Podcast P with Paul George. "Just walking out there and seeing the crowd going crazy. I'm like, f***, I missed this. Like this is what it's about ... that’s the playoff environment I miss so much.” George is expected to miss the entirety of his team's Western Conference Playoffs series against Kevin Durant, Chris Paul, Devin Booker and the Suns.He says he's been working "ass off," to get back on the court and keep the Clippers' title aspirations alive. "I'm trying to ...

Tenn. GOP lawmaker resigns after ethics panel finding

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 14:50:41 GMT

Associated PressNASHVILLE, Tenn. — A Republican lawmaker in Tennessee resigned Thursday due to an ethics violation involving the Legislature’s workplace discrimination and harassment policy.Rep. Scotty Campbell, vice chair of the House Republican Caucus, was among the GOP legislators who voted two weeks ago to expel two Black Democratic lawmakers for protesting in support of gun control on the House floor.The Mountain City lawmaker issued his resignation effective immediately, a letter to fellow legislators states.WTVF-TV first reported on the finding by the Ethics Subcommittee, which issued its decision on March 29 in a document addressed to Republican House Speaker Cameron Sexton. The document says the panel found Campbell violated the Legislature’s workplace discrimination and harassment policy.When asked about the ethics panel decision by WTVF-TV on Thursday, Campbell said, “I had consensual, adult conversations with two adults off property.”“I thin...

Oakland mayor blindsided by A’s bombshell Vegas deal amid negotiations

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 14:50:41 GMT

OAKLAND — Following months and months of uncertainty, Oakland thought it was inching closer to a deal for a new waterfront ballpark for the Oakland As this week, negotiating daily to keep one of baseball’s storied franchises in the city it had called home for five decades.Then, in an instant, it was over.On Wednesday evening, Mayor Sheng Thao received an unexpected call from A’s President Dave Kaval. He kept his words brief: “Heads up, we have a land deal in Las Vegas.”Hours later, the A’s dropped the same bombshell on the rest of Oakland — that the team was nearing an agreement to buy land in Las Vegas and build a $1 billion, 35,000-seat ballpark a mile off the strip, finally ditching the Coliseum in East Oakland that Kaval has spent the past couple years disparaging.Oakland thought it was still “in mid-negotiations — the closest we’ve ever been to landing a deal,” Thao said. But troubling signs permeated the talks.&...

Five-bedroom home sells for $3.7 million in Fremont

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 14:50:41 GMT

891 Pebblewood Court – Google Street ViewA 5,139-square-foot house built in 1998 has changed hands. The spacious property located in the 800 block of Pebblewood Court in Fremont was sold on March 13, 2023, for $3,700,000, or $720 per square foot. The property features five bedrooms, five baths, a garage, and four parking spaces. It sits on a 0.5-acre lot.These nearby houses have also recently been purchased:A 2,792-square-foot home on the 46900 block of Sentinel Drive in Fremont sold in January 2023, for $2,320,000, a price per square foot of $831. The home has 4 bedrooms and 3 bathrooms.In September 2022, a 2,961-square-foot home on Geronimo Court in Fremont sold for $2,900,000, a price per square foot of $979. The home has 4 bedrooms and 3 bathrooms.On Roadrunner Road, Fremont, in June 2022, a 3,136-square-foot home was sold for $3,150,000, a price per square foot of $1,004. The home has 4 bedrooms and 3 bathrooms. 

State boosts Water Project allocation to 100% – first time in 17 years

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 14:50:41 GMT

By Ari Plachta | Sacramento BeeAs parts of California brace for an influx of melting snow after a record winter, state water officials announced Wednesday that they would boost water supplies for agencies serving 27 million residents. This time, they promised the full measure.The Department of Water Resource’s announcement marked the first time since 2006 that its canals, pumps and reservoirs would deliver 100% of requested water supplies to cities and agricultural operations across the state.“Water supply conditions and careful management of reservoir operations during this extreme winter allows DWR to maximize water deliveries while enhancing protections for the environment,” said agency director Karla Nemeth in a statement. “DWR is moving and storing as much water as possible to the benefit of communities, agriculture, and the environment.”The State Water Project is a concrete system of reservoirs, canals and pumps that moves water from water-rich re...

Top five Earth Day events in the Bay Area this weekend

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 14:50:41 GMT

By many measures, the Bay Area’s environment is a lot cleaner that it was on the first Earth Day in 1970.The air is much less smoggy, cannery wastes aren’t dumped in San Francisco Bay, the pesticide DDT is banned, vehicles emit much less tailpipe pollution, electric cars are expanding in number, leaded gasoline is long gone, recycling programs are widely used, and endangered species — from bald eagles to gray whales — are on the rebound.But there are new challenges that weren’t around 53 years ago when former Sen. Gaylord Nelson of Wisconsin, a San Jose State University graduate, joined forces with Denis Hayes, a former Stanford student body president, to found Earth Day. Climate change has made droughts, heat waves and wildfires more severe. Population growth has pushed urban sprawl into wild areas. Fisheries like salmon have crashed. And new chemicals like PFAS compounds pose challenges.As one of America’s centers of environmental activism and o...