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Commission approves amendment to Spanish scheme, including a €340 million annual budget increase, to support films and other audiovisual works

Published Wed, 19 Feb 2025 20:47:34 GMT

The European Commission has approved, under EU state aid rules, an amendment to a Spanish scheme, including a €340 million annual budget increase, to support the production of Spanish and international films and other audiovisual works.The scheme was originally approved by the Commission in May 2014 (SA.37516), and amended in December 2015 (SA.40170) and in December 2020 (SA.57608). Under the scheme, Spanish and international film and audiovisual work producers receive support in the form of tax deductions in their corporate tax due in Spain.Spain notified the Commission of the following amendments to the existing scheme: (i) an annual  budget increase by €340 million, bringing the annual budget to €400m; (ii) an increase of the maximum amount of tax deduction that the beneficiaries can apply to €20m per film (from €10m); (iii) the setting of a maximum of €10m of tax deduction per series episode; and (iv) the extension of the duration of the scheme until 31 December 2026.The Commiss...

Substitute teacher charged with sexual offense against minor

Published Wed, 19 Feb 2025 20:47:34 GMT

A 28-year-old substitute teacher and assistant football coach is facing charges of contact with a minor for sexual offense and possession of child pornography and authorities believe that there may additional victims.  David Vernon Prince Jr., a resident of Carson who has worked at schools in the Los Angeles and Long Beach areas, was arrested on Aug. 12, according to a news release from the Los Angeles Police Department.  Prince, who has since been released on $45,000 bail, was booked on charges of distribution or showing pornography to a minor, possession of child or youth pornography and contact with a minor for sexual offense.  The 28-year-old, described as a Black male, standing 6 feet tall and weighing 228 pounds, is believed to target minor females.   Thieves caught on camera robbing Nike store in East Los Angeles “Investigators identified one minor victim within the City of Los Angeles. It is believed that there are additional victims,” the release state...

Man charged in Riverside County shooting that left 1 person injured 

Published Wed, 19 Feb 2025 20:47:34 GMT

A man was arrested on Monday after he was implicated in a shooting in Riverside County last month that left one person injured. On July 13, 2023 at 2:50 p.m., Riverside county deputies responded to the intersection of Bob Hope Drive and Casino Way in Rancho Mirage regarding a shooting involving several occupied vehicles. Three vehicles were struck by gunfire, and an occupant of one of the vehicles sustained minor injuries, according to a Riverside County Sheriff news release. The victim was treated and released at the scene. Police arrested 26-year-old Adrian Fuentes of Indio and booked him at the John Benoit Detention Center for three counts of assault with a deadly weapon.

Bay Area organizations raise funds for Maui

Published Wed, 19 Feb 2025 20:47:34 GMT

MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif. (KRON) – People across the State of California and the Bay Area are rallying together to help thousands of people displaced from the wildfires on Maui.The Bay Area has many ties to Hawaii. Within hours of news getting out about the deadly wildfire on Maui, organizations figured out a way to get supplies and aid over. Supplies just touched down on Maui from Hope Hanger, a food pantry in Mountain View. The organization partnered up with Vive Church to send items to people who survived the massive wildfire."Diapers, boxes of wipes, supplies. Anything you would need. We got a list from the shelters,” said Michelle Stewart, executive director of Hope Hangar. The organization also created the Maui Hope Fund, raising more than $9,000 so far. Hawaii mourns the dead in ferocious wildfires; officials warn full toll not yet known "We don't really realize how much the island of Maui and that area specifically has impacted families across the world and to the Ba...

West Nile Virus found in multiple Bay Area counties

Published Wed, 19 Feb 2025 20:47:34 GMT

(KRON) – More cases of West Nile Virus have been found throughout Contra Costa County and Santa Clara County. We are still in the thick of mosquito season, so people are being warned to stay proactive in preventing more of the insects from breeding.In South San Jose and Sunnyvale, the Santa Clara County Vector Control District will be spraying for mosquitoes. These pests are breeding in standing water so it’s important to check even the smallest objects where water has collected near your homes and dump that water out. The Contra Costa Mosquito and Vector Control District explains that the bugs can breed in a space even as small as a bottle cap. Baseball equipment stolen from Rodeo little league Now consider unused pools or water fountains, and you have yourself a lot more room for the unwelcome pests to procreate and multiply. And the district reports West Nile Virus activity is intensifying.We know mosquitoes carry the virus and spread it to people and animals. There were f...

More Oakland sideshows over the weekend

Published Wed, 19 Feb 2025 20:47:34 GMT

OAKLAND, Calif. (KRON) – Citizen video recorded Friday just after midnight on 80th Avenue and International Boulevard shows an illegal sideshow in Oakland. These sideshows are occurring as the city continues to struggle with public safety. While an Oakland police weekly crime report shows that year-to-date homicides are down by 8%, the vast majority of crimes, including aggravated assault, burglary, carjacking, rape and robbery are up.  Baseball equipment stolen from Rodeo little league "It's almost a perfect storm. Violent crime, low staffing and lack of consequences in this city," said Barry Donelan, president of the Oakland Police Officers’ Association. Donelan gave the union’s perspective behind this year’s increased crime stats"We're at 20% increase in 911 calls. Our response times have reduced. It's a function of increased calls and lower number of officers. It's demand and supply Delta that's helping to drive these crime stats,” he explained.In the first week of August...

Stock market today: Asian stocks mixed after China reports weak July data and cuts key interest rate

Published Wed, 19 Feb 2025 20:47:34 GMT

BEIJING (AP) — Asian stock markets were mixed Tuesday after China reported weak July consumer and business activity and its central bank cut a key interest rate to shore up the struggling economy.Shanghai and Hong retreated while Tokyo and Sydney gained. Oil prices rose.The Shanghai Composite Index fell 0.3% to 3,169.18 after official data showed growth in Chinese consumer spending and factory output slowed more than expected. The People’s Bank of China cut its interest rate on one-week loans to banks. The Hang Seng in Hong Kong lost 0.8% to 18,622.55.“Policymakers are starting to hit the panic button,” said Stephen Innes of SPI Asset Management in a report.The Nikkei 225 in Tokyo gained 0.8% to 32,314.90 and Sydney’s S&P-ASX 200 rose 0.5% to 7,310.30. Markets in Korea and India were closed for holidays. New Zealand, Singapore and Jakarta gained while Bangkok declined.Chinese leaders are trying to shore up flagging economic growth without resorting to an across-the-board s...

Bethancourt homers and singles in run, Rays beat Giants 10-2

Published Wed, 19 Feb 2025 20:47:34 GMT

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Tyler Glasnow knew a few days ago throwing a bullpen that he felt almost right again, and he sure looked like his dominant self after a two-week layoff dealing with back spasms.Catcher Christian Bethancourt realized it when Glasnow unleashed a 98 mph fastball that actually broke the webbing on his glove.“He was great,” Bethancourt said. “To be honest he was definitely better than what I expected coming from almost two weeks without pitching with back spasms.”Bethancourt homered and singled in a run to back Glasnow’s fourth straight winning decision, and the Tampa Bay Rays won their first game since placing All-Star shortstop Wander Franco on the restricted list, beating the San Francisco Giants 10-2 on Monday night.It was Bethancourt’s first homer since May 20 against Milwaukee.“I almost forgot what to do in the dugout, run the bases, it’s been a very long time,” Bethancourt joked.Osleivis Basabe hit a two-run single in the fourth for his first...

South Bay city looks to its neighbor for reference on adoption of encampment ban

Published Wed, 19 Feb 2025 20:47:34 GMT

CHULA VISTA, Calif. -- Chula Vista city leaders are trying to get ahead of the growing homeless population. This comes after San Diego began enforcing its encampment ban. Now, the South Bay city says it's looking to its neighbor for reference. “Earlier I was passing by, and I saw these guys and I knew I had to stop and get them dinner," shared Jake Stonebreaker, a longtime Chula Vista resident who was providing food to the homeless Monday evening. The area and people he's referring to are a group of unhoused people camped right across the street from the county's Health and Human Services building along Oxford St. It's where Chieko Tanaka and her husband set up their tent Monday as she and others flock to the South Bay; some, choosing a tent over shelter for now. “It’s not safe. You’re actually more at risk going into the shelter than you are on the street," Tanaka said. After San Diego's controversial encampment ban, Chula Vista Mayor John McCann says more unhoused people are migra...

Russia targets western Ukraine with missiles overnight and hits civilian infrastructure

Published Wed, 19 Feb 2025 20:47:34 GMT

KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — A Russian missile attack overnight damaged multiple civilian buildings in Ukraine’s western region of Lviv and injured local residents, Ukrainian officials said Tuesday.Lviv, on the border with Poland, is hundreds of miles (kilometers) away from the frontline but is regularly a target of Russian attacks as Moscow tries to disrupt supply routes for Western weapons and as its war in Ukraine nears the 18-month mark.Multiple buildings in the region and its namesake capital were damaged in the attack, Lviv Gov. Maksym Kozytskyi said.A multi-story residential building caught fire in the city of Lviv after missile debris fell on it in the early hours of Tuesday, the governor said. Ten other residential buildings were damaged in the Stavchany and Sukhovolya villages outside the city.Lviv Mayor Andriy Sadovyi said one missile hit a yard at a local kindergarten, injuring four people. Sadovyi said the explosion destroyed the kindergarten completely and damaged more t...