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L.A. City Councilman Curren Price Jr. Charged With Embezzlement

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 14:57:32 GMT

Los Angeles City Councilman Curren Price, 79, was reportedly charged with 10 counts of embezzlement, three counts of perjury and two counts of conflict of interest.The charges were first reported by the Los Angeles Times Tuesday and confirmed by a spokesman from the Los Angeles County District Attorney’s Office.Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass has not commented on the charges, but Zach Seidl, a spokesman for Bass said in a statement, “The Mayor has yet to review the charges filed earlier today but she is saddened by this news.”The charges filed on Price come on the heels of former Councilman Mark Ridley-Thomas’ March 30 conviction for corruption charges.The council also lost its 2022 president, Nury Martinez, after a scandal involving leaked tapes with unsavory conversations involving her, and councilmembers Kevin de Leon and Gil Cedillo.In January, former Councilman Jose Huizar pleaded guilty to federal racketeering, conspiracy and tax evasion charges, in connec...

Oakland A’s secure crucial votes in Nevada, close in on $380 million stadium deal

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 14:57:32 GMT

Nevada lawmakers on Tuesday granted the A’s a crucial win in their dreams of a state-of-the-art, $1.5 billion Las Vegas ballpark, part of a whirlwind day for Oakland’s last major sports franchise.The Nevada state Senate voted 13-8 to approve up to $380 million in public money for a stadium on the Vegas strip, setting up a vote in the Assembly that could seal the deal after the team at the 11th hour promised to provide new community benefits.If approved by the Legislature, the bill is widely expected to be signed by Republican Gov. Joe Lombardo.Back home, the East Bay’s most prominent lawmaker went on the offensive Tuesday, announcing new federal legislation — the “Moneyball Act” — that would force the A’s to compensate Oakland if the team does skip town.And at the Coliseum, thousands of fans who have been following the never-ending stadium drama were gearing up to pack Tuesday’s home game for a cathartic release of anger toward b...

Map: 3 killed, 7 injured in attacks in San Jose and Milpitas

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 14:57:32 GMT

Kevin Parkourana, 31, of San Jose, faces 13 felony counts in a June 1 rampage that left three people dead and seven injured in San Jose and Milpitas.The map above shows the path of the attacks, which began shortly after 3 p.m.1/ 3:10 p.m., near Kooser Road and Dellwood Way. The attacker stabbed a person while stealing a Honda minivan. Victim suffered critical injuries2/ Around 3:30 p.m., at a shopping center on Hillsdale Avenue. Another stabbing victim suffered critical injuries during the carjacking of a Honda Pilot.3/ Union and Curtner avenues. A 67-year-old man was knocked to the road when his motorcycle was rear-ended at a red light.4/ Pruneyard shopping center. A woman pushing a shopping cart was struck by a vehicle.5/ Around 4 p.m., Santa Clara & 10th. A car was rear-ended and its driver was stabbed.6/ Around 4:10 p.m., 16th Street near Santa Clara Street. Nguyen Pham, 72, and Phuc Pham, 71, were fatally struck by a vehicle outside their house. Another person who was struc...

Report: Teacher shot by 6-year-old student has resigned

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 14:57:32 GMT

By Ben Finley | Associated PresThe first-grade teacher who was shot by her 6-year-old student in Virginia has resigned from her position, school officials said Tuesday, more than two months after she sued the district for $40 million.The last day of Abby Zwerner’s contract was Monday, Newport News Public Schools said in a statement. The district said that Zwerner notified human resources in March that she wouldn’t be returning next school year.Zwerner, 25, was shot in the hand and chest as she sat at a reading table in her first-grade classroom on Jan. 6. She spent nearly two weeks in the hospital, has endured multiple surgeries and told NBC that she sometimes ” can’t get up out of bed.”Zwerner filed her lawsuit in early April, alleging that school officials ignored multiple warnings that the boy had a gun and was in a violent mood that day.The school board has pushed back, asking a judge to dismiss the case and arguing that Zwerner should get workers c...

Oakland: Infant girl overdoses on fentanyl but survives, mother charged with child abuse

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 14:57:32 GMT

OAKLAND — A city resident has been arrested and charged with felony child abuse after her infant daughter went unconscious from a suspected fentanyl overdose, but survived after emergency responders administered an antidote, court records show.The woman, a 27-year-old Oakland resident, was charged with child an abuse and an enhancement alleging the victim was vulnerable. She pleaded not guilty at a May 12 court appearance, and was released from jail 11 days later after a bond hearing, court records show.The woman was arrested May 10 after calling 9-1-1 to report her infant daughter was breathing but unconscious and unresponsive, according to court records. When police arrived, she told them she had an empty container that had previously held fentanyl, which she believed her daughter had touched while she was asleep.Though the container was empty, authorities say it contained enough of the deadly drug for the young girl to ingest. The girl was given Narcan and transferred to a ...

Police investigating shooting at Antioch birthday party that left 18-year-old woman dead

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 14:57:32 GMT

ANTIOCH, Calif. (AP) — A shooting broke out at a birthday party crashed by uninvited guests, leaving 18-year-old Nadia Tirado dead and six wounded in Northern California, police said.The shooting happened early Sunday during a birthday party for a 19-year-old man at a home in Antioch, about 45 miles (72 kilometers) northeast of San Francisco, the Antioch Police Department said in a statement. Those responsible for the violence fled before officers arrived and no one was arrested, police said.Some of the victims drove themselves to local hospitals after “a panic where attendees ... fled in multiple directions and into the neighborhood,” according to police, who noted that they responded to multiple 911 calls about the shooting just before 1 a.m.The 18-year-old woman was taken to a hospital, where she died. Wounded guests included four other women, ages 19 and 20, and two men, age 18 and 19, police said. Their injuries were not life-threatening.Tirado's aunt Sandra Rangel said her nie...

Enough fentanyl to kill 900K people seized in Bay Bridge traffic stop

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 14:57:32 GMT

SAN FRANCISCO (KRON) -- Two pounds of fentanyl -- enough to kill 900,000 people -- along with other drugs were seized when a car driven by two juveniles was stopped on the Bay Bridge earlier this month, according to the California Highway Patrol. A CHP Golden Gate Division officer conducted an enforcement stop on the vehicle for a vehicle code violation on Friday, June 2. The vehicle was heading west on the bridge at the time. Suspect wanted in East Palo Alto sexual assault considered armed and dangerous The officer conducting the stop learned that the vehicle's two occupants were both juveniles and neither had identification. After being granted permission to search the vehicle, officers discovered nearly two pounds of fentanyl, methamphetamine and supplies to package the drugs for sale.Two pounds of fentanyl is enough to deliver over 900,000 lethal doses, police said. It takes as little was two milligrams of fentanyl for an adult to overdose. Without immediate intervention, an o...

Missing man with dementia sought by San Leandro PD

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 14:57:32 GMT

(KRON) -- The San Leandro Police Department is searching for a missing man who is considered at-risk, according to a social post from the department. Wayman Hall is described as 5'11", 120 pounds with brown/gray hair and brown eyes.Hall is 72 years old and was last seen on Tuesday when he left his residence for a doctor's appointment around 10 a.m. He never arrived. A’s stadium bill approved by Nevada State Senate Hall is considered at-risk because he has dementia. However, police say he is able to care for himself and drive. He was last seen wearing a maroon t-shirt and blue cargo shirts. He was driving a 2012 gran Honda Crosstour with CA license plate number 6YDV808.Anyone who sees Hall is asked to call the San Leandro Police Department at (510) 577-1700.

Homa comes home: Los Angeles’ own Max Homa aims for major breakout at US Open

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 14:57:32 GMT

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Max Homa knows he could walk around Los Angeles Country Club this week like he owns the place.After all, he’s returning to his hometown to play in the 123rd U.S. Open, and he’s doing it at a hallowed venue where he set the course record with a 61 at the Pac-12 championships a decade ago.Homa will have big, loud, supportive galleries at this Beverly Hills-adjacent golf haven while he chases his first major title this week. He already tasted that atmosphere Tuesday when he played his practice round with Michael Kim, his college teammate at California when he shot that course-record 61.“On a regular basis I get people yelling my college if they went there, (but) getting people yelling my high school is different, so that’s been awesome,” Homa said. “It’s just a really great golf course in my favorite city in the world.”Homa is already one of the most interesting players on the PGA Tour, and his latest return to LA has the potential to be a landmark moment...

German court orders Cologne archdiocese to pay clergy abuse victim over $300,000

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 14:57:32 GMT

BERLIN (AP) — A court on Tuesday ordered a German diocese to pay 300,000 euros ($323,000) in compensation to a former altar boy who was repeatedly abused by a Catholic priest in the 1970s, a ruling that a victims’ association said was the first of its kind in Germany.The state court in Cologne ruled in a case in which the plaintiff, a man now aged 62 who was raped and otherwise abused more than 300 times by a now-deceased priest, had sought 750,000 euros from the Cologne archdiocese, German news agency dpa reported. The archdiocese decided against invoking the statute of limitations in the case.Presiding Judge Stephan Singbartl said that the court hadn’t ordered higher compensation because the victim’s life fortunately hadn’t been destroyed, noting that he had married, had children and been able to work.The German church has been making voluntary payments to abuse survivors. Victims’ groups criticized the amounts as too small. A system that took effect ...