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Former Alameda County prosecutor appears in court on misdemeanor charge

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:48:57 GMT

A former Alameda County prosecutor — and one of the loudest critics of his former boss, District Attorney Pamela Price — appeared in court on Monday amid allegations he interfered with the prosecution of a San Leandro police officer.Amilcar “Butch” Ford was arraigned before Alameda County Superior Court Judge James Cramer on a misdemeanor charge of defending after public prosecution as the prosecutor. Ford — who now works for the San Francisco District Attorney’s Office — could be disbarred if convicted.Appearing in a black suit, Ford spoke little during the hearing while flanked by three attorneys. Several of his supporters sat in the gallery — among them multiple former Alameda County prosecutors who resigned after Price took office, including Stacie Pettigrew and Charly Weissenbach. Also on hand to support Ford was Matt Finnegan, an attorney with the local union representing Alameda County prosecutors.Prosecutor Leah Abraham did not...

Sale closed in Palo Alto: $3.5 million for a four-bedroom home

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:48:57 GMT

835 Ross Court – Google Street ViewThe property located in the 800 block of Ross Court in Palo Alto was sold on July 7, 2023. The $3,500,000 purchase price works out to $1,942 per square foot. The house, built in 1956, has an interior space of 1,802 square feet. This single-story home offers a spacious layout with four bedrooms and two baths. Inside, a fireplace enhances the ambiance of the living area. Additionally, the house features a two-car garage. The property encompasses a generous 6,552 square feet of land, featuring abundant outdoor space and a pool.These nearby houses have also recently been purchased:A 1,817-square-foot home on the 800 block of Ames Avenue in Palo Alto sold in April 2023, for $3,000,000, a price per square foot of $1,651. The home has 3 bedrooms and 2 bathrooms.On Holly Oak Drive, Palo Alto, in September 2022, a 2,384-square-foot home was sold for $4,200,000, a price per square foot of $1,762. The home has 5 bedrooms and 2 bathrooms.In February 2023, a 1,...

Idaho mom faces sentencing in her childrens’ deaths

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:48:57 GMT

By Rebecca Boone | Associated PressBOISE, Idaho — Idaho mother Lori Vallow Daybell faces up to life in prison without parole Monday as she is sentenced in the murders of her two youngest children and a romantic rival in a case that included bizarre claims that her son and daughter were zombies and that she was a goddess sent to usher in the Biblical apocalypse.Vallow Daybell was found guilty in May of killing her two youngest children, 7-year-old Joshua “JJ” Vallow and 16-year-old Tylee Ryan, as well as conspiring to kill Tammy Daybell, her fifth husband’s previous wife.The husband, Chad Daybell, is awaiting trial on the same murder charges. Vallow Daybell also faces two other cases in Arizona — one on a charge of conspiring with her brother to kill her fourth husband, Charles Vallow, and one of conspiring to kill her niece’s ex-husband. Charles Vallow was shot and killed in 2019, but her niece’s ex survived an attempt later that year.At the Fremont Cou...

Elon Musk threatens to sue researchers who documented the rise in hateful tweets

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:48:57 GMT

BY DAVID KLEPPER | Associated PressWASHINGTON  — X, the social media platform formerly known as Twitter, has threatened to sue a group of independent researchers whose research documented an increase in hate speech on the site since it was purchased last year by Elon Musk.An attorney representing the social media site wrote to the Center for Countering Digital Hate on July 20 threatening legal action over the nonprofit’s research into hate speech and content moderation. The letter alleged that CCDH’s research publications seem intended “to harm Twitter’s business by driving advertisers away from the platform with incendiary claims.”Musk is a self-professed free speech absolutist who has welcomed back white supremacists and election deniers to the platform, which he renamed X earlier this month. But the billionaire has at times proven sensitive about critical speech directed at him or his companies.The center is a nonprofit with offices in the U.S. and United Kingdom. It regularly pu...

Oakland murder suspect and victim were friends, tied by illicit business and drug cartel connection, police say

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:48:57 GMT

OAKLAND — Last May, when 53-year-old Elk Grove resident William Lusk was arrested in Florida for allegedly possessing a pound of cocaine and distribution quantities of fentanyl, he allegedly told police that his close friend who had a drug cartel connection had been gunned down in Oakland months earlier.Police in Jacksonville, Fla. didn’t know it at the time, but back on the west coast, authorities were still investigating the homicide of 57-year-old Delondo Bellamy, and Lusk was the prime suspect. They believed that Lusk had used a cellphone app to hide his number and disguise himself as a woman, then lure Bellamy to a location where he could safely gun him down.Now, after a police investigation that spanned four months, prosecutors have charged Lusk with killing Bellamy in the March 29 Oakland shooting. He was booked into Santa Rita Jail in Dublin on July 27 and remains there on a no-bail hold, court records show.The police investigation was based largely on phone reco...

Family mourns loss of brother, dog in San Pablo fire

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:48:57 GMT

(KRON) -- A man and his family dog died in a duplex fire in San Pablo on Friday, and his family is raising funds to help with his burial services. Nima Momeni due back in SF court with new attorney Armando Cabrera lived with his dog, Seymour, and his siblings in a duplex on Dover Avenue when a fire sparked in the residence. When first responders arrived, they found Cabrera unresponsive. (Photo courtesy of GoFundMe and Cabrera family)He was later declared dead at the scene. Seymour also died in the fire. "He leaves behind a great void in our hearts and sadness. He lived with us, his siblings and we lost it all," the Cabrera family wrote. The family has raised more than $4,000 since the fundraiser began on Sunday.

Semi-truck carrying 40,000 pounds of chocolate goes up in flames

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:48:57 GMT

(KTXL) -- A semi-truck carrying 40,000 pounds of chocolate went up in flames on Monday morning in Placer County, according to CAL FIRE Nevada-Yuba-Placer. At around 4:30 a.m., crews responded to the area of Interstate 80 and Highway 174 near Colfax for reports of a commercial vehicle fire. Short staffing causes closure of Valley Springs fire station When crews arrived on scene they found a fully involved fire in the trailer of the semi-truck and were able to keep the flames from spreading into the surrounding forestland. No injuries were reported.

World Tour Citi Open Results

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:48:57 GMT

MondayAt Willian H.G. FitzGerald Tennis CenterWashingtonPurse: $2,013,940Surface: Hardcourt outdoorWASHINGTON (AP) _ Results Monday from Citi Open at Willian H.G. FitzGerald Tennis Center (seedings in parentheses):Men’s SinglesRound of 64Juncheng Shang, China, def. Emilio Gomez, Ecuador, 6-3, 6-3.Emil Ruusuvuori, Finland, def. Constant Lestienne, France, 6-4, 6-4.Women’s SinglesRound of 32Belinda Bencic (6), Switzerland, def. Anastasia Potapova, Russia, 6-5, ret.Liudmila Samsonova (8), Russia, def. Danielle Collins, United States, 6-1, 6-3.Women’s DoublesRound of 16Lyudmyla Kichenok and Nadiia Kichenok, Ukraine, def. Aldila Sutjiadi, Indonesia, and Miyu Kato (4), Japan, 6-4, 6-3.Source

The first US nuclear reactor built from scratch in decades enters commercial operation in Georgia

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:48:57 GMT

FILE - Units 3, left, and 4 and their cooling towers stand at Georgia Power Co.'s Plant Vogtle nuclear power plant, Jan. 20, 2023, in Waynesboro, Ga. Federal nuclear regulators announced on Friday, July 28, that they had cleared Georgia Power and its co-owners to load radioactive fuel into Unit 4, shown at right, the second of two new reactors on the site. (AP Photo/John Bazemore, File)(AP/John Bazemore) FILE - Units 3, left, and 4 and their cooling towers stand at Georgia Power Co.'s Plant Vogtle nuclear power plant, Jan. 20, 2023, in Waynesboro, Ga. Federal nuclear regulators announced on Friday, July 28, that they had cleared Georgia Power and its co-owners to load radioactive fuel into Unit 4, shown at right, the second of two new reactors on the site. (AP Pho...

Broncos receiver Tim Patrick carted off field with right leg injury

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:48:57 GMT

ENGLEWOOD, Colo. (AP) — Broncos wide receiver Tim Patrick was carted off the field Monday with a left leg injury almost a year after he tore his right ACL at training camp.There was no immediate word on the nature or extent of Patrick’s injury, but it appeared to be a serious setback for the 29-year-old who was embarking on a comeback after missing all of last season.Patrick was participating in a 7-on-7 drill with the Broncos in full pads for the first time and his left leg buckled as he pushed off to run a route. He yelled out in pain and threw his helmet as coach Sean Payton, quarterback Russell Wilson and receiver Courtland Sutton were among the first to rush over to him.He was helped onto a cart and taken inside the team’s headquarters as the crowd of some 3,000 fans fell silent.Patrick was the team’s No. 1 receiver going into last season when he tore his right ACL in a noncontact drill on Aug. 2. He was a projected starter again this summer even in a crowded ...