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L.A. Mayor Karen Bass poses in denim jeans to show support for sexual violence survivors

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:41:59 GMT

Los Angeles Mayor Bass posed wearing jeans for Denim Day along with millions of people across the world to raise awareness, educate, and support victims of sexual violence. Founded in 1999 by the Peace Over Violence nonprofit, Denim Day is held in April in honor of Sexual Assault Awareness Month to show solidarity and support for survivors. The movement was founded in response to a 1992 Italian Supreme Court ruling where a rape conviction was overturned because the court suggested that the victim may have played a role in the incident because she was wearing tight jeans. Women in the Italian Parliament wore jeans to work the next day in solidarity with the victim.Community members, elected officials, and citizens are encouraged to wear jeans on Denim Day to show their support and stand against the misconceptions of sexual violence.“Each year, #DenimDay reaffirms our commitment to standing in solidarity with and supporting survivors of sexual assault,” Mayor Bass tweeted. Please...

Man with stolen forklift allegedly tried to ram people in Orange County

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:41:59 GMT

A man was arrested for allegedly stealing a forklift and attempting to ram people in Costa Mesa on Tuesday night.Officers received reports that a male suspect had stolen a forklift from a construction site around 7 p.m. and smashed through a chain link gate onto Rochester Street.The forklift was still carrying the chain link gate when it struck another car driving by, police said. The gate was later left in the middle of the street which caused a traffic hazard.A witness said the suspect continued driving on 19th Street while attempting to ram people with the forklift.A male suspect driving a stolen forklift was arrested in Costa Mesa on April 25, 2023. (Costa Mesa Police Department) Newport Beach police located the thief on Pacific Coast Highway and alerted Costa Mesa officers. The suspect was taken into custody and booked on multiple charges including stolen vehicle, burglary, and felony vandalism.

Civic Center BART Station closed, trains delayed

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:41:59 GMT

SAN FRANCISCO (KRON) -- Police activity at the Civic Center BART station caused major delays across BART on Wednesday evening. BART announced at 6:01 p.m. that the Civic Center station was closed due to police activity. Officials have not released details about what caused the police presence. "There is a major delay at San Francisco stations in the SFO, Millbrae, Daly City and East Bay directions due to police activity," BART said.Muni is providing bus service between the 16th Street, Civic Center and Powell stations as BART is delayed. This is a developing story. Stick with us for updates.

Elizabeth Holmes dodges prison, for now

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:41:59 GMT

SAN JOSE, Calif. (KRON) -- The clock is ticking for Silicon Valley's disgraced celebrity Elizabeth Holmes. The 39-year-old former Theranos CEO was ordered by a federal judge to report to prison by Thursday to begin serving an 11-year sentence for fraud.Holmes's defense attorneys, however, filed an 11th-hour appeal to her prison deadline that will keep Holmes out of jail for at least a few more weeks.Holmes, 39, of Woodside, was once a self-made billionaire and a superstar in the Silicon Valley biotech industry. After Theranos whistleblowers alerted investigators that the company's blood testing technology produced false results, prosecutors charged Holmes and her co-conspirator, Ramesh "Sunny" Balwani with fraud and conspiracy in 2018. Former Theranos CEO Elizabeth Holmes alongside her boyfriend Billy Evans, walks back to her hotel following a hearing at the Robert E. Peckham U.S. Courthouse on March 17, 2023 in San Jose. (Photo by Philip Pacheco / Getty Images)They were convicted i...

Alameda restaurant burglary caught on video

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:41:59 GMT

ALAMEDA, Calif. (KRON) -- An Alameda restaurant is recovering from a costly theft. Surveillance video shows two suspects breaking in and stealing more than $20,000 in cash and electronics from Alley and Vine off Park Street.Just after 3 p.m. Monday morning, two suspects wearing masks broke through the front window of Alley & Vine in Alameda, taking their time to steal a register and safe behind the bar, then storing it somewhere outside before returning and taking more. Surveillance video captures moments after 15-month-old baby shot in Oakland "They found, back there, an empty box and they start filling out with, you know, some random stuff," said Francisco Bazo, co-founder of the restaurant.The random stuff included bottles of wine and liquor.When the thieves went upstairs Bazo said they took another safe, laptops and a tablet. The loss exceeded $20,000 in cash and electronics and, several thousand more in damages."Just to replace that window is $2,000," said Bazo.Bazo said ...

Calls for more funding for Bay Area transit agencies

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:41:59 GMT

(KRON) -- Public transit agencies are not recovering fast enough from the pandemic, and if the state doesn’t step in, irreversible service cuts will soon become the normal across California.“Right now, we have an emergency where in the next 12 to 24 months we’re going to see massive debilitating cuts by transit agencies that are going to be potentially impossible to reverse,” said California State Senator Scott Wiener.Weiner said the funding issue facing public transit agencies across the state is not about whether trains and buses will run on time, but whether they will run at all. Victim seriously injured in SF shooting “At the depth of the pandemic, our ridership had fallen by 90-95 percent on many of these systems. Ridership is recovering, but it’s not recovering quick enough,” said Wiener.This downturn in riders has led to a downturn in revenue, which Wiener said means dramatic service cuts unless the governor changes course and state legislators agree to provide five billion...

Appeals court rejects Trump effort to block Pence testimony

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:41:59 GMT

WASHINGTON (AP) — A federal appeals court on Wednesday night moved former Vice President Mike Pence closer to appearing before a grand jury investigating efforts to undo the results of the 2020 presidential election, rejecting a bid by former President Donald Trump’s lawyers to block the testimony.It was not immediately clear what day Pence might appear before the grand jury, which for months has been investigating the events preceding the Jan. 6, 2021, insurrection at the U.S. Capitol and efforts by Trump and his allies to subvert the election outcome. But Pence’s testimony, coming as he moves closer to entering the 2024 presidential race, would be a milestone moment in the investigation and would likely give prosecutors a key first-person account as they press forward with their inquiry.The order from the three-judge panel of the U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals was sealed and none of the parties are mentioned by name in online court records. But the appeal in the sealed ...

CNBC: los mejores y peores estados para jubilados basado en la atención médica, bienestar, seguridad y más

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:41:59 GMT

Existe mucha orientación sobre los mejores lugares en Estados Unidos, e incluso en todo el mundo, para que los jubilados pasen sus años dorados. Las listas suelen considerar factores importantes como el costo de vida y la vivienda. Pero si la atención médica y el bienestar general son lo más importante, también hay una lista para usted. Scholaroo, una plataforma que ayuda a los estudiantes a encontrar becas, analizó datos de los 50 estados de EEUU para crear una lista de los mejores estados para jubilarse en 2023, según cinco categorías: CNBC: estas son las 10 ciudades más ricas del mundo; tres de ellas están en EEUU CNBC: estas son las universidades que proveen la mayor ayuda financiera • Cuidado de la salud • Bienestar • Seguridad • Asequibilidad • EntretenimientoLa categoría de atención médica considera la calidad de los hospitales públicos, la cantidad de hogares de ancianos disponibles per cápita, la esperanza de vida y más. ...

Contreras, Bae, Delay lead Pirates to 8-1 win over Dodgers

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:41:59 GMT

PITTSBURGH (AP) — Roansy Contreras gave up two hits in six scoreless innings while Ji Hwan Bae and Jason Delay had three hits each in the Pittsburgh Pirates’ 8-1 victory over the Los Angeles Dodgers on Wednesday night.Contreras (3-1) took a no-hitter into the sixth inning before Austin Wynns broke it up with a leadoff single and Freddie Freeman singled with one out. Contreras escaped the jam and preserved a 2-0 lead by getting Jason Heyward and James Outman to fly out.Contreras struck out five and walked two.Hitting in the bottom two spots of the batting order, Bae stole three bases and Delay drove in three runs. Bae raised his season steal total to 10 and became the first Pirates player to steal multiple baes in back-to-back games since Starling Marte in 2017.Rodolfo Castro added two hits for the Pirates, who won for the eighth time in nine games to improve to 17-8. Pittsburgh has the best record in the National League after losing 101 games in 2021 and 100 games in 2022.Despite th...

Tucker Carlson rompe el silencio tras su salida de Fox News

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:41:59 GMT

(CNN) — Tucker Carlson rompió el silencio la noche de este miércoles al publicar un breve video en línea luego de su abrupta salida de Fox News a principios de semana, pero no se refirió directamente a la situación con la cadena ni a su futuro.El presentador de ultraderecha no dijo mucho en el disperso mensaje de dos minutos. Sin embargo, hizo un comentario crítico sobre el estado de los noticieros de televisión y atacó los debates que se producen al aire como “increíblemente estúpidos” y “completamente irrelevantes.”Tucker Carlson sale de Fox News“Dentro de cinco años, ni siquiera recordaremos que los tuvimos”, dijo Carlson. “Créanme como alguien que ha participado”.Carlson concluyó el video con un mensaje oscuro: “¿Dónde puedes encontrar todavía a estadounidenses diciendo cosas verdaderas? No quedan muchos lugares, pero hay algunos. Y con eso basta. Mientras puedas oír las palabras, hay esperanza”.“Hasta pront...