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Victim met suspects in nightclub, invited them home. Jan. 20 Recovered stolen vehicle: At 11:30 a.m., deputies recovered a vehicle, previously stolen from Fontana, in the 14000 block of Elva Avenue. Jan. 21 Identity theft: A Saratoga resident reported responding to a job offer from someone on an employment-focused social media platform. The victim ultimately provided the suspect(s) with personal information only to discover it was a scam. No financial loss was reported. Jan. 23 Vehicle thefts: The victim reported two vehicles were stolen from a residence in the 12000 block of Paseo Presada sometime between 2022 and 2025. The…
Public utilities can bill directly for hundreds of millions of dollars in shareholder returns despite being in what critics call a lower-risk business. Power lines in Sacramento on Sept. 20, 2022. Electric bills include fees for utilities’ return on equity, which critics say have grown excessive in California. (Rahul Lal, CalMatters) By Malena Carollo | CalMatters Making sense of the alphabet soup of charges on a monthly power bill is challenge enough. But there’s a surprising cost baked into customers’ bills that doesn’t have its own line item. A portion of each payment goes directly in the pockets of shareholders.…
SJSU football coach Ken Niumatalolo was the keynote speaker at the annual banquet held in honor of the late Los Gatos coach who fought ALS. Lucy Wedemeyer, wife of Charlie Wedemeyer, hugs South’s Kai Hamiltons (81) before the start of the 49th annual Wedemeyer All-Star Game at Los Gatos High School in Los Gatos, Calif., on Saturday, Feb. 3, 2024. The South defeated the North 28-6. (Jose Carlos Fajardo/Bay Area News Group) SAN JOSE – The late Charlie Wedemeyer is known in the South Bay as a great Los Gatos High football coach and by the nation as a man…
The 29-year-old woman noticed her killer, attempted to drive away, and was fatally shot behind the wheel of her car, police said. OAKLAND — Police here have identified a woman who was shot and killed at a gas station earlier this month while attempting to drive away from her killer. Darnesha Williams, 29, of Oakland, was fatally shot around 11:56 p.m. on Jan. 2, at the Kwik Serv gas station in the 2200 block of East 12th Street. Police say that Williams got into an Audi at the gas station and was attempting to drive away when another woman opened fire…
NHL: San Jose Sharks center Mikael Granlund was named an assistant captain for Finland’s 4 Nations Face-Off team Sharks general manage Mike Grier listens to questions during a season ticket holder event at the SAP Center in San Jose, Calif., on Tuesday, Jan. 28, 2025. (Nhat V. Meyer/Bay Area News Group) SAN JOSE – Even if it made sense for the San Jose Sharks, there’s no way general manager Mike Grier would ask Finnish-born center Mikael Granlund – a pending unrestricted free agent – to skip the 4 Nations Face-Off to help ensure he stays healthy and preserves his trade…
Advocating for his father’s art, Tony Sheets’ late-in-life calling, resulted in saving many examples that otherwise would have been lost. Patrick Tehan/Bay Area News Group Archives Tony Sheets touches up a mural by his father, Millard, at Mineta International Airport in San Jose in 2011. Tony Sheets helped preserve his father’s mural, which was created as a gift to mark San Jose’s bicentennial. Tony Sheets died in December at the age of 82. Tony Sheets went his own way as an artist, rarely working directly with his famous father. But in later years, Millard Sheets’ legacy became his son’s. In 2008, a…
A woman was arrested Wednesday after authorities say she abandoned seven reptiles in a Coral Springs apartment last year, leading to the deaths of five of them. Leer en español The first incident occurred when Coral Springs police said officers responded to a trespassing call at an apartment on Ramblewood Drive in September 2024. According to authorities, MAA Coral Springs, the property management company of the apartment complex, notified police that a former tenant had vacated the unit days earlier. When staff entered, they found Laura Lee Fritter, of Pompano Beach, her boyfriend, and a dog inside, the report stated.…
Three of President Donald Trump’s cabinet picks prepared to face skepticism and intense grilling from Democratic senators during their confirmation hearings Thursday. What we’re following: 1. Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s second hearing: Kennedy will have the second of two confirmation hearings for his Health and Human Services Secretary nomination. He will appear before the Health Committee a day after his hearing before the Finance Committee . 2. Tulsi Gabbard for DNI Secretary: Gabbard, Trump’s pick to be director of national intelligence, is expected to face tough questions from the Senate Intelligence Committee over past comments about Russia and a 2017…
Apple on Thursday disclosed its iPhone sales dipped slightly during the holiday-season quarter, signaling a sluggish start to the trendsetting company’s effort to catch up to the rest of Big Tech in the race to bring artificial intelligence to the masses. The iPhone’s roughly 1% drop in revenue from the previous year’s October-December period wasn’t entirely unexpected, given the first software update enabling the device’s AI features didn’t arrive until just before Halloween, and the technology still isn’t available in many markets outside the U.S. The countries still awaiting Apple’s AI suite include China, a key market where the company…
Authorities are offering a reward for information leading to an arrest after a woman was killed in a hit-and-run crash Wednesday night in Oakland Park, according to the Broward Sheriff’s Office. Deputies said the crash happened near Northwest 38th Street and Northwest Ninth Avenue, where a driver struck a pedestrian walking in the roadway and then fled the scene. The woman was pronounced dead at the scene, according to detectives. Investigators believe the suspect was driving a light blue 2005-2009 Land Rover Sport SUV with damage to the passenger-side bumper, headlight, and hood. The Broward Sheriff’s Office Traffic Homicide Unit…
Police officers reported Thursday that a 15-year-old Broward County boy faced a criminal charge after he used a Snapchat group to write a threat to “shoot up” a school. According to the Pembroke Pines Police Department, the South Broward High School student wrote threats against Charles W. Flanagan High School on Wednesday night. One of the students who was participating in the Snapchat group was scared enough to call 911 to report it and police officers later responded to the student’s home. Police officers arrested the 10th-grade student and took him to the juvenile assessment center. He was facing a…
Democrats sounded off about the White House sending U.S. troops to the southern border, but Army secretary nominee Daniel Driscoll insisted that he did not believe it would affect readiness. “Is there a cost in terms of readiness?” Sen. Jack Reed, D-R.I., the top Democrat in the Senate Armed Services Committee, asked Driscoll during his confirmation hearing on Thursday. “The Army has a long, 249 history of balancing multiple objectives,” Driscoll said. “If this is important to the commander-in-chief, the Army will execute it.” “I think border security is national security,” he went on. “We’ve had soldiers at the border…
The fatal collision between an American Airlines passenger jet and a U.S. Army helicopter at Reagan International Airport on Wednesday night was likely a culmination of factors, according to aviation attorney Jim Brauchle, who says “we’ve been lucky” there haven’t been more air accidents. Brauchle is a former U.S. Air Force navigator who now represents families of victims involved in aviation disasters, including the 2019 Boeing 737 Max 8 crash that killed 157 persons in Ethiopia shortly after takeoff and a 2014 Army Black Hawk helicopter crash that killed a soldier and seriously injured two others on board during a…
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Sen. Elizabeth Warren, D-Mass., told the co-hosts of “The View” on Thursday that RFK Jr. would leave the U.S. and children with “no vaccines,” while talking about her exchange with the Health and Human Services nominee from Wednesday. “Robert Kennedy has made a lot of money promoting these anti-vaxx ideas,” Warren alleged. She continued, “He also now owns a piece of the action in lawsuits against the vaccine companies, so if somebody sues one of the vaccine companies, gets $10 million in the lawsuit, Robert Kennedy makes a cool one million.” “If he gets to be the head of HHS,…
After years of waiting tables at Peter Luger in Brooklyn, he opened Wolfgang’s Steakhouse in Manhattan, the first of 35 restaurants around the world. After years of waiting tables at Peter Luger in Brooklyn, he opened Wolfgang’s Steakhouse in Manhattan, the first of 35 restaurants around the world. After years of waiting tables at Peter Luger in Brooklyn, he opened Wolfgang’s Steakhouse in Manhattan, the first of 35 restaurants around the world. Wolfgang Zwiener, who immigrated to New York City from Germany in 1960, ferried thousands of hissing platters of porterhouse to the oak tables as a waiter at Peter…
The New York City mayor took a combative tone in a speech to clergy members after several days of absence from public appearances. The New York City mayor took a combative tone in a speech to clergy members after several days of absence from public appearances. The New York City mayoral race was thrown into uncertainty by news that the Trump administration was considering dropping the charges against Eric Adams. On Wednesday night, as the candidates looking to unseat Mayor Eric Adams prepared for a forum at a synagogue on Manhattan’s Upper West Side, news of a potential game-changer made…
Marc Molinaro, a former Republican congressman, would steer the Federal Transit Administration, which supports mass transit systems nationwide. Marc Molinaro, a former Republican congressman, would steer the Federal Transit Administration, which supports mass transit systems nationwide. Marc Molinaro, a former Republican congressman, would steer the Federal Transit Administration, which supports mass transit systems nationwide. Marc Molinaro, a former congressman and an outspoken critic of New York City’s new congestion pricing program, has been chosen by President Trump to lead the federal agency that supports the nation’s public transportation systems, according to two officials familiar with the matter. The White House…