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Man dies in Hayward Interstate 880 freeway crash

Published Tue, 24 Dec 2024 00:33:24 GMT

HAYWARD — A 27-year-old Newark man died Sunday night on Interstate 880 when the car he was driving crashed into a wall and center divider as he tried to avoid a disabled vehicle on the freeway, the California Highway Patrol said Monday.The name of the man killed was not immediately released.The CHP said the fatal crash happened about 9:21 p.m. in the northbound lanes of I-880 south of Whipple Road.The CHP said a Honda CR-V sustained a flat tire and began making its way to the right shoulder of the freeway.According to a news release, the CHP said the Newark man was driving a 2009 Dodge Charger behind the Honda “at a high rate of speed and swerved aggressively around the right side of the Honda, losing control.”The Charger then struck the wall on the right shoulder, traveled across all lanes and crashed into the concrete center divider, the CHP said.The CHP said the Charger driver, the only occupant of the vehicle, was pronounced dead at the scene. The CHP said he w...

Report: Kerik meeting with special counsel investigators

Published Tue, 24 Dec 2024 00:33:24 GMT

By Abby Baggini, Paula Reid and Marshall Cohen | CNNDonald Trump ally Bernie Kerik met Monday with special counsel Jack Smith’s investigators who are handling the probe related to the 2020 election aftermath and the January 6, 2021, insurrection.The interview largely focused on what Trump’s former attorney Rudy Giuliani did to prove that really won the election, Kerik’s attorney told CNN.Kerik’s and his attorney were spotted by CNN arriving Monday morning and leaving after roughly five hours. This is the first public sign of activity by the special counsel’s team after it filed landmark criminal charges against the former president last week.Kerik, the former New York City police commissioner, is a longtime associate of Giuliani and coordinated with him during the contentious post-election period.Trump was indicted last week in connection with the probe. He pleaded not guilty to all charges, including conspiring to obstruct the 2020 election certification and conspiring to deprive A...

This Bay Area school district is already back in the classroom for the 2023-24 school year

Published Tue, 24 Dec 2024 00:33:24 GMT

At just past 8 a.m. on Monday morning, Gregory Nash called out to a group of children walking toward Oakland’s Hoover Elementary School.“Welcome to school guys!” shouted Nash, who works as a family liaison at Hoover. He leaned down to collect a series of tiny, haphazard high-fives. “We’re back!”It was the first day of school at Hoover and all 77 schools at Oakland Unified — one of first of the Bay Area’s large public school districts to start the 2023-2024 academic year. As kids streamed through Hoover’s gates, the courtyard began to fill with excitement. Kids ran to greet their friends while parents checked the class assignments; teachers waved to old students and greeted the new ones.“I feel amazing and nervous,” said 6-year-old Daniel Lands, a newly minted first-grader. “I just graduated from kindergarten, so I hope I make some friends.”Those feelings were echoed by moms, dads, and teachers across the school, especially in light of how last year ended. In May, a strik...

DeSantis: ‘Of course’ Donald Trump lost the 2020 election

Published Tue, 24 Dec 2024 00:33:24 GMT

By Michelle L. Price | Associated PressNEW YORK — Republican presidential candidate Ron DeSantis said definitively that rival Donald Trump lost the 2020 election, an acknowledgement the Florida governor made after years of equivocating answers.“Of course he lost,” DeSantis said in an interview with NBC News posted Monday. “Joe Biden’s the president.”DeSantis has often sidestepped questions about whether he believes the 2020 election results were legitimate. But in recent days he has started publicly questioning the lies that Trump and his allies have made about the election’s legitimacy.Federal and state election officials and Trump’s own attorney general said there was no credible evidence the election’s outcome was affected by fraud. The former president’s allegations were also roundly rejected by courts at the time, including judges he appointed.Last week, Trump was charged by Justice Department special counsel Jack Smith with...

Former Oakland A’s outfielder claimed off waivers by Cleveland

Published Tue, 24 Dec 2024 00:33:24 GMT

Ramón Laureano, who was designated for assignment by the Oakland A’s over the weekend, has landed in the middle of a division playoff race.The 29-year-old outfielder was claimed off waivers by Cleveland and figures to move right into the middle of the Guardians’ outfield mix.Laureano goes from the team with the worst record in baseball (32-80) to a team battling for the A.L. Central title. Cleveland (54-58) trails Minnesota by just 4.5 games. The Guardians likely will have to win the Central to return to the playoffs for the second year in a row. They entered the day 8.5 games out of the final spot in the AL wild-card race.The A’s placed Laureano, who appeared to be a budding star for the franchise in 2019, to make room for the return of center fielder Esteury Ruiz from the 10-day injured list. But it also could signal that top prospect Lawrence Butler might soon arrive in Oakland.Butler, 23, had a breakout spring training despite never playing a game above Single-...

Health officials looking for more Legionnaire's disease cases

Published Tue, 24 Dec 2024 00:33:24 GMT

(BCN) -- Health officials are looking for people who may have been at the Zen Day Spa in Richmond over the past two weeks, which was visited by three people -- including two who died last week -- who recently contracted Legionnaire's disease. Contra Costa County Board of Supervisors Chairperson John Gioia, who represents Richmond on the board, said Monday that it's critical for anyone who visited the spa come forward immediately. Elderly woman and boy stabbed to death in San Jose home Gioia is also calling on Contra Costa Health to investigate and identify unpermitted spas throughout the county. He said Zen Day Spa didn't have the required county environmental health permit from the health department and he's waiting to find out if it had a required use permit from the City of Richmond. "Right now, the emphasis is tracking down people who were there the past two weeks," Gioia said. "It's a bit like contact tracing." The spa was closed Friday after two people died on T...

Cool temperatures expected this week, along with possible drizzle

Published Tue, 24 Dec 2024 00:33:24 GMT

(BCN) -- Cooler temperatures are expected to persist in the Bay Area for the next few days accompanied by a slight chance of drizzle later in the week. The high-pressure system that brought hot temperatures to the region over the weekend is being pushed out by a low coming in from the Pacific Northwest, according to the National Weather Service. And while warm summer sunshine will persist through Monday, cooler temperatures are expected to arrive Tuesday and should last through the end of the week. The changing conditions will bring cooler breezes off the ocean, a thicker layer of clouds and the possibility of a little precipitation, said Weather Service meteorologist Sean Miller. Man dies after being rescued from water near Harbor Bay in Alameda "We'll see some patchy fog but we may even see some drizzle here and there, as well, later into the week," Miller said. "When the marine layer gets deeper, it tends to drizzle a little bit." Temperatures across the Bay Area ar...

Golub Capital BDC: Fiscal Q3 Earnings Snapshot

Published Tue, 24 Dec 2024 00:33:24 GMT

NEW YORK (AP) — NEW YORK (AP) — Golub Capital BDC Inc. (GBDC) on Monday reported profit of $73 million in its fiscal third quarter.The New York-based company said it had net income of 43 cents per share. Earnings, adjusted for amortization costs and investment costs, were 44 cents per share.The business development company posted revenue of $154.7 million in the period._____This story was generated by Automated Insights (http://automatedinsights.com/ap) using data from Zacks Investment Research. Access a Zacks stock report on GBDC at https://www.zacks.com/ap/GBDCSource

Capricor: Q2 Earnings Snapshot

Published Tue, 24 Dec 2024 00:33:24 GMT

SAN DIEGO (AP) — SAN DIEGO (AP) — Capricor Therapeutics Inc. (CAPR) on Monday reported a loss of $7.4 million in its second quarter.On a per-share basis, the San Diego-based company said it had a loss of 29 cents.The biotechnology company posted revenue of $3.9 million in the period.In the final minutes of trading on Monday, the company’s shares hit $4.71. A year ago, they were trading at $4.61._____This story was generated by Automated Insights (http://automatedinsights.com/ap) using data from Zacks Investment Research. Access a Zacks stock report on CAPR at https://www.zacks.com/ap/CAPRSource

Indiana teacher with ‘kill list’ of students, staff sentenced to 2½ years on probation

Published Tue, 24 Dec 2024 00:33:24 GMT

CROWN POINT, Ind. (AP) — A former fifth-grade teacher in northwestern Indiana who was charged with felony intimidation after authorities say she told a student she had a “kill list” of students and staff has been sentenced to 2½ years on probation.Angelica Carrasquillo, 25, of Griffith pleaded guilty Friday to an intimidation charge in Lake County Superior Court, court records show.The terms of a plea bargain bar Carrasquillo from working at a school or daycare while on probation. It also requires court-monitored mental health treatment, and she is barred from contacting victims in the case, news outlets reported.If she successfully completes probation, she can petition to reduce the conviction to a misdemeanor, under terms of the plea bargain.Court documents say Carrasquillo communicated “a threat to commit murder” on Oct. 12.Once officials at the school where she was employed, St. Stanislaus in East Chicago, learned of the threat, they immediately confronted her and escorted her f...