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Over DA objection, judge allowed diversion for Lafayette man charged with holding family hostage. He’s now a fugitive

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:45:32 GMT

A Lafayette man is now a fugitive after leaving a hotel room where he’d been staying as part of a mental health diversion program he’d started weeks earlier to settle charges of holding a family hostage inside their apartment for hours.Kenneth David McIsaac, 32, was charged last year with 12 felony counts that included kidnapping, false imprisonment by violence, robbery, burglary and child abuse. He spent a year in jail while the case was pending, until last month, when Judge Julia Campins ruled that McIsaac qualified for a mental health diversion program that allowed him to stay at a hotel but required him to do submit to drug testing and other supervision.Now McIsaac has a no-bail warrant for his arrest, court records show.Contra Costa County prosecutors objected to the move, as did the woman who McIsaac allegedly held hostage last year, along with her husband and children. They escaped because they were somehow able to break free from duct tape bonds and overpower McI...

Fantasy 5 jackpot ticket sold at San Jose gas station

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:45:32 GMT

SAN JOSE — A lucky lottery player purchased a winning Fantasy 5 ticket at an East San Jose gas station ahead of Tuesday night’s drawing, earning them a six-figure payout, according to the California Lottery.Related ArticlesLocal News | $166,152 lottery ticket winner sold at East Bay liquor store Local News | Letters: More than gaming | Helping police | Who benefits? | Dumping Trump | Hurting democracy Local News | Powerball ticket sold in California wins $1.76 billion jackpot Local News | Powerball jackpot leaps to $1.73 billion, second largest prize in the lottery’s history Local News | Powerball ticket worth $1.3 million sold in San Francisco The Shell gas station at 1140 North Capitol Avenue sold the winning ticket with all five drawn numbers. The winning numbers were 19, 31, 33, 34 and 35.The jackpot was valued at $328,976 but will be split between two players. Alongside the San Jose ticket, a ...

This company envisions a future where humanoid robots are as ubiquitous as smartphones

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:45:32 GMT

By Veronica Miracle and Jeffrey Kopp | CNNIn the not-so-distant future, human-like robots will be as ubiquitous as the automobile or smartphone – if Agility Robotics’ vision of the future comes to life.“This is really an inflection point in history,” said Jonathan Hurst, co-founder of Agility Robotics, a Silicon Valley firm that showed off its humanoid, “Digit” to investors and press Tuesday.Hurst is an engineer by trade and has been laser focused on building an anthropomorphic robot since college. “Eventually, you [will] just talk to these machines, […] and you can just ask them for help with whatever you want to do.”The current model of Digit is limited to loading and unloading bins, stacking items and completing simple tasks. In front of a small audience Tuesday night, the robot showcased its ability to operate autonomously and problem solve in real time, thanks to OpenAI’s ChatGPT 4.0 AI integrated into its software.Agility Robotics’ robot Digit showcased its ability to op...

In brief: Wicks tours El Cerrito’s transit-oriented developments

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:45:32 GMT

EL CERRITOOn Oct. 20, California Assemblymember Buffy Wicks, D-Oakland, joined El Cerrito Mayor Lisa Motoyama, Mayor Pro Tem Tessa Rudnick, Councilmembers Gabe Quinto and Carolyn Wysinger, and BART board member Rebecca Saltzman on a tour of El Cerrito’s transit-oriented developments.Related Articles MLB lockout: Pitchers and catchers were supposed to report this week. What comes next? The Mayfair Station next to El Cerrito’s Del Norte BART stop, includes 225 units, 70% of which are market rate (completed in 2021) and 30% of which will be affordable (breaking ground in 2024).The preliminary design concept for the El Cerrito Plaza BART stop’s transit-oriented developments will include 743 units with 53% market-rate units and 47% designated at below market rate. For more information on the project, visit el-cerrito.org/TOD online.— city of El CerritoALBANYApply by Dec. 31 for parcel tax exemption, renter rebateDid you miss the June 1 deadline to apply for Albany’s parcel...

Longtime Contra Costa College football coach Maiorana dies at 92

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:45:32 GMT

Contra Costa College football coaching legend Vince Maiorana died last Thursday afternoon at the age of 92, his son Mark told this news organization.Maiorana led the football program from 1957 to 1980, coaching future NFL players, including Travis Williams, whose four kick return touchdowns as a rookie still stand as an NFL single-season record.Maiorana is slated to be a member of the California Community College Hall of Fame class next year, and was named to the CCC Football Coaches Association’s hall in 1998.He took over as the coach of a downtrodden school and vaulted CCC to back-to-back league championships in the early 1960s, then won five more league titles in the 1970s.Vince Maiorana, longtime Contra Costa College football coach, at his last game. (Courtesy of Mark Maiorana) “His style was the old Power I,” former CCC and Diablo Valley baseball coach Larry Quirico said. “They threw the ball OK, but usually they were a very physical team back then.”The Monterey High gradu...

Mayo Clinic doctor told people his wife died of a rare disease. He’s now charged with her murder.

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:45:32 GMT

ROCHESTER, Minn. — A Mayo Clinic physician who told people his wife died of a rare autoimmune disorder is now accused of fatally poisoning her.Connor Bowman, 30, is charged with felony second-degree murder with intent but not premeditated.His wife, Betty Bowman, 32, died in August after being hospitalized for diarrhea and dehydration.The couple, who had been married two years, lived in Rochester and both worked at the Mayo Clinic, she as a pharmacist and he as a resident in internal medicine.Betty Bowman went to an emergency room on Aug. 16 with symptoms similar to severe food poisoning, and she was hospitalized. Connor Bowman suggested to doctors that she was suffering from hematophagocytic lymphohistiocytosis, a rare autoimmune disease in which white blood cells attack organs.Betty Bowman’s condition deteriorated rapidly, including organ failure and necrotic intestinal tissue, and she died Aug. 20.Though testing did not confirm it, Connor Bowman stuck to his diagnosis of an ...

'It's like a dream come true': New Giants Manager Bob Melvin on returning to Bay Area

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:45:32 GMT

SAN FRANCISCO (KRON) -- Bay Area native and former San Francisco Giants player Bob Melvin will be unveiled as the Giants' new manager Wednesday. Ahead of the planned press conference, Melvin spoke exclusively to KRON4 about returning the Bay Area, where he'd previously spent 10 seasons managing the Oakland A's."It's like a dream come true," Melvin said, speaking to KRON 4's Will Tran.Melvin was most recently in charge of the San Diego Padres, but after a whirlwind few days, the Giants were given permission to interview him. Who is Danny Serafini? Bay Area native goes from top MLB draft pick to murder suspect “I could not be more excited to come back to the Bay Area and manage this great organization,” Melvin said in a statement. “I’d like to thank Greg Johnson, Farhan Zaidi and Larry Baer for giving me the opportunity to add another chapter to my Giants career. This is a tremendous opportunity and a great responsibility to lead this organization and I’m eager to get started.”Melvi...

Alphabet, Thermo Fisher fall; Microsoft, General Dynamics rise, Wednesday, 10/25/2023

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:45:32 GMT

NEW YORK (AP) — Stocks that are trading heavily or have substantial price changes on Wednesday:Microsoft Corp. (MSFT), up $8.47 to $339.The software giant reported strong fiscal first-quarter earnings and revenue. Alphabet Inc. (GOOGL), down $12.80 to $126.01.The owner of search engine giant Google reported disappointing revenue for its cloud computing division.Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc. (TMO), down $33.27 to $424.99.The maker of scientific instrument and laboratory supplies trimmed its profit forecast for the year.Waste Management Inc. (WM), up $9.92 to $164.55.The garbage and recycling hauler beat analysts’ third-quarter earnings forecasts.General Dynamics Corp. (GD), up $8.66 to $241.66.The defense contractor beat Wall Street’s third-quarter financial forecasts.Texas Instruments Inc. (TXN), down $5.27 to $141.65.The chipmaker gave investors a weak profit forecast for its current quarter.Hawaiian Holdings Inc. (HA), down 29 cents to $4.01.The parent company of Hawai...

Md. college receives $54M donation that will be used exclusively for student scholarships

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:45:32 GMT

College can be expensive for many families, but one local college is getting a huge donation to help students deal with rising costs.Hood College, an independent liberal arts college in Frederick, Maryland, just received a $54 million donation from the Hodson Trust, the largest donation in the institution’s history.College president Andrea Chapdelaine told WTOP that the trust was founded by Col. Clarence Hodson in the late 1800s and has been donating money to four colleges in Maryland since the early 1900s.“The Hodson Trust has always focused their efforts on increasing accessibility and affordability for higher education,” Chapdelaine said. “So the majority, although not all of the gifts that we have received for the past 100-plus years, have been focused on student scholarships.”The large new endowment will be used exclusively for student scholarships, Chapdelaine confirmed.Hood is known for its support of low-income students, awarding more than $40 m...

Patricia Bullrich anuncia que apoyará a Javier Milei para el balotaje presidencial en Argentina

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:45:32 GMT

(CNN Español) — Patricia Bullrich, quien se había postulado como candidata a presidenta por Juntos por el Cambio pero quedó fuera de la contienda en las elecciones generales de Argentina del domingo 22 de octubre, anunció este miércoles que apoyará a Javier Milei, candidato de La Libertad Avanza (LLA) que competirá en el balotaje contra Sergio Massa, de Unión por la Patria, el 19 de noviembre.“La urgencia del momento nos interpela a no ser neutrales”, dijo Bullrich en la conferencia. “La Argentina desde nuestro punto de vista no puede reiniciar un nuevo ciclo kirchnerista de la mano de Sergio Massa”, añadió.Milei  sigue buscando apoyos antes de la segunda vuelta electoral en las presidenciables de Argentina.Tras quedar segundo en los comicios generales del domingo con el 29,89% de los votos, detrás de Massa, aspirante oficialista y actual ministro de Economía, quien cosechó el 36,68% de los sufragios, Milei se pronunció a favor de sumar otros espacios a LLA.En medi...