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Palo Alto: Parking garage vandalism under investigation as hate crime

Published Wed, 19 Feb 2025 21:03:24 GMT

PALO ALTO — Graffiti vandalism found this week in a downtown parking-garage bathroom is being investigated as a hate crime, authorities said.In a statement Friday night, police said dispatchers took a call at 8:54 a.m. Thursday from a city employee about the graffiti found in a ground-floor public bathroom at the garage in the 400 block of Bryant Street.When officers responded to the garage, they found a series of offensive statements written in black marker against people from India.Public-works crew workers removed the graffiti, which had been posted sometime after the bathroom’s last staff check around noon Wednesday. Police said there was no description of a suspect, and no arrests had been made.City staff and police have had to respond to multiple episodes of graffiti at other locations in recent years, including at a church office last October, a park playground last June, and two middle-school bathrooms last May.Separate incidents of vandalism included a Black Liv...

Who gets to police the police? In Richmond, it’s a loaded question

Published Wed, 19 Feb 2025 21:03:24 GMT

RICHMOND — Who should be allowed to police the police?Political divisions behind that question have often left Richmond’s Community Police Review Commission (CPRC) fighting over appointments and struggling to fulfill its mission of investigating local police officers when they are accused of use-of-force abuses, racism, sexual harassment or assault.The latest controversy arose last month, when the Richmond City Council appointed Rachel Lorber, a public defender for Contra Costa County, to an open seat on the CPRC.While Lorber’s supporters argue that her legal experience will bring valuable insight into policing, some residents — including Ben Therriault, president of the Richmond Police Officers Association, and current CPRC Commissioner Oscar Garcia — argue that her appointment could pose a conflict of interest, potentially leading to leaks of confidential information and subsequent lawsuits against Richmond.The Richmond City Council appointed Rachel Lorber, a public defender...

San Jose Mayor Matt Mahan on firing of police union exec

Published Wed, 19 Feb 2025 21:03:24 GMT

SAN FRANCISCO (KRON) -- San Jose continues to capture its sheriff headlines from rising homelessness numbers to a recent scandal involving the city's police union. KRON4 Anchor Stephanie Lin interviews San Jose Mayor Matt Mahan to discuss.

Rashford injured in Man United’s game against Everton

Published Wed, 19 Feb 2025 21:03:24 GMT

MANCHESTER, England (AP) — Marcus Rashford hobbled off with an apparent groin injury late in Manchester United’s match against Everton in the Premier League on Saturday.The England forward gestured to United’s bench that he needed to come off and was feeling the groin area in his right leg as he left the field in the 81st at Old Trafford.United was leading 2-0.Rashford has netted 28 goals in all competitions this season to be United’s top scorer.United is in the middle of a busy stretch of games, with the team fighting to finish in the league’s top four and also still in the Europa League and FA Cup.___More AP soccer: https://apnews.com/hub/soccer and https://twitter.com/AP_SportsSource

Denver weather: Mostly dry and warm Easter Weekend

Published Wed, 19 Feb 2025 21:03:24 GMT

DENVER (KDVR) — Denver’s weather will be nice for Easter weekend and then warm up through next week! Record heat will be possible at the beginning of next week as Denver could hit its first 80-degree temperature of the year.Weather today: Afternoon sprinklesMost places will stay dry on Saturday but there is a 10% chance for a brief passing shower in the afternoon and evening. The rain chance will keep skies mostly cloudy with a breeze. High temperatures in Denver will hit the mid to upper-60s.In the mountains, 40s with light snow showers possible into this evening. Looking ahead: Record heat next weekTemperatures will hit the 70s and 80s next week in Denver with dry conditions in the forecast through Thursday.Denver could hit or break the record high temperatures on both Tuesday and Wednesday with forecast highs in the 80s. Tuesday’s record is 80 degrees from 1982 and Wednesday it is 79 degrees from 2018.The next chance for showers will move in next Friday knocking tempera...

Driver charged in crash that killed Maine Maritime students

Published Wed, 19 Feb 2025 21:03:24 GMT

CASTINE, Maine (AP) — The 20-year-old driver of sport utility vehicle that crashed into a tree and burst into flames, killing four Maine Maritime Academy students, is facing 17 charges including four counts of manslaughter.Joshua Goncalves-Radding, of North Babylon, New York, was indicted Thursday by a grand jury after investigators concluded he was speeding and under the influence of alcohol at the time of the December crash in Castine, officials said.The indictment discloses for the first time that investigators believe alcohol played a role in the deadly crash, and it also indicates the vehicle was traveling at between 106 mph and 111 mph (170 kph and 179 kph) before the crash.Seven students were in the 2013 Range Rover that crashed late at night following the semester’s last day of classes.Killed were Brian Kenealy, 20, of York, Maine; Chase Fossett, 21, of Gardiner, Maine; Luke Simpson, 22, of Rockport, Massachusetts; and Riley Ignacio-Cameron, 20, of Aquinnah, ...

Bill Madden: What we’ve learned from the opening week of the MLB season

Published Wed, 19 Feb 2025 21:03:24 GMT

One week into the season and we’ve already learned a lot about what will transpire over the entire 162. Even the tiniest of snapshots has provided plenty of evidence for what’s in store for the Yankees and Mets this season.Allow us to make some definitive statements:BUCK SHOWALTER DOESN’T HAVE ENOUGH STARTING PITCHINGEven before the season started, most everyone agreed it was a stretch to assume the Mets’ two aging aces, Max Scherzer (38) and Justin Verlander (40), would make it all the way to the end of October. Here we are one week in and Scherzer struggled mightily the third time through the order in his first two starts (6.35 ERA, 12 hits, league-leading four homers in 11 1/3 innings) and Verlander is on the injured list nursing an inflamed teres major muscle.Further down the rotation, Carlos Carrasco’s velo was down to just 91 mph on his fastball in a disastrous first start (5 runs, 4 hits, 4 walks in just 4 innings) versus Milwaukee, which he blam...

Nets’ Mikal Bridges set to play 83rd game in 82-game season on Sunday

Published Wed, 19 Feb 2025 21:03:24 GMT

It sounds like Nets star Mikal Bridges will tie a long-standing NBA record of 83 games played in an 82-game season on Sunday in the finale against the Philadelphia 76ers.It also sounds like he won’t play very much at all — an effort to preserve the ironman’s legs for Brooklyn’s first-round playoff series, ironically against the same team they will play in the season finale.Bridges, who tallied 22 points in Brooklyn’s playoff-clinching victory over the Orlando Magic on Friday, has appeared in 82 total games this season, the maximum for any team to play in the regular season. Because he was acquired in the midseason deal that sent Kevin Durant to the Phoenix Suns, the Nets star has one more game available to play.The last player to accomplish the feat was former Atlanta Hawks All-Star Josh Smith, who arrived in a trade to the Detroit Pistons with an extra game to play.Head coach Jacque Vaughn said the team will discuss what Bridges’ potential worklo...

Iowa won’t pay for rape victims’ abortions or contraceptives

Published Wed, 19 Feb 2025 21:03:24 GMT

DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — The Iowa Attorney General’s Office has paused its practice of paying for emergency contraception — and in rare cases, abortions — for victims of sexual assault, a move that drew criticism from some victim advocates.Federal regulations and state law require Iowa to pay many of the expenses for sexual assault victims who seek medical help, such as the costs of forensic exams and treatment for sexually transmitted infections. Under the previous attorney general, Democrat Tom Miller, Iowa’s victim compensation fund also paid for Plan B, the so-called morning after pill, as well as other treatments to prevent pregnancy.A spokeswoman for Republican Attorney General Brenna Bird, who defeated Miller’s bid for an 11th term in November, told the Des Moines Register that those payments are now on hold as part of a review of victim services.“As a part of her top-down, bottom-up audit of victim assistance, Attorney General Bird is carefully evaluating wh...

Man wanted in connection with indecent act in Leslieville

Published Wed, 19 Feb 2025 21:03:24 GMT

Toronto police are looking to identify a man wanted in an indecent act investigation in Leslieville. Police say a man was observed in the area of Dundas Street East and Leslie Street committing an indecent act near a school just before 3:30 p.m. on April 3. The suspect is described as between 20 and 30 years of age, five-feet-10, between 180 and 190 pounds with a large build and short brown hair. He was last seen wearing a blue baseball cap, an olive green jacket, grey track pants and carrying a red backpack. Police say the man may have been accompanied by an elderly woman, who is described as being approximately 65 years old, five-feet-two to five-feet-four with shoulder-length blonde and grey hair. The woman was last seen wearing a black jacket and black pants. Anyone with information is asked to contact police.