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Sen. Menendez tells Senate colleagues he won’t resign

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:58:14 GMT

By Mary Clare Jalonick | Associated PressWASHINGTON — New Jersey Sen. Robert Menendez remained defiant in the face of federal bribery charges on Thursday, telling a room full of his Senate Democratic colleagues that he has no plans to resign.Speaking behind closed doors at the Capitol, Menendez echoed his previous public statements in response to last week’s indictment, according to a person who attended the private luncheon and requested anonymity to discuss it. Menendez has repeatedly denied wrongdoing and pledged that he will beat the charges that he worked to secretly advance Egyptian interests and pressured prosecutors to help his friends.More than half of Democratic senators have said Menendez should step down. But none of them asked questions after he spoke and vowed to remain in office, according to several senators leaving the meeting.But Menendez’s remarks also appeared to win him no new allies, further isolating the New Jersey senator as his colleagues and Dem...

NWS issues winter advisory for parts of Central California

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:58:14 GMT

FRESNO, Calif. (KSEE/KGPE) - Fall may be just beginning but winter is trying to move in early in parts of Central California. National Weather Service (NWS) Sacramento says there is some potential for snow accumulations, mainly in far southeastern Tuolumne County, near Yosemite National Park, for Friday evening through Saturday evening. KSEE24 Meteorologist Reuben Contreras also added that it's not too unusual to have snow this early in the season - but the snowfall projections are. Contreras says the highest elevations of the Sierra could pick up a foot of snow, but that snow level would be around 8,000 feet, and snowfall will be just one to two inches there. "We do have a Winter Weather Advisory in effect for the Sierra this weekend but it's not the earliest one issued but it is up there," says Contreras.NWS Hanford issued the Winter Weather Advisory around 1 p.m. Thursday saying it's now in effect for portions of the Sierra Nevada above 8,000 feet from Yosemite National Park to S...

Man charged with rape of 95-year-old woman

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:58:14 GMT

(KRON) – San Francisco District Attorney Brooke Jenkins announced Thursday that San Francisco resident Jose Manuel Flores Avila, 33, has been charged in connection to an alleged rape of a 95-year-old woman and burglary of her home in the Excelsior District. The alleged rape happened before 6:00 a.m. on Sept. 13. Flores Avila was arraigned on Sept. 27. Flores Avila pled not guilty to one count of rape by force with an allegation that he committed burglary with intent to commit rape.Flores Avila was charged with separate counts of burglary with intent to commit a sexual assault, first-degree residential burglary with an allegation that the victim was present at the time of the burglary, elder abuse, and assault with force likely to cause great bodily injury.  Jeremy Stoner’s accused killer linked to 2nd Bay Area cold case “Mr. Flores Avila is charged with horrific, unspeakable crimes,” said Jenkins.  “He will be prosecuted to the fullest extent of the law.  I will do everything...

San Carlos woman pleads no contest in 1993 murder of store owner

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:58:14 GMT

(BCN) -- A 63-year-old Oklahoma woman has pleaded no contest to second-degree murder for fatally shooting a store owner in San Carlos 30 years ago, San Mateo County prosecutors said Thursday.Rayna Hoffman-Ramos was arrested last year for the fatal shooting of Shu Ming Tang, who owned the Devonshire Little Store, on April 26, 1993.According to the county District Attorney's Office, investigators obtained a journal in which Hoffman-Ramos expressed regret for the killing, which led to her arrest in Oklahoma in March 2022. Jeremy Stoner’s accused killer linked to 2nd Bay Area cold case Prosecutors said Hoffman-Ramos' husband instructed her on how to use a handgun to commit a robbery at the store, but Tang resisted and was fatally shot during a struggle. Hoffman-Ramos then ran out of the store and fled with her husband and remained at large until last year.The case garnered national attention and was eventually featured on the TV show "America's Most Wanted."Hoffman-Ramos on Wednesday ...

Suspect identified in hit-and-run crash involving officers

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:58:14 GMT

UPDATE: THURSDAY 9/28/2023 6:13 p.m.(COLORADO SPRINGS) — CSPD has identified the driver of the car that hit and injured two parole officers as 41-year-old Justin Andrew Kula. CSPD is still looking for Kula. He is a white man, 5'10" tall and weighing 245 pounds. He has brown eyes and is balding. If you see him, call 911 immediately, do not approach.Courtesy: Colorado Springs Police DepartmentTwo parole officers injured in hit-and-run crashUPDATE: THURSDAY 9/28/2023 5:43 p.m.According to CSPD, two State Parole officers were injured in a hit-and-run crash west of Downtown around 3:45 p.m. on Thursday, and both were taken to the hospital, one with serious injuries.Both officers were walking in the area when they were hit.Police are looking for the driver responsible, who left the scene of the crash. The car is a dark colored, possibly black Lexus RX 330 with Colorado license plates CDA 346.If you see the car, call 911, do not approach the car.Courtesy: Colorado Springs Police Department...

Denver weather: Warm and sunny with a cooldown ahead

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:58:14 GMT

DENVER (KDVR) —  Denver's weather will stay warm and sunny through the end of the workweek and into the weekend. Weather tonight: Clearing, coolOvernight Thursday into Friday morning, clouds will clear out and an easterly breeze will calm to 5-15 mph. Low temperatures will stay about 5 degrees warmer than normal and only fall to around 50 degrees in Denver.Weather tomorrow: Sunny and breezyFriday will stay in this warm and sunny pattern. It will be a little more breezy, as a southeasterly wind gusts up to around 25 mph in the afternoon as highs climb back into the mid-80s. Looking ahead: Warm weekend Warm, sunny and breezy conditions will continue into the weekend. Temperatures on Saturday and Sunday will climb from a low in the 50s to highs in the mid-80s. On both days, there will be a chance for high-elevation showers, but Denver looks dry. There will be a similar setup on Monday, with the chance for some high-country showers and clouds in the Denver area. Temperatures w...

Fifth-ranked Reading nips ninth-ranked Winchester in field hockey thriller

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:58:14 GMT

WINCHESTER – Natalie Wall still takes the blame for not clearing an expired-time defensive corner in a game from two years ago, which Watertown used to score and narrowly beat her Reading field hockey team.Thursday night, the No. 5 Rockets (9-0) got the job done this time against another one of their Middlesex League thorns, staving off two late corners to hold onto a 1-0 win over previously unbeaten No. 9 Winchester (6-1).Two of Reading goalie Myles Lakin’s seven saves came on a Red and Black corner in expired time, preserving the one-goal lead Danielle Bowers tipped in with 3:31 left to play as part of a massive win for the Rockets.“It was thrilling,” said Reading head coach Taylor Reynolds. “Winchester has always been a rival for us. So if anything, that just proves to us that we’re a team to be reckoned with sort of thing. If we can compete against Winchester, we can compete against some of the best teams in the state because they are one.”Both defenses made this as gritty of a ...

Boston councilors can’t agree on taking down Mass and Cass tents

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:58:14 GMT

A majority of the Boston City Council expressed concerns or outright opposition to the mayor’s proposed anti-encampment ordinance for Mass and Cass during a Thursday hearing, placing Michelle Wu’s plan for the troubled area in jeopardy.While most councilors agreed that the tents should be taken down, the opposition ranged from doubts about whether an ordinance to remove them was necessary to the legalities of a measure some felt criminalizes homelessness to skepticism about an approach that was characterized as putting housing before treatment.Only two councilors, Sharon Durkan and Ruthzee Louijeune, indicated that they would be voting in favor of the ordinance, which would give police the authority to remove tents and tarps on Methadone Mile, provided that individuals are offered housing and transportation to services.“I don’t feel like there’s any evidence that this is actually helping in the same way in which I believe other programs and other efforts that you have led in a very ...

Driver killed in North County wrong-way crash

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:58:14 GMT

VISTA, Calif. -- A driver was killed Thursday in a head-on crash in Vista, authorities said.The collision occurred around 7 a.m. in the 400 block of N. Melrose Drive, Sgt. Eric Cottrell with the San Diego County Sheriff's Department (SDSO) said in a news release.Authorities say a driver in a Chevy was traveling northbound when the vehicle drifted into the southbound lane and collided with a Toyota.First responders arrived on scene and attempted lifesaving measures on the driver of the Chevy, but he died from his injuries, per SDSO. The Toyota driver, however, was not injured in the collision. Local youth football parents say assistant coach stole thousands from team Deputies shut down northbound and southbound traffic lanes between Copper Drive and Olive Avenue on N. Melrose Drive for several hours. It is unknown if driving under the influence was a factor in the crash.If anyone has any information about the collision, please call the San Diego County Sheriff's Department at (858)...

New California law raises minimum wage for fast food workers to $20 per hour, among nation's highest

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:58:14 GMT

SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — A new law in California will raise the minimum wage for fast food workers to $20 per hour next year, an acknowledgment from the state's Democratic leaders that most of the often overlooked workforce are the primary earners for their low-income households.When it takes effect on April 1, fast food workers in California will have the highest guaranteed base salary in the industry. The state’s minimum wage for all other workers — $15.50 per hour — is already among the highest in the United States. Democratic Gov. Gavin Newsom signed the law Thursday amid a throng of cheering workers and labor leaders at an event in Los Angeles. Newsom dismissed the popular view that fast food jobs are meant for teenagers to have their first experience in the workforce.“That's a romanticized version of a world that doesn't exist,” Newsom said. “We have the opportunity to reward that contribution, reward that sacrifice and stabilize an industry.”Newsom’s signature reflects the p...