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St. Louis police chief’s comment about prosecution crisis may surprise you

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 18:16:51 GMT

ST. LOUIS - St. Louis Police Chief Robert Tracy discussed issues with the Circuit Attorney’s Office during the chief’s news conference regarding his first 100 days.Tracy responded to questions about the office by saying the following:“We are professionals here. We’ll make sure we bring the best case forward, and my job is to make sure that we’re working well with all of our criminal justice partners.”Tracy delicately addressed issues at the Circuit Attorney’s Office that even a spokesperson for the judges called “untenable.” During Tuesday’s quo warranto hearing, Booker Shaw told the judge, “The Circuit Attorney’s Office is now in a state of near total collapse.”Tracy addressed concerns by turning it back on himself. Top Story: Missing Texas teens sold for sex in Missouri “My job is to make sure that we do everything we can do right," he said. "If there are issues on the policing side, I’ve got to make sure we identify them to bring the best case forward.”His answers were consiste...

Spring tour! Fox Hill near Parker has seven custom designs to visit, all wrapped in space and scenery

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 18:16:51 GMT

Spring Fling Home Tour at Fox Hill, Today thru Apr. 30What: Spring Fling Home Tour at Fox Hill, view 7 homes, all ready for spring move-in, on sites from 1.5 acre to 3 acres, wrapped in native trees & views.Where: 2562 Fox View Trail, Franktown; from E-470 head south on Parker Rd 8 mi. to Bayou Gulch Rd., left on Bayou Gulch, east 5 mi. to Flintwood, turn south one milePrice: From $1.8MWhen: Sunday, April 23 and then Thurs-Sun thru April 30, 11 a.m.-5 p.m.Phone: 303-620-6677More Info: LiveInFoxHill.comAt a moment when the state legislature is opting whether to increase the density of existing neighborhoods across urban Colorado, one of the last remaining communities with truly large home sites is seeing sales explode.You can come tour the newest designs that custom builders are creating for that market today and later this week, as Fox Hill stages a Spring Fling Custom Home Tour just south of Parker.“We’re literally seeing an explosion of families reaching for more space, ...

Boy dies, twin brother in critical after being found unconscious in Porter Ranch pool

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 18:16:51 GMT

A four-year-old boy died and his twin brother was in critical condition Friday after they were found unresponsive in a backyard pool at their Porter Ranch home, authorities said.Dispatchers received a call from the home on Des Moines Avenue around 10:30 a.m. and immediately provided CPR “guidance,” according to the Los Angeles Fire Department.Firefighters and paramedics arrived a short time later and continued life support and transported the twins and their parents to a regional pediatric trauma center."Our paramedics worked feverishly to provide every chance possible for these children," L.A. Fire Capt. Eric Scott said at a news conference Friday afternoon. "Tragically, one of those boys was pronounced dead at the hospital."The twin four-year-olds were found unresponsive in the backyard pool at their Porter Ranch home. April 21, 2023. (KTLA)The boy's name was not immediately released. A spokesperson for the Los Angeles Police Department, which also responded to the home, said crim...

California is the best state to raise a family as a single parent, study finds

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 18:16:51 GMT

Nearly a quarter of children under 18 in the United States live with a single parent - more than three times the global rate of 7%, according to the U.S. Census Bureau.If your family falls into this category, a new study suggests California is the best place to be.LendingTree ranked states based on 10 criteria in four categories: income, affordability, time factors (including average commutes and average hours worked), and workplace protections to determine the best places to raise a family as a single parent.While the cost of living in California is high and commutes can be long, the Golden State landed at the top of the list based on high marks for workplace protections, income, and childcare assistance.Lending Tree noted that California had the highest workplace protection score, in part for offering eight weeks of paid family leave a year. California also offers 40 hours a year of unpaid time to attend school activities, which is significantly more than any other state, the stud...

15-year-old from Oxnard arrested for running online drug marketplace

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 18:16:51 GMT

The Ventura County Fentanyl and Overdose Crime Units (VCFOCUS) arrested a 15-year-old boy from Oxnard after he allegedly sold drugs to an undercover officer that he met through an online drug marketplace he was operating. According to a release from the Ventura County Sheriff's Office, VCFOCUS investigators were looking into the death of a female that was possibly the result of a drug overdose on Feb. 10.  During the investigation, authorities identified a juvenile male suspect who was running an online drug marketplace on the Telegram social media app. “This juvenile was selling alprazolam, psilocybin mushrooms and various marijuana products to numerous residents of Ventura County,” the Ventura County Sheriff’s Office said in a statement.  Wanted felon arrested for burglary, evading arrest, other charges alongside teen busted for drug possession On March 16, the juvenile agreed to sell an undercover agent alprazolam, better known by its brand name Xanax, and a search w...

Texas man accused of making death threats towards U.S. Rep. Maxine Waters federally indicted 

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 18:16:51 GMT

A man from Houston was indicted by a federal grand jury for allegedly making a series of phone calls to U.S. Representative Maxine Waters’ Hawthorne office and threatening her with violence and death. According to a release from the U.S. Justice Department, 60-year-old Brian Michael Gaherty is charged with four counts of making threats in interstate communications and four counts of threatening a United States official. The indictment alleges that Gaherty called the congresswoman’s office four times in 2022: twice on August 8, once on Nov. 8 and once on Nov. 10. He allegedly left four voicemail messages, each of which contained a threat to Representative Waters, the DOJ said. “For example, in one of the August 8 calls to Representative Waters, Gaherty allegedly threatened to ‘cut your throat’,” the Justice Department said in a statement.  Powder, threat sent to Manhattan DA investigating Trump Gaherty was arrested in this case on April 13 after prosecutors file...

Ventura Pier to remain closed after suffering damage from winter storms

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 18:16:51 GMT

The historic Ventura Pier will remain closed to the public after suffering damage from the recent winter storms, Ventura city officials announced on Friday.The city anticipates that the area will reopen by the end of the year since repairs are estimated to be $715,000. The pier has been closed since January. Photos: Winter storm hits Southern California “The pier lost a total of 15 timber piles and sustained damage to the brackets and bracing,” Mary Joyce Ivers, the deputy public works director and Pier into the Future board member, said in a statement. “A contractor was able to stabilize the Pier to prevent additional damage when the closure first occurred, and we are looking forward to safely reopening after completing the critical repairs.”Officials with the city of Ventura, County Emergency Services, California Governor's Office of Emergency Services and FEMA surveyed the pier’s damage on Jan. 19.The repair assessments of the underwater foundation found that the damage to...

Tesla shareholders complain Elon Musk is too distracted

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 18:16:51 GMT

By Chris Isidore | CNNA group of progressive Tesla shareholders want the company’s board of directors to make CEO Elon Musk concentrate more on one of his many jobs, that of running the EV automaker.In a letter to the Tesla board, the group says that Musk is not spending enough time and attention focused on issues facing the company, including increased EV competition from other automakers, and addressing issues important to the group, including allegations of a toxic work environment at Tesla.In addition to his role at Tesla, Musk also leads Twitter, SpaceX, the Boring Company, and Neuralink, among others.“We each initially added Tesla to our portfolios because we saw Tesla as a true leader in producing products and services essential for our transition to a sustainable and green economy,” the letter said. “Over time, however, we have grown increasingly concerned with governance and leadership issues at the company.”Among the entities signing the lette...

Lyft to cut 1,200 jobs in latest layoffs under new CEO

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 18:16:51 GMT

SAN FRANCISCO (KRON) -- Lyft plans to cut 1,200 jobs in the latest round of layoffs for the San Francisco-based ride-share accompany, the Associate Press confirmed Friday. The news was first reported earlier in the day by the Wall Street Journal. The cuts represent a significant reduction of Lyft's workforce. The company currently employs around 4,000 people, so the cuts represent about 30% of its workforce. These are the most popular craft breweries in the US: data The news comes just days after new CEO David Risher began steering the ride-hailing service with a eye of driving down costs to help bring its fares more in line with its biggest rival, Uber.Risher, a former Amazon executive, informed Lyft’s workforce of more than 4,000 employees in an email posted online Friday that a “significant” number of them will lose their jobs. It came at end of his first week as Lyft’s CEO.The note didn’t specify how many people would be jettisoned, but The Wall Street Journal reported that at...

National Guard called in to fight fentanyl crisis in San Francisco

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 18:16:51 GMT

SAN FRANCISCO (KRON) -- San Francisco is about to receive help from state authorities, including the California National Guard, to combat the city's deadly fentanyl epidemic. Governor Gavin Newsom made a surprise visit Wednesday when he toured the city's drug-plagued Tenderloin neighborhood. On Friday, the governor revealed why.Newsom announced an agreement between the California National Guard, California Highway Patrol, San Francisco Police Department, and the San Francisco District Attorney’s Office to assist the city with its ongoing fentanyl crisis. Newsom described fentanyl street drug dealers as "poison peddlers." Gov. Newsom tours Tenderloin amid surge in overdose deaths Between January and March this year, 200 victims died from accidental drug overdoses in San Francisco, according to data released by the Office of the Chief Medical Examiner. Of those deaths, 159 were caused by fentanyl, a highly addictive and cheap synthetic opioid."San Francisco has seen an alarming rise...