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Officer Hospitalized Following Two-Vehicle Crash on 18th Street [Merced, CA]

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 15:31:02 GMT

SUV Accident near G Street Left Officer HospitalizedMERCED, CA (September 8, 2023) – Wednesday evening, authorities sent an officer to a hospital following a two-vehicle crash at 18th and G Streets.The California Highway Patrol received reports of the incident around 9:00 p.m., according to Officer Eric Zuniga.According to the report, a southbound 2014 Jeep Cherokee on G Street hit the left rear of an eastbound 2020 Dodge Charger driven by the officer.Medical responders rushed the 31-year-old officer to a hospital for treatment for minor injuries. Meanwhile, the 28-year-old Jeep driver from Live Oak and his passenger declined medical treatment at the scene.In Zuniga’s statement, it was unclear which driver had the right-of-way at the time of the collision. Police do not suspect drugs or alcohol to be a factor in the incident.The CHP is asking anyone with additional information about the 18th Street two-vehicle crash to contact the Merced-area office at 209-365-6600.One small d...

Duner Larson Killed in Pedestrian Crash on Sallie Jeffreys Way [Corona, CA]

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 15:31:02 GMT

Melissa Damron Arrested after Running Over and Killing Her SonCORONA, CA (September 8, 2023) – Tuesday morning, Duner Larson was killed after his mother ran him over in her vehicle.The incident occurred around 7:55 a.m., near Sallie Jeffreys Way, just north of Golden Harvest Drive.According to the reports, Melissa Damron locked her son out of her vehicle. The boy ran after his mother and tried to get back into the car, but Damron continued driving. Larson was unable to hold on and fell before being run over.Emergency crews arrived shortly after and transported the boy to Corona Regional Medical Center. Despite life-saving efforts, officials at the hospital pronounced 60-year-old Duner Larson dead, due to the extent of his condition.On September 7th, police arrested Damron for vehicular manslaughter and child endangerment.The team at Sweet James would like to offer their sincere sympathies to the family and friends of Duner Larson. May you find comfort and strength through the memori...

Former San Francisco bar owner sentenced to 7 years for receiving 30+ lewd videos from 9-year-old girl

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 15:31:02 GMT

SAN FRANCISCO — A 39-year-old man has been sentenced to seven years in prison for receiving dozens of lewd videos from a 9-year-old girl, who prosecutors say he referred to as his “girlfriend” and threatened to expose when she tried to cut him off.James Moran, of Reno, was sentenced last month after pleading guilty to receipt of child pornography. In a sentencing memo, prosecutors asked for a prison term of 11 years and eight months, writing that Moran had possessed thousands of additional downloaded child pornography files, and threatened the 9-year-old victim that “I will send all ur (sic) nudes to your dad” when she told him she was through sending lewd videos of herself to him.The girl and Moran met on social media. Prosecutors say it was Moran’s modus operandi to pose as a young boy and ask for explicit content, adding that he did so with several other users who identified themselves as minors. During chats with the 9-year-old, Moran allegedl...

Review: ‘Soul Train Musical’ bursts out of the gate in SF world premiere

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 15:31:02 GMT

“Hippest Trip: The Soul Train Musical” roared into San Francisco’s American Conservatory Theater Wednesday night in an explosively kinetic world premiere.Dominique Morisseau’s propulsive new jukebox musical has its sights set on Broadway, where “Ain’t Too Proud,” the Temptations musical, which she also wrote and which debuted at Berkeley Repertory Theatre, generated great acclaim for its celebration of the Motown sound.Movement is the engine that drives “Trip,” a retro pop music delight that pays tribute to “Soul Train,” the groundbreaking TV dance party that brought Black singers and dancers into the mainstream American imagination from the ‘70s to the 2000’s. In a society often ruled by visuals, TV shows take on outsize influence over the culture. In the case of “Soul Train,” the influence was colossal, shining an unwavering spotlight on black culture through the ebb and flow of decades of social tumult. It was a radical alternative to “American Bandstand” in which peo...

Bill cracking down on California school textbook bans heads to Gov. Newsom

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 15:31:02 GMT

Banning textbook bans in California is the goal of a bill now headed to the governor’s desk.In mainly party-line votes, the Democratic-controlled state legislature on Thursday, Sept. 7, passed AB 1078, legislation seen as Sacramento’s counter-strike against conservative school boards that keep certain textbooks and related materials out of the classroom.In most cases, the boards say they’re protecting children from pornography and other harmful content. Critics contend they’re trying to erase any mention of LGBTQ people or truthful lessons about the role of race in U.S. history.A textbook showdown occurred earlier this year in Temecula, where the school board rejected an elementary social studies curriculum with supplemental materials that referenced the late LGBTQ civil rights leader Harvey Milk. Two board members called Milk a “pedophile.”Gov. Gavin Newsom threatened to send textbooks to Temecula and fine the Temecula Valley Unified School District if the board did not approve the...

Judge who approved Kansas newspaper raid faces complaint

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 15:31:02 GMT

By Whitney Wild, Elizabeth Wolfe and Andy Rose | CNNThe judge who signed off on a search warrant authorizing the raid of a newspaper office in Marion, Kansas, is facing a complaint about her decision and has been asked by a judicial body to respond, records shared with CNN by the complainant show.Kansas resident Keri Strahler filed the complaint against Judge Laura Viar about a week after police raided the office of the Marion County Record, the home of the paper’s publisher and a county councilwoman, seizing reporters’ cell phones and computers, among other items, in a move that drew widespread condemnation from news organizations and press freedom advocates.The complaint requests the Kansas Commission on Judicial Conduct to review “Viar’s mental capacity in her decision to seemingly circumvent federal and state law” when she signed off on the search warrant for the newspaper office, according to a copy of the complaint provided by Strahler.The commission has asked Viar to respond ...

Pac-12 legal affairs: Having trouble following all the lawsuits? Here’s a handy guide

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 15:31:02 GMT

Washington State and Oregon State have taken legal action against the Pac-12 to determine control of the assets in a conference that will have two remaining members as of next summer.But with assets come liabilities, and the Pac-12 is involved in numerous lawsuits — some the result of its own missteps, some due to its status as a Power Five conference.Here’s a look at the other legal challenges.AB 252Background: Assembly bill 252, the College Athlete Protection Act, is winding through the California legislature, the same body that produced the Name, Image and Likeness law that changed college sports. Sponsored by Chris Holden, a former San Diego State baseball player who represents the 41st district, AB 252 aims to create a revenue-sharing relationship between the schools and athletes in which tens of millions of dollars in athletic department revenue potentially could be diverted into so-called “degree completion funds” for the athletes.Status: AB 252 passed...

Pedestrian dies after being struck by vehicle in Oakland

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 15:31:02 GMT

OAKLAND — A pedestrian died Friday morning after he was struck by a vehicle in East Oakland, authorities said.No other information has been released yet about the man killed.The fatal collision happened about 10:30 a.m. Friday in the 9200 block of International Boulevard.It was not immediately known if the man was in a crosswalk when he was struck by a vehicle. The man was pronounced dead at the scene at 10:39 a.m., police said.Police said the driver of the vehicle that hit the man remained at the scene.Streets in the area were shut down while police investigated.Related ArticlesCrashes and Disasters | Case fizzles against Bay Area man suspected of vehicular manslaughter? Crashes and Disasters | East Bay motorcycle crash leaves one dead, another seriously injured Crashes and Disasters | Driver charged with vehicular manslaughter in wrong-way Highway 84 crash that killed two Crashes and Disasters | ATV rider killed in E...

SF city officials file suspension order against city contractor facing felony charges

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 15:31:02 GMT

(BCN) -- San Francisco officials filed a suspension order Wednesday to prohibit a city contractor facing multiple felony charges from getting new contracts with the city. Former city employee Rudolph Dwayne Jones and entities affiliated to him have been suspended from bidding on or being awarded new contracts or grants with the city and county of San Francisco, according to City Attorney David Chiu's office. The affiliated entities named in the suspension order are RDJ Enterprises, LLC; RDJ-Project Complete, LLC; The Southeast Consortium for Equitable Partnerships Urban Equity, LLC; and 20ROC Holdings, LLC. Nancy Pelosi says she’ll seek House reelection in 2024, dismissing talk of retirement at age 83 Mayor London Breed ordered all city departments to suspend or terminate all existing prime contracts with Jones or the affiliates identified in the suspension order, Chiu's office said. "The city will not tolerate corrupt actors trying to undermine our contracting and gr...

All lanes open on westbound Highway 92 after big rig crash

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 15:31:02 GMT

(KRON) -- A traffic collision involving a big rig that blocked all lanes on westbound Highway 92 Friday morning has been cleared, according to the California Highway Patrol. Big changes to BART service schedule starting Monday The crash occurred west of Lower Skyline Boulevard in San Mateo County. A severe traffic alert had been in effect earlier. Residual delays are still expected.