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San Leandro man charged with shooting woman in front of her 4-year-old daughter

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 14:55:34 GMT

OAKLAND — A 27-year-old man has been charged with attempted murder and child abuse for allegedly shooting a woman in front of her 4-year-old daughter after the victim got into a fight with the defendant’s girlfriend, court records show.Daniel Esparza-Flores, of San Leandro, was charged Nov. 29 and entered a not guilty plea in December. He is set for a preliminary hearing on Jan. 16, and has been released from jail while the charges are pending, court records show.Related ArticlesCrime and Public Safety | Bay Point man arrested in ridiculous crossbow theft Crime and Public Safety | East Bay man’s murder arraignment delayed in Santa Cruz court Crime and Public Safety | East Bay man arrested in connection with Aptos ‘road rage’ shooting Crime and Public Safety | Veteran officer tapped as Hayward’s next police chief Crime and Public Safety | 5 months after acquittal in murder case, East Bay man charge...

Aqui restaurants add low-alcohol Swirls to their boozy lineup

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 14:55:34 GMT

As any Aqui Cal-Mex fan can tell you, the Industrial Strength Swirls are just that.But what if you want a little less industrial in your Aloha Mai Tai Swirl, Sunrise Swirl or other slushy frozen margarita cocktail?The South Bay restaurant group has now obliged, adding Low Proof Swirls to the menu in response to customer requests.“We actually have three levels of Swirls available now: Zero Proof, which is our agua fresca swirled with a no-alcohol, blended citrus frozen drink; Low Proof, which has no-alcohol drink swirled with our house-blended margarita; and the original Industrial Strength Swirls,” said Rob Francis, executive chef and co-founder.Related ArticlesRestaurants, Food and Drink | What’s new in fast food for January 2024 Restaurants, Food and Drink | Gilroy residents rally against order for removal of controversial parklet Restaurants, Food and Drink | Mochi pizza? Sushirrito’s cofounders launch new Bay Area fusi...

Elderly woman found in California freezer may have been dead up to 9 years

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 14:55:34 GMT

SAN DIEGO -- The San Diego Police Department has released new details regarding a suspicious death investigation after a body was found in a freezer last month.The incident occurred on Dec. 22, when a family visiting from out-of-town discovered a deceased person inside a chest freezer at a home on the 4900 block of Zion Avenue in Allied Gardens. Teen who died in fireworks related incident on Treasure Island identified Based on the unusual location of the body, SDPD's Homicide Unit was called in to investigate. While working with the San Diego County Medical Examiner’s Office, detectives have now identified the body as Mary Margaret Haxby-Jones. Haxby-Jones, who would have been 81 years old, is believed to have lived at the residence at some point before her death, SDPD explained. Detectives also believe it is possible that the elderly woman may have been missing or dead for up to 9 years.  The cause of her death has not yet been determined and remains under investi...

Far-Right Judges Are Coming for Lifesaving Abortions

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 14:55:34 GMT

Abortion rights demonstrators listen to speakers during a Women’s March rally in Austin, Texas, on Oct. 8, 2022.Photo: Montinique Monroe/Bloomberg via Getty ImagesLess than a week into the new year, a federal appeals court has already issued a pernicious new decision in a Texas abortion case, setting the stage for the far-right’s escalating assault on reproductive rights in 2024.The conservative 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals ruled on Tuesday that Texas hospitals are not obligated to perform abortions to stabilize a pregnant patient facing a medical emergency. With a similar Idaho case under reconsideration by the 9th Circuit, the rulings tee up a Supreme Court battle on the question of emergency abortion care.Under the 1986 Emergency Medical Treatment and Labor Act, or EMTALA, hospitals that receive Medicare funding — which is pretty much all hospitals — must perform emergency services, regardless of the patient’s ability to pay. The law has always been deeply insufficien...

Southern California has been shaken by a moderate earthquake with a preliminary magnitude of 4.1

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 14:55:34 GMT

LOS ANGELES (AP) — A wide area of Southern California has been shaken by a moderate earthquake with a preliminary magnitude of 4.1.The U.S. Geological Survey says the quake struck at 10:55 a.m. Friday and was centered about a mile (1 kilometer) northwest of Lytle Creek, in mountains east of Los Angeles.The Los Angeles Fire Department says there were no immediate reports of injuries or damage to buildings or other infrastructure within the city.Source

UN chief names a new envoy to scope out the chances of reviving Cyprus peace talks

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 14:55:34 GMT

NICOSIA, Cyprus (AP) — U.N. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres on Friday named a former Colombian foreign minister as his personal envoy to scope out the chances of reviving talks to resolve Cyprus’ ethnic divide, an issue that has defied international diplomacy for nearly five decades.María Ángela Holguín Cuéllar will work on Guterres’ behalf to “search for common ground on the way forward” and to serve as the U.N. chief’s advisor on Cyprus, U.N. associate spokesperson Stephanie Tremblay said. Cuéllar served as Colombia’s top diplomat during 2010-2018 and as the country’s representative to the U.N. during 2004-2006. She is expected to travel to Cyprus soon to sound out Greek Cypriot President Nikos Christodoulides and the leader of the breakaway Turkish Cypriots, Ersin Tatar.Cyprus was divided into ethnic Greek and Turkish sides in 1974, when Turkey invaded just days after a coup mounted by supporters of union with Greece. Only Turkey recognizes a Turkish Cy...

Moderate earthquake felt in Los Angeles, parts of Orange County

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 14:55:34 GMT

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Moderate earthquake felt in Los Angeles, parts of Orange County.Source

Policía busca a tres sospechosos de disparar contra un menor en Hyattsville

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 14:55:34 GMT

Un adolescente de 14 años recibió un disparo el viernes en Hyattsville, Maryland, y una escuela secundaria cercana fue cerrada mientras la policía busca a tres sospechosos. El tiroteo no ocurrió en el recinto escolar.La policía ha acordonado el área, que se encuentra detrás de Northwestern High School en Adelphi Road.El adolescente fue encontrado baleado en la cuadra 3500 de Carnaby Street. La policía del condado Prince George’s llegó poco después de las 12:15 p.m. Aún no está claro si le dispararon afuera o dentro de una casa u otro edificio en el área.La policía de Hyattsville informó que la víctima fue trasladada a un hospital. Su condición aún no ha sido revelada. Esta es una historia en desarrollo. Quédese con Telemundo 44 para más información.Esta historia tiene elementos que podrían no funcionar en nuestra aplicación. Pulsa aquí para abrir la historia en el navegador de internet. Source

Vacaciones de pesadilla: anuncian dos arrestos por presunta estafa masiva con Airbnb y Vrbo

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 14:55:34 GMT

Tras un esquema que ha dejado a miles de viajeros estafados, fiscales federales anunciaron la captura de dos presuntos cabecillas de una estafa millonaria a través de plataformas de alquiler vacacional, como Airbnb y Vrbo.Los acusados fueron identificados como Shray Goel, de Miami, y Shaunik Raheja de Denver. En una conferencia de prensa, el fiscal de Estados Unidos, Martin Estrada, reveló que el fraude involucró a “cientos de propiedades en todo el país, victimizando a miles de personas y obteniendo $8.5 millones”. El insólito robo de concreto frente a una casa: la nueva estafa que afecta contratistas y dueños de casas En detalle: cómo evitar caer en estafas durante la planificación de tus vacaciones El presunto plan, que se llevó a cabo desde 2018, involucró engañosos listados y cancelaciones fraudulentas de reservas.Los acusados, quienes controlaban alrededor de 100 propiedades en todo el país, se enfrentan a cargo...

Former energy minister quits Britain’s Conservatives over approval of new oil drilling

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 14:55:34 GMT

LONDON (AP) — Britain’s former energy minister said Friday he is quitting the Conservative Party and stepping down as a lawmaker over the government’s backtracking on its environmental commitments.Chris Skidmore said he could not support a forthcoming bill that will authorize new North Sea oil and gas drilling and called the U.K.’s retreat from its climate goals “a tragedy.”Skidmore has been a Conservative lawmaker since 2010. He wrote a government-commissioned review published a year ago setting out how Britain could reduce carbon emissions to net zero by 2050 while creating thousands of new green jobs.He said that “as the former energy minister who signed the U.K.’s net zero commitment by 2050 into law, I cannot vote for a bill that clearly promotes the production of new oil and gas.”“To fail to act, rather than merely speak out, is to tolerate a status quo that cannot be sustained,” he added in a statement.He said he would step down when Parliament returns next week from it...