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Teacher at Los Angeles Unified arrested for alleged possession of child pornography

Published Sat, 22 Feb 2025 11:50:27 GMT

A teacher at Los Angeles Unified School District school was arrested by a special task force as part of an investigation into alleged possession and distribution of child pornography.The teacher, who was not named, was arrested in Claremont Wednesday morning.He's been identified only as a 60-year-old man who is a current teacher at LAUSD. He was arrested by members of the San Bernardino Police Department's Internet Crimes Against Children task force.The arrest was made as part of an ongoing investigation into the production, possession and distribution of pornography in the region. Police officials said a search warrant was served at a home in Redlands in San Bernardino County, which later led them to Claremont, which is in L.A. County.During the arrest, several electronic devices were discovered and seized as evidence. He was taken into custody "just before dawn" on Wednesday, and is expected to face felony charges related to the investigation.A spokesperson for Los Angeles Unified...

Man who killed mom at 13-years-old convicted of weapon possession in custody

Published Sat, 22 Feb 2025 11:50:27 GMT

A 20-year-old Garden Grove man, who stabbed his mother to death as a 13-year-old and, later, escaped custody before being recaptured has been convicted on felony charges that he manufactured a weapon while in custody at the Orange County Jail, authorities announced Tuesday.  Ike Souzer was found guilty in 2019 by a juvenile judge for voluntary manslaughter of his mother, 48-year-old Barbra Scheuer-Souzer. She was discovered by a neighbor outside of their Garden Grove home, covered in blood and suffering from multiple stab wounds to the stomach, police said at the time.  His attorney at the time, David Hammond, told the Orange County Register there was “clear evidence” that the boy acted in self-defense after years of abuse by his mother.  In 2022 when he was 18, Souzer, made headlines again when he escaped the custody of a Santa Ana halfway house after his release on electronic monitoring from the Theo Lacey Facility in Orange. He was recaptured just a few days l...

Southern California city ranked as the most expensive place to live in U.S.

Published Sat, 22 Feb 2025 11:50:27 GMT

It's no secret that San Diego can be pricy, but the cost of living has now catapulted "America's Finest City" to the top spot in a U.S. News & World Report ranking of most expensive places to live in the country.In the publication's rankings for 2023-2024, San Diego was deemed the most unaffordable metro area based on median gross rent and annual housing costs for mortgage-paying homeowners. Los Angeles was a close second. Home prices in Los Angeles County just reached a new high In August, the median price for a single-family home in San Diego surpassed $1 million for the first time in history -- nearly $650,000 more than the national average by some estimates.U.S. News and World Report also pointed to additional fees that San Diego residents have to pay, such as homeowners association dues or apartment complex maintenance costs, as another factor driving its unaffordability.However, the magazine said that many residents are willing to pay elevated prices relating to the cost...

Two Men Killed in Wrong-Way Collision on Interstate 5 [Clark County, WA]

Published Sat, 22 Feb 2025 11:50:27 GMT

2 Male Drivers Pronounced Dead after Fatal Wrong-Way Crash near Mile Post 8CLARK COUNTY, WA (October 18, 2023) – A collision on Interstate 5 claimed the lives of two male drivers early Sunday morning.An unidentified driver, for reasons currently under investigation, was traveling in the wrong direction on the northbound lanes, near mile post 8, at around 1:45 a.m. on October 15th.The wrong-way vehicle collided head-on with another vehicle in the northbound lanes. Both male drivers, aged 64 and 37, succumbed to their injuries at the scene. Their identities and places of residence have not yet been disclosed.Following the accident, emergency responders temporarily closed off the area for cleanup and initial investigations. It remains uncertain whether alcohol or drugs were contributing factors. More information will be made available as it is released.The team at Sweet James would like to offer their sincere sympathies to the family and friends of the two deceased men. Thoughts ...

Brazil lawmakers: Bolsonaro should be charged with staging coup

Published Sat, 22 Feb 2025 11:50:27 GMT

By Diane Jeantet | Associated PressRIO DE JANEIRO — A Brazilian congressional panel on Wednesday accused former President Jair Bolsonaro of instigating the country’s Jan. 8 riots and recommended that he be charged with attempting to stage a coup.An inquiry panel of senators and representatives mostly allied with the current leftist President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva — who narrowly defeated Bolsonaro in last fall’s election — voted 20-11 to adopt the damning report drafted by Sen. Eliziane Gama.The move was largely symbolic because it amounts to a recommendation for police and prosecutors to investigate, and federal law enforcement officials separately have already been investigating Bolsonaro’s possible role in inciting the Jan. 8 uprising.Bolsonaro has denied involvement in the rioting, which took place more than a week after the right-wing leader had quietly left the country to stay in Florida while refusing to attend Lula’s inauguration.“It’s ...

Single family residence sells in San Jose for $1.5 million

Published Sat, 22 Feb 2025 11:50:27 GMT

1663 Andalusia Way – Google Street ViewThe property located in the 1600 block of Andalusia Way in San Jose was sold on Sept. 27, 2023. The $1,500,000 purchase price works out to $947 per square foot. The house, built in 1961, has an interior space of 1,584 square feet. This single-story home has three bedrooms and three baths. In addition, the house features a two-car garage.These nearby houses have also recently been purchased:In September 2023, a 1,584-square-foot home on Aragon Way in San Jose sold for $1,765,000, a price per square foot of $1,114. The home has 3 bedrooms and 3 bathrooms.On La Mirada Drive, San Jose, in September 2022, a 1,678-square-foot home was sold for $1,575,000, a price per square foot of $939. The home has 4 bedrooms and 3 bathrooms.A 1,656-square-foot home on the 1600 block of Fairorchard Avenue in San Jose sold in March 2023, for $2,000,000, a price per square foot of $1,208. The home has 4 bedrooms and 2 bathrooms. 

Israel will let Egypt deliver some aid to Gaza Strip

Published Sat, 22 Feb 2025 11:50:27 GMT

By Najib Jobain, Isabel Debre and Ravi Nessman | Associated PressKHAN YOUNIS, Gaza Strip — Israel said Wednesday that it will allow Egypt to deliver limited quantities of humanitarian aid to the Gaza Strip. The first crack in a punishing 10-day siege on the territory came one day after a deadly blast at a Gaza City hospital killed hundreds and put immense strain on Gaza doctors treating the many wounded as medical supplies ran out.The announcement to allow water, food and other supplies happened as rage over Tuesday night’s blast at al-Ahli Hospital spread across the Middle East, and as U.S. President Joe Biden visited Israel in hopes of preventing a wider conflict in the region.There were conflicting claims of who was responsible for the explosion. Hamas officials in Gaza quickly blamed an Israeli airstrike, saying hundreds were killed. Israel denied it was involved and released a flurry of video, audio and other information that it said showed the blast was instead due to a ...

‘I didn’t know if I would get up from the sidewalk that day’: Man sentenced to 14 years for sexually assaulting woman as she walked Oakland streets

Published Sat, 22 Feb 2025 11:50:27 GMT

OAKLAND — A Hayward man has been sentenced to 14 years in state prison for attacking a woman during a random 2022 sexual assault in Oakland, court records show.Mercedes Dunlap, 34, was sentenced last month after accepting a plea deal that required him to plead no contest to assault with intent to commit a sex crime. In exchange, prosecutors dropped a second sexual assault charge, as well as gun possession and robbery counts, court records show.According to prosecutors, the woman was walking up Parker Avenue in Oakland when Dunlap came up behind her, pointed a gun at her, and asked her, “Do you want to die?” At a preliminary hearing, she testified that she was “terrified” and “scared for my life.”“I didn’t know if I would get up from the sidewalk that day,” the woman testified. “I tried to look away, because he was trying to unzip his pants. So I tried to look away and he held me down and I just kept screaming, ‘...

Silicon Valley tech executive sentenced to prison for COVID testing fraud

Published Sat, 22 Feb 2025 11:50:27 GMT

(KRON) -- The president of a Silicon Valley-based medical technology company was sentenced on Wednesday to eight years in prison and ordered to pay $24 million in restitution for using a global pandemic to fuel a "massive fraud," according to the U.S. Attorney's Office.Mark Schena, 60, of Los Altos, used his company, Arrayit Corporation, to defraud investors and submit $77 million in claims for COVID-19 and allergy testing, prosecutors said. A federal jury convicted Schena on Sept. 6, 2022 in San Jose. "Schena engaged in a scheme to defraud Arrayit’s investors by claiming that he had invented a revolutionary technology to test for virtually any disease using a single drop of blood from a finger stick sample," federal prosecutors wrote. Schena's fraud scheme mirrors a similar fraud made by disgraced Theranos founder Elizabeth Holmes. Holmes, who was convicted of fraud and is currently in federal prison, was a rising star in Silicon Valley when she claimed Theranos' blood testing tech...

Bay Area students stage walkouts protesting Israel-Hamas war

Published Sat, 22 Feb 2025 11:50:27 GMT

(BCN) -- Inspired by Instagram posts, hundreds of Bay Area high school students walked out of class Wednesday to protest Israeli attacks in Gaza. The movement began with a 10 a.m. press conference on the steps of San Francisco City Hall held by the Arab Resource and Organizing Center and was followed by a call to walk out and march at 10:30 a.m.Videos shared by Balboa High School students show teens streaming into the hallways chanting "From the river to the sea, Palestine will be free!" Other protests occurred at Galileo Academy of Science and Technology and Lowell High School. Man killed in Pescadero beach cliff crash identified SFUSD Superintendent Matt Wayne said in a public statement, "Please note that while the district supports the right of our students to express their views in a peaceful manner, including their constitutional right to peacefully protest, the walkout is not a SFUSD sponsored activity."Wassim Hage, a spokesman for the Arab Resource and Organizing Center, sa...