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‘A tragedy any way you look at it’: Vallejo man gets 14 years in harrowing homicide during Dublin home break-in

Published Sun, 29 Dec 2024 12:22:54 GMT

OAKLAND — A Vallejo man was sentenced to 14 years in state prison for the death of his friend who was shot and killed after the two broke into a Dublin man’s home in what police called a home invasion robbery attempt.Rickey White, 31, pleaded no contest to voluntary manslaughter in the death of 28-year-old Adrianna Marie Navarro, also of Vallejo. Navarro was shot and killed by her ex-boyfriend after she and White, who was also wounded, allegedly broke into the man’s Dublin home on Jan. 1, 2020.White was originally charged with murder under a legal theory that allows a cohort to a crime to be charged when the victim uses lawful self-defense against the perpetrators.The Dublin resident told police that he looked through the peephole, saw only Navarro and cracked the door. That’s when Navarro and White burst in, with White carrying a gun, according to court records. During the fracas that ensued, he retrieved his own gun and fired at Navarro and White. Police sa...

Report: Trump on tape talking about classified document he kept

Published Sun, 29 Dec 2024 12:22:54 GMT

By Katelyn Polantz, Paula Reid and Kaitlan Collins | CNNFederal prosecutors have obtained an audio recording of a summer 2021 meeting in which former President Donald Trump acknowledges he held onto a classified Pentagon document about a potential attack on Iran, multiple sources told CNN, undercutting his argument that he declassified everything.The recording indicates Trump understood he retained classified material after leaving the White House, according to multiple sources familiar with the investigation. On the recording, Trump’s comments suggest he would like to share the information but he’s aware of limitations on his ability post-presidency to declassify records, two of the sources said.CNN has not listened to the recording, but multiple sources described it. One source said the relevant portion on the Iran document is about two minutes long, and another source said the discussion is a small part of a much longer meeting.Special counsel Jack Smith, who is leading the Justi...

Citing ‘lack of trust’ Amazon corporate workers stage walkout

Published Sun, 29 Dec 2024 12:22:54 GMT

By Catherine Thorbecke | CNNAmazon corporate workers staged a walkout on Wednesday to signal a “lack of trust” in the company’s leadership, in what is perhaps the most visible sign of dissent among the e-commerce giant’s office workers in recent memory.On Wednesday afternoon, organizers of the walkout said more than 1,000 corporate employees participated in the event. In an email the night before, organizers had said more than 1,800 Amazon employees committed to join the walkout to call attention to employee frustrations on multiple fronts, including the company’s push to get workers in the office at least three days a week.“We’re here because a lot of Amazonians feel in their gut that something is not right with the company,” Eliza Pan, a former Amazon worker and co-founder of the Amazon Employees for Climate Justice group, said Wednesday at the walkout in Seattle. “And there are a lot of signs of this, such as a rigid, one-size-fits-all return to office mandate.”The main in-person...

Fujinami wants to start again for A’s. Not so fast, says his manager

Published Sun, 29 Dec 2024 12:22:54 GMT

OAKLAND – Shintaro Fujinami would like to return to the starting rotation at some point but manager Mark Kotsay said he and the Oakland A’s will continue to take a measured approach with the Japanese-born right-hander.Fujinami earned his second MLB win Tuesday, as he entered the A’s game with the Atlanta Braves with two outs in the top of the ninth inning. Fujinami used a 97-mph sinker to retire Austin Riley for the last out, and the A’s won the game 2-1 in the bottom of the ninth as Seth Brown scored from third base on Riley’s fielding error on a ground ball by Jonah Bride with the bases loaded.It was Fujinami’s third appearance in four games since Saturday and the one run he’s allowed in the past 2 1/3 innings before Wednesday was a solo homer to Braves first baseman Matt Olson on Memorial Day.For the season, though, Fujinami is 2-5 with a 12.00 ERA in 30 innings, as he continues to work his way back from a disastrous start to his big-league career in April.“We have no plans for F...

Ousted SF DA Boudin says he won't run in 2024, takes new job

Published Sun, 29 Dec 2024 12:22:54 GMT

(KRON) -- Former San Francisco District Attorney Chesa Boudin has accepted a new role at University of California, Berkeley School of Law, the university announced on Wednesday. PG&E settles with Shasta County DA over Zogg Fire charges Boudin will serve as the founding executive director of Berkeley Law's new Criminal Law and Justice Center; he calls the role a "perfect fit." The center will be focused on research and advocacy in order to boost Berkeley Law's public mission in the criminal justice arena, the university said. Boudin tells KRON4 he's excited to be working at the country's premier public law school. "This job will draw on my lived experience visiting my parents in prison for decades, as well as my professional experience as a public defender and as elected district attorney," he said. Dean Erwin Chemerinksy said that the university conducted a national search to fill the role. The announcement detailed Boudin's personal experience with the criminal justice syst...

San Francisco man sentenced to life in prison for deadly high-speed chase

Published Sun, 29 Dec 2024 12:22:54 GMT

(KTXL) -- A San Francisco man has been sentenced in connection to the 2021 death of Dawn Loralee Ritter, according to the Yuba County District Attorney's Office.Dominik Oshay Cash was pulled over by California Highway Patrol officers in January 2021 for speeding. Officers in Yuba County were unaware that the Bay Area man had multiple outstanding warrants for his arrest and had a loaded 9mm handgun on the passenger seat. Investigators narrow in on identity of human remains found near Truckee While fleeing law enforcement, Cash ran a red light at over 80 miles per hour and crashed in a vehicle driven by Ritter. According to officers, she died on impact from the force of the crash, and Cash continued to flee from officers on foot. He was later taken into custody. Traffic collision injures several children in Pollock Pines Cash was charged with second-degree murder, reckless evasion, fleeing the scene of a collision, felon in possession of a firearm and driving on a suspended lice...

Oakland community groups demand city maintain violence prevention budget

Published Sun, 29 Dec 2024 12:22:54 GMT

(BCN) -- As Oakland officials consider balancing the city's next budget, members of community-based organizations on Tuesday afternoon protested potential budget cuts to the city's Department of Violence Prevention, which curbs violence only through diplomacy. Members of the same groups also protested proposed increases to the police budget. Both items went before the Oakland City Council later Tuesday afternoon. Mayor Sheng Thao has proposed cutting the budget of the Department of Violence Prevention by $3.95 million each year for two years. About 2,000 fewer people will be served each fiscal year if the cuts are approved. Victims identified after double fatal Tesla crash on Highway 1 near Pescadero "It really, really impacts us," said Vamsey Palagummi, managing director for Communities United for Restorative Youth Justice, whose members protested Tuesday and who get funding for violence prevention from the Oakland Department of Violence Prevention. CURYJ and its allies or...

Atlanta Police Arrest Organizers of Bail Fund for Cop City Protesters

Published Sun, 29 Dec 2024 12:22:54 GMT

This house in the Edgewood neighborhood is where police arrested three key organizers who have been aiding protesters against the city’s proposed police training center on May 31, 2023, in Atlanta.Photo: Kate Brumback/AP On Wednesday morning, a heavily armed Atlanta Police Department SWAT team raided a house in Atlanta and arrested three of its residents. Their crime? Organizing legal support and bail funds for protesters and activists who have faced indiscriminate arrest and overreaching charges in the struggle to stop the construction of a vast police training facility — dubbed Cop City — atop a forest in Atlanta.In a joint operation with the Georgia Bureau of Investigation, or GBI, Atlanta cops charged Marlon Scott Kautz, Adele Maclean, and Savannah Patterson — all board members of the Atlanta Solidarity Fund — with “money laundering” and “charity fraud.”The arrests are an unprecedented attack on bail funds and legal support organizations, a long-standing facet of social j...

5 men charged with 1st-degree murder in killing of missing Frederick teen

Published Sun, 29 Dec 2024 12:22:54 GMT

Police in Frederick, Maryland, have arrested five men in the killing of a teenager whose remains were found in a park in April.Police arrested Alexis Alfredo Ayala Lopez, 21; Jose Roberto Ramos Lopez, 23; Ismael Lopez Lopez, 29; Elmer Bladimir Reyes Reyes, 27, and Ismael Ivan Rivera Canales, 20, on May 26. All five men have been charged with first-degree murder.Frederick police said family members reported Limber Lopez Funez as missing on Feb. 25. Detectives discovered what appeared to be a crime scene while searching the wooded area near Orchard Way a day later on Feb. 26, but the search continued for Lopez Funez.Police said they discovered human remains on April 24 in the Gambrill State Park area after learning that Lopez Funez may have been in the area, and the remains were confirmed to be those of Lopez Funez.“Our team spent countless hours following leads and conducting searches all over the county,” said Jason Lando, Frederick chief of police. “We were all ho...

SEC puts emphasis on gambling after college sports roiled by multiple wagering scandals

Published Sun, 29 Dec 2024 12:22:54 GMT

DESTIN, Fla. (AP) — When it comes to sports wagering, information is a commodity and even a morsel of news that is not widely available can be valuable.As college sports experiences some of the negative consequences of ubiquitous legal betting on sporting events, could more transparency be among the potential safeguards?“If everybody’s giving an injury report, I have no problem giving an injury report,” Georgia coach Kirby Smart said this week. “They do it in the NFL. I was in the NFL. That’s not a huge deal as long as it’s a level playing field.”A month highlighted by gambling-related firings and potential NCAA infractions in college sports motivated the Southeastern Conference to put extra emphasis on the issue at this week’s spring meetings.Commissioner Greg Sankey called on U.S. Integrity, a company that works with professional sports leagues and college conferences — including the SEC since 2018 — to monitor events for gambling improprieties, to give multiple presentation...