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California company’s owner gets 2 years, must pay $2.79 million in restitution for failure to pay employment taxes

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 16:07:50 GMT

A Diamond Bar man was sentenced on Monday, March 27, to two years in federal prison for not paying the IRS more than $200,000 in payroll taxes owed by his Covina employment-staffing company, and he must also pay $2.79 million in restitution.Robinson Rin Yang, who also used the names Robert Mora and David Lee, pleaded guilty in December to one count of willful failure to pay employment taxes, court documents show. Yang, 54, operated B&S Staffing in Covina from March 2016 to March 2020.“Under defendant’s management, B&S engaged in a long-running pattern of failing to pay federal employment taxes and timely file federal employment-tax returns,” according to the sentencing memo from the US Attorney’s Office. “Despite knowing of the company’s expanding tax debts, defendant repeatedly used his control over B&S to direct payments from the corporate bank account for his personal benefit andfor the payment of other expenses.”From mid-2017 until the end of 2019, B&S accrued la...

Pirates board oil tanker in Gulf of Guinea

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 16:07:50 GMT

By Sam Mednick and Jan M. Olsen | Associated PressDAKAR, Senegal — Pirates have boarded a Liberian-flagged oil tanker with 16 crew members in West Africa’s Gulf of Guinea, the Danish vessel owner said Tuesday.The attack took place southwest of Port Pointe-Noire, Congo.The Monjasa Reformer “experienced an emergency situation” late Saturday, Monjasa, the Denmark-based company that owns the ship, said in a statement.The crew sought refuge in a citadel — a safe area on the ship — in line with the on board anti-piracy emergency protocol, said company spokesman Thorstein Andreasen.The nationalities of the crew members and the pirates were not immediately known. Communication channels with the ship are down and international authorities have been alerted, said the statement.The exact location of the tanker is not known. The last position was transmitted Sunday without any updates since, said Martin Kelly, senior analyst with the London-based EOS Risk group, a security com...

Six-bedroom home in Danville sells for $1.9 million

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 16:07:50 GMT

145 Burgess Court – Google Street ViewThe spacious property located in the 100 block of Burgess Court in Danville was sold on March 13, 2023 for $1,925,000, or $614 per square foot. The house, built in 1967, has an interior space of 3,135 square feet. The property features six bedrooms, four bathrooms, an attached garage, and two parking spaces. The unit sits on a 10,000-square-foot lot.Additional houses have recently been sold nearby:On Barrett Circle, Danville, in October 2022, a 1,943-square-foot home was sold for $1,612,500, a price per square foot of $830. The home has 3 bedrooms and 3 bathrooms.A 2,651-square-foot home on the 400 block of Saint Francis Drive in Danville sold in January 2023, for $1,920,000, a price per square foot of $724. The home has 5 bedrooms and 4 bathrooms.In February 2023, a 1,786-square-foot home on Harlan Drive in Danville sold for $1,590,000, a price per square foot of $890. The home has 4 bedrooms and 2 bathrooms. 

Refilling of Southern California reservoir underway for first time in three years

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 16:07:50 GMT

For three years, Southern California saw a dry spell, but recent rain has improved the situation.On Monday, March 27, a visible sign of that progress was heralded in the Inland Empire.The Metropolitan Water District of Southern California announced the refilling of Diamond Valley Lake, its 810,000-acre-foot reservoir near Hemet for the first time in three years.California Natural Resources Secretary Wade Crowfoot speaks Monday, March 27, 2023, about the environmental impact of rain at Diamond Valley Lake near Hemet. (Photo by Anjali Sharif-Paul, The Sun/SCNG)Diamond Valley Lake, the 810,000-acre-foot reservoir near Hemet, seen Monday, March 27, 2023, is being refilled thanks to recent rainwater for the first time in three years. (Photo by Anjali Sharif-Paul, The Sun/SCNG)Water flows Monday, March 27, 2023, into Diamond Valley Lake, the 810,000-acre-foot reservoir near Hemet, as it is refilled for the first time in three years. (Photo by Anjali Sharif-Paul, The Sun/SCNG)California Na...

Arrest made in January San Francisco homicide

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 16:07:50 GMT

SAN FRANCISCO (KRON) -- Officers with the San Francsico Police Department arrested a man who allegedly shot and killed another man in San Francisco on Jan. 22. Police said they were able to identify the suspect as San Francisco resident Elmer Daniel Flores Buezo, 36.Officers originally responded to reports of a shooting on La Grande Avenue in Ingleside around 2:22 p.m. on Jan. 22. At the scene, they said they found a man suffering from apparent gunshot wounds. The victim died at the scene. Another SF high-rise window shatters during storm, streets closed On March 23 around 5 a.m., police executed a search warrant on the 600 block of Persia Street. During the search, police said they found evidence linking Buezo to the homicide.Buezo was arrested and booked into the San Francisco County jail. He was charged with murder, firearm enhancement, carrying a firearm in a vehicle and criminal threats. The investigation is ongoing. Anyone with information is asked to call the SFPD Tip ...

Pastor Wins Civil Rights Suit Against Trump Administration Border Surveillance

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 16:07:50 GMT

A federal judge in California sided with a pastor who was targeted by U.S. authorities in a border surveillance program under former President Donald Trump.In a 44-page decision last week, Judge Todd Robinson ruled that U.S. Customs and Border Protection, or CBP, officials violated New York City pastor Kaji Dousa’s constitutional rights by adding her to a blacklist of border activists and calling on Mexican authorities to apprehend her — all despite lacking any evidence that she was involved in illegal activity.For Dousa, whose experience The Intercept chronicled in an investigation last year, the victory marked the end of an exhausting ordeal that’s spanned more than four years.“I had two real reasons for going into this — one, of course, to make sure that I’m safe to travel, but the other is that I just wanted it to help people, and from the responses that I’ve been getting, it seems like it will,” Dousa told The Intercept. “I feel like it’s a win for the helpers.”Dousa file...

Police say Nashville school shooter legally bought 7 firearms in recent years; hid them from parents

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 16:07:50 GMT

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Police say Nashville school shooter legally bought 7 firearms in recent years; hid them from parents.Source

Early spring cleaning for the district

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 16:07:50 GMT

This content is provided by Washington Gas.Six months ago, Washington Gas teamed up with WUSA9 for their first sponsored Recycle Day. The Sept. 17 event was an overwhelming success, and they heard from many people that they had tons (literally) of items still waiting to be recycled at home.To help even more old items find a new purpose, they partnered with WUSA9 on Feb. 4 for a second sponsored Recycle Day. Their Springfield, Virginia, location was buzzing as hundreds of vehicles dropped off paper and electronics for a trip to the recycling facility instead of to a landfill.It’s a proven strategy that little changes can produce impressive results, but the combined totals of these two events have been truly staggering.*Paper: 120,000 pounds recycled (60 tons)The average ream of 8.5” x 11” copy paper contains 500 sheets and weighs about five pounds.* That’s more than 12 million sheets—enough to create a stack as high as nine Washington Monuments. It’s also enough square footage to pap...

Baltimore’s new anti-violence strategy targets drug gangs

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 16:07:50 GMT

BALTIMORE (AP) — Baltimore leaders announced criminal indictments Tuesday against 33 people accused of operating a violent drug trafficking organization, saying the prosecution illustrates the continued success of an anti-violence program launched last year in one of America’s most violent cities.Baltimore’s Group Violence Reduction Strategy uses an individualized “focused deterrence” approach to target potential shooters and victims, offering them services and support where possible, in lieu of law enforcement action. But officials said some people, like the 33 defendants facing indictment, are a serious risk to public safety.Nineteen of those indicted have already been arrested, according to a news release from the state attorney general’s office. The others were still being sought Tuesday.They said the arrests should serve as a warning to other people contributing to Baltimore’s high homicide rate.“Don’t let this be you,” Baltimore Mayor Brandon Scott said at a news confere...

Greece: 2 held in alleged plot to attack Jewish restaurant

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 16:07:50 GMT

ATHENS, Greece (AP) — Two men accused of planning an extremist attack on a Jewish restaurant in central Athens and possibly other targets that would produce mass civilian casualties have been arrested on terrorism charges in Greece, police said Tuesday. The suspects were charged with membership in a terrorist organization and were being held at police headquarters in the Greek capital, authorities said. A third man, who is not in Greece, was wanted for questioning and charged in absentia. Government and police officials told the Associated Press that both suspects were of Pakistani origin. The officials asked not to be identified pending official announcements.The two suspects both entered Greece illegally from neighboring Turkey and have been in the country for at least four months. As part of their investigation, police searched multiple sites in Athens as well as in southern Greece and on the island of Zakynthos. The arrests were made because the attack at the Jewish restaurant w...