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Man charged with sexually assaulting 3 girls in Irvine public places

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 18:18:50 GMT

A 54-year-old man has been charged in connection with sexually assaulting three young girls in public places in Irvine, the Orange County District Attorney’s Office announced Friday.Christopher Eduard, of Los Angeles, is accused of exposing himself to a 9-year-old girl in a library while allegedly forcing her to read cue cards with disturbing phrases and masturbating in front of her.He faces two counts of false imprisonment, two counts of lewd and lascivious acts with a minor under 14, one count of a forcible lewd act on a child, one count of contacting a minor with the intent to commit a specific offense and one count of sexual exploitation of a child. He was also charged with one misdemeanor count of using a minor in the production of pornography and one misdemeanor count of indecent exposure.The incident involving the 9-year-old girl occurred on March 21 while the victim was looking at children’s books in the Heritage Park Regional Library. Eduard asked the girl to help him film ...

Officer Injured after Crash on Highway 580 [Castro Valley, CA]

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 18:18:50 GMT

Deputy Involved in Vehicle Accident near 164th AvenueCASTRO VALLEY, CA (March 31, 2023) – Tuesday afternoon, an officer was involved in a vehicle crash on Highway 580.The incident occurred on February 7th, shortly after 12:30 p.m.According to reports, a police cruiser traveling on the westbound lane of Interstate 580 was involved in a crash. Emergency crews responded to the site of the crash, just west of Highway 238, near 164th Avenue.Medics then transported the deputy involved in the collision to a local hospital for treatment of non-life-threatening injuries.Following the collision, crews closed down one lane of westbound Interstate 580 and the Foothill Boulevard on-ramp for cleanup and preliminary duties. At this time, no additional information regarding the crash on Highway 580 was released. However, further investigation is currently underway.Make our roads safer by abiding by all traffic laws and following the conditions of the road. Remember that willfully disregarding...

What the Killers Are Growing 2023

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 18:18:50 GMT

It’s that time of year when we ask our favorite cannabis brands and people what they’re most excited to grow this year. The early stress tests are done for the season and folks are getting ready to put their new winning phenos into full blast. While this happens all the time indoors, the work outdoor cultivators do in March and April will help set the standard for the quality they’ll be chopping down when Croptober hits. Here is what people told us when we asked them what they are hyped on. Here is what they told us:FidelsFidel in the garden. Courtesy of Fidels.Runtz x Jealousy, multiple banger phenos hunted, now being scaled up to the masses. The cool thing about this project is that it’s not bread by me, it’s bread by Julio aka @nineweeksharvest. Julio and I had a Genuine conversation. He’s an amazing breeder and pure soul! He blessed me with Runtz X Jealousy. We hunted over 60 beans and had many selections that look, smell and smoke phenomenal. I’m excited...

Oakland police, MLB investigating altercation between Angels’ Rendon, A’s fan

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 18:18:50 GMT

Angels third baseman Anthony Rendon was caught on video grabbing an A’s fan by the shirt and confronting him about heckling at the Opening Night game between the teams Thursday at the Coliseum.Major League Baseball and the Oakland Police Department are both investigating the incident.In the 12-second video posted on Twitter by the account for a Los Angeles sports talk show, the fan is seen being pushed by another spectator toward the Angels, where he is grabbed by Rendon through the guardrails near the dugout.Watch the video here: Rendon altercation with fan (profanity warning)Rendon asks what the fan said and accuses the fan of calling him a profane name, then lets go of the shirt, taking a swipe toward the fan’s head and missing. Other Angels players are seen walking by behind Rendon during the incident.Related ArticlesOakland Athletics | Shohei Ohtani or Aaron Judge? A’s manager Mark Kotsay picked one, then beat the other Oakland Athletics | ...

Sam Bankman-Fried using millions sent to Stanford dad to pay for lawyers: report

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 18:18:50 GMT

Stanford Law School professor Joseph Bankman is using a “multimillion gift” he received from his embattled son Sam Bankman-Fried to pay for his son’s high-priced legal defense, according to a new report this week.The report from Forbes also alleges that this gift to the longtime Stanford academic was created using money taken from Alameda Research, the sister company of Bankman-Friend’s doomed cryptocurrency exchange FTX.One-time billionaire Bankman-Fried claimed in November that he only had $100,000 in his bank account following the collapse of FTX, prompting questions about how he can afford the team of high-powered attorneys he’s hired to fight an array of criminal charges, including wire fraud, money laundering, securities fraud and bribery.Bankman-Fried is accused of misappropriating billions of dollars in FTX customer funds to finance risky bets on his hedge fund, Alameda Research. The entrepreneur allegedly used the money to fund a lavish lifesty...

Police union executive accused of dealing fentanyl surrenders

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 18:18:50 GMT

SAN JOSE, Calif. (KRON) -- The San Jose Police Officer's Association executive director accused of importing and distributing fentanyl was in court Friday. Joanne Segovia, 64, self-surrendered Friday morning. Her hearing began at 2 p.m. at the Federal Courthouse in San Jose. She will be released with no bond on a supervised release. As part of her terms, she cannot travel outside of Northern California. Executive Director of the San Jose Police Officers’ Association charged with importing fentanyl This was the first court appearance for Segovia, who could face up to 20 years in prison. The feds say Segovia allegedly spent almost a decade of her career at the San Jose Police Officer's Association dealing drugs from around the world using the association's office and computer.Segovia is allegedly at the center of an international drug shipments case, facing drug charges for importing and exporting opioids like fentanyl across the Bay Area and the country. She has been the executive...

San Mateo Bridge crash blocks eastbound lanes

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 18:18:50 GMT

(KRON) -- A crash on SR-92 on the San Mateo Bridge has blocked eastbound lanes west of the toll plaza in Hayward, according to a SIG alert. The left and center lanes are blocked. Drivers are advised to expect delays.This is a developing story. Check back for updates.

Photos: California 'super bloom' may be coming after historic rain

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 18:18:50 GMT

SANTA CRUZ, Calif. (KRON) -- Nature and landscape photographers are eagerly anticipating a rare "super bloom" this spring after more than a dozen atmospheric rivers. Californians slogged through months of drenching and destructive rainstorms this winter. Thanks to record-breaking rainfall, soil is fully saturated and Bay Area hillsides are bright emerald green. And once the sun has enough time to shine, splashes of vibrant orange, purple, yellow, and red colors will pop up in the form of wildflowers this April. California's biologically diverse landscapes are home to more than 7,000 species of native plants. While not a scientific term, "super bloom" describes a natural phenomenon when several species of wildflower seeds germinate and bloom flowers simultaneously.Hillsides and valleys were blanketed with vibrant colors during the Golden State's most recent "super bloom" of 2019 following a wet winter. A view from a NASA aircraft T-34 over the super bloom of poppies in Antelope ...

T-wolves backup Naz Reid out indefinitely with broken wrist

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 18:18:50 GMT

MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Minnesota Timberwolves center Naz Reid will be sidelined indefinitely with a broken left wrist that occurred in the previous game, a blow to the team’s depth during the stretch run of the regular season.The Timberwolves announced Friday before their game against the Los Angeles Lakers that Reid had an MRI exam in Minneapolis that revealed a fracture of the scaphoid bone. It’s between the hand and forearm on the thumb side of the wrist.Reid was hurt in the fourth quarter Wednesday at Phoenix, when he tried to brace himself as he fell to the court after being fouled. The fourth-year player has led the team in scoring in six games this season and averaged 11.5 points and 4.9 rebounds per game with 53.7% shooting from the floor — all career bests. Undrafted out of LSU in 2019, Reid has become a valuable complement to big men Rudy Gobert and Karl-Anthony Towns with his two-way skills off the bench. He proved to be particularly viable when Towns missed 52 ga...

TikTok attorney: China can’t get U.S. data under plan

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 18:18:50 GMT

SAULSALITO, Calif. (AP) — Under intense scrutiny from Washington that could lead to a potential ban, the top attorney for TikTok and its Chinese parent company ByteDance defended the social media platform’s plan to safeguard U.S. user data from China.“The basic approach that we’re following is to make it physically impossible for any government, including the Chinese government, to get access to U.S. user data,” said general counsel Erich Anderson during a wide-ranging interview with The Associated Press at a cybersecurity conference in Sausalito, California on Friday sponsored by Hewlett-Packard Foundation and Aspen Digital and featuring top government officials, tech executives and journalists. Anderson also said ByteDance will continue to develop its new app called Lemon8. “We’re obviously going to do our best with the Lemon8 app to comply with U.S. law and to make sure we do the right thing here,” Anderson said, referring to the new social app developed by ByteDance ...