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San Mateo County: Lawsuit cites ‘systematic failures’ in handling of serial child molester William Ayres

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 20:10:25 GMT

“Systematic failures” by the state and local government resulted in the sexual abuse in hundreds of young boys by an infamous San Mateo-based child psychiatrist who died in prison, a fiery lawsuit filed Monday claims.FILE – William Ayres, a noted child psychiatrist, waits outside a San Mateo County Superior Court in Redwood City, Calif., Friday, April 27, 2007. (AP Photo/Paul Sakuma) The suit pits 13 plaintiffs, all victims of longtime Dr. William Ayres, against the county, the State of California and other entities. The plaintiffs were all minors at the times of their assaults. Ayres contracted with various government entities to see children as a psychological evaluator, including through the San Mateo County juvenile justice system and at Hillcrest Juvenile Hall.He was convicted and sentenced to eight years in prison in 2013 after he pled no contest to eight felony counts of lewd and lascivious acts with a child. Prosecutors at the time said they knew of at...

Forecast map: California rivers bulge with snowmelt, but no major floods expected. How’s it look near you?

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 20:10:25 GMT

The “Big Melt” has begun.As the gargantuan Sierra snowpack gets heated up by warmer temperatures this week, many of the Golden State’s major waterways are expected to see a surge in flow from the melting snow — though major floods still seem a ways off for now. The only rivers forecast to exceed flood stage in the next four days are the Merced River near Yosemite Valley, which will close down parts of the national park, and the West Fork Carson River in Alpine County.The map below shows the two locations where minor flooding is forecast. Those spots are symbolized by yellow dots. These dot forecasts only predict flooding within the next four days.The blue lines represent California waterways that are expected to flow at an above-normal rate within the next 10 days. The thicker the blue line, the more water than usual is expected to flow through the waterway. The flow rates capture how much water would course through the river based on a cubic feet per second ...

Single-family residence in Saratoga sells for $3 million

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 20:10:25 GMT

18840 Kosich Drive – Google Street ViewA spacious house located in the 18800 block of Kosich Drive in Saratoga has new owners. The 2,579-square-foot property, built in 1963, was sold on April 12, 2023, for $2,970,000, or $1,152 per square foot. The property features four bedrooms, three bathrooms, a garage, and two parking spaces. It sits on a 0.3-acre lot, which also has a pool.Additional houses that have recently been purchased close by include:A 1,500-square-foot home on the 12400 block of Paseo Cerro in Saratoga sold in April 2023, for $1,850,000, a price per square foot of $1,233. The home has 3 bedrooms and 2 bathrooms.On Easton Drive, Saratoga, in November 2022, a 1,774-square-foot home was sold for $2,663,000, a price per square foot of $1,501. The home has 3 bedrooms and 3 bathrooms.In December 2022, a 2,230-square-foot home on Easton Place in Saratoga sold for $3,000,000, a price per square foot of $1,345. The home has 3 bedrooms and 3 bathrooms. 

Santa Clara County judge rules Elon Musk likely must give deposition in fatal Tesla autopilot crash Suit

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 20:10:25 GMT

By Peter Blumberg and Robert Burnson | BloombergA California state judge issued a tentative order requiring Tesla Inc. Chief Executive Officer Elon Musk to give a deposition in a lawsuit blaming Autopilot for a fatal crash in 2018.Tesla’s argument for why Musk shouldn’t be required to testify is “deeply troubling to the court,” Santa Clara County Superior Court Judge Evette D. Pennypacker said in the order.The electric-car maker argued that it couldn’t vouch for the authenticity of videotaped interviews in which Musk touted the company’s driver-assistance technology, saying it’s possible some of them were digitally altered.“Their position is that because Mr. Musk is famous and might be more of a target for deep fakes, his public statements are immune,” the judge wrote. “In other words, Mr. Musk, and others in his position, can simply say whatever they like in the public domain, then hide behind the potential for their recorded statements being a deep fake to avoid taking ownership o...

Stagecoach 2023: How to livestream the country music festival from home

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 20:10:25 GMT

The annual Stagecoach Country Music Festival, which takes over the Empire Polo Club in Indio following two weekends of its sister Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival on April 28-30, will be livestreamed through the Amazon Music channel on Twitch and Prime Video for the first time.Festival promoters Goldenvoice announced that fans will be able to tune into sets from its T-Mobile Mane Stage starting at 3 p.m. on the streaming platform, which is available only with Amazon Prime membership.Ahead of the fest, fans can tune in to new Amazon Original songs on Amazon Music from several of the performing artists including Breland’s new duet with Daniel Bradberry “Happy Song” and Luke Grimes’ cover of Blaze Foley’s “Clay Pigeons.”The livestream will also feature exclusive content including live interviews with Country Heat Weekly host Kelly Sutton and Amber Anderson talking with some of the performers on-site.Country singer-songwriter and “American Idol” judge Luke Bryan will headline th...

Catalytic converter thieves who brandished guns, drove Maserati wanted by Berkeley PD

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 20:10:25 GMT

(KRON) -- Police in Berkeley are looking for a pair of catalytic converter thieves who brandished firearms and escaped in a Maserati, according to an alert from the Berkeley Police Department. The incident occurred just after 6 a.m. Thursday morning in the area of Bancroft Way and McGee Avenue, police said. SF police investigate stabbing in Tenderloin Thursday morning The two suspects brandished firearms -- a long rifle and a handgun -- while attempting to steal a catalytic converter. The suspects then took off at a high rate of speed in a white Maserative SUV with paper plates. Police were unable to locate them.Berkeley PD is looking for the suspects and encourages the public to call the police if they see a crime in progress but to not approach the subjects.

Raising Cane's raising average hourly wage to $19.50

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 20:10:25 GMT

LOUISIANA (KLFY) -- Fast-food chain Raising Cane's is raising its average minimum hourly wage to more than $19, company co-CEO and COO AJ Kumaran told Yahoo Finance last week.It's part of a more than $9 million investment into its workforce, Kumaran explained. Part of the investment is moving all hourly managers to an $18-an-hour minimum pay, bringing the average hourly pay at the company to $19.50, according to details shared with Nexstar's KLFY. Beavis and Butt-Head return as wonderfully moronic as ever Raising Cane's is also offering hourly employees the chance to make an additional $2 per hour during their first year of employment and for training employees as well as an additional $1 for working past 10 p.m. or during major events, and for completing "crew certifications."Additionally, Raising Cane's is launching a program to encourage experienced employees to travel to a new city -- where they will live rent-free for three to six months -- to help launch new restaurant locat...

Reactionaries and Progressives Jointly Call For U.S. Military to Leave Somalia

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 20:10:25 GMT

A measure to withdraw most U.S. troops from Somalia, just months after the Biden administration sent them back there, is expected to garner support from far-right Republicans and members of the Congressional Progressive Caucus when it comes up for a scheduled vote on Thursday.The author of the War Powers Resolution, Florida Republican Rep. Matt Gaetz, tweeted this week that Somalia, in the horn of Africa, “is not a vital national security concern.” Reps. Pramila Jayapal, D-Wash., and Ilhan Omar, D-Minn. — the chair and deputy chair of the Congressional Progressive Caucus, which is comprised of more than 100 members of Congress — have confirmed they will vote yes on the measure, according to sources familiar with their thinking. “Members of Progressive Caucus leadership will all vote for the Somalia war powers resolution,” said a congressional staffer. “House progressives remain principled in their commitment to upholding the constitutional authority of Congress’s sole powers o...

Prosecutors: Man charged with killing wife suspected affair

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 20:10:25 GMT

The husband of a Massachusetts woman who has been missing since New Year’s Day suspected she was having an affair and persuaded his mother to hire a private investigator to prove it, according to prosecution documents released Thursday. In December, Brian Walshe “would repeatedly access the Instagram page” of one of Ana Walshe’s male friends from Washington, D.C., where she was working, prosecutors said. His mother hired the investigator on Dec. 26 “with his input and direction” to conduct surveillance and, the next day, his oldest child’s iPad was used for an internet search on “divorce.”Walshe, 47, has been charged with first-degree murder as well as misleading a police investigation/obstruction of justice and improper conveyance of a human body. A first-degree murder conviction in Massachusetts carries a mandatory sentence of life in prison without parole.Walshe is accused of killing Ana Walshe, dismembering her and disposing of her body. He pleaded not guilty Thursda...

Pirates star Dick Groat, who also played in NBA, dies at 92

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 20:10:25 GMT

PITTSBURGH (AP) — Dick Groat, a two-sport star who went from All-American guard in basketball to a brief stint in the NBA to ultimately an All-Star shortstop and the 1960 National League MVP while playing baseball for his hometown Pittsburgh Pirates, died Thursday. He was 92.Groat’s family said in a statement that he died at UMPC Presbyterian Hospital from complications of a stroke.“We are deeply saddened by the loss of such a beloved member of the Pirates family and Pittsburgh community,” Pirates Chairman Bob Nutting said in a statement, calling Groat “a great player and an even better person.”Groat, who was from the Swissvale neighborhood just east of Pittsburgh’s downtown, starred at Duke in basketball and baseball in the early 1950s, earning All-American honors in both. His No. 10 jersey hangs in Cameron Indoor Stadium; the program retired his number following the end of his senior season in 1952.Groat attempted to play both baseball and basketball professionally, si...