Puppy found stuffed in trash bag on side of road, Santa Cruz Sheriff’s Office investigating
Published Thu, 21 Nov 2024 22:56:35 GMT
WATSONVILLE — The Santa Cruz County Sheriff’s Office is seeking the public’s help in investigating how a 4-month-old puppy was left stuffed in a trash bag on the side of the road late last month.The collar Cheddar the puppy was found wearing on March 26. (Santa Cruz County Sheriff’s Office — Contributed) A driver passing beneath the Buena Vista/Highway 1 overpass on March 26 located the “severely injured and underweight golden retriever-mix puppy.” The dog, according to a post on a Sheriff’s Office’s social media page, showed signs of having been abused.A California Highway Patrol sergeant transported the puppy, now nicknamed Cheddar, to the Santa Cruz Veterinary Hospital. He is recovering from “significant injuries and other indications of aggravated animal neglect and abuse,” according to the Sheriff’s Office. Related ArticlesCrime and Public Safety | Woman ID’d in fatal Seacliff State Beach crash Crime and Public Safety | Amid disastrous Pajaro flo...Woman ID’d in fatal Seacliff State Beach crash
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APTOS — Authorities have identified the 68-year-old Watsonville woman who died Saturday morning when her vehicle went off the bluff above Seacliff State Beach.Michele Rimando was fatally injured during the crash, which was reported shortly before 8:30 a.m., as identified by the Santa Cruz County Coroner’s Office.Related ArticlesCrashes and Disasters | Body recovered near Hwy. 24 in North Oakland Crashes and Disasters | Man killed in East Bay crash Sunday was outside stopped van, authorities say Crashes and Disasters | Infant killed, parents hurt after suspected DUI driver hits them on California neighborhood sidewalk Crashes and Disasters | Fatal crash in East Bay near Interstate 680 investigated Crashes and Disasters | Woman dies after car goes down embankment at Seacliff State Beach According to the California Highway Patrol, Rimando was traveling into the main beach parking lot on State Park Drive in ...Amid disastrous Pajaro flood, interpreters are a lifeline for Indigenous farmworkers
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WATSONVILLE — Inside an evacuation center at the Santa Cruz County Fairgrounds, Maria Adolfo-Morales and a disaster service volunteer listened to a woman describe her concerns in the Mixteco language.The woman and her three children had been staying at the center for a week, after a broken levee flooded the farming town of Pajaro and forced residents to flee.Adolfo-Morales, a 22-year-old community health care worker, interpreted what the woman said into English, then rendered the volunteer’s responses into Mixteco, one of several Indigenous languages spoken in southern Mexico.The woman’s inquiries echoed those of other displaced residents: How do I apply for food assistance? How do I apply for financial assistance?Many of Pajaro’s agricultural workers are Mixteco speakers who are not fluent in English or Spanish. Adolfo-Morales and other interpreters have been a lifeline for them as they figure out how to survive after losing their homes and livelihoods.An estimated 170,000 Indigeno...After viral Dodger Stadium tackle cuts marriage proposal short, couple is all smiles
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Ricardo Juarez and Stephani Ramona Gutierrez decided to tag along with friends to the Dodgers’ Opening Day game Thursday, March 30.But Juarez, who lives in Riverside, didn’t just take his Mookie Betts jersey and Dodgers cap.RELATED: Tackle ends Dodger Stadium marriage proposalThe 35-year-old sushi chef at Oishii Sushi & Teriyaki in Moreno Valley also took an engagement ring. He planned to propose to then-girlfriend Gutierrez, 33, who uses the name Ramona Saavedra on social media.Ricardo Juarez, left, and new fiancee Stephani Ramona Gutierrez are seen in Riverside on Monday, April 3, 2023. Juarez, a Riverside resident, was tackled by a security guard at Dodger Stadium on Thursday, March 30, 2023, while proposing to Gutierrez on the field. (Photo by Terry Pierson, The Press-Enterprise/SCNG)Ricardo Juarez, left, and new fiancee Stephani Ramona Gutierrez are seen in Riverside on Monday, April 3, 2023. Juarez, a Riverside resident, was tackled by a security guard at Dodger Stadium on...Police track down 3 suspects in $5,000 perfume theft from California store
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Redlands police again used technology on Saturday, April 1, to arrest suspects in the latest theft of thousands of dollars in merchandise from a beauty supply store.At about 4:30 p.m., three people walked into the Ulta Beauty store in the Mountain Grove Shopping Center on San Bernardino Avenue and walked out with two white baskets of fragrances valued at $5,000, the department said.They fled in a black Audi. Employees provided a description and officers spotted the car on the department’s video surveillance system, said Carl Baker, a department spokesman.An officer pulled over the car near San Bernardino Avenue and the 210 Freeway and three people were arrested: two 56-year-old San Bernardino residents and a 34-year-old Victorville resident.The stolen merchandise was found in the car, Baker said.This was far from the biggest heist at that Ulta store. In December 2021, crooks made off with $12,000 in merchandise.Those suspects were caught as well. Redlands police, working with stores...Two-bedroom home sells in Palo Alto for $5.4 million
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776 Rosewood Drive – Google Street ViewA house located in the 700 block of Rosewood Drive in Palo Alto has new owners. The 1,016-square-foot property, built in 1946, was sold on March 10, 2023, for $5,350,000, or $5,266 per square foot. The property features two bedrooms, one bathroom, a garage, and one parking space. It sits on an 8,094-square-foot lot, which also has a pool.Additional houses have recently been sold nearby:A 1,576-square-foot home on the 2500 block of Ross Road in Palo Alto sold in November 2022, for $3,160,000, a price per square foot of $2,005. The home has 4 bedrooms and 2 bathrooms.In October 2022, a 1,701-square-foot home on Marshall Drive in Palo Alto sold for $3,518,000, a price per square foot of $2,068. The home has 3 bedrooms and 2 bathrooms.On Marion Avenue, Palo Alto, in September 2022, a 1,036-square-foot home was sold for $2,850,000, a price per square foot of $2,751. The home has 3 bedrooms and 1 bathrooms.Former California middle school teacher gets 10-year sentence for distributing child pornography
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A former San Bernardino middle school teacher was sentenced Monday to 10 years in prison for distributing child pornography on social media, the U.S. Justice Department said Monday in a statement.Josue Gamaliel Vidal Quintanilla, a 31-year-old Fontana resident, taught math at Shandin Hills Middle School before authorities served a search warrant at his home and arrested him in September 2020, officials said in the release.An estimated 1,500 images and 724 videos of child pornography were discovered by authorities from Quintanilla’s online accounts and digital devices.The Department of Justice stated that Snapchat and Kik social media sites notified law enforcement that a user with an internet protocol address assigned to Quintanilla’s residence had uploaded content that was suspected to be sexually explicit and involve children.Related ArticlesCrime and Public Safety | Family of Sophia Mason sues Alameda County, alleges social workers falsified records to cover up ‘...California school district to pay $13 million to family of teen shot to death by school resource officer
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Attorneys for a woman whose 18-year-old daughter was shot to death by a Long Beach Unified School District security officer two years ago say they are settling their lawsuit against the district.The attorneys for Manuela Sahagun — the mother of Manuela “Mona” Rodriguez, who was shot in the back of the head as she sat in the passenger seat of her boyfriend’s car in September 2021 — and the estate of Rodriguez’s infant son, Isael Rodriguez Chowdhury, said Monday in an emailed announcement that the school district will agree to pay the family $13 million to settle the case.Rodriguez was shot in a parking lot about a block from Millikan High School. Long Beach police said the school resource officer who shot her, Eddie Francisco Gonzalez, had witnessed Rodriguez get into a fight with a 15-year-old girl that spilled out on to Palo Verde Road near Spring Street.After the fight, Rodriguez got into a car being driven by her boyfriend and her son’s father, Rafeul Chowdhury, in the parking lo...Justice Department seizes over $100 million related to cryptocurrency schemes across the US, including California
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The U.S. Department of Justice announced on Monday, April 3 that federal investigators seized virtual currency worth an estimated $112 million linked to elaborate cryptocurrency investment scams named “pig butchering.”Judges in Los Angeles, Arizona, and Idaho authorized seizure warrants for six virtual currency accounts, including one based in the Los Angeles area that contained over $60 million in cryptocurrency funds.Court documents said that the currency accounts were used in long-term fraud schemes where victims would be enticed to make investments in fraudulent cryptocurrency ventures. The funds provided by victims were instead laundered to the scammers who had conned them.Why the unusual name? The victims in these schemes are often referred to as “pigs” by the scammers, who will “fatten up” the victims, according to an affidavit filed in relation to the Los Angeles seizure warrant. Scammers in these schemes will often form relationships with their victims over a long period of...Lindsay: Fiscal Q2 Earnings Snapshot
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OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — Lindsay Corp. (LNN) on Tuesday reported fiscal second-quarter earnings of $18.1 million.The Omaha, Nebraska-based company said it had net income of $1.63 per share.The results exceeded Wall Street expectations. The average estimate of four analysts surveyed by Zacks Investment Research was for earnings of $1.43 per share.The irrigation equipment maker posted revenue of $166.2 million in the period, falling short of Street forecasts. Four analysts surveyed by Zacks expected $187.5 million._____This story was generated by Automated Insights (http://automatedinsights.com/ap) using data from Zacks Investment Research. Access a Zacks stock report on LNN at https://www.zacks.com/ap/LNNSourceLatest news
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