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Hemet police investigating 'sex predator' accusations against school district employee

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 19:12:36 GMT

The Hemet Police Department is investigating after an online vigilante group accused an employee with the Hemet Unified School District of undisclosed illegal activity.The Police Department issued a vague news release Monday evening, in which it announced it had received allegations by the unnamed group earlier in the day. It did not specify how the accusations were conveyed or which online group reported the alleged impropriety.Detectives are apparently in contact with the group and an investigation is underway. The School District has also been informed of the allegations and is conducting an independent investigation.Details are extremely limited at this time and anyone with information is urged to contact Hemet Police Department Detective Marco Valencia at 951-765-2400. Anonymous tips can be submitted through the Police Department's mobile app.There has been a rise in online groups running makeshift sting operations in attempts to entice and document adults looking to commi...

Video shows bystanders intervene when man exposes himself in Hollywood

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 19:12:36 GMT

Visitors and motorists along Hollywood’s bustling Walk of Fame were victimized by a man who exposed himself in public on Sunday.A video posted to Citizen shows the man standing with his pants down and his arms raised next to stopped vehicles, including a Metro bus, at Hollywood Boulevard and N. Highland Avenue - just footsteps from the famous Chinese Theatre and Dolby Theatre.Thankfully, members of the public quickly intervened.The video shows one bystander walk up to the naked man and pull up his pants. A second video shows two people holding him down waiting for authorities to arrive.Video posted to Citizen shows a man standing with his pants down and his arms raised next to traffic, including a Metro bus, at Hollywood Boulevard and N. Highland Avenue. Sept. 10, 2023. (CITIZEN)“Don’t f***ing move,” a Good Samaritan says. “There’s f***ing kids [and] you’re f***ing doing that?”Yet another bystander hurls a water bottle at the man, hitting him in the head.It was not immediately known...

Video shows violent crash into South L.A. home

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 19:12:36 GMT

Home surveillance cameras captured the moment an alleged DUI driver crashed into a home in South Los Angeles Sunday night.  The violent crash happened at around 11:30 p.m. near the intersection of 110th Street and Normandie Avenue in the Westmont neighborhood of Los Angeles, according to an independent news agency.  Video of the incident obtained by KTLA shows a Mercedes SUV barrel through the property's metal fence and slam into the home, causing substantial damage. A woman who was a passenger in the vehicle can be seen on the ground with her dog also out of the vehicle. Behind the wheel of the SUV, a male driver can be seen. 7 injured in multi-vehicle crash in South Los Angeles Medical personnel with the Los Angeles County Fire Department responded to the scene. It is unknown if anyone inside the home was injured or if the home was red-tagged due to the structural damage caused by the collision.  A Mercedes SUV seen shortly after crashing into a South L.A. home o...

The top 10 most expensive home sales in Palo Alto, reported the week of Sep. 4

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 19:12:36 GMT

A house in Palo Alto that sold for $4.1 million tops the list of the most expensive residential real estate sales in Palo Alto in the past week.In total, 11 residential real estate sales were recorded in the area during the past week, with an average price of $2.9 million. The average price per square foot was $1,618.The prices in the list below concern real estate sales where the title was recorded during the week of Sep. 4 even if the property may have been sold earlier.10. $2 million, detached house in the 3400 block of Park Blvd.A sale has been finalized for the single-family house in the 3400 block of Park Blvd. in Palo Alto. The price was $1,950,000 and the new owners took over the house in August. The house was built in 1977 and the living area totals 1,224 square feet. The price per square foot ended up at $1,593. The house features three bedrooms and two bathrooms.Park Boulevard9. $2.5 million, condominium in the 300 block of Everett Ave.The property in the 300 block of Eve...

Antioch and Pittsburg police officers facing corruption charges due in court this week

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 19:12:36 GMT

(KRON) – Six Antioch and four Pittsburg police officers facing public corruption charges are scheduled to be arraigned in Contra Costa County Superior Court in Martinez this Wednesday, September 13. The district attorney's office says officers will be asked to enter a plea of guilty or not guilty. Preliminary hearings will follow.Antioch Mayor Lamar Thorpe spoke about his plan to increase the low staffing levels of the Antioch Police Department. "We need to fire the police officers who violated the public's trust so that we can free up those positions and continue to hire," said Mayor Thorpe.  Massive sinkhole forms in SF intersection after water main break For more than a year and a half the police department has struggled with low staffing while the patrol officers charged with crimes were placed on administrative leave. The city council is exploring ways to alleviate the problem.Councilmember Mike Barbanica has suggested hiring retired cops to non-sworn police positions, w...

New Zealand economy to remain sluggish for 2 years, although doing better than feared, figures show

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 19:12:36 GMT

WELLINGTON, New Zealand (AP) — New Zealand’s economy is expected to remain sluggish for another two years, although the overall picture is rosier than many observers had feared, new figures released Tuesday indicate.The nation’s Treasury released the projections ahead of an election next month. They showed a slight deterioration from earlier predictions, with tax takes lower than expected and high inflation causing ongoing headaches.Unemployment is expected to jump from a current rate of 3.6% to 5.4% in 2025 before falling again, while economic growth is expected to fall from 3.1% this year to 1.3% next year, before bouncing back to 3.3% by 2026. Net debt as a percentage of the economy is expected to peak at 23% in 2025. Treasury said subdued house price growth and a tougher labor market would dampen household wealth and incomes, and that exporters, including farmers, faced ongoing headwinds. A predicted return to the government running budget surpluses was pushed back by a year unt...

Yandy Díaz hits his 20th homer as Tampa Bay Rays beat Minnesota Twins 7-4

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 19:12:36 GMT

MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Yandy Díaz connected for his 20th homer and finished with four hits, helping the Tampa Bay Rays beat the Minnesota Twins 7-4 on Monday night.Josh Lowe had three hits for the second straight day as Tampa Bay won for the sixth time in seven games. The Rays (89-56) stayed three games back of AL East-leading Baltimore.After Tyler Glasnow (9-5) departed, Kevin Kelly, Jake Diekman and Pete Fairbanks each pitched a hitless inning. Fairbanks worked the ninth for his 23rd save.Max Kepler and Royce Lewis homered for the AL Central-leading Twins, who finished with six hits. Sonny Gray (7-7) was charged with two runs, one earned, and six hits in four innings.Díaz hit a leadoff shot in the sixth, giving Tampa Bay a 6-1 lead. He hit a game-ending homer in Saturday’s 7-5 win over Seattle.He tied a career high with four hits after beginning the day with a .161 (10 for 62) batting average in his career against Minnesota.Taylor Walls lifted the Rays to a 5-1 lead in the fifth...

Waldichuk holds Astros hitless in relief, A’s launch 3 homers in 4-0 win to avoid 100th loss

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 19:12:36 GMT

HOUSTON (AP) — Ken Waldichuk pitched six hitless innings in relief and Brent Rooker hit the first of three home runs by the Oakland Athletics in their 4-0 victory over the Houston Astros on Monday night.Houston, which entered with a 2 1/2-game lead in the AL West over Seattle, fell to 9-2 against the last-place A’s this season. Oakland improved to 45-99, delaying the team’s 100th loss for at least another day.Last season, Oakland went 60-102 following an 86-76 finish in 2021. The A’s need one more win in their final 18 games to assure they will avoid matching the franchise record of 117 losses in a season set when the team was in Philadelphia. The low mark in Oakland is 108 in 1979.Shea Langeliers and Ryan Noda also had solo homers for the A’s. Oakland opener Mason Miller pitched two innings and allowed one hit. Waldichuk (3-7) entered in the third and gave up just two baserunners, on a walk and a hit by pitch.___AP MLB: https://apnews.com/hub/mlbSource

Monday’s Scores

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 19:12:36 GMT

PREP FOOTBALL=Huguenot 75, Clover Hill 6King’s Fork High School 26, Western Branch 0Orange County 20, Goochland 0Tazewell 39, Richlands 36___Some high school football scores provided by Scorestream.com, https://scorestream.com/Source

Police to triple coverage in Boulder during Buffs home games

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 19:12:36 GMT

BOULDER, Colo. (KDVR) — Police say a string of burglaries in Boulder were connected to one man, 50-year-old Patrick Sean Gillespie.Police said Gillespie may have taken advantage of the fact that most people had their attention fixed on the Colorado Buffaloes football game."A couple of girls were home in an apartment, and they thought someone was trying to break in," Boulder Deputy Police Chief Stephen Redfearn said. Prisoner had drugs 4 days before he escaped, sources tell FOX31 Police said Gillespie made his way to several homes on University Hill while all eyes were fixed on the game."We got more calls for additional burglaries that we believe, based on video, were committed by this same guy," Redfearn said.University of Colorado Boulder flag in the University Hill neighborhood (KDVR) Police tracked Boulder burglary suspectPolice tracked Gillespie through the morning and into the early afternoon."We saw him coming back into the area on foot to his vehicle," Redfearn said. "He ha...