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Hundreds march in L.A. as writers' strike reaches 50-day mark

Published Wed, 19 Feb 2025 20:53:28 GMT

Demonstrators are marching from Pan Pacific Park to the La Brea Tar Pits Wednesday amid the ongoing writers' strike. The march and rally marks 50 days since Writers Guild of America members began striking, and it’s halfway to the 100-day strike that took place in 2007 and 2008.The WGA estimates that the strike is becoming very costly, indicating that the California economy has so far lost more than a $1 billion in economic output during the ongoing battle with the Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers.Demonstrators march in Central Los Angeles as the WGA strike reached its 50-day mark on June 21, 2023. (KTLA) Members are striking for higher pay and streaming residuals, limits on artificial intelligence use and mandatory staffing levels in writers’ rooms.“We’re waiting for studios and companies to come back to the table,” WGA strike captain Bill Wolkoff told KTLA. He added that the rally is a great way for members get together in one place and to remind each other what ...

California man who shocked police officer with stun gun during Capitol riot is sentenced to over 12 years in prison

Published Wed, 19 Feb 2025 20:53:28 GMT

By MICHAEL KUNZELMAN | Associated Press|WASHINGTON — A California man who drove a stun gun into a police officer’s neck during one of the most violent clashes of the U.S. Capitol riot was sentenced on Wednesday to more than 12 years in prison.Daniel “D.J.” Rodriguez yelled, “Trump won!” as he was led out of the courtroom where U.S. District Judge Amy Berman Jackson sentenced him to 12 years and seven months behind bars for his role in the Jan. 6, 2021, attack. Only two other Jan. 6 defendants have received longer prison terms so far after hundreds of sentencings for Capitol riot cases.The judge said Rodriguez, 40, was “a one-man army of hate, attacking police and destroying property” at the Capitol.“You showed up in (Washington) D.C. spoiling for a fight,” Jackson said. “You can’t blame what you did once you got there on anyone but yourself.”Metropolitan Police Officer Michael Fanone ‘s body camera captured him screaming out in pain after Rodriguez shocked him with a stun gun while ...

‘Mr. Kilgore is a reformed individual’: Suspect in 1976 Alameda slaying accepts probation plea deal, was also convicted of murder in 1987

Published Wed, 19 Feb 2025 20:53:28 GMT

OAKLAND — Just six months after he was arrested in connection with the 1976 strangulation death of an Alameda man, a San Luis Obispo resident has accepted a plea deal that will require him to serve just two years of probation, avoiding a prison sentence altogether.For 65-year-old Anthony Kilgore Sr., the plea deal is just the latest twist in an adult life spent mostly behind bars, trying to prove he’d turned a corner in life despite horrific past deeds. Kilgore was arrested last year on suspicion of killing 23-year-old Nicholas Powers on Nov. 5, 1976, but just four years earlier he’d been paroled from state prison for strangling a woman to death in Redondo Beach in 1987.The new murder charge appeared at first to almost guarantee Kilgore would be headed back to prison, this time for good. But on May 2, Alameda County Judge James Cramer made the surprising move of releasing Kilgore from jail over the objections of the District Attorney’s Office, agreeing with K...

Fatal Dublin crash leaves 2 dead

Published Wed, 19 Feb 2025 20:53:28 GMT

(KRON) -- Two people were killed in a single vehicle crash in Dublin on Tuesday night, the Dublin Police Department said. Dublin PD responded to a report of a single vehicle collision in the area of Dougherty Road and Fall Creek Road at about 10:30 p.m.Arriving at the scene, police located a dark-colored BMW M3 that had crashed into a tree and light pole and become engulfed in flames. Once the fire was put out, it was determined that both the vehicle's occupants were deceased. The driver was a 25-year-old man. The passenger was described as an "unknown male." Broad daylight strong-arm robbery in Palo Alto being investigated Both victims are thought to be San Ramon residents.A primary investigation into the crash is being handled by the Dublin Police Services Traffic Unit. Following a preliminary investigation, police believe that excessive speed may have been a factor in the crash."Our thoughts and prayers go out to the family and friends of the victims," police said.

Big rig collision blocks SR-237 onramp, Sunnyvale

Published Wed, 19 Feb 2025 20:53:28 GMT

(KRON) -- A big rig overturned on a Sunnyvale onramp for State Route 237 on Wednesday morning, causing delays, according to the California Highway Patrol. Strong-arm robbery in Palo Alto under investigation The Mathilda Avenue onramp to SR-237 faced a total closure when a big rig toppled over after a collision. The truck was carrying what appeared to be chunks of concrete, which spilled out across the ramp. (Photos courtesy of CHP San Jose)Photos from the scene show a Subaru Forester was also involved in the collision. The Subaru's back window was smashed out and the rear-end crushed from the impact with the big rig. CHP did not share when the ramp is expected to be reopened.

What new laws are going into effect in California in July?

Published Wed, 19 Feb 2025 20:53:28 GMT

(KTXL) — It’s the middle of the year, but several new laws or their provisions are going to take effect in California at the start of July. Most new state laws go into effect on January 1, but the Legislature sometimes designates some laws or certain provisions of these to go into effect in the middle of the year, or even immediately upon the signature of the governor.  ‘They are doing it wrong’: Ron DeSantis visits SF, slams city in campaign ad Here’s a collection of the laws and provisions that will go into effect on July 1, including laws regarding teacher retirement plans, online sellers and new requirements for bounty hunters. Stricter measures against sales of firearm-related productsAB 1594, authored by Assemblymember Phil Ting (D-San Francisco), requires firearm manufacturers and their distributors to closely monitor the sale of firearm-related products and prohibits unfair and unlawful marketing and advertising of these products. The measure also allows state and loc...

Broad daylight strong-arm robbery in Palo Alto being investigated

Published Wed, 19 Feb 2025 20:53:28 GMT

(KRON) -- A strong-arm robbery in which a woman was robbed of her wallet in broad daylight Tuesday is being investigated by the Palo Alto Police Department. The robbery occurred in the parking lot of the Town & Country Shopping Center at around 3:45 p.m., police said.Palo Alto PD received a call from the victim -- a woman in her fifties -- at 4:52 p.m. The woman said she'd been the victim of a strong-arm robbery and was putting her shopping bags in her vehicle when she felt someone tugging on her cross-body purse from behind. ‘They are doing it wrong’: Ron DeSantis visits SF, slams city in campaign ad The woman turned and was confronted by the suspect who demanded her wallet, police said. She handed over the wallet and the suspect fled on foot, heading south through the parking lot. The victim was not physically injured in the incident and returned home before calling police.The suspect was described as a man in his mid-twenties, about six feet tall, 200 pounds and with a mus...

Atlanta DA Opposed Indicting Cop City Legal Observer, but Georgia Attorney General Pushed Charges Anyway

Published Wed, 19 Feb 2025 20:53:28 GMT

As Georgia prosecutors pursue increasingly aggressive tactics against Cop City protesters, Georgia Attorney General Chris Carr intervened to double down on domestic terrorism charges against a legal observer, previously unreported meeting minutes reveal.Thomas Webb Jurgens, a legal observer from the Southern Poverty Law Center, is facing charges of domestic terrorism after being swept up in arrests made back in March at the forest-turned-construction-site outside Atlanta where activists have been protesting a multimillion-dollar police training center for more than a year.But when Dekalb County’s district attorney called to drop charges against Jurgens, who was wearing bright green clothing to identify him as a legal observer at the time of his arrest, Carr, a conservative Republican with a Federalist Society pedigree, overruled the objections. Georgia Bureau of Investigation, or GBI, Director Michael Register, an appointee of Republican Gov. Brian Kemp, reported the exchange ...

Israeli airstrike hits car in northern West Bank, escalating army’s crackdown on militant targets

Published Wed, 19 Feb 2025 20:53:28 GMT

JERUSALEM (AP) — Israeli airstrike hits car in northern West Bank, escalating army’s crackdown on militant targets.Source

NBA mock draft: Wembanyama easy No. 1; AP has Miller second, Henderson third

Published Wed, 19 Feb 2025 20:53:28 GMT

Victor Wembanyama’s NBA draft experience will be quite unlike last year’s No. 1 pick.Paolo Banchero could never be certain he would be taken first. There was too much speculation that Orlando was also considering Jabari Smith Jr. and Chet Holmgren, with some mock drafts listing Banchero below both. The eventual Rookie of the Year said he didn’t find out he was the Magic’s choice until less than a minute before Commissioner Adam Silver went on stage in Brooklyn. Wembanyama has no need to wait. The 19-year-old from France has owned permanent residence atop mock draft boards, including all four versions of the AP’s, and could begin walking to the stage Thursday night before Silver finishes announcing the San Antonio Spurs’ selection. Shortly after, two twin brothers could make the same walk. Amen and Ausar Thompson of Overtime Elite are both expected to land inside the top 10.1. SAN ANTONIO SPURS: VICTOR WEMBANYAMA, FORWARD, FRANCEHis combination of ...