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Feds up reward money, now offer $150k for information leading to arrests of suspects who target mail carriers

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 17:10:49 GMT

OAKLAND — Federal officials are now offering $150,000 in reward money for information leading to the arrests of people who target mail carriers, following a surge in such cases in the Bay Area.The sizable reward money increase announced Tuesday came as authorities announced charges of mail theft against two East Bay residents, bringing to 10 the total number of Bay Area residents recently charged with crimes involving the postal service or its workers.At a Tuesday press conference at the Oakland federal building, U.S. Attorney Ismail J. Ramsey of the Northern District of California said the latest people charged are a 19-year-old Antioch resident and a 33-year-old Oakland resident found with stolen keys to help them steal mail. Four others who were indicted, including an American Canyon man, were charged with unlawful possession of mail keys, Ramsey said.Related ArticlesCrime and Public Safety | East Oakland’s harsh realities on full display at start of trial ...

Dublin Boulevard closed in both directions due to gas leak

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 17:10:49 GMT

(KRON) -- Dublin Boulevard is closed in both directions due to a gas leak, the Dublin Police Department announced Tuesday. The closure is between Tassajara Road and Brannigan Street. Victim in fatal big rig crash on Richmond-San Rafael Bridge identified The roadway was expected to reopen around 5 p.m. Tuesday, police said. No other information was made immediately available.This is a developing story. Check back for updates.

San Jose man admitted to poisoning mom with fentanyl: court documents

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 17:10:49 GMT

SAN JOSE, Calif. (KRON) -- A San Jose man said he poisoned his mother's cups of oat milk and wine with fentanyl, according to recently filed court documents. Investigators allege that Bradley Dexter, 40, confessed during a police interrogation to intentionally poisoning his mother with the powerful opioid, and nearly killing his father with a metal baton. Kathleen Dexter's death was classified as a homicide and her son is charged with murder. Court documents noted a possible motive behind why the son allegedly wanted to kill his 73-year-old mother.During their investigation into the woman's sudden death, San Jose Police Department officers interviewed her family members and friends. "Several informed us that Kathleen and the suspect did not have a good relationship," SJPD Det. Catherine Van Brande wrote in court documents."Kathleen's best friend ... told us that Kathleen had recently told her that the suspect had threatened to kill Kathleen," Brande wrote. The victim told her best ...

La tormenta Max deja 2 personas muertas en Guerrero, sur de México

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 17:10:49 GMT

(CNN en Español) —  El paso de la tormenta tropical Max por costas del Pacífico mexicano causó este lunes la muerte de al menos dos personas y dejó herida a otra en Guerrero, en el sur del país, informó este martes la Secretaría de Gestión Integral de Riesgos y Protección Civil del gobierno del estado.Las dos personas muertas son dos hombres del municipio de Tecpan de Galeana, en la región de la Costa Grande de Guerrero, de acuerdo con un informe que la institución difundió a medios. Este detalló que las muertes ocurrieron en hechos separados: una sucedió en el poblado de Naxco, luego de que la víctima fue arrastrada por un río, y otra en la carretera federal Acapulco-Zihuatanejo, en un accidente carretero.En tanto, la persona lesionada es un menor de edad a quien le cayó un árbol en Tecpan de Galeana.El Servicio Meteorológico Nacional pronosticó este lunes por la noche que Max se debilitaría en las horas siguientes.Tanto la tormenta Max como el huracán Lidia, que este martes ...

The ABCs of teaching kids to read: Maryland’s continued shift to the ‘Science of Reading’

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 17:10:49 GMT

Maryland’s approach to reading instruction for the state’s youngest children has been evolving over the past few years.In the 2020-2021 academic year, the state’s “Ready to Read Act” went into effect. It required screening of all incoming kindergarten students to check whether a student could be at risk for reading difficulties.In July, outgoing State Superintendent of Schools Mohammed Choudhury outlined the state’s approach to the “Science of Reading” in a memo to the Maryland State Board of Education. In that July 21 memo Choudhury wrote, the method “outlines essential components of effective reading instruction,” including an emphasis on phonics.Choudhury said that stands in contrast to what is known as the balanced literacy approach, one that “often lacks rigorous, evidence-based foundations.”Since then, Choudhury resigned and took a post as an advisor to the state’s Board of Education and Carey Wright...

Stanford coach Tara VanDerveer laments ‘heartbreaking’ breakup of Pac-12

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 17:10:49 GMT

LAS VEGAS (AP) — Growing up in the Bay Area, UCLA coach Cori Close received one of the best lessons of her life.As a sophomore in high school, Close attended the Tara VanDerveer Basketball Camp.“It actually totally changed the trajectory of where I was going,” Close said Tuesday during Pac-12 media day. “I went on to play against her in the NCAA Tournament as a player, and now I coach against her. I just think, ‘Man, what would the standards be without a Tara VanDerveer?’”Those standards will next be introduced to the Atlantic Coast Conference, the Big 12 and the Big 10 after this season, when ten Pac-12 schools will head their separate ways.Stanford, led by VanDerveer since 1985, is joining the ACC.“It’s heartbreaking,” said VanDerveer, a Women’s Basketball Hall of Famer and the winningest coach in the history of the sport. “I’m in a bad dream. This is a nightmare.”Imagine how her peers feel.“That was one of the reasons that attracted me to the Pac,” Arizona State coach Natas...

Denver encampment sweep stopped after mayor answers request to visit site

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 17:10:49 GMT

DENVER (KDVR) — There was a change in plans on Tuesday that stopped a Denver encampment from being swept, even though warnings had been posted saying that would happen.The encampment at 48th Avenue and Colorado Boulevard had been given notice a week earlier that the campers would be forced to leave the area. The sidewalks would be cleared because of public health and safety hazards, the city said. FOX31 Newsletters: Sign up to get breaking news sent to your inbox But that did not happen after all.“We're going to address the issues with this encampment in a different way: by providing a portable toilet and trash services as well as additional outreach and service connections,” a spokesperson for the city's Homelessness Resolution Operations Center said.Mayor visits Denver encampmentThe change came after District 8 City Council Member Shontel Lewis said she asked Mayor Mike Johnston to stop the sweep and visit the site instead.“When he met with those individuals, he said we’re not g...

Jury deliberation begins in trial of 2 officers charged in Elijah McClain's death

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 17:10:49 GMT

DENVER (AP) — Jury deliberations began Tuesday in the trial of the first two police officers to be prosecuted in the 2019 death of Elijah McClain, a Black man who was put in a neck hold and pinned down by officers in Aurora before paramedics injected him with a powerful sedative.Closing arguments were heard earlier Tuesday, and the judge dismissed the jury for the day later in the afternoon with instructions to return to Wednesday morning. Officers on trial ignored Elijah McClain’s pleas of ‘I can’t breathe,’ prosecutors say Prosecutors seeking a conviction of the two officers implored a jury during closing arguments to remember that the 23-year-old was just trying to walk home the night he was put in a neck hold and pinned down by the officers before paramedics injected him with a powerful sedative.Defense attorneys countered that the two officers had no choice but to forcefully subdue McClain after he resisted them.The case now rests in the hands of 12 jurors who will decide whe...

What would the $1.73 billion Powerball jackpot's tax bill be in Colorado?

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 17:10:49 GMT

TAMPA, Fla. (WFLA/NEXSTAR) — It's obvious that $1.73 billion is so much money that most of us wouldn't know what to do with it.However, just because someone wins the estimated $1.73 billion Powerball jackpot, that doesn't mean they get to keep all that cash.According to Powerball, whoever wins the jackpot during the next drawing, which is Wednesday, will have the option to claim a lump sum payment of $756.6 million or 30 annual payments that increase by 5% each year over a 29-year-old period. Colorado adults: Can you answer these 5th-grade state math test questions? Before getting your winnings, you'd have to pay a 24% tax withholding, which the IRS requires for winnings over $5,000, CNBC explains. Out of the $756.6 million cash value, that would be about $181.58 million you'll lose up front.However, because you'd be bumped into the top tax bracket (for those with incomes over $578,125 for single filers), the IRS says your tax burden would be 37%. That's another $98.32 million out...

Denver weather: Accumulating mountain snow, rain on the plains

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 17:10:49 GMT

DENVER (KDVR) — Temperatures reached the upper 70s again in Denver weather making for another warm and pleasant fall day in the city. We are tracking a cold front expected to arrive on Wednesday with cooler temperatures and passing rain showers. According to Pinpoint Weather, Colorado’s Most Accurate Forecast, that cold front will produce accumulating snow in the northern mountains with totals that could cause slick travel over mountain passes.Snow totals from late Wednesday through Thursday for the Colorado mountainsWeather tonight: Mostly cloudy and coolIt will stay mostly cloudy in metro Denver through the evening before slowly clearing overnight. There will be some spotty rain and snow showers in the Colorado mountains. It will be breezy with overnight lows in the mild upper 40s in the city. There will be chilly 30s in the Colorado mountains with only a few spots dipping below freezing.Overnight lows by Wednesday morning across ColoradoWeather tomorrow: Rain showers an...