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San Jose man charged in PG&E transformer bombings now faces federal indictment

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 18:00:00 GMT

SAN JOSE — A man already jailed and charged locally with planting bombs on PG&E electrical transformers in South San Jose now faces a federal indictment for the same alleged crimes, according to authorities and court records.Peter Karasev, who has been charged in Santa Clara County with planting explosives on PG&E transformers, now faces a federal indictment for the same alleged crimes. (San Jose Police Dept.) Peter Karasev, 36, of San Jose, was indicted by a federal criminal grand jury Oct. 19. The indictment accuses him of two counts of damaging the property of an energy facility, and one count of using fire or an explosive to commit a federal felony.Karasev has been in the Elmwood men’s jail in Milpitas since his arrest March 1 by San Jose police following an investigation into two explosions reported Dec. 8 — outside the Macy’s department store at Westfield Oakridge Mall — and Jan. 5 at Snell Avenue and Santa Teresa Boulevard.The mall bombing was d...

DMV shuts down Cruise robotaxis in San Francisco, saying company misled on safety

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 18:00:00 GMT

The California Department of Motor Vehicles on Tuesday shut down the problem-plagued Cruise autonomous taxis in San Francisco, saying they were an “unreasonable risk to the public” and that the company misrepresented how safe they are.The agency said Cruise, to get its permits back for testing and deploying driverless taxis with no human backup, would have to provide it with information about “how it has addressed the deficiencies that led to the suspensions.”The suspension has no set duration, the DMV said.In August, the state Public Utilities Commission gave GM’s Cruise a green light to take paid fares in hundreds of robotaxis with no human backup in San Francisco, despite incessant reports of the cars obstructing emergency vehicles and bottlenecking traffic. San Francisco Board of Supervisors president Aaron Peskin at the time called allowing the autonomous technology on public roads “a recipe for death” and said the vehicles were “...

Big homebuilder lands deal to buy long-time hotel in Los Gatos

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 18:00:00 GMT

LOS GATOS — A big Bay Area homebuilder has struck a deal to buy a Depression-era Los Gatos hotel as a potential prelude to a housing development at a prime location.Summerhill Homes has obtained a purchase contract to buy Los Gatos Lodge, a well-known hotel on a choice site in Los Gatos.The homebuilder is buying an 8.8-acre site at 50 Los Gatos-Saratoga Road, according to documents filed on Oct. 20 with the Santa Clara County Recorder’s Office.The terms of the purchase agreement weren’t disclosed in the public filing.“We will replace the lodge with housing,” Anabelle Salum, director of marketing with Summerhill Homes, said in a comment emailed to this news organization.The garden-style hotel totals 128 rooms and consists of multiple buildings.“The original hotel was built in 1936 and has not undergone significant remodeling or reconstruction since the 1970s,” a report circulated in 2014 by the Town of Los Gatos stated.In the wake of the coro...

Mayor says West Maui to reopen to tourism on Nov. 1

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 18:00:00 GMT

By Audrey McAvoy | Associated PressHONOLULU — All of West Maui except for burned-out sections of historic Lahaina will reopen to tourism on Nov. 1 following the deadliest U.S. wildfire in more than century, the mayor of Maui County said Monday.Mayor Richard Bissen said he made the move after talking about it with his Lahaina advisory team, the Red Cross and other partners.West Maui has about 11,000 hotel rooms, or about half of Maui’s total. Travelers evacuated those hotels after the Aug. 8 fire raged through Lahaina town, killing at least 99 people and destroying more than 2,000 buildings.Hawaii Gov. Josh Green last month declared West Maui would officially reopen to tourism on Oct. 8 to bring back badly needed jobs and help the economy recover. Bissen modified the governor’s declaration with a phased plan, allowing a small section on the northern edge of West Maui to open first with the rest to follow at an undetermined date.The community has had an impassioned debate ...

An Oakley man allegedly set up and killed romantic rival on Valentine’s Day. Now his high school friend and mistress will take the stand against him

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 18:00:00 GMT

MARTINEZ — A 27-year-old Oakley man is before a jury facing charges that he murdered a romantic rival on Valentine’s Day, after arranging for his mistress to set up the victim by messaging him on Instagram and arranging an evening rendezvous.Jose Quintanilla is charged with murder and conspiracy in the death of 21-year-old David Olivares, a Brentwood resident who Quintanilla had accused of sleeping with his wife, according to prosecutors. As a result, Quintanilla allegedly plotted to set up and kill Olivares, arranging for 24-year-old Sabrina Glenn to set up a meeting at Woodland Hills Park in Pittsburg, and getting a ride to the park from his high school friend, 24-year-old Angel Rodriguez.“(Olivares) thought he was going to have a first date on Valentine’s Day,” Deputy District Attorney Kevin Bell told jurors in his opening statement on Monday. “Little did he know he was minutes away from being murdered.”The defense does not deny the exist...

Warriors start regular season Tuesday with home game against Phoenix Suns

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 18:00:00 GMT

(BCN) -- The Golden State Warriors start the 2023-24 NBA regular season Tuesday evening by hosting the Phoenix Suns in San Francisco. The 7 p.m. game at Chase Center, along with being the season opener, will be the first game former Warriors star Kevin Durant has played at that arena with fans watching. Who is Danny Serafini? Bay Area native goes from top MLB draft pick to murder suspect After winning two championships with Golden State and then leaving in 2019, the same year the new arena opened, Durant played a game there in the 2020-21 season but fans weren't in attendance due to COVID-19 protocols.Fans at Tuesday's game will receive a limited-edition Opening Night shirt.The Warriors finished the 2022-23 season by bowing out in the Western Conference semifinals against the Los Angeles Lakers after winning the championship the season prior.More information about the team, including how to buy tickets for Tuesday's game and others this season, can be found at https://www.nba.com/...

Video: Car crashes into Oakland wings restaurant, arrests made

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 18:00:00 GMT

(KRON) -- A car that crashed into an Oakland wings restaurant Tuesday morning was caught on video. According to the Oakland Police Department, officers responded to a ShotSpotter investigation at around 10:45 a.m. Tuesday in the 1600 block of 64th Avenue.Arriving at the scene, officers detained multiple individuals and recovered two firearms. The firearms incident and arrests were related to a vehicle crash at 65th Avenue and International Boulevard, police said. ‘I’m not OK’: Moments before off-duty pilot allegedly tried to bring down plane revealed in court docs Video from the scene shows a black Audi sedan with no license plate and what appear to be bullet holes in the rear window. The vehicle has seemingly crashed into the front of Wings 6IX5IVE, a chicken wings and sandwiches restaurant located at 6432 International Boulevard.No information was provided on whether anyone was injured in the incident.

Partido Republicano de Virginia envía por correo folletos explícitos sobre la demócrata Susanna Gibson

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 18:00:00 GMT

WASHINGTON DC — Dos semanas antes de las elecciones del 7 de noviembre en Virginia, el Partido Republicano de Virginia envió a los votantes folletos con contenido explícito sobre la demócrata Susanna Gibson, quien está sumida en un escándalo sexual mientras se postula para un escaño en la Cámara de Delegados de Virginia, informa la filial de NBC en Virginia.Gibson supuestamente transmitió en vivo actos sexuales con su esposo en un sitio web pornográfico público antes de convertirse en candidata. Los folletos, que advertían en el sobre que se adjuntaba “material explícito”, incluían supuestas capturas de pantalla y citas de Gibson sobre sexo, así como textos extraídos de noticias sobre el escándalo, según la filial local.El sobre del envío dice que el folleto fue pagado por el Partido Republicano de Virginia, según el afiliado. También contenía la advertencia en letras rojas: “No abrir si es menor de 18 años”.La parte inferior de una de las páginas del volante...

Grit: A year ago he had a brain tumor removed. Now he’s running the Marine Corps Marathon

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 18:00:00 GMT

Craig Conlee is set to run the 48th Marine Corps Marathon in D.C. this weekend, but the California native was in a different place a year ago.Conlee turned to running as part of his recovery after major surgery to remove a brain tumor a year ago.For three straight months, Conlee said he experienced headaches and migraines, and during a family camping trip last year, he had an episode where he could not speak.An MRI showed Conlee had a 7-centimeter meningioma brain tumor.“So when it was removed, I couldn’t speak for a longest time,” Conlee told WTOP. View this post on Instagram A post shared by Angela Stull Conlee (@angela_conlee)His oncologist and speech therapist suggested that he start running and walking to help with his recovery from the surgery and radiation.“Running really helped. It really helped to connect the neurons to improve my speech,” Conlee said. His speech is back to around 90% of what it was before the operation, he added.It was a friend who suggeste...

¿Es infalible la Cúpula de Hierro de Israel?

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 18:00:00 GMT

JERUSALÉN — Desde que Israel activó la Cúpula de Hierro en 2011, el vanguardista sistema de defensa antiaéreo ha interceptado miles de cohetes disparados desde la Franja de Gaza.El sistema ha dado sensación de seguridad a los residentes, a quienes se puede ver a menudo observando cómo los proyectiles surcan el cielo y destruyen sus objetivos sobre sus cabezas.Pero la guerra actual contra el grupo insurgente Hamás en Gaza podría ser su desafío más firme hasta la fecha.En apenas dos semanas, Hamas ha disparado 7,000 cohetes contra Israel, según el ejército israelí. Esto es más que en cualquiera que las otras cuatro guerras que han librado los dos bandos desde que el grupo insurgente tomó el poder en la Franja en 2007. “Fue un infierno”: rompe el silencio anciana liberada por Hamas tras dos semanas de secuestro Hamas libera a 2 ancianas israelíes mantenidas como rehenes en Gaza Solo el 7 de octubre, el primer día de combates, Hamas ...