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Judge rules Mike Pence must testify about pre-J6 talks with Trump

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 18:18:28 GMT

By Katelyn Polantz, Paula Reid and Zachary Cohen | CNNA federal judge has decided that former Vice President Mike Pence must testify to a grand jury about conversations he had with Donald Trump leading up to January 6, 2021, according to multiple sources familiar with a recent federal court ruling.But the judge said — in a ruling that remains under seal — that Pence can still decline to answer questions related to his actions on January 6 itself, when he was serving as president of the Senate for the certification of the 2020 presidential election, according to one of the sources.Pence still has the ability to appeal. Trump has repeatedly lost executive privilege assertions he’s tried to make in the special counsel’s investigation.It’s another win for special counsel Jack Smith, who is investigating the Trump-aligned effort to subvert the 2020 election. Smith subpoenaed Pence for testimony and documents earlier this year.Days after news broke of the sub...

49ers seek funds to spruce up Levi’s Stadium for World Cup, Super Bowl bid

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 18:18:28 GMT

SANTA CLARA — The 49ers’ 9-year-old home needs a makeover, and the Santa Clara-based franchise wants to tap into the NFL’s proverbial equity line for upgrades ahead of hosting 2026 World Cup soccer games.Seats and scoreboards will be enhanced if the 49ers secure $120 million from the NFL’s stadium fund, which the franchise sought to secure Tuesday at the league meeting in Phoenix, The Athletic reported.Enhancements could also lead to the Super Bowl’s return to Levi’s Stadium, which is owned by the city of Santa Clara and managed by the 49ers in what’s been a contentious relationship. The NFL is to announce in May the sites for Super Bowl 60 and 61; Levi’s Stadium hosted Super Bowl 50 to cap the 2015 season.Renovations would begin next year, after this coming season, and stadium suites could be renovated and expanded, from 170 to 179.“We’re in the heart of Silicon Valley and the heart of the second largest concentration of Fortune 500 companies,” Brent Schoeb, the 49ers’ ...

California company’s owner gets 2 years, must pay $2.79 million in restitution for failure to pay employment taxes

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 18:18:28 GMT

A Diamond Bar man was sentenced on Monday, March 27, to two years in federal prison for not paying the IRS more than $200,000 in payroll taxes owed by his Covina employment-staffing company, and he must also pay $2.79 million in restitution.Robinson Rin Yang, who also used the names Robert Mora and David Lee, pleaded guilty in December to one count of willful failure to pay employment taxes, court documents show. Yang, 54, operated B&S Staffing in Covina from March 2016 to March 2020.“Under defendant’s management, B&S engaged in a long-running pattern of failing to pay federal employment taxes and timely file federal employment-tax returns,” according to the sentencing memo from the US Attorney’s Office. “Despite knowing of the company’s expanding tax debts, defendant repeatedly used his control over B&S to direct payments from the corporate bank account for his personal benefit andfor the payment of other expenses.”From mid-2017 until the end of 2019, B&S accrued la...

Pirates board oil tanker in Gulf of Guinea

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 18:18:28 GMT

By Sam Mednick and Jan M. Olsen | Associated PressDAKAR, Senegal — Pirates have boarded a Liberian-flagged oil tanker with 16 crew members in West Africa’s Gulf of Guinea, the Danish vessel owner said Tuesday.The attack took place southwest of Port Pointe-Noire, Congo.The Monjasa Reformer “experienced an emergency situation” late Saturday, Monjasa, the Denmark-based company that owns the ship, said in a statement.The crew sought refuge in a citadel — a safe area on the ship — in line with the on board anti-piracy emergency protocol, said company spokesman Thorstein Andreasen.The nationalities of the crew members and the pirates were not immediately known. Communication channels with the ship are down and international authorities have been alerted, said the statement.The exact location of the tanker is not known. The last position was transmitted Sunday without any updates since, said Martin Kelly, senior analyst with the London-based EOS Risk group, a security com...

Six-bedroom home in Danville sells for $1.9 million

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 18:18:28 GMT

145 Burgess Court – Google Street ViewThe spacious property located in the 100 block of Burgess Court in Danville was sold on March 13, 2023 for $1,925,000, or $614 per square foot. The house, built in 1967, has an interior space of 3,135 square feet. The property features six bedrooms, four bathrooms, an attached garage, and two parking spaces. The unit sits on a 10,000-square-foot lot.Additional houses have recently been sold nearby:On Barrett Circle, Danville, in October 2022, a 1,943-square-foot home was sold for $1,612,500, a price per square foot of $830. The home has 3 bedrooms and 3 bathrooms.A 2,651-square-foot home on the 400 block of Saint Francis Drive in Danville sold in January 2023, for $1,920,000, a price per square foot of $724. The home has 5 bedrooms and 4 bathrooms.In February 2023, a 1,786-square-foot home on Harlan Drive in Danville sold for $1,590,000, a price per square foot of $890. The home has 4 bedrooms and 2 bathrooms. 

Refilling of Southern California reservoir underway for first time in three years

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 18:18:28 GMT

For three years, Southern California saw a dry spell, but recent rain has improved the situation.On Monday, March 27, a visible sign of that progress was heralded in the Inland Empire.The Metropolitan Water District of Southern California announced the refilling of Diamond Valley Lake, its 810,000-acre-foot reservoir near Hemet for the first time in three years.California Natural Resources Secretary Wade Crowfoot speaks Monday, March 27, 2023, about the environmental impact of rain at Diamond Valley Lake near Hemet. (Photo by Anjali Sharif-Paul, The Sun/SCNG)Diamond Valley Lake, the 810,000-acre-foot reservoir near Hemet, seen Monday, March 27, 2023, is being refilled thanks to recent rainwater for the first time in three years. (Photo by Anjali Sharif-Paul, The Sun/SCNG)Water flows Monday, March 27, 2023, into Diamond Valley Lake, the 810,000-acre-foot reservoir near Hemet, as it is refilled for the first time in three years. (Photo by Anjali Sharif-Paul, The Sun/SCNG)California Na...

Arrest made in January San Francisco homicide

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 18:18:28 GMT

SAN FRANCISCO (KRON) -- Officers with the San Francsico Police Department arrested a man who allegedly shot and killed another man in San Francisco on Jan. 22. Police said they were able to identify the suspect as San Francisco resident Elmer Daniel Flores Buezo, 36.Officers originally responded to reports of a shooting on La Grande Avenue in Ingleside around 2:22 p.m. on Jan. 22. At the scene, they said they found a man suffering from apparent gunshot wounds. The victim died at the scene. Another SF high-rise window shatters during storm, streets closed On March 23 around 5 a.m., police executed a search warrant on the 600 block of Persia Street. During the search, police said they found evidence linking Buezo to the homicide.Buezo was arrested and booked into the San Francisco County jail. He was charged with murder, firearm enhancement, carrying a firearm in a vehicle and criminal threats. The investigation is ongoing. Anyone with information is asked to call the SFPD Tip ...

Pastor Wins Civil Rights Suit Against Trump Administration Border Surveillance

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 18:18:28 GMT

A federal judge in California sided with a pastor who was targeted by U.S. authorities in a border surveillance program under former President Donald Trump.In a 44-page decision last week, Judge Todd Robinson ruled that U.S. Customs and Border Protection, or CBP, officials violated New York City pastor Kaji Dousa’s constitutional rights by adding her to a blacklist of border activists and calling on Mexican authorities to apprehend her — all despite lacking any evidence that she was involved in illegal activity.For Dousa, whose experience The Intercept chronicled in an investigation last year, the victory marked the end of an exhausting ordeal that’s spanned more than four years.“I had two real reasons for going into this — one, of course, to make sure that I’m safe to travel, but the other is that I just wanted it to help people, and from the responses that I’ve been getting, it seems like it will,” Dousa told The Intercept. “I feel like it’s a win for the helpers.”Dousa file...

Police say Nashville school shooter legally bought 7 firearms in recent years; hid them from parents

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 18:18:28 GMT

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Police say Nashville school shooter legally bought 7 firearms in recent years; hid them from parents.Source

Early spring cleaning for the district

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 18:18:28 GMT

This content is provided by Washington Gas.Six months ago, Washington Gas teamed up with WUSA9 for their first sponsored Recycle Day. The Sept. 17 event was an overwhelming success, and they heard from many people that they had tons (literally) of items still waiting to be recycled at home.To help even more old items find a new purpose, they partnered with WUSA9 on Feb. 4 for a second sponsored Recycle Day. Their Springfield, Virginia, location was buzzing as hundreds of vehicles dropped off paper and electronics for a trip to the recycling facility instead of to a landfill.It’s a proven strategy that little changes can produce impressive results, but the combined totals of these two events have been truly staggering.*Paper: 120,000 pounds recycled (60 tons)The average ream of 8.5” x 11” copy paper contains 500 sheets and weighs about five pounds.* That’s more than 12 million sheets—enough to create a stack as high as nine Washington Monuments. It’s also enough square footage to pap...