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L.A. County Public Works employee arrested on child pornography charges

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 15:58:00 GMT

A 62-year-old man who works for Los Angeles County has been arrested in San Bernardino County on charges of producing, possessing and distributing child pornography, authorities announced Tuesday.  Steven Frasher, a resident of Redlands, was taken into custody after an investigation that led to the search of his residence, according to a news release from the San Bernardino Police Department.  Detectives with SBSD’s Internet Crimes Against Children Task Force and Specialized Crime Unit received a tip that the 62-year-old was downloading child pornography on the internet and using an online storage account to save the images, police said.  “Additionally, the suspect was found to be in possession of numerous images of Child Sexual Abuse Material (CSAM) on his electronic devices,” the release stated.  Frasher, a public information officer at the L.A. County Department of Public Works, according to Kerjon Lee, the department's chief of strategic communications a...

East Bay prep football coach claims he was wrongly placed on administrative leave

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 15:58:00 GMT

OAKLEY – Freedom High football coach Zachary Sims spoke out on Tuesday, one day after being placed on administrative leave for the remainder of the season because of an incident that unfolded after a game last Friday.“Both the decision and its timing is very concerning and surprising,” Sims wrote in a statement to the Bay Area News Group. “The decision demonstrates a clear lack of judgment and understanding, as it came just a day after I had reached out to Principal Steve Amaro regarding safety concerns on campus, the latest in a series of serious safety incidents that have happened at Freedom in the past 12 months.”In a follow-up response to this news organization, Sims said the latest incident happened after Freedom lost at home to rival Liberty 41-0 on Friday night.“I was approached personally by a belligerent person after the game on the field,” Sims wrote. “I made multiple attempts to deescalate the individual and felt my safety was at risk the whole time as this is not the fir...

Park Service says search for missing Point Reyes swimmer is now a ‘recovery effort’

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 15:58:00 GMT

POINT REYES NATIONAL SEASHORE — The search for a swimmer who disappeared in the Pacific Ocean waters near Wildcat Beach this past weekend has reached a grim milestone with officials calling it a “recovery effort” going forward.A social-media account for Point Reyes National Seashore, operated by the National Park Service, announced the news Tuesday afternoon, noting that the search for the missing 52-year-old man continues, but without the expectation that they will him alive.Related ArticlesCrashes and Disasters | At least 21 dead in bus crash outside Venice Crashes and Disasters | A woman was found trapped under a driverless car in SF. It’s not what it looks like, the car company said Crashes and Disasters | Former 49ers’ tight end Russ Francis dies in plane crash Crashes and Disasters | N.D. state senator, wife, 2 kids die in Utah plane crash Crashes and Disasters | Eleven dead in c...

Two arrested on suspicion of homicide, torture after 2-year-old drowns in East Bay

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 15:58:00 GMT

RODEO — Investigators looking into the drowning death of a 2-year-old in a bathtub arrested two people on suspicion of homicide and torture, authorities said.Related ArticlesCrime and Public Safety | Months after charging man in 2017 Oakland homicide, district attorney dismisses the case Crime and Public Safety | Alameda County DA opposes release of pair convicted in journalist Chauncey Bailey’s murder Crime and Public Safety | Man convicted of 1966 Monterey County killing spree granted parole for 4th time Crime and Public Safety | Man accused of supplying fatal dose of fentanyl to California teen receives 22-year prison sentence Crime and Public Safety | 1-year-old California child with severe burns dies, man and woman arrested Contra Costa Sheriff’s Office deputies arrested Rodeo residents Destiny Deboe, 22, and Tyshawn Haywood, 21, after responding to the 300 block of California Stre...

Do not attempt to stop auto burglars, Oakland police tell residents

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 15:58:00 GMT

OAKLAND, Calif. (KRON) -- Oakland's brazen auto burglars are becoming bolder, more heavily armed, and organized by large criminal enterprises, police said at a news conference Tuesday. The city is experiencing a 41 percent surge in auto burglaries compared to crime statistics last year.More than 11,000 vehicles have been burglarized in Oakland in 2023. "That's a significant increase. I'm from Oakland. Everywhere you go in Oakland, this is what people are talking about," Interim Assistant Chief Tony Jones told reporters gathered at the police station. "The individuals involved in auto burglaries are extremely brazen. They are carrying guns. Citizens try to stop it and are assaulted. Do not try to engage with individuals who break into your car. They are armed and dangerous," Jones cautioned. "It's just not worth it." VIDEO: People with batons smash car windows of Oakland armed robbers Jones said undercover Oakland Police Department officers are stepping up enforcement to catch auto...

Hundreds of DC-area health care workers set to join Kaiser Permanente strike Wednesday

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 15:58:00 GMT

Negotiations continue Tuesday night between health care provider Kaiser Permanente and a coalition of unions representing more than 75,000 of its workers. About 400 of these employees are based in the D.C. area.The coalition’s contract expired when the clock struck midnight Sunday. In D.C. and Virginia, according to Kaiser, the contract that expired does not cover all its health care professionals — specifically, optometrists and pharmacists will be the ones affected and participating in the work stoppage.If the negotiating parties can’t reach an agreement by 6 a.m. Wednesday, these workers will walk off the job and strike for 24 hours.Nationwide, Kaiser unions are calling for better wages, retirement benefits and protections from jobs being subcontracted and outsourced.“Kaiser continues to bargain in bad faith over these issues and, so far, there is no light at the end of the tunnel,” the coalition said in a statement Saturday, hours before the contract expi...

DC police don’t know what’s driving high rate of juvenile carjackings

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 15:58:00 GMT

A day after Congressman Henry Cuellar (D-Tx.) was carjacked Monday night by three armed attackers, D.C. police spelled out their efforts and the challenges they’re facing in curbing the violent crime plaguing the city.Cuellar was not hurt and his car was quickly recovered.“I can say in reference to that carjacking in particular, U.S. Capitol Police is leading the investigation and we have been in communication with them today. We will continue to support them in any way that they need,” said Assistant Chief of the Investigative Services Bureau Carlos Heraud.There have been more than 750 carjackings so far this year, 75% of them involving guns and a growing number of them conducted by teenagers, many of them 16 to 17 years old.Heraud told reporters outside police headquarters in downtown Washington that up to a dozen detectives are assigned to the Carjacking Task Force, and the unit coordinates its efforts with other area police departments and with federal agencies...

Mariah Carey tiene un regalo: una gira navideña

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 15:58:00 GMT

(CNN) — Esta nota es para todos los que están ansiosos por sacar las decoraciones navideñas.La proclamada “Reina de la Navidad” también tiene el espíritu navideño.Mariah Carey anunció su gira “Merry Christmas One And All Tour”.¿Cuánto gana Mariah Carey con”All I Want for Christmas Is You”?“¡Sí, la descongelación ha comenzado!”, compartió Carey en redes sociales. “¡Anuncio la gira “Merry Christmas One And All Tour”! A la venta el 6/10.”La gira está programada para comenzar en el Casino Yaamava de California el 15 de noviembre, antes de hacer paradas en otras ciudades, incluidas Los Ángeles, Denver, Toronto, Chicago, Boston, Montreal y Filadelfia.La gira concluirá el 17 de diciembre en el Madison Square Garden de la ciudad de Nueva York.Carey hizo una serie de conciertos llamados “¡Feliz Navidad a todos!” el año pasado, que también incluyó un especial de CBS y Paramount+.Los boletos para la nueva gira saldrán a la preventa este miércoles y la venta genera...

El Gobierno de Argentina anuncia que venderá gas a Chile por seis meses

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 15:58:00 GMT

(CNN Español) — Argentina venderá a Chile 400.000 metros cúbicos de gas en los próximos seis meses, informó este martes en un comunicado el gobierno de Alberto Fernández.Es la primera vez en 13 años que Argentina exportará gas natural desde Salta. El hidrocarburo, producido en la Cuenca Austral del país, en las provincias de Tierra del Fuego y Santa Cruz, se exporta desde la provincia norteña a través del Gasoducto Norandino, luego de recorrer Argentina de un extremo a otro por los dos gasoductos troncales conocidos como TGS y TGN.Según la secretaría de Energía de Argentina, el volumen exportado “refleja la mejora en la producción y en la infraestructura de transporte”.“La autorización paulatina de nuevas exportaciones traerá para el país el beneficio de afianzar la relación bilateral con los países vecinos como Chile, precisó el comunicado.De acuerdo con el Ministerio de Relaciones Exteriores, Comercio Internacional y Culto de Argentina, durante 2022, el gas natural fue el pr...

2 facing charges in connection with suspected fentanyl overdoses at Wakefield High School

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 15:58:00 GMT

Two people have been arrested and are facing charges in connection with two apparent fentanyl overdoses that took place at Wakefield High School in Arlington, Virginia, last week.In a news release, Arlington police said they arrived at Wakefield High School last Wednesday around 11:45 a.m. for the report of an overdose. When they got there, they found two girls suffering from apparent overdoses.One was given a dose of the overdose-reversal drug Narcan, and both were taken to the hospital. They have since recovered, according to the release.During their investigation into the incident, police said detectives with the Organized Crime Section suspected Walter Zelaya Padilla, 19, of Fairfax, was the one who provided the drugs to an unnamed male juvenile, who they say was the supplier for the girls.Padilla is facing charges including distribution of fentanyl to a person under 18, distribution of narcotics in a school zone, conspiracy to distribute narcotics and contributing to the delinq...