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DA to seek death penalty in Riverside County deputy's slaying

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:46:20 GMT

Prosecutors announced Monday that they plan to seek the death penalty for Jesse Ceazar Navarro, who allegedly shot and killed Riverside County Sheriff's Deputy Darnell Calhoun in Lake Elsinore earlier this year.The Jan. 13 shooting in the 18500 block of Hilldale Lane killed the 30-year-old Calhoun. Navarro also fired at another deputy who came to Calhoun's aid, prosecutors said in a news release. Due to Navarro's charges — murder of a peace officer and discharge of a firearm from a vehicle with intent to kill — he is eligible for the death penalty if convicted.Riverside County District Attorney Mike Hestrin said in a statement that he'd "met with experienced prosecutors to examine and discuss related evidence before making the decision to pursue the death penalty."Suspect Jesse Navarro, 42, is pictured on the left. Riverside Deputy Darnell Calhoun, 30, is pictured on the right. (Photo released by Riverside County Sherriff's Office)“Deputy Calhoun showed incredible courage during a t...

Google shares the most searched grilling recipes for each state

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:46:20 GMT

As the Fourth of July approaches, many Americans will invite friends and family over and fire up the grill to celebrate the holiday.From ribs and burgers to hot dogs and pork chops, the list of staple cookout items is endless, but every state has different barbecue must-haves, according to Google. Where to see fireworks shows in Southern California New data from the tech company shows which grilling recipe was the most searched for in each state. For California, tri-tip grilling recipes were the most popular.A map visualization of the latest study from Google Trends. (Data source: Google Trends)While a handful of states searched for meat-based grilling recipes, other places showed interest in recipes for seafood, corn on the cob and even portobello mushrooms.Here is the full list of the most searched grilling recipes by state: Fourth of July cookouts won’t be as expensive compared to last year, new study says Alabama – Corn on the cobAlaska – CornArizona – BurgersArkansas – Ribs...

Authorities investigating after wrong dog euthanized at animal shelter

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:46:20 GMT

A West Virginia family is grieving the loss of their dog after they said he ran away, was brought to the county shelter, and accidentally euthanized, KTLA sister station WOWK reports.Taylor Withrow told Nexstar's WOWK that her 9-year-old lemon beagle mix, Eli, ran away. Withrow said she posted pictures of Eli on Facebook hoping that neighbors saw him.A person in the neighborhood found Eli and brought him to the Putnam County Animal Shelter, Withrow said. The neighbor messaged her and told her Eli was at the shelter.Photo Courtesy: Taylor WithrowIn a Zoom call with the Putnam County Commission Manager Jeremy Young, the county Chief Humane Officer John Davis, and county Attorney Larry Frye, Withrow said she found out Eli was accidentally euthanized. The shelter told WOWK they were supposed to euthanize a pitbull and not Withrow's lemon beagle mix. This happened after what the shelter called a "paperwork mix-up," but Withrow still has more questions than answers."How could this have ha...

Man Dies in Pedestrian Crash on Kietzke Lane [Reno, NV]

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:46:20 GMT

Man Pronounced Dead after Pedestrian Collision near Atlantis Casino Hotel ResortRENO, NV (July 3, 2023) – Early Wednesday morning, one victim was pronounced dead after a pedestrian crash on Kietzke Lane.Police responded to the scene around 2:30 a.m., just north of the Atlantis Casino Hotel Resort on June 28th.According to reports, the driver of a vehicle struck a pedestrian who stepped onto the road outside of a marked crosswalk. Paramedics transported the man to Renown Medical where he later passed away.Meanwhile, the involved driver remained at the scene and cooperated with the investigation. Following preliminary duties, officers do not believe that speed or impairment played a factor.Emergency crews blocked the southbound lanes of Kietzke Lane during cleanup and preliminary duties. Once available, further details will be provided.Sincere sympathies to the family and friends of the deceased man. Thoughts are with them during this very difficult time.Losing a loved one in a ...

A win-win? How the Sharks’ trade for Duclair could benefit everyone

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:46:20 GMT

San Jose Sharks winger Anthony Duclair said a former Florida Panthers teammate offered to help him get familiar with the area after he makes the move to the South Bay later this summer.“(Joe Thornton’s) going to take me under his wing, he says,” Duclair said Monday. “I’m really looking forward to it.”Duclair, 27, was acquired by the Sharks from Florida on Saturday for center Steven Lorentz and a 2025 fifth-round draft pick. It was a shock for Duclair, who went from being in the Stanley Cup Final with the Panthers last month to joining the rebuilding Sharks – all in less than three weeks.But Duclair said after speaking with Sharks general manager Mike Grier, and, of course, Thornton, about what might lie ahead, any concerns he had “turned quickly to excitement.”“I’m just excited for the opportunity here in San Jose,” Duclair said. “We’ve got some good talent up front and I’m just looking forward to getting there and meeting everyone.”Perhaps this could be a wi...

Athletics look up to Tony Kemp as veteran presence during difficult times

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:46:20 GMT

Things are looking up for Tony Kemp, although you’d never know it from talking to him.The guy A’s players look up to probably more than any other is a 5-foot-6, 160-pound second baseman/outfielder who had to be wondering whether his roster spot was secure with a batting average of .146 and an on-base percentage of .244 through his first 51 games.And it’s not because Kemp has since broken out of his slump, hitting .340 with an on-base percentage of .418 over his last 16 games with the A’s heading to Detroit and Boston on a six-game road trip before the All-Star break.To the contrary, when Kemp was at his lowest point statistically, he was setting an example of every-day professionalism that likely kept him on the roster.“I feel like part of being a vet is carrying yourself in a certain way,” Kemp said Sunday after the A’s lost 8-7 to the Chicago White Sox. “You don’t want to be that guy where you’re getting hits and you act ...

What Trump said about a president under indictment

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:46:20 GMT

By Andrew Kaczynski and Abby Turner | CNNFormer President Donald Trump said in 2016 that a president under indictment would “cripple the operations of our government” and create an “unprecedented constitutional crisis” – years before he himself was indicted on federal charges while running for a second term as president.Trump made the comments nearly seven years ago about Hillary Clinton during the 2016 presidential campaign.“We could very well have a sitting president under felony indictment and ultimately a criminal trial,” Trump said during a November 5, 2016, campaign rally in Reno, Nevada, reviewed by CNN’s KFile. “It would grind government to a halt.”Just days earlier, on October 28, then-FBI director James Comey publicly announced they had reopened the investigation into Clinton’s handling of classified information related to her use of a private email server during her tenure as secretary of state.Now, Trump finds himself under the exact situation he repeatedly described aft...

After six years, twice-convicted killer is ordered to stand trial on new Oakland murder charge

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:46:20 GMT

OAKLAND — Six years after he was arrested and charged with murder in an Oakland shooting that preceded a bizarre series of police chases, a 56-year-old man has been ordered to stand trial, court records show.William Epting, of Oakland, is one of Santa Rita Jail’s longest occupants, and his past six years behind bars have been storied. Charged with killing a man for the third time in his life, Epting was coerced by Alameda County Sheriff’s deputies to throw urine and feces at disfavored inmates, and later testified against the deputies in one of the jail’s biggest corruption scandals in recent memory. He has also cycled through four different lawyers, the latest of which is arguing that authorities failed to recognized obvious signs that Epting was mentally ill when they detained and questioned him in 2017.Epting, who has two prior manslaughter convictions, is charged with killing Edgar Trammel, his neighbor, in a July 22, 2017 shooting on the 2700 block of 75...

San Francisco man sentenced to 26 years for killing teen, assaulting deputies, trying to smuggle drugs into Santa Rita Jail

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:46:20 GMT

SAN FRANCISCO — A Bay Area man whose family members have been both implicated in violent crimes and experienced tragedy after tragedy has been sentenced to 26 years in federal prison for killing a 19-year-old man in a gang-related quintuple shooting, court records show.Jonathan Escobar, 26, was sentenced Monday by U.S. District Judge Vince Chhabria, three months after Escobar pleaded guilty to using a firearm in a crime of violence, as well as two other felony charges related to assaulting deputies and trying to smuggle drugs into Santa Rita Jail. Escobar’s co-defendant, 34-year-old Jose “Slim” Aguilar, has also pleaded guilty and is awaiting sentencing, court records show.Escobar’s tumultuous and tragic history may have saved him an even worse penalty. In court papers, prosecutors said they took his youth and extremely unstable upbringing into consideration and decided against filing a murder charge under the Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizati...

More victims ID'd after San Mateo summer camp staffer arrested

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:46:20 GMT

(KRON) -- A Boys and Girls Club employee who worked at a San Mateo summer camp program is accused of victimizing multiple young boys, according to prosecutors. On Monday, prosecutors released more disturbing details about what happened at a summer camp held at Fiesta Gardens International School at 1001 Bermuda Drive in San Mateo. Kevin Granados-Elizalde, 25, of Redwood City, preyed on boys between ages 7-8 while he worked as an assistant site director at the school, according to prosecutors and police. The Boys and Girls Club’s website states that its free summer camp program at Fiesta Gardens International School is for students in grades between kindergarten and fifth grade.According to the San Mateo County District Attorney's Office, Granados-Elizalde later confessed to police that he is addicted to child pornography.Prosecutors said Granados-Elizalde took an 8-year-old boy into a bathroom, ordered the boy to take off his clothing, and took photographs of the boy's body. In ano...