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Defendant in 2020 Hayward gun store burglary avoids federal prison

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 19:38:48 GMT

SAN FRANCISCO — A Bay Area man avoided federal prison after pleading guilty to playing a role in the May 2020 burglary of a Hayward gun store where more than two dozen firearms were stolen, court records show.Tyronza Hampton Jr., 27, was sentenced to time served — which comes out to roughly a week spent in jail between his July 2020 arrest and release on bond at his first court appearance — in the May 31, 2020 burglary of Richardson Tactical. Hampton was sentenced Feb. 27 by U.S. District Judge Jon Tigar.Hampton was indicted in 2020, along with fellow Oakland residents Dashawn Taylor, Anthony Craft Jr., and a fourth person whose charges were swiftly dismissed. Taylor, like Hampton, was sentenced to no additional jail or prison time. Craft, by contrast, received 30 months behind bars.According to prosecutors, there were nine burglars in total, but police only made four arrests. Twenty-seven guns were stolen from the store. The burglary happened on a night of mass de...

California city looks to sell naming rights to local buildings

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 19:38:48 GMT

The Inland Empire 66ers play ball at San Manuel Stadium. An indoor arena in Anaheim is named the Honda Center. And Los Angeles’ Staples Center recently became the Crypto.com Arena.Naming-rights deals allow companies to pay to put their name on a building, event or piece of property.Now, Riverside is exploring the idea of selling naming and advertising rights to city “assets” to bring in revenue. “Assets” include various kinds of city property, from buildings to benches.It isn’t clear yet which — if any — buildings could be renamed or where advertising could appear. A preliminary list from 2020 included a number of buildings, including the Riverside Convention Center, the Food Lab, the Fox Performing Arts Center and the downtown Main Library, as well as many smaller assets.The Main Library in downtown Riverside is on a 2020 preliminary list of possible buildings for which the naming rights could be sold or advertising placed. (File photo by Watchara Phomicinda, The Press-Enterprise/S...

Venture Capitalist Lisa Lambert of National Grid on ‘toughing it out,’ disrupting energy grid

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 19:38:48 GMT

Lisa Lambert has come a long way from her childhood in Toledo, Ohio, raised by a single mother in subsidized housing.At age 55 – after a two-decade career at Intel and a stint in cleantech investing with the Westly Group –  she is a prominent Silicon Valley venture capitalist with the lofty ambition of transforming global energy. As founder and president of National Grid Partners, the venture capital arm of the London-based National Grid utility that also provides energy to customers in New York and Massachusetts, she has already directed investments of $350 million into 40 startups that are designed to address climate change and increasing demand, including from a surge in electric vehicles.She has also dedicated herself to supporting other women and minorities in business. Not only did she lead Intel’s Diversity Fund, but she founded a nonprofit network of women executives called Upward, which now boasts 30,000 members in 20 chapters.Next on her list of goals? Run a multi-bi...

Disturbing video shows tech mogul Bob Lee's final moments

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 19:38:48 GMT

SAN FRANCISCO (KRON) -- Disturbing video shared by the Daily Mail shows Cash App founder Bob Lee searching for help following an apparent stabbing that led to his death.The video shows Lee, 43, stumbling down the street holding his side before he collapses on the ground, blood dripping onto the sidewalk from his wound. The video also shows Lee approach a car and appear to ask for help before the car drives away. MORE: Elon Musk calls violent crime in SF ‘horrific.’ Here's what the numbers say. Lee reportedly called 911 for himself where he apparently said, “Help! Someone stabbed me,” on the phone.Lee's murder has caused many to call San Francisco's approach to public safety into question, saying the 'horrific' violent crime in the city is out of control.San Francisco District Attorney Brooke Jenkins told KRON4 she is confident the police will find the person responsible, but that arrests don't happen overnight. Man assaulted with metal pipe in Marina was former SF fire commissio...

Fire breaks out in subterranean bunker, San Jose firefighters on the scene

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 19:38:48 GMT

(KRON) -- Firefighters in San Jose are on the scene of a blaze that broke out in a subterranean bunker and tunnel system near southbound 880 and Coleman Avenue, according to the San Jose Fire Department on Twitter. The underground dwelling was presumably inhabited by unhoused people, according to firefighters. Man assaulted with metal pipe in Marina was former SF fire commissioner: Reports There are no injuries or damages to property reported at this time. People are being advised to reduce traffic speeds in the area due to smoke.Photos of the scene show flames bursting out from underground along with chicken wire and wood beams that look to have been part of a crude underground structure.This is a developing story. Check back for updates.

Man assaulted with metal pipe in Marina was former SF fire commissioner: Reports

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 19:38:48 GMT

SAN FRANCISCO (KRON) -- A man suffered serious injuries after he was attacked with a metal pipe in San Francisco's Marina District Wednesday night, the San Francisco Police Department said. The victim is expected to survive.According to the San Francisco Chronicle, the victim was former San Francisco fire commissioner Don Carmignani. Bob Lee begged for help after stabbing that led to his death: reports The aggravated assault occurred in the area of Magnolia Street and Laguna Street at about 7:20 p.m. SFPD said the victim was attacked by an unknown person and hospitalized.SFPD officers received a description of the suspect and located him near Laguna Street and Lombard Street. Garret Doty, 24, was arrested without incident. Doty was booked into San Francisco County Jail for charges of assault with a deadly weapon and battery causing serious bodily injury. This attack happened just one day after the fatal stabbing of prominent tech entrepreneur Bob Lee in another affluent San Franci...

9th Circuit rejects bid by convicted Theranos exec Balwani to delay prison

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 19:38:48 GMT

(BCN) -- The U.S. Court of Appeals for the 9th Circuit rejected an effort by convicted Theranos executive Ramesh "Sunny" Balwani to delay serving his prison term until his appeal is decided. In a one-page order issued late Thursday afternoon, the federal appeals court held that Balwani had not raised a "substantial question" of law or fact that is "fairly debatable" and that any errors in the trial were not likely to result in reversal or a prison sentence that would be shorter than the time it takes for the appeal to play out. Bob Lee begged for help after stabbing that led to his death: reports Balwani, the former president and chief operating officer of Theranos, was convicted of 12 counts of wire fraud and conspiracy for making false statements to investors and patients about the company's fingerstick blood-testing technology. Following the trial, U.S. District Judge Edward Davila sentenced Balwani to a prison term of 12 years and nine months. That term was to start ...

The Teamsters and the UAW Gear Up for Struggle

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 19:38:48 GMT

Last month, the United Auto Workers took part in a historic election. Shawn Fain was elected president of the union, who represents a reform group, looking to give more power to its workers. At the same time, DHL workers have been engaged in a unionizing push, at the Cincinnati/Northern Kentucky airport; the Teamsters, a union with a rollercoaster of a history, are trying to organize the DHL workers. This week on Deconstructed, Ryan Grim is joined by Brandi Dale and Steve Fightmaster, two DHL workers active in the unionizing efforts at the airport. Then, Grim is joined by labor reporter Alex Press, who breaks down developments with the United Auto Workers leadership and provides an update on Amazon’s unionization attempts.Transcript coming soon.The post The Teamsters and the UAW Gear Up for Struggle appeared first on The Intercept.

In Bahamas, conch fishing is way of life. But for how long?

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 19:38:48 GMT

FREEPORT, Bahamas (AP) — Tereha Davis, whose family has fished for conch from waters around the Bahamas for five generations, remembers when she could walk into the water from the beach and pick up the marine snails from the seabed.But in recent years, Davis, 49, and conch fishers like her have had to go farther and farther from shore – sometimes as far as 30 miles (48 kilometers) – to find the mollusks that Bahamians eat fried, stewed, smoked and raw and are a pillar of the island nation’s economy and tourism industry.Scientists, international conservationists and government officials have sounded the alarm that the conch population is fading due to overfishing, and a food central to Bahamians’ diet and identity could cease to be commercially viable in as little as six years.“When I was a child, we never had to go that far to get conch,” said Davis, speaking at a Freeport market where she sold her catch. “Without conch, what are we supposed to do?”Conch’s potentia...

Wall Street Journal reporter Evan Gershkovich formally charged with spying in Russia, enters denial

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 19:38:48 GMT

MOSCOW (AP) — Wall Street Journal reporter Evan Gershkovich formally charged with spying in Russia, enters denial.Source