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Elizabeth Holmes dodges prison, for now

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 11:11:36 GMT

SAN JOSE, Calif. (KRON) -- The clock is ticking for Silicon Valley's disgraced celebrity Elizabeth Holmes. The 39-year-old former Theranos CEO was ordered by a federal judge to report to prison by Thursday to begin serving an 11-year sentence for fraud.Holmes's defense attorneys, however, filed an 11th-hour appeal to her prison deadline that will keep Holmes out of jail for at least a few more weeks.Holmes, 39, of Woodside, was once a self-made billionaire and a superstar in the Silicon Valley biotech industry. After Theranos whistleblowers alerted investigators that the company's blood testing technology produced false results, prosecutors charged Holmes and her co-conspirator, Ramesh "Sunny" Balwani with fraud and conspiracy in 2018. Former Theranos CEO Elizabeth Holmes alongside her boyfriend Billy Evans, walks back to her hotel following a hearing at the Robert E. Peckham U.S. Courthouse on March 17, 2023 in San Jose. (Photo by Philip Pacheco / Getty Images)They were convicted i...

Alameda restaurant burglary caught on video

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 11:11:36 GMT

ALAMEDA, Calif. (KRON) -- An Alameda restaurant is recovering from a costly theft. Surveillance video shows two suspects breaking in and stealing more than $20,000 in cash and electronics from Alley and Vine off Park Street.Just after 3 p.m. Monday morning, two suspects wearing masks broke through the front window of Alley & Vine in Alameda, taking their time to steal a register and safe behind the bar, then storing it somewhere outside before returning and taking more. Surveillance video captures moments after 15-month-old baby shot in Oakland "They found, back there, an empty box and they start filling out with, you know, some random stuff," said Francisco Bazo, co-founder of the restaurant.The random stuff included bottles of wine and liquor.When the thieves went upstairs Bazo said they took another safe, laptops and a tablet. The loss exceeded $20,000 in cash and electronics and, several thousand more in damages."Just to replace that window is $2,000," said Bazo.Bazo said ...

Calls for more funding for Bay Area transit agencies

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 11:11:36 GMT

(KRON) -- Public transit agencies are not recovering fast enough from the pandemic, and if the state doesn’t step in, irreversible service cuts will soon become the normal across California.“Right now, we have an emergency where in the next 12 to 24 months we’re going to see massive debilitating cuts by transit agencies that are going to be potentially impossible to reverse,” said California State Senator Scott Wiener.Weiner said the funding issue facing public transit agencies across the state is not about whether trains and buses will run on time, but whether they will run at all. Victim seriously injured in SF shooting “At the depth of the pandemic, our ridership had fallen by 90-95 percent on many of these systems. Ridership is recovering, but it’s not recovering quick enough,” said Wiener.This downturn in riders has led to a downturn in revenue, which Wiener said means dramatic service cuts unless the governor changes course and state legislators agree to provide five billion...

Appeals court rejects Trump effort to block Pence testimony

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 11:11:36 GMT

WASHINGTON (AP) — A federal appeals court on Wednesday night moved former Vice President Mike Pence closer to appearing before a grand jury investigating efforts to undo the results of the 2020 presidential election, rejecting a bid by former President Donald Trump’s lawyers to block the testimony.It was not immediately clear what day Pence might appear before the grand jury, which for months has been investigating the events preceding the Jan. 6, 2021, insurrection at the U.S. Capitol and efforts by Trump and his allies to subvert the election outcome. But Pence’s testimony, coming as he moves closer to entering the 2024 presidential race, would be a milestone moment in the investigation and would likely give prosecutors a key first-person account as they press forward with their inquiry.The order from the three-judge panel of the U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals was sealed and none of the parties are mentioned by name in online court records. But the appeal in the sealed ...

CNBC: los mejores y peores estados para jubilados basado en la atención médica, bienestar, seguridad y más

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 11:11:36 GMT

Existe mucha orientación sobre los mejores lugares en Estados Unidos, e incluso en todo el mundo, para que los jubilados pasen sus años dorados. Las listas suelen considerar factores importantes como el costo de vida y la vivienda. Pero si la atención médica y el bienestar general son lo más importante, también hay una lista para usted. Scholaroo, una plataforma que ayuda a los estudiantes a encontrar becas, analizó datos de los 50 estados de EEUU para crear una lista de los mejores estados para jubilarse en 2023, según cinco categorías: CNBC: estas son las 10 ciudades más ricas del mundo; tres de ellas están en EEUU CNBC: estas son las universidades que proveen la mayor ayuda financiera • Cuidado de la salud • Bienestar • Seguridad • Asequibilidad • EntretenimientoLa categoría de atención médica considera la calidad de los hospitales públicos, la cantidad de hogares de ancianos disponibles per cápita, la esperanza de vida y más. ...

Contreras, Bae, Delay lead Pirates to 8-1 win over Dodgers

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 11:11:36 GMT

PITTSBURGH (AP) — Roansy Contreras gave up two hits in six scoreless innings while Ji Hwan Bae and Jason Delay had three hits each in the Pittsburgh Pirates’ 8-1 victory over the Los Angeles Dodgers on Wednesday night.Contreras (3-1) took a no-hitter into the sixth inning before Austin Wynns broke it up with a leadoff single and Freddie Freeman singled with one out. Contreras escaped the jam and preserved a 2-0 lead by getting Jason Heyward and James Outman to fly out.Contreras struck out five and walked two.Hitting in the bottom two spots of the batting order, Bae stole three bases and Delay drove in three runs. Bae raised his season steal total to 10 and became the first Pirates player to steal multiple baes in back-to-back games since Starling Marte in 2017.Rodolfo Castro added two hits for the Pirates, who won for the eighth time in nine games to improve to 17-8. Pittsburgh has the best record in the National League after losing 101 games in 2021 and 100 games in 2022.Despite th...

Tucker Carlson rompe el silencio tras su salida de Fox News

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 11:11:36 GMT

(CNN) — Tucker Carlson rompió el silencio la noche de este miércoles al publicar un breve video en línea luego de su abrupta salida de Fox News a principios de semana, pero no se refirió directamente a la situación con la cadena ni a su futuro.El presentador de ultraderecha no dijo mucho en el disperso mensaje de dos minutos. Sin embargo, hizo un comentario crítico sobre el estado de los noticieros de televisión y atacó los debates que se producen al aire como “increíblemente estúpidos” y “completamente irrelevantes.”Tucker Carlson sale de Fox News“Dentro de cinco años, ni siquiera recordaremos que los tuvimos”, dijo Carlson. “Créanme como alguien que ha participado”.Carlson concluyó el video con un mensaje oscuro: “¿Dónde puedes encontrar todavía a estadounidenses diciendo cosas verdaderas? No quedan muchos lugares, pero hay algunos. Y con eso basta. Mientras puedas oír las palabras, hay esperanza”.“Hasta pront...

Policía de Prince George’s alerta sobre llamadas fraudulentas bajo su nombre

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 11:11:36 GMT

Ni la policía se salva de caer en las manos de los delincuentes. Según las autoridades del condado Prince George’s, llamadas desconocidas ahora estarían llegando bajo números que uno podría reconocer, incluyendo el de la policía. Específicamente, en las llamadas que llegan bajo el nombre de la policía del condado, estafadores piden información financiera para hacer caer a sus víctimas.Emily Austin, del departamento de la policía, explicó que hay estafadores que suplantan el identificador de llamadas para hacerse pasar por una empresa o agencia gubernamental y que lamentablemente la policía no es inmune.Expertos explican que detrás de esto no necesariamente están grupos organizados. Lamentablemente, el cambio de identidad es muy sencillo de hacer, por eso a veces no basta con que uno bloquee un número, ya que los delincuentes suelen cambiarlo y dejar mensajes de voz.“Cuando usted escuche un mensaje que dice usted esta arrestado, tiene que mandar dinero a esta dirección o a ...

Cardinals option top prospect Walker to minors

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 11:11:36 GMT

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Promising St. Louis Cardinals rookie outfielder Jordan Walker was optioned to Triple-A Memphis on Wednesday following a 7-for-35 slide in his last 10 games.Walker made his debut on opening day and opened the season with a record-tying 12-game hitting streak. He was hitting .353 through April 10 but his average has dropped to .274 with three doubles, two home runs and 11 RBIs. Walker struck out 20 times in 73 at-bats.Cardinals manager Oliver Marmol said the decision was made to get some of the team’s other outfielders additional opportunities while getting the 20-year-old Walker more experience in the minor leagues. Marmol also said it would be “crazy” to think that Walker wouldn’t be returning to the big league club.“There is a need for some of these guys to go out there more often and get into a little bit of rhythm, and they just haven’t been able to do that because we do have five guys that are all deserving of playing every day,” Marmol said, pointing to Ale...

Rain 'up to the horses' knees': Tuesday storm leaves muddy mess

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 11:11:36 GMT

KEENESBURG, Colo. (KDVR) -- Just south of Keenesburg in Weld County, cleanup is underway after an early season storm moved through Tuesday.That storm produced the state's first tornado of the year and dumped multiple inches of rain. "Farmers out here need the moisture," Bobbie Pfersch said. "So you gotta put up with a little bad for a lot of good.” Homeowners warned to brace for higher property taxes Pfersch spent Wednesday trying to divert standing water away from her horses, which were coated in mud. "The water in here was almost up to the horses' knees," she said. "That's the most rain we've had in several years all at once like that."Just down the road, parts of County Road 61 were washed away as drivers carefully navigated a 2-foot drop on one side of the road.Pfersch said her rain gauges measured between 3 and 4 inches of rain."We need the moisture, so you have to put up with some water, muddy puddles and muddy roads," she said.