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2 children killed running into traffic to retrieve luggage, mom arrested

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:32:31 GMT

Two minors are dead after being struck by a vehicle in traffic on the eastbound SR-78 in San Diego County Sunday night, officials said. Fire officials were first alerted about the incident at 6:12 p.m., after receiving a call that the two had been hit on the highway.According to Vista Fire Department Deputy Chief Brett Davidson, the minors, ages 10 and 16, got out of the vehicle after the driver, their mom, had pulled onto the shoulder of the highway.The two were struck by a vehicle in oncoming traffic and were later pronounced dead on the scene by authorities.According to VFD, the exact number of people in the car that had pulled over is not known at this time.Details about what led up to the collision remain under investigation by California Highway Patrol. However, Davidson said a suitcase that had come loose from the top of the car is possibly what prompted the two to get out of the car.The mother of the victims, Sandra Ortiz, 33, was arrested on suspicion of driving under the i...

Chris Witherspoon Arrested Following Fatal DUI Crash on State Route 1 [Monterey County, CA]

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:32:31 GMT

69-Year-Old Seaside Man Killed in Two-Vehicle Crash on Highway 1MONTEREY COUNTY, CA (June 19, 2023) – Early Saturday morning, a fatal DUI collision on State Route 1 led to the arrest of Chris Witherspoon.The fatal incident occurred around 3:45 a.m. along Highway 1 near the southbound lanes of Highway 68.According to the investigators, a northbound gray 2017 Toyota Camry collided head-on with a Mitsubishi Mirage. Police said the impact disabled both vehicles in the middle of the freeway.Unfortunately, the 69-year-old male from Seaside driving the Mitsubishi died at the scene. At this time, the victim’s name remains undisclosed, pending notification from his next of kin.Meanwhile, police arrested and booked the Camry driver, 25-year-old Chris Witherspoon of Hope Hills, in Monterey County Jail. Witherspoon is charged with DUI, gross vehicular manslaughter, and other related charges.Monterey County Officials temporarily closed down State Route 1 to investigate the fatal DUI crash....

Teen Injured after Hit-and-Run Crash on Higley Road [Gilbert, AZ]

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:32:31 GMT

Hit-and-Run Driver Struck and Left One Teenager Injured near Santan FreewayGILBERT, AZ (June 19, 2023) – Wednesday night, police responded to a hit-and-run crash at Higley Road that injured a teenager.It happened shortly after 6:00 p.m., June 14th, in the westbound lanes of Loop 202 Santan Freeway, near milepost 39.According to the Arizona DPS, they arrived at the scene and found a man lying on the highway with injuries.Upon investigation, the officers believed that the man was a passenger of a moving vehicle that tried to get out.As a result, he was struck by another vehicle that did not stop and drove away. No information is available on the vehicle he was in.Furthermore, the man was only identified as a teenager. He suffered serious injuries and was hospitalized.Meanwhile, the traffic in the area was affected and the deputies blocked the westbound lanes. It was later reopened early on Thursday morning.Further investigation is being handled by the Arizona Department of Publi...

Leticia Rivera Aguilar Killed in 3-Vehicle Accident Mahoney Road [Santa Maria, CA]

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:32:31 GMT

59-Year-Old Woman Pronounced Dead after Three-Car Collision near Black RoadSANTA MARIA, CA (June 19, 2023) – Thursday afternoon, Leticia Rivera Aguilar was killed in a 3-vehicle accident on Mahoney Road.Authorities responded to the scene at the 2600 block of Mahoney Road just north of Black Road around 1:00 p.m., on June 1st.For reasons under investigation, three vehicles collided in the area. Paramedics arrived and airlifted 59-year-old Aguilar, of Santa Maria to Cottage Hospital where she later succumbed to her injuries.In addition, medics took two others to a nearby hospital for further treatment. Meanwhile, the fourth occupant remained uninjured.At this time, an active investigation to determine further information is still currently underway. Once available, more details will be provided.The team at Sweet James sends out their heartfelt sympathies to the friends and family of Leticia Rivera Aguilar who are grieving over the loss of their loved one.Losing a loved one in a ...

Silicon Valley luminaries give RFK Jr.’s anti-vaccine message a boost

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:32:31 GMT

By Darius Tahir | KFF Health News Democratic presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy Jr., the latest scion of the Kennedy clan to seek the presidency, has a set of unusual fans: some of the most influential tech executives and investors in America. Kennedy’s strong anti-vaccine views are, for this group, a sideshow.“Tearing down all these institutions of power. It gives me glee,” said one of his boosters in tech, Chamath Palihapitiya, a garrulous former Facebook executive, nearly two hours into a May episode of the popular “All-In” podcast he co-hosts with other tech luminaries. The person who might help with the demolition was the show’s guest, Kennedy himself.“Me too,” responded David Sacks, Palihapitiya’s co-host on the podcast, an early investor in Facebook and Uber. Sacks and Palihapitiya said they would host a fundraiser for Kennedy, which, according to the Puck news outlet, was set for June 15.Kennedy’s newfound friends in Silicon Valley were mostly loud supporters of vaccin...

Traffic alert: President Biden on his way to Bay Area, Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis arrives later today

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:32:31 GMT

President Joe Biden was on his way Monday from Delaware to the Bay Area where he is expected to land at Moffett Federal Airfield in Mountain View before heading to Palo Alto to speak at the Lucy Evans Baylands Nature Interpretive Center and Preserve.The president’s motorcade could cause a few traffic alerts throughout the day as he zips from Palo Alto to Los Gatos and back up to Atherton this evening.The White House said Biden is expected to arrive at Moffett at 12:25 p.m. where he will be met by Gov. Gavin Newsom, Rep. Anna Eshoo, Santa Clara County Board of Supervisors President Susan Ellenberg and NASA Center Director Eugene Tu.Then Biden travels a short hop to the Palo Alto baylands nature preserve at 1:15 p.m., where he is to deliver remarks on his administration’s environmental and energy policies.The president then will travel to Los Gatos about 3 p.m. and Atherton at 6:15 p.m. to attend fundraisers toward his 2024 reelection campaign.Potential Biden re-election c...

Tropical Depression Three could become hurricane by Wednesday night; second wave off Africa

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:32:31 GMT

Tropical Depression Three has formed in the central Atlantic Ocean could become a hurricane by Wednesday night, as it travels toward the Caribbean, the National Hurricane Center said Monday.In its 11 a.m. Monday update, the Hurricane Center said the system would likely strengthen and move across the far eastern Caribbean as a hurricane by Friday morning, and, depending on it tracks over the next few days, could reach Puerto Rico by Saturday morning.Forecasters urged those in Puerto Rico and Virgin Islands to be vigilant regarding the progress of the storm.The system, located halfway between Africa and the Lesser Antilles Monday morning, has a large area of showers and thunderstorms that are continuing to organize, the hurricane center said.It is expected to move west at 15 to 20 mph across the eastern and central Atlantic, the hurricane center said in its Monday update.Meanwhile, a second wave has emerged over the eastern Atlantic Ocean off of western Africa. It was given a 30% chan...

Northern California doctor suspected of felony sexual battery apprehended and San Francisco airport

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:32:31 GMT

Police in San Francisco on Saturday arrested a doctor at San Francisco International Airport (SFO) on suspicion of felony sexual battery, the Sacramento Sheriff’s Office said.Authorities arrested Dr. Rachandeep Singh at the San Francisco Airport June 17, 2023 on suspicion of felony sexual battery. (Sacramento Sheriff via BCN) Rachandeep Singh first came on the Sacramento Sheriff’s radar on April 26 when a woman at the River Pointe Post-Acute Care Facility on Fair Oaks Boulevard accused Singh, her boss, of allegedly touching her sexually against her will.According to the Sacramento Sheriff, Singh, who was medical director at River Pointe, was removed from the facility by their administration but detectives learned that he also oversaw at least two other facilities in the City of Stockton and the San Joaquin County area.The Sacramento County District Attorney’s Office has filed felony sexual battery charges against Singh, the Sheriff’s Office said. A warra...

Amid Juneteenth celebrations, 109-year-old Tulsa race riot survivor speaks of 1921 massacre that claimed hundreds of Black lives

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:32:31 GMT

Ellen Moynihan, Leonard Greene | New York Daily News (TNS)For years, she wouldn’t admit it. For years after that, she wouldn’t even discuss it.Even thinking about what happened to her family and community felt like a crime punishable by more death and destruction.Over time, Viola Ford Fletcher began to tell her story. How much time? Fletcher is 109 years old, and next month — on Independence Day — Fletcher is releasing a new book chronicling one of the ugliest moments in American history.Fletcher was 7 years old in 1921 when a deadly and shameful race riot broke out in Tulsa, Oklahoma, a heinous act of violence that resulted in the deaths of hundreds of Black people over the span of 18 hours.“I saw and heard people screaming and running and falling, houses burning, guns shooting,” Fletcher said during a Midtown interview with the New York Daily News. “And the rushing of Black people out of town before most of us was killed.”Viola Ford Fletcher is pictured during an interview Wednesd...

‘My heart is broken’: Fremont man gets 40 years to life for ‘straight-up cold-blooded’ murder

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:32:31 GMT

DUBLIN — A Fremont man was sentenced to 40 years to life in prison for second-degree murder, but not until after he heard from a long line of his victim’s friends and family, including the victim’s young daughter who lamented the loss of “my best friend in the whole world.”Kamalpreet Singh, 30, was sentenced May 18 by Judge Paul Delucchi, who called Singh a cold-blooded killer and a liar beforehand. Singh was convicted in April of murdering 32-year-old Anthony Garza in an April 2020 shooting at the Mowry East Shopping Center in Fremont. He had confessed to the crime but argued at trial that his employer was responsible for everything.Family and friends of Garza spoke at length during the hearing, describing Garza as a deeply religious man who worked with at-risk youth and was planning to wed the mother of his daughter. Garza’s mother, siblings, friends, pastor, and daughter all spoke or submitted letters to Delucchi.“I miss his homemade chic...