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Keeler: Lakers fans at Ball Arena admit it: Nikola Jokic scares them to death. “The Nuggets could beat us.”

Published Wed, 19 Feb 2025 20:52:24 GMT

If you ripped the names and logos off the front of the jerseys and just looked at blind resumes, the Nuggets take this bad boy in five games.“I get the chills with that, man,” Rudy Perez told me as he took a reflective sip off his can of Modelo an hour before Game 1 between Denver and the Los Angeles Lakers. “Because this could happen. The (Nuggets) could beat us.”Perez wore a nervous look and a gold Lakers replica jersey with Magic Johnson’s iconic ‘32’ on the back. Rudy’s lived in Denver the last three decades, but he was born in California. And he’s never been able to let one of his first loves, the Lakers, completely go, truth be told.“People have (said to me), ‘Yeah, we’re gonna win,’” Perez said. He lofted his beer. “Get 17 of (these) in them, then they’ll talk.”Get 17 in them during a two-hour window, they’ll be in the hospital.So much history. So much … well, hate.The Lakers faithful in Colorado? Hey, they get it. National brand. Generational dominance. Eternal dream-killers...

$10,000 reward offered for information on man murdered at a San Dimas park

Published Wed, 19 Feb 2025 20:52:24 GMT

A $10,000 reward is offered for information on the murder of a man shot to death at a San Dimas park.On Dec. 23, 2018, the victim, Michael Moreno, 35, was found with gunshot wounds on the 200 block of South Acacia Street, according to the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department.Michael was speaking with a friend at the park when the gunman approached and opened fire around 6:30 p.m. The 23-year-old friend was wounded, while Moreno died at the scene.Loved ones remembered Michael as a “giant teddy bear” by those who knew him at a vigil held a few days after the deadly shooting.The victim “wasn’t a violent person,” said Michael's father, Miguel Moreno.“Nobody would say a bad word about him,” said his uncle, Armando Moreno. “That’s the type of person he was.”Detectives are still investigating whether the incident was gang-related, but they do not believe Michael was the intended target. Michael was not a gang member and had no gang affiliations, said LASD.“I stand with Moreno’s family m...

Investigation underway after employee shot dead in Compton convenience store

Published Wed, 19 Feb 2025 20:52:24 GMT

The Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department is investigating after a man was found shot dead in Compton Tuesday morning.Deputies located the man inside a business around 10:55 a.m. on the 200 block of W. Rosecrans Avenue.He was suffering from multiple gunshot wounds and was pronounced dead at the scene, the Sheriff's Department said. His identity has not yet been released.Video from Sky5 showed deputies blocking off the entrance to a convenience store, possibly a dollar store, in a shopping center.The Sheriff's Department released an update Tuesday evening, in which it identified the victim as a temporary employee of the business. Witnesses reported hearing gunshots before seeing multiple suspects fleeing the scene on foot, the Sheriff's Department said.Additional details are being withheld and it's unclear at this time if investigators have a suspect description. Officials said there is currently no known motive.The investigation is ongoing and anyone with information is urged to c...

Three-bedroom home sells for $1.6 million in Fremont

Published Wed, 19 Feb 2025 20:52:24 GMT

41304 Alline Street – Google Street ViewA house located in the 41300 block of Alline Street in Fremont has new owners. The 1,318-square-foot property, built in 1960, was sold on April 7, 2023, for $1,605,000, or $1,218 per square foot. The property features three bedrooms, two bathrooms, and a garage as well as two parking spaces. The unit sits on a 6,027-square-foot lot.These nearby houses have also recently been sold:A 1,671-square-foot home on the 41100 block of Thurston Street in Fremont sold in July 2022, for $1,500,000, a price per square foot of $898. The home has 3 bedrooms and 2 bathrooms.In February 2023, a 1,251-square-foot home on Kathlean Street in Fremont sold for $1,426,000, a price per square foot of $1,140. The home has 3 bedrooms and 2 bathrooms.On Thurston Street, Fremont, in September 2022, a 1,867-square-foot home was sold for $1,638,000, a price per square foot of $877. The home has 4 bedrooms and 3 bathrooms. 

Person shot at East Oakland public market

Published Wed, 19 Feb 2025 20:52:24 GMT

OAKLAND — A person was shot Tuesday afternoon in an East Oakland bakery, authorities said.Shortly after 4:45 p.m., police responded to a report of a possible shooting in the 3300 block of East 12th Street, a police spokesperson said in an e-mailed statement.When officers arrived at the Fruitvale Public Market, they found the person suffering from at least one gunshot wound to an arm.First responders provided care to the victim before taking them to a hospital. They were in surgery Tuesday evening, and their condition was not immediately available.Police did not share information about a possible motive, a shooting suspect or an associated vehicle.For information leading to the arrest of a suspect, police are offering up to $5,000 in the shooting. Anyone with information may call police at 510-238-3426 or Crime Stoppers of Oakland at 510-777-8572.Staff writer Harry Harris contributed to this report. Contact George Kelly at 408-859-5180.

SF Giants’ seeds sowed from Madison Bumgarner’s departure begin to bloom

Published Wed, 19 Feb 2025 20:52:24 GMT

Early on in Farhan Zaidi’s tenure, after his first season heading the Giants’ baseball operations, before he had hired a manager or a general manager, he had decisions to make regarding a franchise icon. Out of contention at the trade deadline in 2019, the Giants opted to hold on to Madison Bumgarner and, a few months later, didn’t explore a reunion seriously enough to prevent him from leaving as a free agent for Arizona.The decision to let Bumgarner walk has long looked like the wise move, with the now-33-year-old left-hander without a team and the Diamondbacks still on the hook for more than $34 million of the $90 million they guaranteed him four winters ago. But the Giants are just now beginning to reap the rewards of the arguably more controversial choice, to settle for the draft pick compensation in return for Bumgarner leaving in free agency rather than the potential prospect capital from a midseason swap.The arrival of Casey Schmitt last week represented a m...

Feds say Aryan Brotherhood was behind six California murders, including two separate double homicides

Published Wed, 19 Feb 2025 20:52:24 GMT

FRESNO — For the second time in the past year, federal prosecutors here say they have evidence that a California double-homicide was ordered by Aryan Brotherhood members and committed by men who saw the brutal twin killings as an entryway into the secretive all-white prison gang.Last year, prosecutors charged two incarcerated Aryan Brotherhood members with ordering the Oct. 4 2020 killings of Allan Roshanski, 34, of Vista, and Ruslan Magomedgadzhiev, 40, of Tarzana, both allegedly shot to death by a Southern California man named Justin Gray. Now, those same two alleged prison gang members are charged with ordering a double homicide that prosecutors say was carried out on March 8, 2022, in Los Angeles County.A partially redacted indictment, unsealed Tuesday, links a total of six homicides across California to the gang. Stacked on top of a concurrent federal prosecution of the Aryan Brotherhood alleging five murders and four murder plots, this move is only the latest time in rec...

Do you know her? Gilroy police searching for alleged liquor thief

Published Wed, 19 Feb 2025 20:52:24 GMT

(KRON) -- Gilroy police officers are searching for a woman who stole liquor bottles by attacking a store clerk on Monday night. The strong armed robbery happened at JV Liquor at 8:04 p.m. The woman entered the store with a man, and the duo walked up to the counter with liquor bottles. "When the clerk grabbed one of the bottles, the female grabbed the second bottle and attempted flee. A fight ensued between the female and the clerk, during which time she punched the clerk in the face causing injury," the Gilroy Police Department wrote. During the fight, the woman's accomplice ran out of the store with two bottles of alcohol, police said. The woman pushed over a display in the store and left with the man by fleeing on foot along Hanna Street.(Surveillance images provided by the Gilroy Police Department)(Surveillance images provided by the Gilroy Police Department)(Surveillance images provided by the Gilroy Police Department)Police are also asking for help to identify this man. (Image ...

Muere otro venezolano investigado por casos de supuesta corrupción; el segundo en un mes

Published Wed, 19 Feb 2025 20:52:24 GMT

(CNN Español) — El Ministerio Público de Venezuela confirmó la muerte de Juan Almeida, una de las personas investigadas en la presunta trama de corrupción en varias empresas públicas del país que estalló en marzo, informó en Twitter el fiscal general Tarek William Saab.Almeida, quien se identificaba en las redes sociales como hacker con el apodo de N33, estaba en arresto domiciliario. En abril el canal oficial Venezolana de Televisión informó que había sido presentado en un centro de salud. Nunca se revelaron los cargos.CNN ha intentado comunicarse con la defensa de Almeida para conocer su versión, pero aún no ha obtenido respuesta.Saab informó que Almeida “sufría de una enfermedad terminal diagnosticada como cirrosis hepática” y por ello había recibido una medida de arresto domiciliario. Hasta ahora el fiscal no había informado que había recibido ese beneficioAlmeida era investigado, junto con dos de sus hermanos, como “presunto operador tecnológico” en el caso Pdvsa/Cripto, ...

Court rejects Elizabeth Holmes’ latest effort to stay out of prison while on appeal

Published Wed, 19 Feb 2025 20:52:24 GMT

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Disgraced Theranos CEO Elizabeth Holmes appears to be soon bound for prison after an appeals court Tuesday rejected her bid to remain free while she tries to overturn her conviction in a blood-testing hoax that brought her fleeting fame and fortune.The Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals ruling comes nearly three weeks after Holmes deployed a last-minute legal maneuver to delay the start of her 11-year prison sentence. She had been previously ordered to surrender to authorities on April 27 by U.S. District Judge Edward Davila, who sentenced her in November.Davila will now set a new date for Holmes, 39, to leave her current home in the San Diego area and report to prison.The punishment will separate Holmes from her current partner, William “Billy” Evans, their 1-year-old son, William, and 3-month-old daughter, Invicta. Holmes’ pregnancy with Invicta — Latin for “invincible,” or “undefeated” — began after a jury convicted her on four counts of fraud and conspiracy in J...