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GOP and Dems handed gavel to extreme speaker

Published Mon, 16 Dec 2024 15:52:05 GMT

Congress let us down by handing Mike Johnson the gavelThe House Democrats shot themselves in the foot by continuing to only vote for Hakeem Jeffries for speaker. When moderate Republican non-Trumper Tom Emmer was nominated, they could have voted him in easily and had a speaker who could work both sides of the aisle as well as anyone. But no, their continued holdout resulted in Republican conservative, anti-choice, anti-LGBTQ, pro-Trump Mike Johnson. Watch what you vote (or don’t) vote for; you just might get it.Jerry Witt, Commerce CityOur democracy just seemed to be further threatened by the election of Mike Johnson as U.S. House Speaker. While I was saddened to hear the death threats against Rep. Ken Buck, I am more sad that those threats actually may have influenced him to vote for Johnson, a 2020 election denier who schemed to reject electors in crucial battleground states.In voting for Johnson, Buck, along with Reps. Lauren Boebert and Doug Lamborn, Colorado’s other GOP c...

Colorado snow totals for Nov. 8-9, 2023

Published Mon, 16 Dec 2024 15:52:05 GMT

The following Colorado snow totals have been reported by the National Weather Service for Nov, 8, 2023, as of 7:45 p.m. Wednesday:Bergen Park, CO — 6.2 inches at 6:58 p.m. – 11/8/2023Black Forest, CO — 1.5 inches at 2:49 p.m. – 11/8/2023Brookvale, CO — 8.2 inches at 9:41 p.m. – 11/8/2023Crescent Village, CO — 8 inches at 9:06 p.m. – 11/8/2023Floyd Hill, CO — 2.5 inches at 1:51 p.m. – 11/8/2023Related ArticlesWeather | Colorado snow totals for Oct. 29, 2023 Weather | Colorado snow totals for Oct. 28, 2023 Weather | Colorado snow totals for Oct. 12, 2023 Genesee, CO — 9.3 inches at 9:05 p.m. – 11/8/2023Georgetown, CO — 1 inch at 4:27 p.m. – 11/8/2023Monument, CO — 1 inch at 8:04 p.m. – 11/8/2023Nederland, CO — 8 inches at 9:50 p.m. – 11/8/2023Pinecliffe, CO — 9 inches at 9:28 p.m. – 11/8/2023Sawpit, CO — 2.8 inche...

Fights break out between pro-Israeli, pro-Palestinian supporters at Los Angeles movie screening

Published Mon, 16 Dec 2024 15:52:05 GMT

Altercations between pro-Israeli and pro-Palestinian supporters were captured on video outside a screening at the Museum of Tolerance in West Los Angeles Wednesday night. The screening showed images of the gruesome Oct. 7 terror attacks on Israel by Hamas militants, which Israel says left more than 1,400 dead and more than 240 taken hostage.Several altercations were captured on video outside the Los Angeles Museum of Tolerance on Nov. 8, 2023. (spobh90210)The 47-minute video was provided by Israeli Defence forces and shown to select audiences in Los Angeles and New York. Actress Gal Gadot, who is Israeli, had reportedly been involved in organizing the screenings."Over 240 hostages, including 30 children, are still being held captive by Hamas. This is a prayer from Broadway to bring them home," Gadot posted on her Instagram page Wednesday night. About 150 people attended the Los Angeles screening, although Gadot was not in attendance, according to the Los Angeles Times. Vid...

McManus: Biden wants a sovereign Palestinian state; it won’t be easy

Published Mon, 16 Dec 2024 15:52:05 GMT

Last week, Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken headed for the Middle East to try to keep Israel’s war in Gaza from spinning out of control, and to begin talks on what diplomats call “the day after” — what happens after the shooting stops.Who will govern a shattered Gaza? Who will feed and house its refugees?Who will police its ravaged streets?And perhaps improbably, can the war, however brutal its toll, be turned into an opening for a wider peace?“When this crisis is over, there has to be a vision of what comes next,” President Biden said last month. “And in our view, it has to be a two-state solution” — an agreement under which a sovereign Palestinian state would live side by side with Israel, with security guarantees for both.Blinken took that message to Tel Aviv on Friday, beginning with a plea to Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu for “humanitarian pauses” to get food and water to civilians trapped in Gaza.Netanyahu s...

Sale closed in Los Gatos: $2.1 million for a three-bedroom home

Published Mon, 16 Dec 2024 15:52:05 GMT

16406 West La Chiquita Avenue – Google Street ViewA 1,056-square-foot house built in 1950 has changed hands. The property located in the 16400 block of West La Chiquita Avenue in Los Gatos was sold on Oct. 27, 2023. The $2,120,000 purchase price works out to $2,008 per square foot. The layout of this single-story home consists of three bedrooms and one bath. In addition, the house is equipped with a one-car garage, ensuring secure parking and storage.Additional houses have recently changed hands nearby:In April 2023, a 4,517-square-foot home on Englewood Avenue in Los Gatos sold for $5,400,000, a price per square foot of $1,195. The home has 6 bedrooms and 5 bathrooms.On West La Chiquita Avenue, Los Gatos, in January 2023, a 972-square-foot home was sold for $2,205,000, a price per square foot of $2,269. The home has 2 bedrooms 1 bathroom.A 2,892-square-foot home on the 16300 block of East La Chiquita Avenue in Los Gatos sold in May 2023, for $3,450,000, a price per square foot of $...

4 California men convicted of charges in Jan. 6 Capitol breach

Published Mon, 16 Dec 2024 15:52:05 GMT

Four Inland Empire residents who traveled together to Washington, D.C. in January 2021 to attend then-President Donald Trump’s “Stop the Steal” rally were convicted on Tuesday, Nov. 7, of various charges related to the breach of the Capitol grounds as Congress attempted to certify Joe Biden’s electoral victory in the presidential election.Convicted of conspiracy to obstruct an official proceeding and obstruction of an official proceeding, both felonies, after a 17-day jury trial in Washington, the U.S. Department of Justice said, were: Erik Scott Warner, 48, of Menifee; Felipe Antonio “Tony” Martinez, 50, of Lake Elsinore; Derek Kinnison, 42, of Lake Elsinore; and Ronald Mele, 54, of Temecula.Warner and Kinnison were also convicted of tampering with documents or proceedings, a felony, after they erased social-media chats from their phone to hide them from a grand jury investigation.All four were also found guilty of misdemeanor offenses of entering and remaining in a restricted buil...

LA County medical examiner investigator stole valuable items from dead people, prosecutors allege

Published Mon, 16 Dec 2024 15:52:05 GMT

An investigator for the Los Angeles County Medical Examiner’s Office has been charged with grand theft after he allegedly stole items off of deceased individuals during death investigations, the Los Angeles District Attorney’s Office announced Wednesday afternoon.Adrian Muñoz, 34 years old, was suspended on Tuesday and charged with one felony count of grand theft of property and one misdemeanor count of petty theft of property. The exact value of what he stole was not clear.Related ArticlesCrime and Public Safety | Police: Thieves steal $70,000 of Bay Area business’s wares in a week Crime and Public Safety | Bay Area homeowner kills suspected intruder, police say Crime and Public Safety | Baby dies from fentanyl exposure; Fremont mother arrested Crime and Public Safety | Oakland’s Ale Industries shuts down, blames ‘rising rate of crime’ Crime and Public Safety | Vengeance or self-defense? Tr...

3 people arrested in alleged trafficking of girls at California massage parlor

Published Mon, 16 Dec 2024 15:52:05 GMT

Three people who allegedly trafficked two teenage girls to engage in commercial sexual activities at Ace Care, a massage parlor in Redlands, have been arrested after being indicted by a federal grand jury.The suspects include the manager of the massage parlor, Ji Ryang Chae, 54, who currently resides in Colorado Springs, Colorado, the manager-in-training, Jasmine Dakota Beverly, 24, a current resident of Costa Mesa, and Earnest Akindele Teamer, 26, from Redlands, who acted as a recruiter for the massage parlor, authorities said.All three are accused of one count of conspiracy and two counts of sex trafficking of a minor. The two victims were 14 and 15 years of age.From at least March 2022 to April 2022, Beverly and Teamer allegedly recruited the girls to work as commercial sex workers at Ace Care, including the 15-year-old girl, who was picked up from a group home.Related ArticlesCrime and Public Safety | California man, 2 others charged with running sex ring that catered...

Photos: San Jose Sports Hall of Fame 2023 inducts four South Bay legends

Published Mon, 16 Dec 2024 15:52:05 GMT

The San Jose Sports Hall of Fame’s Class of 2023 was ushered in by Lorrie Fair, Patrick Marleau, Dave Stieb, and Chris Wondolowski.Fair, 45, attended Los Altos High School before she started at North Carolina, helping the Tar Heels win three NCAA titles. Fair earned 120 caps playing for the women’s national team and helped the 1999 World Cup team win gold and the 2000 Olympic team capture silver.Stieb, 66, was born in Santa Ana but he and his family moved to the South Bay in the early 1970s. He attended Oak Grove High School, San Jose City College and Southern Illinois University before he was drafted in the fifth round by the Toronto Blue Jays in 1978 as a 20-year-old. Stieb went on to become one of MLB’s winningest pitchers in the 1980s and finished his 16-season big league career with 176 victories.Marleau was drafted second overall by the Sharks in 1997, and the then-17-year-old forward from a small town in Western Canada would become a future cornerstone of the organization. Ma...

Opinion: California didn’t ban Skittles, but what it did was important

Published Mon, 16 Dec 2024 15:52:05 GMT

Last month, Gov. Gavin Newsom signed into law California’s Food Safety Act banning four ingredients that are linked to health risks. These substances — red dye No. 3, propyl paraben, brominated vegetable oil and potassium bromate, currently found in some candies, sodas and baked goods — will not be allowed in the state’s foods starting in 2027. All four are banned from foods in the European Union (which only allows red No. 3 in candied and cocktail cherries), but, California aside, they remain perfectly legal in the United States.New York is considering a similar law that would also ban a fifth substance previously included in California’s law — titanium dioxide, which is used in Skittles. That’s why the California measure got dubbed the “Skittles ban” (a name that stuck even after titanium dioxide was cut from the draft).California is the first state to go beyond Food and Drug Administration regulations by banning the other four additives. Should it have deferred to the FDA?S...