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Missouri schools to test drinking water for lead

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:38:00 GMT

JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. - This school year, school districts all around the state of Missouri are testing for lead in drinking water in compliance with a new law. Before Jan. 1, all schools are required to create a testing plan. Then, under law, schools have until next August to test all drinking water for lead. With Missouri being a leading lead-producing state, there are concerns about what the results will show. "There's no known safe level of lead in the body," said Melissa May, health drinking water unit chief in the bureau of epidemiology at the Department of Health and Senior Services (DHSS). "We are doing our best to help schools reduce lead in drinking water because we do know the adverse health effects of lead in our drinking water, and we are committed to keeping our children safe in Missouri." Sex offender charged after being found with missing North Carolina girl Throughout the next year, schools across the state will be testing all drinking water outlets, like water foun...

Disabled teen reported missing from Aurora on Friday

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:38:00 GMT

Aurora police are searching for a disabled teenager who was last seen in the 3700 block of Chambers Road on Friday morning.Destiny Hands, 19, left her home between 7 and 8 a.m. and was last seen wearing Micky Mouse pants, brown house slippers and a white T-shirt with green flowers, according to the Aurora Police Department.Related ArticlesCrime and Public Safety | Indigenous teen missing from Lakewood since Monday Crime and Public Safety | Endangered man missing from Sheridan found safe She is Black and has brown hair and brown eyes.She may have a white jacket with SpongeBob SquarePants print and a red REI coat.Hands left home with three backpacks – orange, pink and black – and her laptop. She does not know how to use public transportation and doesn’t have any money with her. Hands has an intellectual or developmental disability, according to the department.Anyone who sees her should call Aurora police at 303-627-3100.Sign up to get crime news sent st...

Riverside County man arrested in million-dollar luxury car theft scheme 

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:38:00 GMT

A man from Riverside County has been arrested and charged with 18 felonies in connection with a theft scheme involving multiple luxury cars. According to a release from the Riverside County District Attorney’s Office, owners of several high-end vehicles contacted the Riverside Auto-Theft Interdiction Detail (RAID) after they were unable to report their cars as stolen. Preliminary investigation revealed that the suspect, identified by authorities as Kendall Clark, 25, of Murrieta, would fill out paperwork and pay for a one-week rental from a car owner in Lake Mathews but would not return the vehicles.  U-Haul loaded with marijuana involved in car-to-car shooting “The cars were later located at dealerships around the country with titles that had been forged or ‘washed’ by Clark to indicate a change of ownership,” the DA’s office said. “The total value of the cars is more than $1 million.” The vehicles, which were all returned to their respective owners, included: A 2022 Ch...

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Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:38:00 GMT

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Hi Felicia in Oakland owes more than $100,000 to former workers, says city

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:38:00 GMT

The owner of Oakland’s once-buzzy Hi Felicia has gone from Michelin aspirations last year to shutting down the restaurant in May and now, as of this week, having the business owe more than $100,000 to former employees.Hi Felicia violated Oakland’s minimum-wage laws and must pay $105,555 to more than a dozen former workers, according to a notice the city sent on Wednesday to owner Imana (who is known by just one name) that was first reported by the San Francisco Chronicle.That amount in restitution checks is due in just over 40 days.The city asserts that Hi Felicia’s service-charge policy did not “comport with the requirements of Measure FF,” an Oakland-specific directive that states that hospitality employers who collect service charges from customers must pay that money in full to the workers who performed the services.Hi Felicia instead gave 10 percent of service charges to employees and used the rest to supplement higher hourly wages for its employee...

Here are special foods and deals at restaurants for Halloween 2023

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:38:00 GMT

From pumpkin-shaped pizza at Papa John’s to Scooby Doo doughnuts at Krispy Creme and Chipotle’s ever-popular Booritos, restaurant chains are dressing up their menus for Halloween.Pizza has joined candy as a Halloween tradition, and several pizza chains are taking advantage of it with holiday promotions.Burger King has Ghost Pepper Whoppers for Halloween. (Photo by Fielding Buck, The Press-Enterprise/SCNG)Krispy Kreme is selling an assortment of Scooby-Doo doughnuts for Halloween. (Photo by Fielding Buck, The Press-Enterprise/SCNG)Krispy Kreme is selling an assortment of Scooby-Doo doughnuts for Halloween. (Photo by Fielding Buck, The Press-Enterprise/SCNG)Scooby-Doo adorns a Halloween doughnut at Krispy Kreme. (Photo by Fielding Buck, The Press-Enterprise/SCNG)Scooby-Doo doughnuts are available for Halloween at Krispy Kreme. (Photo by Fielding Buck, The Press-Enterprise/SCNG)McDonald’s 2023 Boo Buckets include an orange skeleton. (Photo by Fielding Buck, The Press-Enterprise/S...

Rep. Santos pleads not guilty to new theft, fraud charges

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:38:00 GMT

By Nicki Brown | CNNRep. George Santos pleaded not guilty in federal court Friday to 10 charges alleging he stole donors’ identities and ran up thousands of dollars in fraudulent charges on their credit cards, among other offenses.The New York Republican’s attorney Joseph Murray entered the not guilty plea on behalf of his client.US District Judge Joanna Seybert set a trial date for September 9, 2024.The 10 charges were unveiled in a superseding indictment filed earlier this month. It also includes allegations that the New York Republican embezzled cash from his company and conspired with his former campaign treasurer to falsify donation totals in order to hit fundraising targets set by national Republicans, among other offenses.This fresh round of charges brings the total number of counts against Santos to 23. The superseding indictment provided new and damaging details about Santos’ alleged efforts to personally profit through his campaign.In May, Santos, 35, pleaded not guilty to...

Sharks update: Better news on health front, Quinn talks Vlasic, lingering trust issues

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:38:00 GMT

Injured center Mikael Granlund could return as soon as Sunday when the San Jose Sharks play the Washington Capitals to finish their five-game road trip, coach David Quinn said.Granlund, who has dealt with a lower-body injury and hasn’t played since the Sharks’ Oct. 12 season-opener, had what was described as a minor setback earlier this week as he was preparing to play the Florida Panthers on Tuesday.But Granlund has felt better of late due to what Quinn said was a “different approach to his treatments.”“And they’ve worked very well,” Quinn said Friday before the Sharks played the Carolina Hurricanes.If the Sharks do activate Granlund off injured reserve before Sunday’s game, they’ll have to make a corresponding move since they are already at the 23-man roster limit.Still, the Sharks will take any type of encouraging news they can get right now, and Granlund’s return could help slot other forwards into more ideal positions.Off to the slowest start in franchise history wi...

Using opioid settlement cash for police gear like squad cars and scanners sparks debate

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:38:00 GMT

Aneri Pattani | (TNS) KFF Health NewsPolicing expenses mount quickly: $25,000 for a law enforcement conference about fentanyl in Colorado; $18,000 for technology to unlock cellphones in Southington, Connecticut; $2,900 for surveillance cameras and to train officers and canines in New Lexington, Ohio. And in other communities around the country, hundreds of thousands for vehicles, body scanners and other equipment.In these cases and many others, state and local governments are turning to a new means to pay those bills: opioid settlement cash.This money — totaling more than $50 billion across 18 years — comes from national settlements with more than a dozen companies that made, sold or distributed opioid painkillers, including Johnson & Johnson, AmerisourceBergen, and Walmart, which were accused of fueling the epidemic that addicted and killed millions.Directing the funds to police has triggered difficult questions about what the money was meant for and whether such spending truly...

San Jose house listed for $1.5 million comes with meth lab. Buyer gets the clean up.

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:38:00 GMT

If you’re on the market for a San Jose fixer-upper, here’s a doozy: This one can’t be legally inhabited until the inactive meth lab inside is cleaned up. The list price? $1.5 million.It’s being sold as-is — and the purchaser will get it sight unseen. At least on the inside. No access to the house will be provided before the Santa Clara County Health department gives its approval, the property listing notes.The San Jose home, located about a block north of the Gunderson High School Campus, was raided in March of this year as part of an explosives investigation targeting 36-year-old Peter Karasev, who they claimed was using it as a base to stockpile bomb-making chemicals and methamphetamines.Related ArticlesHousing | How spooked is California’s housing market? 12 factors to watch Housing | From the Bay Area to Australia, abandoned golf courses are being reclaimed by nature Housing | Huge San Jose housing project, retai...