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Former LAPD officer convicted of raping woman after DNA links him to crime

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 14:48:21 GMT

A former Los Angeles Police Department officer has been convicted of raping a woman while off-duty in 2015.William Rodriguez, 38, was arrested in July 2019 on multiple counts of sexual assault, including two alleged rapes.Rodriguez, a ten-year LAPD veteran, was taken into custody and immediately relieved of his duties. According to the Police Department, Rodriguez was identified as the suspect in a 2015 rape after police received a "cold hit" on his DNA through the Combined DNA Index System, aka CODIS.Detectives began investigating Rodriguez after a woman came forward to accuse him of rape in 2018. That incident led to the DNA hit tying him to the 2015 attack. Both alleged attacks happened while Rodriguez was off-duty. The 2015 attack happened in August when Rodriguez drove the victim to an unspecified location and then raped her, according to the Los Angeles County District Attorney's Office.Rodriguez had originally pleaded not guilty to two counts of rape when he made his initial ...

Inside California Politics: The Race for the Senate

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 14:48:21 GMT

KTLA’s political series, Inside California Politics, will air a special program on California’s 2024 Senate race on Thursday at 7 p.m. on KTLA and Nexstar Media Group’s local stations around the state.The special, “Inside California Politics: The Race for the Senate,” will feature the three leading candidates running to replace Sen. Dianne Feinstein after she retires in 2025: Rep. Barbara Lee (D-Oakland), Rep. Katie Porter (D-Irvine) and Rep. Adam Schiff (D-Burbank).The special will be hosted by KTLA's Frank Buckley and Inside California Politics co-host Nikki Laurenzo.

Alien Labs Wins Zalympix New Category

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 14:48:21 GMT

Alien Labs’ Zkittelz strain secured top honors in the new Best Thing Smoking category last weekend’s Zalympix competition hosted by Greenwolf.The new category’s winner was selected by Proper Doinks in a tournament format.With a record-breaking number of participants, this edition of Zalympix attracted more entries than all previous events combined. Alien Labs consistently demonstrated its excellence by placing among the top three or winning various categories in the past. However, this triumph marked their most significant achievement yet, as they added another three trophies to their ever-expanding collection. Speculations arose last week regarding the challenging nature of the competition for Z due to the abundance of Zkittelz hybrids in the mix. Nevertheless, the judges ultimately disagreed, and Zkittelz claimed the highest podium. Since its meteoric rise in 2014, when it dominated the Mendocino Secret Cup and secured a top-five spot at the High Times NorCal Cup...

A’s swept in Cleveland as losing streak hits 8 games

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 14:48:21 GMT

CLEVELAND — The Oakland A’s lost for the eighth straight time Thursday afternoon when the Cleveland Guardians rode Josh Bell’s mammoth home run to a 6-1 victory and a three-game sweep.The A’s were swept for the 11th time and they dropped to 19-58, baseball’s worst record. Their current skid followed a seven-game winning streak.Oakland’s mark through 77 games is the worst in the majors since the Detroit Tigers went 18-59 to start 2003.“We’re going to continue to work,” vowed manager Mark Kotsay, whose team led in every game in the series. “We’re going to continue to grind. We’ve seen some of the benefits with the winning streak we went through. We know we can compete and we know we can win.”Just not on Thursday. Bell homered off an “Ohio” sign beyond the left-field wall and Myles Straw hit an RBI triple to key Cleveland’s offense.CLEVELAND, OH – JUNE 22: Josh Bell #55 of the Cleveland Guardians celebrates after hitting a solo home run off JP Sears #38 of...

Warriors’ trade for Chris Paul draws praise from ESPN pundits — well, most of them

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 14:48:21 GMT

The Warriors didn’t win the NBA championship and don’t have the top pick in Thursday’s NBA Draft.But Golden State stole the conversation on Draft day by agreeing to acquire Chris Paul from the Washington Wizards in a trade that would send dynamic guard Jordan Poole back to the nation’s capital.Even with generational superstar Victor Wembanyama’s likely selection by the San Antonio Spurs set to come on Thursday, ESPN’s coverage building up to the draft gave significant time to the Warriors-Wizards trade.JJ Redick said he was “fascinated” by the move, especially in the way that Paul will pair up with Steph Curry, Klay Thompson, Draymond Green and coach Steve Kerr’s preferred style of offense.“The Warriors are a team that has thrived on body and ball movement — Steph has described their style of play as ‘chaotic,’” Redick said. “Then you think about Chris Paul, how methodical, how controlled, how organized he is. The Warriors have the shortest average touch length in the half-court. Ch...

Four-bedroom home sells in San Ramon for $1.5 million

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 14:48:21 GMT

2910 Marlboro Way – Google Street ViewA 1,520-square-foot house built in 1978 has changed hands. The property located in the 2900 block of Marlboro Way in San Ramon was sold on June 7, 2023, for $1,530,000, or $1,007 per square foot. The property features four bedrooms, two bathrooms, and an attached garage. There’s also a pool in the backyard and two parking spaces. The unit sits on a 10,200-square-foot lot.These nearby houses have also recently been sold:A 1,946-square-foot home on the 200 block of Saint Denis Court in San Ramon sold in April 2023, for $1,475,000, a price per square foot of $758. The home has 3 bedrooms and 3 bathrooms.In March 2023, a 2,103-square-foot home on Marlboro Way in San Ramon sold for $1,485,000, a price per square foot of $706. The home has 4 bedrooms and 2 bathrooms.On Millbridge Place, San Ramon, in July 2022, a 1,850-square-foot home was sold for $1,600,000, a price per square foot of $865. The home has 5 bedrooms and 2 bathrooms. 

Letters: Keep legacy | Official involvement | ‘The Wave’ | Rule of law | Fossil fuel | Fallacious position

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 14:48:21 GMT

Submit your letter to the editor via this form. Read more Letters to the Editor.Oakland shouldkeep the A’s legacyIn 1995 when the Cleveland Browns owner relocated the team to Baltimore the NFL stepped in and allowed the move but took over the name and legacy of the Browns for the use of a future team in Cleveland.With the pending A’s move to Las Vegas, I hope that Major League Baseball will do something similar and at least keep the name and legacy of the A’s in Oakland for a future team. Let Fisher go to Las Vegas but look for a way to put a new team in Oakland. After all, I doubt if Las Vegas gives a hoot about the Streak, Ricky Henderson, the four World Series championships and other memories.Hopefully, one of the many Bay Area billionaires will step up and buy the team from Fisher or petition MLB for a replacement team to keep the A’s in Oakland where they belong.David KurrentPinoleTime for state officialsto get involved in A’sRe: “MLB’s...

Letters: Quality of life | Get specific | A’s shame | Search a waste | White noise

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 14:48:21 GMT

Submit your letter to the editor via this form. Read more Letters to the Editor.S.J. mayor’s plans willboost quality of lifeI listened to the 2023-24 budget discussion on Zoom, and I was heartened by the City Council’s decision to include interim housing for the homeless, albeit less than Mayor Matt Mahan’s request. As the mayor points out, just funding affordable housing isn’t enough because it takes time to build permanent housing, and people suffer in the meanwhile. It’s clearly a matter of doing the humane thing.Following the larger budget discussion has also led to a big “ah-ha” for me: the mayor’s “Back to Basics” priorities to help the homeless, clean up the city and increase public safety are really about restoring the quality of San Jose life and making the city an attractive place for people and businesses. We have no choice: You have only to consider the closing of Westfield Mall in San Francisco and the reasons behind it if you need convincing.Larry KuboSan J...

3 arrested on suspicion of alleged gang-related murder in Santa Rosa

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 14:48:21 GMT

(BCN) -- Two juveniles and a man have been arrested in Santa Rosa on suspicion of the shooting death of a 15-year-old boy last week, police announced Thursday. On the day of the shooting, officers were dispatched at 5:39 p.m. on June 16 to the 2300 block of Corby Avenue, where they discovered a 15-year-old boy lying in the parking lot. Police believed the boy had been shot at least once and he was not responsive. He was later pronounced dead at a hospital. An investigation revealed that a group of young men were standing in the parking lot when someone opened fire on them, killing the boy. Police said that the suspect then fled the scene in an SUV. Suspect in SF assault that left woman, dog dead fatally shot by police On Thursday, police released an update in the case and announced the arrests in the case of a 14-year-old girl, a 17-year-old boy and 23-year-old Anthony Vega-Rodriguez. Police say the shooting was gang-related. On Wednesday at about 6:50 p.m., detective...

A's 'SELL' t-shirts to go to Baseball HOF in Cooperstown

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 14:48:21 GMT

(KRON) -- Last week, the Oakland A's reverse boycott organized by fans had a successful turnout -- attendance more than tripled as nearly 28,000 were at the game. The shirt "SELL" thousands of A's fans wore that night on June 13 will now be chronicled in baseball history. The National Baseball Hall of Fame is in the process of adding the t-shirt to the museum, a Baseball HOF spokesperson confirmed to KRON4. Here's how the shirt made its way to Cooperstown.A "SELL" shirt was offered to the Hall of Fame by a fan, and it went through our standard evaluation process for fan-offered materials through a committee of Museum staff. The staff determined that the shirt would be worthy of addition to the Museum collection of nearly 40,000 artifacts that help us tell the story of baseball and its history, and we accepted the offer.Jon Shestakofsky, VP of Communications & Content for National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum(Photo by Brandon Vallance/Getty Images)(Photo by Brandon Valla...