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Thieves target unlocked cars, trucks in Los Gatos

Published Fri, 27 Dec 2024 09:55:23 GMT

Dec. 7PETTY THEFT: 6:18 a.m. on Shannon Road. Someone entered a car, rummaged through the console and opened the garage door. Nothing was taken from the car, but the caller said about a dozen cars in the neighborhood were hit. Many cars had items of value stolen, including bags, gift cards and sports equipment.PETTY THEFT: 8:07 a.m. on Wood Road. Someone pried open the community mailbox and stole the caller’s mail. Mail was likely stolen for the other residents as wellDec. 8VANDALISM: 10:21 p.m. at La Mar Apartments on Oka Road. Someone threw eggs at the caller’s apartment. There are ongoing issues, and the caller was afraid this would escalate.Dec. 9GRAND THEFT: 11:04 a.m. on Vasona Avenue. Two unlocked pickup trucks were rummaged through, Clothing and a level valued at $2,000 were stolen.PETTY THEFT: 7:38 p.m. on E La Chiquita Avenue. Sunglasses, gift cards, a pocket knife, keys and paperwork were stolen from an unlocked vehicle for a loss of $800.BATTERY: 9:35 p.m. at Hotel Los G...

Road-rage incident ends in Peninsula man’s arrest on gun-related charges

Published Fri, 27 Dec 2024 09:55:23 GMT

SAN MATEO – A 34-year-old San Bruno man was arrested on suspicion of brandishing a gun during a road-rage incident Monday in San Mateo, according to police.Related ArticlesCrime and Public Safety | Prosecutors say man who entered Atherton home of Steph Curry skipped out on initial court date Crime and Public Safety | San Mateo County law enforcement agencies hosting gun buyback event Saturday Crime and Public Safety | Man attacked by teens while trying to prevent fight at San Mateo park Crime and Public Safety | Daly City woman pleads no contest to felony charges connected to fatal collision that killed her car’s passenger Crime and Public Safety | Sheriff’s Office arrests Half Moon Bay man who allegedly hit, robbed domestic partner The incident happened around 12:15 a.m. in the 1600 block of South El Camino Real, the San Mateo Police Department said in a news release.Officers stopped the sus...

Prominent Daly City music teacher charged for alleged four-year relationship with student

Published Fri, 27 Dec 2024 09:55:23 GMT

DALY CITY — A man who guided students in a Daly City middle school visual and performing arts program has been charged with 24 felonies in connection to an alleged relationship he maintained with a teen for nearly four years, prosecutors said.San Francisco resident Marcus Deon Dyson, 50, was a music teacher at Garnet Robertson Intermediate School in December 2014 when he began a relationship with a 14-year-old girl who was assisting in his class. The woman, now 22, alleged that the pair grew close and began a sexual relationship. She claimed that they’d had sex both at his home and at the school.According to the San Mateo County District Attorney’s Office, Dyson gave the girl a key to his apartment when she was 16, and he introduced her to his mother and children. Prosecutors said Dyson admitted in a pre-text call that he “probably would have waited” when looking back on the situation.The relationship continued until the girl graduated from high school in Jun...

After 53 years, Newark’s beloved Jade Palace restaurant calls it quits

Published Fri, 27 Dec 2024 09:55:23 GMT

For more than 50 years Jade Palace has been a fixture in the Newark community, serving chow mein and Mongolian beef to lifetime regulars and celebrities like rock musician Greg Kihn and pro wrestler Alexis Smirnoff.But that legacy is ending on Dec. 21 when the restaurant in the Old Town Center shuts its doors for good. The family that runs Jade Palace is calling it quits following the death of family patriarch and restaurant cofounder, Edwin Yee Wing Lee, last winter.“My dad fell and had a hemorrhage and eventually bled to death. He fought for a whole month in the hospital but did not make it,” says Phillip Lee, who’s been running the restaurant with family members ever since. “My dad, he was going to be 90 pretty soon, but he was still the Energizer Bunny. He was one of those kinds of guys who lived to work – for 50-odd years, he’d been working here every single day.”Edwin Yee Wing Lee stands with Al Nagy, the mayor of Newark, in this undated photo from the Jade Palace ...

Share the Spirit: Lincoln Families opened the doors for one mother to learn English — and so much about herself

Published Fri, 27 Dec 2024 09:55:23 GMT

Aurora Sanchez was confident she was doing the right thing, following her husband to the United States from El Salvador to start a new life and a family. She hadn’t quite known what to expect in her new country, and finding her way was filled with unknowns and isolation.It was daunting. Sanchez, speaking through a translator, says it was “very difficult” to leave her family and adjust to a different country with a different language, culture, and way of life. She felt lonely, stressed, and depressed despite her happiness with the birth of her daughter.That’s when she found Lincoln Families, a 140-year-old Oakland-based organization that works with an assortment of agencies to connect families and children struggling with poverty and trauma with important life-changing programs and resources.The roots of the organization began in 1883 when its founder, Rebecca McWade, known in the community as “a kind woman,” found a young child on her doorstep and incorporated the first racially int...

Last-minute surprise retirement upends Alameda County supervisor race

Published Fri, 27 Dec 2024 09:55:23 GMT

A 30-year incumbent has retired suddenly from the Alameda County Board of Supervisors, just months before an election he was almost guaranteed to win–and it’s not yet clear who’ll be his successor.Supervisor Keith Carson is photographed at the East Bay Times studio on Friday, Jan. 17, 2020. Carson announced he is no longer running for the Alameda County Supervisor District 5 seat. (Laura A. Oda/Bay Area News Group) Over his career on the Alameda County Board of Supervisors, Keith Carson has helped move the county toward sustainability, championed programs for the unhoused, and chaired a number of committees that promoted economic development. And when he began putting together the paperwork in November to run again, most people thought the supervisor, who was first elected to the board in 1992, was planning to continue that work for another term.So it came as some surprise when he announced Friday just minutes after the filing deadline  that he wouldn’t be run...

For the San Jose Sharks, does trading their ‘pulse’ make sense?

Published Fri, 27 Dec 2024 09:55:23 GMT

The rebuilding San Jose Sharks have 10 pending unrestricted free agents, and it’s no secret that any number of them could be shipped to another team before the NHL’s trade deadline in March.“It’s the reality of our situation,” Sharks coach David Quinn said over the weekend. “When you’re in our situation, people are going to want to take your good players and give you future assets. That’s just the nature of the business.”The question for members of the Sharks’ front office will be whether they also want to trade defenseman Mario Ferraro, who is signed through the 2025-26 season and is reportedly coveted by some opposing teams given his work ethic, ability to play big minutes, leadership qualities and a relatively modest salary cap hit of $3.25 million.Sportsnet’s Elliotte Friedman said earlier this month that the Sharks would consider trading several of their defensemen, noting also that Ferraro, 25, isn’t necessarily an untouchable – for the right price.General ma...

Doritos Nacho Cheese-flavored booze has just become a reality

Published Fri, 27 Dec 2024 09:55:23 GMT

By Kate Krader | BloombergDoritos Nacho Cheese chips partnerships have gone to countless places, from Call of Duty to virtual concerts with the Netflix series Stranger Things.One place Doritos has never gone, at least in a way officially sanctioned by parent company PepsiCo Inc, is into alcohol.But on December 12, the flaming orange chips will get sloshed with the launch of Empirical x Doritos Nacho Cheese.The partnership with Doritos—the most popular savory snack among Gen Z and the 8th-ranked brand overall—is the most commercial offering from Empirical Spirits, a Copenhagen-based distillery. The limited release of the beverage, available at doritos.x.empirical.co and at to-be-announced locations in New York and California, will go for $65 for a 750 millileter bottle. (The companies did not disclose the number of bottles they’re releasing.)“We’re doing more disruptive partnerships,”  says Courtney Larson, Dorito’s senior director of marketing. “When one of the most innovative flavo...

Santa Rosa man arrested after allegedly owning 7 unpermitted guns 

Published Fri, 27 Dec 2024 09:55:23 GMT

(KRON) – A Santa Rosa man prohibited from owning guns was arrested for allegedly possessing seven guns and thousands of rounds of ammunition on Saturday.Sonoma County Sheriff’s Office deputies received multiple reports of someone shooting guns in the 5000 block of Gates Road in Santa Rosa around 7 a.m. on Dec. 7. Scott Fisher charged with murdering San Francisco tech worker Upon arrival, deputies located the man shooting guns. According to deputies, the man refused to cooperate and kept his distance.The Sheriff’s Office said deputies found shotgun and handgun casings on the porch of the man’s home and shotgun cartridges in the road nearby. According to deputies, the officers left the scene because they were unaware if a crime had been committed. Deputies and detectives began investigating the shooter.The man was identified as 64-year-old Santa Rosa resident Clint Mitchell. According to deputies, the Department of Justice had recently listed Mitchell as a person prohibite...

Turkish club president arrested and league games suspended after referee is punched at match

Published Fri, 27 Dec 2024 09:55:23 GMT

ANKARA, Turkey (AP) — Turkish authorities on Tuesday arrested the president of top-flight soccer club after he punched a referee in the face at the end of match, prompting the Turkish Football Federation to suspend all league games.MKE Ankaragucu president Faruk Koca attacked referee Halil Umut Meler on the pitch late Monday after the final whistle, following a 1-1 draw in a Super Lig game against Caykur Rizespor.The referee, who fell to the ground, was also kicked in a melee that occurred after fans also invaded the pitch after Rizespor scored a last-minute equalizer.The federation announced it suspended all league games indefinitely after an emergency meeting held to discuss the violence.Meler was hospitalized with a slight fracture near his eye but was not in a serious condition. He was expected to be discharged on Wednesday.Koca, who was considered to be at risk of a heart attack, was also hospitalized overnight. He was ordered arrested pending trial on charges of injuring a pub...