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Person struck, killed by train in Northridge

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 13:16:28 GMT

A Metrolink train fatally struck a pedestrian in Northridge Tuesday morning.The collision at 8615 N. Lindley Ave. was reported a few minutes before 7 a.m., according to the Los Angeles Police Department.The Los Angeles Fire Department later confirmed that "sadly, one person was fatally struck by a train." Their identity, age and gender have not been released."The tracks have been shut down," LAFD officials added in a news alert.No other injuries were reported.

Affordable homes will be part of housing at old San Jose Fry’s site

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 13:16:28 GMT

SAN JOSE — More than 100 affordable homes are slated to become part of a huge housing development at a former Fry’s Electronics site in San Jose where 1,000-plus residences could be built, city files show.The prospect for affordable housing at the choice site in north San Jose was contained in the details for the application to develop the property that this news organization obtained from the San Jose Planning Department.Mayan-themed entry areas of the Fry’s Electronics store at 550 East Brokaw Road in San Jose, 2020. (Nhat V. Meyer/Bay Area News Group)The development would sprout at the site of a former Fry’s Electronics big-box store and corporate headquarters at 550 East Brokaw Road in San Jose.The residential project now being floated at San Jose City Hall marks a pivot whereby the site’s owners have ditched their plans to build a vast tech campus totaling millions of square feet on the 19.7-acre property, which is near the interchange of Inte...

Pac-12 bowl projections: Oregon to the CFP, Utah to the Alamo, Arizona jumps to Las Vegas and USC fades

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 13:16:28 GMT

Helpful reminders on the postseason selection process before we plunge into the latest Pac-12 bowl forecast:— The Rose Bowl and Sugar Bowl will host the College Football Playoff semifinals, leaving the Pac-12 champion to participate in the Fiesta, Peach or Cotton bowls unless it qualifies for the CFP.— The Pac-12 is contractually tied to seven games this season: the New Year’s Six, Alamo, Las Vegas, Holiday, Sun, LA and Independence bowls. If there are more eligible teams than available spots, the conference will attempt to secure invitations to other bowls with vacancies.In Week 10, Arizona became the seventh by winning its sixth.The Wildcats thumped UCLA on Saturday for their sixth victory, giving the Pac-12 seven bowl-eligible teams — enough to meet its contractual obligations.Following the 27-10 win, fans stormed the field to celebrate Arizona’s first postseason berth in six years.It was the longest bowl drought in the conference — so long, in fact, that the ga...

Los Gatos woman says ex stole game consoles from her home

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 13:16:28 GMT

Nov. 1VEHICLE CODE VIOLATION: 1:27 p.m. at North Santa Cruz Avenue and Thurston Street. Two juveniles were riding electric bikes on the sidewalk back and forth near La Esquina Mexican Restaurant.Nov. 3JUVENILE DISTURBANCE: 3:46 p.m. at West Main Street and North Santa Cruz Avenue. Five juveniles were riding electric bikes on the sidewalk and almost hit someone.Nov. 4SUSPICIOUS PERSON: 6:04 p.m. at Azuca on North Santa Cruz Avenue. A transient male keeps coming into the store and asking if employees give massages or Brazilian waxes.Related ArticlesCrime and Public Safety | Two incidents of battery reported at Prospect High School Crime and Public Safety | Juveniles on e-bikes not following rules of the road in Los Gatos Crime and Public Safety | Man threatens to burn down Campbell fire station Crime and Public Safety | Deputies arrest car thieves in Saratoga Crime and Public Safety | Saratoga student accused o...

San Jose Sharks’ struggles: What are owner Plattner’s thoughts on the rebuild?

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 13:16:28 GMT

SAN JOSE – San Jose Sharks owner Hasso Plattner keeps close tabs on the organization and was no doubt aware of how badly his team was outclassed last week in losses to the Vancouver Canucks and Pittsburgh Penguins.“Obviously, to lose the way we have lost,” Sharks general manager Mike Grier said Monday, “I’m sure it’s been alarming to him.”Grier, though, said he’s been in regular contact with Plattner and has his support as the Sharks go through an extended rebuild for one of the few times in their history. San Jose, which has a 0-10-1 record going into Tuesday’s game with the Philadelphia Flyers, has multiple needs to address and is all but assured of missing the playoffs for a fifth straight season.Plattner, a titan of the tech industry who was worth $16.2 billion, per Bloomberg, as of Monday, keeps a low profile when it comes to the Sharks and in recent years has opted to issue statements about the team through press releases rather than speak publicly. Although he finalized...

Samurai sword beheading trial begins today in San Mateo County

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 13:16:28 GMT

REDWOOD CITY, Calif. (KRON) -- The trial for Jose Landaeta, accused of beheading his ex-girlfriend Karina Castro with a sword in San Carlos in Sept. 2022, begins Tuesday.According to police, Landaeta went to Castro’s apartment in San Carlos and got into an argument with her. Landaeta slashed Castro with a samurai sword that he owns and then killed her, police said. Arrested former SJ Sharks youth coach identified, accused of sexual assault of a minor Landaeta, 34, pleaded not guilty to the gruesome murder. Landaeta’s lawyers claimed he was not mentally fit for trial, however, the judge disagreed. Castro, 27, was also the mother to Landaeta's daughter.

Oakland burglars use backhoe to break into gas station ATM

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 13:16:28 GMT

(BCN) -- An unknown number of individuals were caught on video breaking into an ATM using a backhoe at an Oakland gasoline station early Monday morning.Security footage, which has gone viral on social media, showed a gasoline station employee sitting near an ATM machine near a window. Seconds later, the bucket of a backhoe smashed through the window, startling the employee, who was forced to move back. Disturbing details released after San Jose baby dies from fentanyl overdose The bucket then smashed the ATM, repeatedly hitting the machine until it was wrecked. A man wearing a dark hooded sweatshirt, blue pants and white shoes jumped through the destroyed window and tied a chain around the machine.Another man can be seen outside the window in the video, tying the other end of the chain to a white pickup truck.According to the Oakland Police Department, the burglary occurred at a gasoline station in the 800 block of West Grand Avenue around 2:15 a.m. Monday.Officers upon arrival f...

Special counsel in the Hunter Biden case testifying before lawmakers in ‘unprecedented step’

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 13:16:28 GMT

WASHINGTON (AP) — The prosecutor overseeing the Hunter Biden investigation is testifying Tuesday, marking the first time a special counsel will appear before Congress in the middle of a probe. It comes as House Republicans are aiming to ramp up their impeachment inquiry into the president and his family after weeks of stalemate. David Weiss is appearing for a transcribed interview before members of the House Judiciary Committee as the U.S. attorney battles Republican allegations that he did not have full authority in the yearslong case into the president’s son. “Mr. Weiss is prepared to take this unprecedented step of testifying before the conclusion of his investigation to make clear that he’s had and continues to have full authority over his investigation and to bring charges in any jurisdiction,” Wyn Hornbuckle, a spokesperson for Weiss, said in a statement Monday.The rare move by the Justice Department to allow a special counsel or any federal prosecutor to face questionin...

Italia y Albania firman un acuerdo para construir centros de detención de inmigrantes en Albania para personas que lleguen en barco a Italia

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 13:16:28 GMT

(CNN) — Un memorando de entendimiento firmado por la primera ministra de Italia, Giorgia Meloni, y el primer ministro de Albania, Edi Rama, allana el camino para que Italia construya centros de detención de inmigrantes en Albania en la primavera de 2024, según la conferencia de prensa conjunta que ambos ofrecieron el lunes en Roma.Los centros, que se construirán en los puertos albaneses de Shengjin y Gjader, “cumplen plenamente la Unión Europea y el derecho internacional”, afirmó Meloni durante la rueda de prensa.Un centro será para el desembarco y procesamiento de inmigrantes rescatados por barcos en el mar, y el segundo albergará a inmigrantes que cumplan los requisitos para solicitar asilo en la UE. Se desconoce qué sucederá con quienes no califican, pero el gobierno de Meloni se ha centrado en la deportación inmediata como medida disuasoria. La deportación inmediata no está permitida dentro de la UE debido a los estatutos de derechos humanos que permiten a todo...

Stock market today: Wall Street drifts, and oil prices tumble back to where they were in August

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 13:16:28 GMT

NEW YORK (AP) — U.S. stocks are drifting again Tuesday as Wall Street continues to absorb the big swings that have shaken financial markets recently.The S&P 500 was 0.1% lower and on track for a second quiet day after months of heavy losses swiveled sharply to a rally last week, its best of the year. The Dow Jones Industrial Average was down 38 points, or 0.1%, as of 9:45 a.m. Eastern time, and the Nasdaq composite was 0.1% higher.TripAdvisor jumped 4.6% after reporting better results for the summer than analysts expected, while Emerson Electric sank 8.5% after falling short of expectations.The majority of big companies has been topping estimates so far this earnings reporting season, but another factor has been much more influential in driving the stock market’s big swings since the summer: the bond market.Treasury yields there were mixed Tuesday, with the 10-year yield edging back to 4.60% from 4.66% late Monday.Earlier in the summer, a swift rise in Treasury yields sent the s...