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Thieves burglarize Martinez car dealership, steal 2 vehicles

Published Tue, 18 Feb 2025 21:45:58 GMT

MARTINEZ, Calif. (KRON) -- Thieves broke into a used car dealership in Martinez and got away with two vehicles. The loss exceeded $140,000.Fortunately, the cars were tracked down, but the suspects have the keys to up to two dozen cars still on the lot. Platinum Motors relocated to Martinez a year and a half ago. Twice now, since July, thieves have stolen cars off the used car lot.Sales manager K.C. Carpenter takes it personally. Big rig goes off-road in Alameda County, prompts hazmat response "We support autism organizations. I'm a marine. We do toys for tots, and we try to help with as much as we can," Carpenter said. Still, sometimes the bad overshadows the good. Surveillance video captured at least two suspects walking up to and breaking through the front entrance off Alhambra Avenue.The suspects rummaged through the offices in the showroom and eventually stole up to two dozen car keys. They left with two cars worth more than $140,000 combined."We've all got families -- we all ...

Fantasy plays: Players to start and sit for NFL Week 2

Published Tue, 18 Feb 2025 21:45:58 GMT

On behalf of fantasy football players everywhere, can we get some touchdowns?Please?Teams averaged just 20.6 points per game last week — the second lowest-scoring Week 1 in the past 13 seasons.Fantasy players felt that.Only seven quarterbacks had 20-plus points — the fewest in a Week 1 since 2017. Unless you had Tyreek Hill (39 half-PPR points) or the Dallas D/ST (37), your fantasy team likely didn’t put up a ton of points.Still, we saw some receivers excel (hello, Brandon Aiyuk) and got some clarity on running back timeshares (welcome back, Tyler Allgeier). We witnessed struggles from the tight end position (shoutout Hunter Henry and Hayden Hurst for being the only tight ends to eclipse double digits) as well as the return of the late-round quarterback (maybe).So, while Week 1 lacked offense, it didn’t lack surprises.Those surprises make start/sit decisions even more critical heading into Week 2. These decisions should, in theory, get easier as the season goes on and we gather more...

Astros’ Hunter Brown and bullpen keep Athletics hitless through 6 innings

Published Tue, 18 Feb 2025 21:45:58 GMT

HOUSTON (AP) — Houston Astros pitchers Hunter Brown and Rafael Montero have held the Oakland Athletics hitless through six innings on Wednesday night.Brown pitched five innings, struck out seven, walked two and hit a batter, throwing 78 pitches. He retired his first 11 batters, then walked Ryan Noda.Montero threw a perfect sixth.Houston leads 5-0.Houston’s Framber Valdez threw a no-hitter against Cleveland on Aug. 1.___AP MLB: https://apnews.com/hub/MLBSource

Atlanta Braves clinch the NL East title with a 4-1 victory over the Philadelphia Phillies

Published Tue, 18 Feb 2025 21:45:58 GMT

PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Atlanta Braves clinch the NL East title with a 4-1 victory over the Philadelphia Phillies.Source

Northern Va. man from Morocco plans to build temporary villages to help earthquake survivors

Published Tue, 18 Feb 2025 21:45:58 GMT

Last week’s deadly earthquake in Morocco claimed the lives of more than 2,000 people and left many homeless and displaced. The images of the devastation coming out of the country are motivating members of the D.C. area’s Moroccan community to help, and that includes an ambitious plan to build temporary villages coming from a Lorton, Virginia, man.“You can’t help it but start feeling guilty that you’re … privileged over here,” said Youssef Zeroual, who left Morocco for the United States in 1995.Zeroual said his mother was on the phone with friends in Morocco when the ground started shaking on Friday. Since then, he’s heard stories from friends who survived and spent nights on the streets, worried about aftershocks from the quake.Looking for a way to help, Zeroual, who is a realtor, began working with others in the Moroccan community to develop a plan. The group’s aim is to send building supplies to the region in order to help construct temporary villages.Imple...

Un juez federal vuelve a declarar ilegal DACA, el programa de la era Obama que protege a los “dreamers” de la deportación

Published Tue, 18 Feb 2025 21:45:58 GMT

(CNN)– Un juez federal de Texas dictaminó este miércoles que una regulación destinada a preservar el programa de Acción Diferida para los Llegados en la Infancia (DACA, por sus siglas en inglés), es ilegal, en lo que representa un duro golpe para el Gobierno de Biden.El año pasado, el Gobierno trató de mantener el programa, que protege de la deportación a los inmigrantes indocumentados que llegaron a EE.UU. cuando eran niños. Con ese objetivo,  publicó una norma para codificar la política en un reglamento federal.Sin embargo, este miércoles, el juez Andrew Hanen, del Distrito Sur de Texas, sostuvo que DACA es ilegal y argumentó que la norma viola la Ley de Procedimiento Administrativo, la cual rige cómo las agencias hacen los reglamentos.La orden no afecta a los actuales beneficiarios del programa.“Para ser claros, ni esta orden ni la orden judicial complementaria que la acompaña requieren que el (Departamento de Seguridad Nacional) o el Departamento de Justicia tomen cu...

Cost of living revealed as major concern in Latino Policy Agenda

Published Tue, 18 Feb 2025 21:45:58 GMT

DENVER (KDVR) — The third annual Colorado Latino Policy Agenda was released Wednesday. A coalition of advocacy groups took the opinions of 1,600 Coloradans across the state to find out the top issues facing the Latino community.The survey touched on a variety of topics, but the key takeaway from members of the Latino community is that Colorado is becoming way too expensive for people to live here. Will Prop HH eliminate TABOR refunds? Scenario ‘likely’ over time “This year’s data shows 61% of our community has less than $1,000 in savings. If something were to happen, $1,000 is not enough to pay rent, and they would be without a home with just one paycheck," said Mar Galvez Seminario. 1,600 Latino Coloradans polledGalvez Seminario is a legislative and research coordinator at the Colorado Organization for Latina Opportunity and Reproductive Rights, or COLOR for short. The Colorado Legislative Policy Agenda released a poll to 1,600 Latino Coloradans, an initiative from COLOR and Voce...

Former Miami Beach officer accused in road rage incident attacked man in Sawgrass Mills parking lot, internal affairs report says

Published Tue, 18 Feb 2025 21:45:58 GMT

A newly retired Miami Beach Police officer who was arrested for road rage was also involved in a chaotic armed confrontation in the parking lot of a local shopping center, according to his internal affairs file.Frank Celestre has got a pending case in what investigators described as a road rage encounter along Interstate 75 in Miramar back in May.According to his arrest report, the former police officer committed aggravated assault with a deadly weapon “by pointing the firearm at the victim during a road rage incident.”On Aug. 23, Celestre faced a judge after his arrest and was given a $20,000 bond.In a statement from Miami Beach Police, a department spokesperson wrote, “The involved officer has retired/separated from the city as of August 31, 2023.”7News then requested and received Celestre’s internal affairs file, and it reveals more gun-related trouble in Broward County.The internal affairs report states that back in 2019, at Sawgrass Mills Mall in ...

Contractor that homeowner hired to install solar panels doesn’t finish the job

Published Tue, 18 Feb 2025 21:45:58 GMT

She hired a company to install a new roof and solar panels, and the nightmares began. Not one, two nightmares — and that’s when she called Help Me Howard with Patrick Fraser to find out what to do when a contractor doesn’t finish the job.After walking into Maribel’s home, you might think it looks like something from a TV show, because it does.Maribel Medina: “I like to watch HGTV. I’m an HGTV addict. I watch what they do, and I said, ‘OK, I’ll try that,’ and trust me, there are many failed projects.”Maribel is being humble. She usually succeeds.Maribel Medina: “The noodle board, yeah, I made that. I made this. Oh, this is a post here.”She made this. A company she hired made a mess.Maribel Medina: “When I went ahead and signed the contract, I had absolutely no reason to believe that it wouldn’t come to fruition.”Maribel had signed a contract with a solar company to not only install solar panels,...

WTF is Christine Lagarde up to?

Published Tue, 18 Feb 2025 21:45:58 GMT

The ECB president has sounded the death knell for the dollar and predicted the end of the world economy as we know it — does she know something we don’t?By BEN MUNSTERIllustrations by Evangeline Gallagher for POLITICODeep in the Wyoming wilderness last month, Christine Lagarde, president of the European Central Bank, stood before a large audience of elite central bankers and casually predicted the collapse of the international financial order. Resplendent in red and black, she resembled a humanoid Lindor chocolate truffle — and though her warning was diluted by the usual impenetrable jargon, the subtext was sufficiently clear and dramatic. “There are plausible scenarios where we could see a fundamental change in the nature of global economic interactions,” Lagarde announced drily to the crowd, which was gathered for the annual central banker confab in Jackson Hole, Wyoming. The assumptions that have long informed the technocratic management of the global order were breaking dow...