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Battery charges filed against former student accused of sexually assaulting girls at Burbank High School

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 08:57:13 GMT

A 22-year-old man arrested in a series of assaults at Burbank High School has been formally charged, Los Angeles County District Attorney George Gascón announced Thursday.Patrick Nazarian of Glendale, who is accused of sexually assaulting a 14-year-old girl and attacking two other girls at the school on Monday, faces charges of felony sexual battery by restraint and child molesting and battery, the District Attorney's Office said in a news release. Nazarian, a former student at the school, is believed to have entered through a parking lot and an unlocked door, then followed the 14-year-old girl into the restroom, where the alleged assault took place. Burbank High School sexual assault suspect arrested  Nazarian also allegedly groped another 14-year-old girl near a stairwell and "pulled on" a 17-year-old girl who resisted, then told a teacher. School employees captured Nazarian and held him until officers arrived, police said.“Schools are meant to be a sanctuary for our children wh...

Roger Dean Dies in DUI Crash on Highway 168 [Fresno, CA]

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 08:57:13 GMT

38-Year-Old DUI Driver Pronounced Dead Following Car Accident near Auberry RoadFRESNO, CA (March 9, 2023) – Sunday night, police responded to a DUI crash that claimed the life of Roger Dean.The incident happened just after 10:00 p.m., March 5th, on Highway 168 near Auberry Road.Investigation showed that 38-year-old Dean was driving a Chevrolet Silverado traveling eastbound on Hwy 168.According to Officer Mike Salas, Dean was driving impaired and not wearing a seatbelt at the time of the crash.Furthermore, the Chevy drove north off the road and crashed into a dirt embankment before it rolled over.Consequently, Dean was ejected from the vehicle and died due to his injuries. The Chevy blocked both directions on a two-lane way.Meanwhile, a 17-year-old occupant of the Chevy suffered minor wounds and an 18-year-old suffered serious injuries and was later transported to Community Regional Medical Center.Police have identified impairment as a factor in the incident. An active investig...

Sharks-Blues pregame: Quinn looks for response after embarrassing loss, talks NHL fine

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 08:57:13 GMT

Goalie Kaapo Kahkonen and the San Jose Sharks will look to bounce back from one of their most lopsided losses of the season Thursday when they face the St. Louis Blues to close out a three-game road trip.The Sharks were pummeled 6-0 by the Colorado Avalanche on Tuesday in Denver as they managed just 13 shots net and were shut out for the third time this season. Kahkonen was pulled early in the second period after he allowed five goals on 24 shots as he struggled for the second straight outing.“They weren’t happy. They were (ticked). They were embarrassed. And we’ll find out how (ticked) and embarrassed they we’re at about 9:30 tonight,” Sharks coach David Quinn said Thursday morning. “It’s nice to say (you’re) embarrassed, but you’ve got to do something about it, and we get a chance to do something about it tonight and win a road trip.”The Sharks are not making any lineup changes as defenseman Derrick Pouliot will play in his second straight game since he was...

Map: These 16 Tesla crashes are part of a federal investigation into Autopilot

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 08:57:13 GMT

Sixteen Tesla crashes are the focus of a federal investigation into incidents in which a car using Autopilot ran into a stationary emergency vehicle on a highway.The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration opened a preliminary evaluation in August 2021 and upgraded it to an engineering analysis in June 2022.All the Teslas in the cases under study were confirmed to have been using Autopilot or Traffic Aware Cruise Control. Most of the crashes were at night, and flashing lights, flares or cones had been deployed near the stopped vehicles.The crashes caused one death — a Tesla passenger — and 15 injuries.The August 2021 summary from the agency’s Office of Defects Investigation included these findings:• Collision warnings were activated in the majority of incidents immediately before impact, and Automatic Emergency Braking intervened in about half of them.• On average, Autopilot aborted vehicle control less than 1 second before the first impact.• Where incident ...

Police: Man dies in Oakland hills vehicle collision while fleeing attempted robbery scene

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 08:57:13 GMT

OAKLAND — A 23-year-old robbery suspect died Wednesday afternoon when the vehicle he was driving crashed into a tree in an Oakland hills neighborhood, authorities said.A second suspect, a man, fled the scene on foot and was being sought, authorities said.The name of the man who died was not immediately released and police were trying to confirm where he lived.The fatal crash happened about 12:13 p.m. Wednesday in the 5900 block of Buena Vista Avenue, a residential neighborhood in the Upper Rockridge area.Authorities said the two men had tried to rob a resident in the area of his computer, which they grabbed from his vehicle. The victim confronted the suspects and was able to get the computer back from them before they started driving away from the scene, authorities said.While the pair were fleeing, the car they were in crashed into a tree on the driver’s side, ejecting the 23-year-old and causing fatal injuries, authorities said.The second man fled before police arrived...

Perfect Picnic Spots: The summit of Mount Diablo

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 08:57:13 GMT

Heading up the twisty mountain road that winds up mighty Mount Diablo is enough to make you lunge for a thesaurus. How many ways can one say “hairpin curve” or “twisting road”? The coiling road, the enfolding curves,  the — it’s twisty, people. Best to gaze out at the spectacular views, instead, and ignore the convolutions, because endless horizons await.At 3,849 feet, Mount Diablo may not be the highest mountain in the Bay Area — that honor goes to Santa Clara County’s Mount Hamilton. But from the summit on a clear day, you can see all the way out to the Farallon Islands, north to Mount Lassen, south to Hamilton and Loma Prieta and see 40 of California’s 58 counties. You can catch a glimpse of early aviation history, too.Commercial aviation was still new back in 1928, when a navigation beacon was placed atop the mountain. Charles Lindbergh had made his historic solo Atlantic crossing the year before. San Francisco Airport was celebrat...

St. Patrick’s Day fare: With its potatoes, cabbage and bacon, Colcannon is an Irish classic

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 08:57:13 GMT

My dad, who has lived in Santa Rosa for more than 40 years, is from Galway, Ireland, and the home in which he was born is older than the United States. (I was a teenager when I first heard this extraordinary fact, and I was awestruck.) So many of the foods and traditions we enjoy here around St. Patrick’s Day resonate with me. Like all cultural holidays, this one offers the opportunity to embrace the link between generations and countries and to share the joys of my heritage with my children and friends.Serving corned beef and cabbage on March 17 may be a foregone conclusion here in the U.S., but it isn’t a traditional Irish meal. (I’m not complaining though. I like everything about corned beef.) Instead, roast chicken or boiling bacon (Irish-style bacon made from the pork shoulder and similar to ham) are common meals for the day, and potatoes and soda bread are non-negotiable.In my dad’s youth, food was still cooked using the fireplace. They made soda bread by placing hot coa...

3 tasty, protein-packed breakfast bars and power bites to eat on the go

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 08:57:13 GMT

Sunscreen, water bottle and a healthy snack are the necessities to pack for your next Zen-inducing hike. But the snack part can be tricky. Granola is too crumbly and messy. Store-bought protein bars are loaded with sugar. And are you really going to bust out a sandwich on the trail?Homemade bars and power bites, a culinary social media trend that blew up last year, are the answers. Loaded with oats, nut butters, seeds or dried fruit, they involve minimal or no baking, and they’re highly adaptable and easy to transport, not just on hikes but for school lunches and breakfast on the go.Zero-Waste Chef blogger Anne-Marie Bonneau makes a Chocolate Cranberry Granola Bar with flaxseed meal and water — instead of egg — to bind the oats, bittersweet chocolate and pumpkin seeds together. Simmer + Sauce’s Andrea Potischman devotes a whole section of her blog to bars and bites, like Cowboy “Cookie” Power Bites and Apricot-Almond Breakfast Bars, which get their moist chew...

Man who allegedly posed as 16-year-old arrested for inappropriate sexual contact with minor

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 08:57:13 GMT

SAN JOSE, Calif. (KRON) -- A 20-year-old man who police say posed as a 16-year-old on social media to arrange and meet a minor for an inappropriate sexual relationship has been arrested. Officers with the San Jose Police Department responded on Feb. 26 to a San Jose residence on a report of an inappropriate sexual relationship between a juvenile and an adult male, according to a news release from the department. Antioch girl, 14, reported missing On arriving, detectives learned that the suspect had contacted the victim on social media and posed as a 16-year-old boy. The suspect arranged to meet with and had inappropriate sexual contact with the victim, police said. The suspect, it was learned, had applied to work at several law enforcement agencies and was working as a security guard at the time. An arrest warrant was obtained for the suspect.KRON On is streaming live news now.embed-container { position: relative; padding-bottom: 56.25%; height: 0; overflow: hidden; max-width: 100...

US-Best-Sellers-Books-PW

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 08:57:13 GMT

HARDCOVER FICTION1. “Storm Watch” by C.J. Box (G.P. Putnam’s Sons) 2. “Lessons in Chemistry” by Bonnie Garmus (Doubleday) 3. “A Day of Fallen Night” by Samantha Shannon (Bloomsbury) 4. “Tomorrow, Tomorrow, and Tomorrow” by Gabrielle Zevin (Knopf) 5. “Demon Copperhead” by Barbara Kingsolver (Harper) 6. “The Last Kingdom” by Steve Berry (Grand Central Publishing) 7. “The Boys from Biloxi” by John Grisham (Doubleday) 8. “I Have Some Questions for You” by Rebecca Makkai (Viking) 9. “Fairy Tale” by Stephen King (Scribner) 10. “The Adventures of Amina Al-Sirafi” by Shannon Chakraborty (Harper Voyager) 11. “Mad Honey” by Picoult/Boylan (Ballantine) 12. “Encore in Death” by J.D. Robb (St. Martin’s Press)13. “Remarkably Bright Creatures” by Shelby Van Pelt (Ecco) 14. “The House in the Pines” by Ana Reyes (Dutton) 15. “Murder Your Employer” by Rupert Holmes (Avid Reader)HARDCOVER NONFICTION1. “The Courage to be Free” by Ron DeSantis (Broadside) 2. “Spare” by Prince Harry (Random House) ...