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Reseda man gets 12 year-sentence for selling ghost guns

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:35:52 GMT

A San Fernando Valley man was sentenced to 12 years in prison on Friday for illegally selling firearms, including dozens of alleged ghost guns, and methamphetamine. Ghost guns are firearms that are homemade, or privately assembled, and untraceable. According to a United States Department of Justice news release, 27-year-old Julio Ernesto Lopez-Menendez of Reseda, sold at least 89 firearms and 20 rounds of ammunition, including more than 60 ghost guns that did not have serial numbers, from January 2022 to April 2022.  He does not have a federal firearms license or any firearms registered to him in the National Firearms Registration and Transfer Record, according to court documents. Lopez-Menendez also sold 17 pounds of methamphetamine on four occasions, including one sale in which he sold more than nine pounds of the drug to a buyer. In February, Lopez-Menendez, who has been in custody since April 2022, pleaded guilty to distributing meth and dealing firearms without a lice...

Steph Curry’s 41-points fuel Warriors first win over Sacramento Kings

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:35:52 GMT

SACRAMENTO — Steph Curry scored 41 points, including the dagger 3-pointer in the waning seconds of a Warriors’ 122-114 win over the Sacramento Kings on Friday night at Golden 1 Center. The Warriors move to a 1-1 record.Curry’s 41 points were his most in a road opener since he scored 38 in 2013. He went 7-of-10 from 3 and an efficient 14-for-19 from the field. Chris Paul had 12 assists and now has 21 assists in two games with the Warriors and only two turnovers. Kevon Looney had 12 rebounds.The Kings took a 11-point lead in the first half on a 14-0 run when Curry went to the bench, but Golden State didn’t let the deficit spiral them. Fueled by Curry’s return, the Warriors climbed to a three-point lead by the half.Curry’s 51st career four-point play midway through the third quarter started to give Golden State some separation on the scoreboard. Paul, with Curry off the court and the second unit in, expanded that lead to 15 points after the third fra...

Suspect in deadly Oakley house party shooting set to be released from custody

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:35:52 GMT

OAKLEY — A suspect in a deadly shooting at a house party in Oakley was scheduled to be released from custody Friday, police said.Related ArticlesCrime and Public Safety | Request by former Alameda County prosecutor to dismiss misdemeanor charge denied Crime and Public Safety | Two women shot in East Oakland Crime and Public Safety | Man killed in Fremont shooting on Wednesday evening Crime and Public Safety | Tip jar argument ends in shooting outside downtown Oakland restaurant Crime and Public Safety | Woman who honked car horn shot in Oakland road rage incident On Wednesday, 18-year-old Antioch resident Jason Walizada was arrested and booked into Contra Costa County jail in connection with the Oct. 21 shooting, which left left one teenager dead and three others injured. He was being held on $1,150,000 bail as well as a homicide warrant.“This case continues to be an ongoing and very active i...

Earthquake near SFO jolts Bay Area residents Friday night

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:35:52 GMT

An earthquake centered in the upper Peninsula, near San Francisco International Airport, rattled Bay Area residents Friday night.Related ArticlesCalifornia News | What do more quakes at one of California’s riskiest volcanoes mean? Scientists think they know California News | Californians rattled awake by early-morning ShakeAlert messages California News | ‘A great prep for the ShakeOut’: Magnitude 4.2 earthquake rattles East Bay California News | Another powerful earthquake shakes quake-devastated region in western Afghanistan California News | Photos: Great California ShakeOut tour stops at San Francisco State The quake initially registered as a magnitude 3.9, but it was soon downgraded to 3.7, according to Robert de Groot, team lead for the U.S. Geological Survey’s ShakeAlert.“This sort of earthquake is your garden variety, run-of-the-mill earthquake,” said de Groot,...

Why does California law enforcement announce DUI checkpoints?

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:35:52 GMT

California law enforcement officials frequently send public service announcements about scheduled DUI checkpoints throughout the state, which has prompted some community members to ask 'why?' "This is done as a result of case law, specifically Ingersoll v. Palmer, " Lincoln Police Department Officer Brett Schneider told FOX40.com. "This case law established guidelines for evaluating the constitutionality of checkpoints. Prior public notice was one of eight requirements also known as the Ingersoll 8." Traffic stop of a mother and young son was a ‘case of mistaken identity,’ Sacramento Police say In 1984, California conducted its first official checkpoint in Burlingame, according to casetext.com. During the checkpoint, every fifth vehicle was stopped and drivers were screened for various indicators of intoxication. Some drivers felt that the checkpoint violated the U.S. Constitution's Fourth Amendment, which protects citizens from unreasonable searches and seizures.Shortly after, ta...

E. coli cases linked to Miguel's Cocina jump to 20 as victim speaks out

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:35:52 GMT

SAN DIEGO -- The County of San Diego Health and Human Services Agency confirmed Friday there are now 20 new cases of E. coli linked to Miguel’s Cocina in 4S Ranch -- that's three more cases since Thursday.Miguel’s Cocina was the restaurant of choice for Denis Bisson and his family on Oct. 12.“I had my cousins in town from the East Coast visiting, so we thought, you’re in San Diego, Mexican food is the way to go,” Bisson told FOX 5 in an interview. “I had fajitas, chicken, shrimp, and mushroom fajitas couple appetizers.”Nothing unusual, he says until a few days later when he began to experience uncontrollable cramping, low grade fever and severe diarrhea. Bisson was admitted to the hospital. Teen fighting for life after E. coli diagnosis traced to 4S Ranch restaurant “Not to be graphic, but seeing parts of my intestine coming out, it’s traumatizing,” Bisson said. “You see blood, what is this colitis? What is this cancer? Who knows.”Bisson is one of the now 20 cases of diagnose...

Biden calls for GOP help on gun violence, praises police for work in Maine shooting spree

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:35:52 GMT

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden called on Republicans in Congress to help keep Americans safe from gun violence and praised police for their efforts to track down the Maine gunman who killed 18 people.The Army reservist who opened fire in a bowling alley and then at a bar in Lewiston, Maine Wednesday night was found dead Friday from a self-inflicted gunshot. That ended an intensive two-day search for the gunman.Biden said the shooting and anxious search for the gunman has been tragic “not just for Lewiston, Maine, but for our entire country.”The shooting spree has been devastating for the families of those killed and injured, leaving “scores of family and friends praying and experiencing trauma no one ever wants to imagine,” he satd in a statement late FridaylHe praised the police for their intense search over two days,“Numerous brave law enforcement officers have worked around the clock to find this suspect and prevent the loss of more innocent life – all while ri...

Besieged Gaza cut off from the world after heavy Israeli bombardment knocks out communications

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:35:52 GMT

JERUSALEM (AP) — Israel struck targets in the Gaza Strip with stepped-up bombardment and artillery fire overnight into Saturday, knocking out communications and creating a near-blackout of information by largely cutting off the besieged enclave’s 2.3 million people from contact with the outside world.The Israeli military said it was expanding ground operations in the territory, signaling it was moving closer to an all-out invasion of Gaza, where it has vowed to crush the ruling Hamas militant group after its bloody incursion in southern Israel three weeks ago.Explosions from continuous airstrikes lit up the sky over Gaza City for hours after nightfall Friday. The Palestinian telecom provider, Paltel, said the bombardment caused “complete disruption” of internet, cellular and landline services. The cutoff meant that casualties from strikes and details of ground incursions could not immediately be known. Some satellite phones continued to function. Already plunged into darkness ...

Yuxiang Aquatic brand oyster, shrimp and shrimp balls with cheese recalled

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:35:52 GMT

The Canadian Food Inspection Agency has issued a recall for several types of Yuxiang Aquatic seafood balls because the products contain potential allergens not listed on their labels.The recall covers Oyster Balls, Shrimp Balls and Shrimp Balls with Cheese, which were all sold in 200g packages and distributed in British Columbia.The CFIA says the affected products may contain egg, fish, gluten, milk, and soy.The recall was triggered by Canadian Food Inspection Agency test results, and further recalls may be announced as it continues a food safety investigation.There have been no reports of any illnesses linked to the product.Customers are being told to either throw the products out or return them to where they were purchased.This report by The Canadian Press was first published Oct. 27, 2023.The Canadian Press

Acapulco residents are fending for themselves in absence of aid

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:35:52 GMT

ACAPULCO, Mexico (AP) — In a city without water, electricity or gasoline, where desperate people have been allowed, even encouraged, to take essential goods from damaged stores since Hurricane Otis smashed Acapulco, state police officer Raúl Gallardo stood guard over a mountain of excess.Gallardo explained the distinction authorities have been making — in some cases — between what people can take and what would end up in his pile.People can take “what you can consume — water, tuna, mayonnaise, that you can take,” he said. What isn’t allowed is big-ticket items — “appliances, for example,” he said, swiveling to point at the refrigerators behind him. “What’s not within the basket of basic foodstuffs, you can’t take.”Despite government promises that aid was on the way in a big way, people did not wait.Acapulco’s desperate residents cleaned out the city’s largest stores in three days. It was not isolated to any particular neighborhood or carried out under cover of darkness, but wi...