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Texas man accused of making death threats towards U.S. Rep. Maxine Waters federally indicted 

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 08:01:06 GMT

A man from Houston was indicted by a federal grand jury for allegedly making a series of phone calls to U.S. Representative Maxine Waters’ Hawthorne office and threatening her with violence and death. According to a release from the U.S. Justice Department, 60-year-old Brian Michael Gaherty is charged with four counts of making threats in interstate communications and four counts of threatening a United States official. The indictment alleges that Gaherty called the congresswoman’s office four times in 2022: twice on August 8, once on Nov. 8 and once on Nov. 10. He allegedly left four voicemail messages, each of which contained a threat to Representative Waters, the DOJ said. “For example, in one of the August 8 calls to Representative Waters, Gaherty allegedly threatened to ‘cut your throat’,” the Justice Department said in a statement.  Powder, threat sent to Manhattan DA investigating Trump Gaherty was arrested in this case on April 13 after prosecutors file...

Ventura Pier to remain closed after suffering damage from winter storms

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 08:01:06 GMT

The historic Ventura Pier will remain closed to the public after suffering damage from the recent winter storms, Ventura city officials announced on Friday.The city anticipates that the area will reopen by the end of the year since repairs are estimated to be $715,000. The pier has been closed since January. Photos: Winter storm hits Southern California “The pier lost a total of 15 timber piles and sustained damage to the brackets and bracing,” Mary Joyce Ivers, the deputy public works director and Pier into the Future board member, said in a statement. “A contractor was able to stabilize the Pier to prevent additional damage when the closure first occurred, and we are looking forward to safely reopening after completing the critical repairs.”Officials with the city of Ventura, County Emergency Services, California Governor's Office of Emergency Services and FEMA surveyed the pier’s damage on Jan. 19.The repair assessments of the underwater foundation found that the damage to...

Tesla shareholders complain Elon Musk is too distracted

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 08:01:06 GMT

By Chris Isidore | CNNA group of progressive Tesla shareholders want the company’s board of directors to make CEO Elon Musk concentrate more on one of his many jobs, that of running the EV automaker.In a letter to the Tesla board, the group says that Musk is not spending enough time and attention focused on issues facing the company, including increased EV competition from other automakers, and addressing issues important to the group, including allegations of a toxic work environment at Tesla.In addition to his role at Tesla, Musk also leads Twitter, SpaceX, the Boring Company, and Neuralink, among others.“We each initially added Tesla to our portfolios because we saw Tesla as a true leader in producing products and services essential for our transition to a sustainable and green economy,” the letter said. “Over time, however, we have grown increasingly concerned with governance and leadership issues at the company.”Among the entities signing the lette...

Lyft to cut 1,200 jobs in latest layoffs under new CEO

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 08:01:06 GMT

SAN FRANCISCO (KRON) -- Lyft plans to cut 1,200 jobs in the latest round of layoffs for the San Francisco-based ride-share accompany, the Associate Press confirmed Friday. The news was first reported earlier in the day by the Wall Street Journal. The cuts represent a significant reduction of Lyft's workforce. The company currently employs around 4,000 people, so the cuts represent about 30% of its workforce. These are the most popular craft breweries in the US: data The news comes just days after new CEO David Risher began steering the ride-hailing service with a eye of driving down costs to help bring its fares more in line with its biggest rival, Uber.Risher, a former Amazon executive, informed Lyft’s workforce of more than 4,000 employees in an email posted online Friday that a “significant” number of them will lose their jobs. It came at end of his first week as Lyft’s CEO.The note didn’t specify how many people would be jettisoned, but The Wall Street Journal reported that at...

National Guard called in to fight fentanyl crisis in San Francisco

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 08:01:06 GMT

SAN FRANCISCO (KRON) -- San Francisco is about to receive help from state authorities, including the California National Guard, to combat the city's deadly fentanyl epidemic. Governor Gavin Newsom made a surprise visit Wednesday when he toured the city's drug-plagued Tenderloin neighborhood. On Friday, the governor revealed why.Newsom announced an agreement between the California National Guard, California Highway Patrol, San Francisco Police Department, and the San Francisco District Attorney’s Office to assist the city with its ongoing fentanyl crisis. Newsom described fentanyl street drug dealers as "poison peddlers." Gov. Newsom tours Tenderloin amid surge in overdose deaths Between January and March this year, 200 victims died from accidental drug overdoses in San Francisco, according to data released by the Office of the Chief Medical Examiner. Of those deaths, 159 were caused by fentanyl, a highly addictive and cheap synthetic opioid."San Francisco has seen an alarming rise...

San Francisco students rally for Earth Day

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 08:01:06 GMT

SAN FRANCISCO (KRON) -- Saturday is Earth Day and Friday morning in San Francisco, students rallied to demand that the State of California do more to confront climate change. Hundreds of students gathered in front of City Hall and in Civic Center Plaza to call on Gov. Gavin Newsom to move the state away from fossil fuels.  Los Gatos Party Mom ‘tore my life apart,’ victim says The rally, organized by Youth vs. Apocalypse, is asking Gov. Newsom to do what he can to move California away from fossil fuels. Their demands include:Limiting new gas and oil extraction permits across the stateDivesting state pension funds from fossil fuelsHolding PG&E accountable for past mistakes. They are also calling on the Biden Administration to change its immigration policy, which they say has a direct connection to climate change. Following the rally at City Hall, the group marched to the nearby state building. 

Grifol calls Hendriks cancer-free news spirit-lifting

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 08:01:06 GMT

ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. (AP) — Chicago manager Pedro Grifol welcomed the news that White Sox closer Liam Hendriks is in remission from non-Hodgkin lymphoma.“We’ve all prayed and prayed and prayed for his recovery,” Grifol said before the White Sox played Friday night at the Tampa Bay Rays. “What lifts my spirit is the fact he’s cancer-free. It has nothing to do with baseball. That was the most important thing for me, for us, for this organization, for every single fan. We’re all here, opened arms, waiting for him to get here whenever he’s ready.”Hendriks announced his diagnosis in January and completed his final round of chemotherapy two weeks ago. Hendriks said Thursday he is cancer-free.A three-time All-Star, Hendriks was third in the majors with 37 saves and made his third All-Star team last season. The Australian led the AL with a career-high 38 saves in 2021 after leaving Oakland to sign a $54 million, three-year contract with the White Sox.“Now, it’s just,...

Craig Breedlove, daring land-speed recordholder, dies at 86

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 08:01:06 GMT

Craig Breedlove, who set land-speed records by topping 400, 500 and 600 mph in jet-powered cars nicknamed Spirit of America, has died. He was 86.Breedlove died at his home in Rio Vista, California, on April 4. His wife, Yadira Breedlove, said the cause of death was cancer.Breedlove battled Tom Green and Art Arfons on the Bonneville Salt Flats in Utah to set and then break each other’s speed records during the freewheeling 1960s, a golden era of American motorsports. Breedlove’s final speed record was 600.6 mph (966.5 km/h) in 1965.The mark has been topped since, with the current record sitting at 760.3 mph (1,223.6 km/h) — faster than the speed of sound — but Breedlove helped make the land-speed mark a cultural phenomenon beginning in 1963.He was an American hero to some and was even immortalized in the Beach Boys’ song “Spirit of America,” which refers to him as a “daring young man” playing a “dangerous game.”Born March 23, 1937, Breedlove was a firefighter whose childhood love of ...

Phillies remain cautiously optimistic Harper hits May return

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 08:01:06 GMT

PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Bryce Harper was in full Phillies uniform not long after a pregame workout where the two-time NL MVP hit pitching, dove head-first into first base and fielded grounders at first.His change into the home uni did not go unnoticed.“I got to do scoreboard stuff,” Harper said.Harper dashed off to film a series of vignettes to air on Philadelphia’s new scoreboard — and the Phillies slugger is getting closer to seeing his name up there in the starting lineup.But not quite yet.As Harper ramps up what he can do in his rehabilitation from Tommy John surgery, optimism has swelled that he can return in May if he’s cleared in his next scheduled checkup early next month. While Harper seems briskly ahead of pace since his November surgery, no one really wants to rush his return since one false move could cause another rupture.“We’re very encouraged about Bryce’s advancement and his rehabilitation, It’s all been going very well but there’s still some very important final s...

Bijan Ghaisar’s family reaches $5M settlement in 2017 US Park Police shooting

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 08:01:06 GMT

The family of the unarmed Virginia man shot and killed by U.S. Park Police officers in 2017 after a traffic stop has reached a $5 million settlement with the federal government, according to a court filing in the case.The Washington Post first reported on the filing.Bijan Ghaisar’s mother and father filed the wrongful death lawsuit in 2018, seeking $25 million.The settlement still must be approved by the judge overseeing the case. A hearing has been scheduled for April 28 in the U.S. District Court in Alexandria, Virginia.The settlement calls for about $1.25 million to be paid in attorney’s fees, and $3.75 million to be paid to the family to be distributed to various charities, according to the filing.The settlement likely caps years of legal action related to Ghaisar’s killing.More on the Bijan Ghaisar caseIn 2019, the U.S. Justice Department declined to bring federal charges against the two officers who opened fire on the 25-year-old accountant, arguing there was...