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El Cerrito man’s murder arraignment delayed in Santa Cruz court

Published Sun, 29 Dec 2024 15:50:09 GMT

SANTA CRUZ — Appearing before a packed courtroom Thursday morning, Theobald “Theo” Brooks Lengyel faced arraignment on a murder charge related to a believed Capitola woman.Theobald “Theo” Brooks Lengyel. (El Cerrito Police Department — Contributed) Santa Cruz County Superior Court Judge Syda Cogliati, overseeing the matter, appointed a public defense attorney for Lengyel, a 54-year-old El Cerrito resident, and agreed to delay his arraignment two weeks, to Jan. 16, after his counsel’s new assignment.Police arrested Lengyel on Tuesday off Highway 1 near Wilder Ranch, the same day human remains were located in the East Bay’s Tilden Regional Park, said Capitola Police Department Capt. Sarah Ryan. Detectives found the human remains after a tip led them to coordinate with East Bay Regional Park District police to search the park. They are linking the remains to Lengyel’s girlfriend, 61-year-old Capitola resident Alice “Alyx” Kamakaokalani Herrmann, Ryan said. However, definitive DNA ...

Man killed in shooting at apartment complex parking lot

Published Sun, 29 Dec 2024 15:50:09 GMT

(BCN) -- A 24-year-old man was shot to death in Salinas on Wednesday evening. Salinas police officers were called to the 1000 block of Sieber Street at about 6:10 p.m. after receiving a report of an injured man in the parking lot of an apartment complex. Suspected Highway 1 road rage driver who shot child identified Officers found Ramon Angel Basurto suffering from a gunshot wound. He was provided medical care but died from his injuries. The fatal shooting is under investigation by the Salinas Police Department. Anyone with information can contact Detective Pete Gomez at (831) 758-7162. Tips can be left anonymously at (831) 775-4222. Copyright © 2024 Bay City News, Inc.

Man gets over 11 years for reckless taxi-jacking spree

Published Sun, 29 Dec 2024 15:50:09 GMT

(BCN) -- A Salinas man on Thursday pleaded no contest to multiple charges stemming from stealing a taxi in 2022, the Monterey County District Attorney's Office said. Adrian Gonzalez, 28, pleaded no contest to carjacking, assault with a deadly weapon, driving under the influence and causing great bodily injury and evading police. Three men charged in Tuan Le murder case It all began on Oct. 11, 2022, when Gonzalez requested a taxi at the Home Depot on North Davis Road in Salinas. Shortly after picking up Gonzalez, the driver said he began acting strangely and making nonsensical comments, prosecutors said. The female driver asked Gonzalez to exit the taxi, which he initially did, but then he pulled the woman out of her taxi, punched her in the face and threw her to the ground. On October 11, 2022, just after 1:30 p.m., Gonzalez called for a taxi to pick him up near the Home Depot on North Davis Road in Salinas. Shortly after picking Gonzalez up the taxi driver noticed that Gonza...

US employers add a surprisingly strong 216,000 jobs in a sign of continued economic strength

Published Sun, 29 Dec 2024 15:50:09 GMT

WASHINGTON (AP) — The nation’s employers added a robust 216,000 jobs last month, the latest sign that the American job market remains resilient even in the face of sharply higher interest rates.Friday’s report from the Labor Department showed that December’s job gain exceeded the 173,000 that were added in November. The unemployment rate was unchanged at 3.7% — the 23rd straight month that joblessness has remained below 4%.The latest data reflect an economy and a job market that are decelerating back to pre-pandemic norms. Hiring remains steady, and while employers are posting fewer openings, they are not laying off many workers.Despite the low unemployment and cooling inflation, polls show that many Americans are dissatisfied with the economy. That disconnect, which will likely be an issue in the 2024 elections, has puzzled economists and political analysts.A key factor, though, is the public’s exasperation with higher prices. Though inflation has been falling more or less steadily...

More than 50 cars stolen in DC in first few days of 2024, police says

Published Sun, 29 Dec 2024 15:50:09 GMT

The troubling spike in stolen cars in the District seems to be continuing into 2024.According to D.C. police data, there were 6,829 thefts of motor vehicles last year — an 82% increase from the previous year.In the first four days of 2024, 53 cars have already been stolen.On New Year’s Day, Jessie Sethi and her husband had just gotten off a train at Union Station, and had loaded their luggage into the trunk of a Lyft.“I touched the car, and all of a sudden I feel the car moving, and the Lyft driver screaming ‘hey, hey, that’s my car,'” Sethi told NBC Washington.The thief drove away with the Lyft vehicle, including the couple’s luggage.NBC Washington reports that D.C. police located the stolen car, including the Sethi’s luggage, but the person who drove the car away is unaccounted for.D.C.’s Metropolitan Police Department has been handing out digital tracking tags to help locate vehicles in areas of the District that have been hardest h...

Wisconsin’s Democratic governor says Trump should be on ballot, Biden must visit to beat him

Published Sun, 29 Dec 2024 15:50:09 GMT

MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Wisconsin’s Democratic governor opposes keeping Republican Donald Trump off the ballot in the battleground state, saying that those who think he should be disqualified “can vote against him.”Gov. Tony Evers also told The Associated Press in an interview Wednesday that in order for President Joe Biden to win Wisconsin, he must be a frequent visitor to the state and focus his message on his successes and issues that matter to the middle class, not just the argument that the fate of democracy is at stake.Evers’ comments come ahead of a visit to Wisconsin later this month by Vice President Kamala Harris and ahead of the planned filing Friday of a lawsuit by a Democratic activist aimed at keeping Trump off the ballot, arguing that his involvement in the Jan. 6, 2021, U.S. Capitol riot amounted to unconstitutional insurrection.Officials in Colorado and Maine have already banned Trump’s name from primary election ballots. Trump asked the U.S. Supreme Court ...

US employers added a surprisingly strong 216,000 jobs in December in a sign of continued economic strength

Published Sun, 29 Dec 2024 15:50:09 GMT

WASHINGTON (AP) — US employers added a surprisingly strong 216,000 jobs in December in a sign of continued economic strength.Source

AP Week in Pictures: Global | Dec.29-January 5, 2024

Published Sun, 29 Dec 2024 15:50:09 GMT

DECEMBER 31-JANUARY 5, 2024From Beijing to Taiwan, people around the world celebrate New Year’s Eve, while in Europe, people struggle with floods. Ukrainian servicemen and relatives mourn their fallen comrades and Pope Francis holds a mass at St. Peter’s Basilica at the Vatican.This gallery highlights some of the most compelling images published in the past week by The Associated Press. Follow AP visual journalism:Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/apnewsAP Images blog: http://apimagesblog.com/Source

Tragedia de los Andes: la historia que llevó al canibalismo y que se considera un “milagro”

Published Sun, 29 Dec 2024 15:50:09 GMT

(CNN Español) – Fue llamado el “milagro navideño”, una muestra de fe, esperanza, inteligencia, trabajo en equipo e instinto de supervivencia que conmovió al mundo entero. Se conoce como el “milagro de los Andes”.La trágica y extraordinaria historia comenzó el 12 de octubre de 1972. Un total de 45 personas, incluidos 19 miembros del equipo de rugby del colegio Christian Bross, en Uruguay, despegaron a bordo del vuelo 571 de la Fuerza Aérea Uruguaya con destino a Santiago de Chile para disputar la Copa de la Amistad.Ese fue solo el inicio de lo que se avecinaba.Las malas condiciones de tiempo obligaron a los pilotos a aterrizar en el aeropuerto de Mendoza, en Argentina. Al día siguiente, el 13 de octubre, decidieron despegar. En el trayecto, la aeronave sufrió un brutal impacto en plena cordillera de los Andes, a más de 3.500 metros sobre el nivel del mar.“Estábamos volando desde Mendoza para Santiago, los picos empezaron a verse un poco cerca, cada vez estaban más cerca. Al poco rato...

Stock market today: Wall St. ticks lower ahead of jobs report; inflation in Europe back on the rise

Published Sun, 29 Dec 2024 15:50:09 GMT

Wall Street edged lower Friday ahead of the release of the December jobs report, which is expected to show that the labor market remained sturdy in the final month of 2023.Futures for the S&P 500 and the Dow Jones Industrial Average were each down 0.3% before the bell.Economists expect the jobs report to show U.S. hiring slowed to 160,000 jobs last month from 199,000 in November, though the latter number was slightly inflated by the return of thousands of auto workers and actors who had been on strike.The hope is that the economy will remain just strong enough to stave off recession without reversing progress in taming inflation. The Federal Reserve is watching to see if current trends continue as it weighs the possibility of cutting interest rates. The latest inflation data from the consumer and wholesale levels are due out next week.Rate cuts give a boost to prices for stocks and other investments, while also relaxing the pressure on the economy and financial system. “Sentimen...