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Lawyer says media coverage is making accused Oakland child trafficker a target in jail

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 16:12:28 GMT

OAKLAND — A judge has denied a motion for release from jail that argued a story by this news organization has led to jailhouse violence aimed at a man accused of sexually abusing and trafficking three teenage girls, court records show.Lennard Davis, 31, was charged in July with one count of human trafficking and 13 other felonies, alleging he sexually abused three girls aged 13-15, recorded a lewd video of himself with two of them, and assaulted one of them when she tried to escape, later recounting, “I slapped the s— out of that b—-,” according to authorities. After an article was published about Davis’ arrest, Davis was targeted by others in the jail, his attorney Russell Mangan wrote in a motion to release him.“Mr. Davis has already been the subject of assaultive behavior and threats, including shoving and spitting,” Mangan, a deputy public defender, wrote in the motion. “Staff at Santa Rita have not sufficiently ensured Mr. D...

1st Nor Cal is just another credit union; Actually, not so fast… not all credit unions are created equal

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 16:12:28 GMT

Content provided by 1st Nor Cal Credit UnionIt started with a shoebox and an orange crate, and now, 75 years later, 1st Nor Cal Credit Union has seven branches and 85 employees serving 32,000 members. Happy 75th birthday, 1st Nor Cal!! You haven’t aged a bit, but you sure have grown!In 1949, the Contra Costa County sheriff dropped a shoebox with $1,211 on the desk of his secretary, Elinor Aljets, and asked her to start a credit union. Collected from 34 members depositing an average of $35 each, the amount became the foundation for the Contra Costa County Employees Federal Credit Union. Now known as 1st Nor Cal, the credit union turns 75 in 2024 and is stronger than ever.According to David Green, 1st Nor Cal Credit Union President/CEO, 1st Not Cal has always been been unique and even now distinguishes itself in ways that truly benefit their membership. “Credit union membership really makes a lot of sense, especially compared to banks and even more so when compared to the Mega-banks. ...

Monday Morning Lights: What’s at stake in league races across the Bay Area

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 16:12:28 GMT

Welcome back to Monday Morning Lights, our weekly feature that sheds more light on the high school football weekend and peeks ahead to the new week. If you haven’t already, please subscribe. Your contributions keep us going.LEAGUE RACES: WHAT’S ON THE LINEWith two weeks left in the regular season, many leagues in the Bay Area News Group’s coverage area are still up for grabs.Here is where things stand:South Bay/PeninsulaWEST CATHOLIC: Serra is the best team in Northern California and has beaten its two closest pursuers in the WCAL standings, St. Francis and Archbishop Riordan, by wide margins. Riordan visits St. Francis on Friday for second place, plus the likely No. 2 seed in the Central Coast Section Open/Division I playoffs behind Serra. Four WCAL teams automatically advance to CCS, but two others should be among the five at-large teams that will qualify.PAL BAY: Los Gatos and Wilcox have separated themselves from the pack, both undefeated in division play. They will meet Friday ...

Suspect accused of assaulting mother apprehended  

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 16:12:28 GMT

(KRON) –  A suspect accused of assaulting his mother while carrying a firearm has been apprehended by the Vallejo Police Department.Officers responded to a report of assault at a residence on the 400 block of Greenwood Street. The report was of a man physically assaulting his mother while possessing a firearm, police said. Petaluma police investigating death threats written on high school bathroom wall According to the police investigation, officers discovered that he had an outstanding warrant for an arrest in Solano County. The suspect’s mother also had an unserved restraining order against him.Upon officers arriving at the scene, the armed man barricaded himself in a shed located at the rear of the residence and refused to exit. The Vallejo Police Emergency Services Unit initiated communication with the suspect, but he refused to speak with officers or surrender, police said. According to police, the Special Weapons and Tactics officers deployed specialized equipment and n...

A man who lived in the woods is found guilty of murder in a retired New Hampshire couple’s death

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 16:12:28 GMT

CONCORD, N.H. (AP) — A man who was living in a tent in the woods in New Hampshire was convicted of murder Monday in the fatal shooting of a retired couple who had gone out for a walk.After a day and a half of deliberation, a jury found Logan Clegg, 27, guilty of second-degree murder in the deaths of Stephen and Djeswende Reid in April 2022. The couple were killed while walking on a trail near their apartment in the city of Concord.The bodies of the couple, found several days later, had been dragged into the woods and covered with leaves, sticks and debris, police said. Clegg, who gave a different name when he was questioned by police, later burned his tent, erased information from his computer and bought a bus ticket out of Concord, prosecutors said. Investigators eventually found and arrested him in South Burlington, Vermont, with a one-way plane ticket to Berlin, Germany, a fake passport, and a gun in his backpack, prosecutors said.Clegg’s lawyers said he left New Hampshire not be...

A man who lived in the woods is convicted of murder in the fatal shooting of a retired New Hampshire couple out for walk

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 16:12:28 GMT

CONCORD, N.H. (AP) — A man who lived in the woods is convicted of murder in the fatal shooting of a retired New Hampshire couple out for walk.Source

If a prenuptial is part of your wedding plans, get it done well before the wedding

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 16:12:28 GMT

Wedding vows are romantic, but prenuptial agreements are not.Prenups are, however, a good idea in many cases, considering an estimated 40% to 50% of first marriages end in divorce and even more frequently for second or third marriages, and prenups are about more than just shielding one spouse’s wealth.Broaching the topic with a fiance could also come as a surprise, and even be hurtful or feel like a lack of trust to an unsuspecting soon-to-be spouse. Legal advisers said the best way to avoid emotional distress is to talk about prenuptial agreements well ahead of time, perhaps even before becoming officially engaged.“Really, the timeliness of bringing that up and having that conversation as early as possible is the way to take out the sting that one party may feel,” said Monica Garcia Harms, partner at Rockville, Maryland-based law firm Stein Sperling, and chair of the firm’s Family Law Group.In fact, waiting too long to execute a prenuptial agreement could ac...

Afghanistan records another upset at World Cup, beats Pakistan by eight wickets

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 16:12:28 GMT

CHENNAI, India (AP) — Afghanistan created another big upset at the Cricket World Cup as it thumped struggling Pakistan by eight wickets on Monday to win two games at the same edition of the tournament for the first time. After stunning England eight days ago, the ninth-ranked Afghans celebrated only their third ever win at the World Cup, the other coming against Scotland in 2015 in their first appearance.An aggressive 130-run opening stand between Ibrahim Zadran (87) and Rahmanullah Gurbaz (65) orchestrated Afghanistan’s 286-2 in 49 overs against out-of-sort Pakistan’s pace and spin bowling.Rahmat Shah and captain Hashmatullah Shahidi built on the solid first-wicket stand by sharing an unbeaten 96-run third-wicket stand. Shah remained unbeaten on 77 while Shahidi scored 48 not out as he raised the victory with a boundary against Shaheen Afridi at square leg.Pakistan, which won the toss and elected to bat, made 282-7 against a spin-heavy quartet with captain Babar Azam (74) and...

Horizon Air flight en route to San Francisco on Sunday diverted after 3rd person in cockpit tries to turn off engines

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 16:12:28 GMT

NEW YORK (AP) — Horizon Air flight en route to San Francisco on Sunday diverted after 3rd person in cockpit tries to turn off engines.Source

Trying to keep hope alive, families share stories about loved ones abducted in the attack on Israel

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 16:12:28 GMT

Last week’s news of the release of two hostages is offering some hope to the families of the more than 200 people the Israeli military says were taken hostage by Hamas militants.But more than two weeks after their loved ones were abducted during the Oct. 7 attack on southern Israel, the relatives are struggling with thoughts of what their loved ones might be enduring and how to explain to young children what happened to their parents.Here are some of their stories.BIBAS FAMILYLARNACA, Cyprus — Ofri Bibas couldn’t bring herself to tell her brother, Yarden, she loved him — to do so seemed an irreversible finality, she said.Yarden Bibas, his wife, Shiri, and their sons, 4-year-old Ariel and 9-month-old Kfir, were snatched from their home in the Nir-Oz Kibbutz during the Oct. 7 Hamas onslaught.Her brother initially believed the volley of rocket fire was “just another bombing like we’re used to,” said Ofri Bibas, who lives elsewhere in Israel. But he soon realized it was “something...