Prostitute Convicted In Google Execs Death Deported
SAN FRANCISCO—An immigration judge ordered a Northern California prostitute convicted of involuntary manslaughter in the death of a Google executive to be deported back to Canada.
In a short statement, James Schwab, a U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement Public Affairs Officer in San Francisco indicated that Alix Tichelman, 30, had been ordered to be deported by a judge on Thursday, April...
Office Of Traffic Safety To Raise Awareness Against Distracted Driving
CALIFORNIA—The Office of Traffic Safety of California is partnering with San Francisco Police Department, California Highway Patrol, local law enforcement and community partners across the state to work together towards eliminating distracted driving. Recognizing April as Driver's Safety awareness month, these organizations aim to make the roads safer by raising awareness against the distractions cellphones can create, while driving.
Earlier this...
Protests Erupt In East Palo Alto Near Future Amazon Office
EAST PALO ALTO—People gathered around Amazon's future office in East Palo Alto on Friday, March 31 staging a protest against the company for not hiring from within the local community. Amazon plans to build a 200,000 square foot office and is looking to fill 1300 positions at their new location. Protestors believe that the city council put aside their 'locals first' hiring policy,...
Governor Brown Pitches $52.4 Billion Proposal To Fix Roads
CALIFORNIA—Governor Jerry Brown, Senate President Pro Tem Kevin de León, Assembly Speaker Anthony Rendon, addressed the labor, business and local leaders in Sacramento California on Thursday, March 30 seeking support for their newly drafted proposal aimed towards improving California's road conditions. The proposal is to raise enough money to rehabilitate California roads, freeways, potholes and worn out pavements. Brown called the proposal a...
Former Lawyer Gets 40 Years In Prison For Kidnapping
SACRAMENTO—A U.S. District Judge sentenced Matthew Muller, an ex- lawyer to 40 years in prison on charges of kidnapping Denise Huskins on Thursday, March 16. Judge Troy Nunley condemned the act calling it a "heinous, atrocious, horrible crime."
Officials from the Vallejo Police Department previously dismissed the charges against Muller calling them 'rumors and hoax."
Muller, 39, was sentenced to 40 years in prison after...
SJPD Officer Cited For Stealing Marijuana
SAN JOSE—Officer Julio Morales, 49, of the San Jose Police Department was arrested on Monday, March 6 in connection with marijuana theft, Sgt. Enrique Garcia announced in a press release.
Morales, a 21-year veteran, was cited for misdemeanor petty theft for allegedly stealing a suspect's supply of marijuana. At the time of the theft, he was assigned to the Bureau of...
Car Where Tupac Shakur Was Shot Up For Sale
LOS ANGELES—On Sunday, February 26, the car in which rapper Tupac Shakur was fatally shot in 1996 is up for sale in the amount of $1.5 million.
Shakur, who was 25 at the time of his death, was killed in a drive-by shooting on September 7, 1996 in Las Vegas, NV. He was taken to the University Medical Center of Southern Nevada,...
Man Arrested For Stabbing School Administrator
BERKELEY—A Nixle alert which was broadcasted on Tuesday, February 22 indicated that police officers arrested a 20 year-old man in connection with the stabbing of a female staff member at a private school in Berkeley.
The Berkeley Police Department received a report of the stabbing which occurred just before 2:00 p.m. According to BPD representative Sgt. Andrew Frankel, the suspect, Angel Juarez,...
Severe Flooding In San Jose
SAN JOSE—The most recent winter storm has left parts of San Jose underwater, forcing over 50,000 residents living near swollen creeks to evacuate their homes.
On Tuesday, February 21, low-lying areas near Coyote Creek experienced record flooding. Emergency crews in rescue boats had to save 246 residents from the rising waters, officials said. A homeless encampment on San Jose’s Los Lagos Golf Course,...
Wells Fargo Fires 4 Executives In Sales Scandal Inquiry
UNITED STATES—Wells Fargo fired four senior managers on Tuesday, February 21 in connection with a consumer cross-selling bank scandal.
Claudia Russ Anderson, former Community Bank Chief Risk Officer, Pamela Conboy, Arizona Lead Regional President, Shelley Freeman, former Los Angeles Regional President, now Head of Consumer Credit Solutions, and Matthew Raphaelson, Head of Community Bank Strategy and Initiatives were dismissed "by a unanimous vote of the board,"...