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Accused of killing missing wife, Bay Area man enters not-guilty plea at arraignment

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 20:11:19 GMT

A 61-year-old Fairfield man accused of the mid-February death of his wife sat silently, looking haggard and lacking sleep, as his lawyer entered a not-guilty plea to a murder charge Thursday in Solano County Superior Court.Gregory Grant Hobson’s attorney, Solano County Chief Deputy Public Defender Oscar J. Bobrow, entered the plea during the early afternoon session in Department 11, where Hobson faced jail arraignment, in the Justice Center in Fairfield.Hobson registered no visible emotional response to Bobrow’s statement to Judge William J. Pendergast during the brief proceeding in the Justice Center in Fairfield.RELATED: Missing since Valentine’s Day, Bay Area mother confirmed deadThe judge then assigned the case to Department 23, Judge John B. Ellis’ courtroom, and ordered Hobson to return there at 8:30 a.m. April 13 for a readiness conference and a preliminary hearing setting.Chief Deputy District Attorney Bruce Flynn will lead the prosecution. His criminal complaint, filed Feb....

Opinion: How Trump could lose the primaries but win the nomination

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 20:11:19 GMT

Here’s another headache for Republicans who don’t want to see Donald Trump as their presidential nominee in 2024: There’s a mechanism that could allow him to get the party’s nomination even if he’s defeated in its primaries and caucuses.It has to do with the decentralized way that Republicans decide their nomination — which is different from the strict procedures that Democrats have mandated for state parties since the 1970s.Republicans do have some national rules affecting the calendar and delegate selection, but in many ways the states are free to do what they want.The issue is the difference between delegate allocation and delegate selection. Allocation is about which candidate the delegates to the convention are bound to, or supposed to vote for. Selection is about which people are chosen as delegates.On the Democratic side, the two are tightly connected. Candidates have “slates” of delegates; effect, they choose their own delegates. For Republicans, allocation and selection are...

Alfred Hitchcock to be celebrated in Santa Cruz County festival

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 20:11:19 GMT

SCOTTS VALLEY — Alfred Hitchcock is one of the most celebrated and influential filmmakers of all time. Directing 52 feature films between 1925 and 1976, many considered among the best motion pictures of all time, Hitchcock’s legacy as the “Master of Suspense” is well-documented.What might not be known to everybody is that, for much of Hitchcock’s career, he lived on a 200-acre estate in Scotts Valley, positioning him to film many of his movies in Northern California. His filmography, as well as his time in Scotts Valley, will be celebrated when the city hosts its first Alfred Hitchcock Festival this weekend, featuring screenings of “Shadow of a Doubt” and “Vertigo,” an interview with his granddaughter, and wine made on Hitchcock’s former property.Victor Alejandro, chairman of the festival planning committee and treasurer for the Scotts Valley Chamber of Commerce, said he moved to Scotts Valley in 2014 and later learned that Hitchcock lived in the area.“I was surprised we didn’t talk...

Coroner: 1 death in San Bernardino Mountains linked to recent storms; 8 others being investigated

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 20:11:19 GMT

The San Bernardino County Coroner’s Office is investigating the deaths of eight San Bernardino Mountains residents that have occurred since a series of snowstorms belted the area, including that of a 93-year-old woman who a relative said appeared to be healthy and a man who had been unable to receive dialysis treatments.The coroner has responded to 13 deaths in the mountains from Feb. 26 to March 8, the office said Thursday, March 9. By comparison, there were 11 coroner cases in the mountains during an 11-day period from Jan. 1 to Jan. 11, according to the coroner’s website. Nine of those were from natural causes and two were accidental.In addition to the eight deaths under investigation, one person died from injuries suffered when hit by a car and four others were either in hospice care or already in a hospital.“When reviewing these deaths, the preliminary assessment is only one of these had a direct correlation to the weather. The decedent died at the hospital as the result of a t...

Suspect arrested for helping steal $550,000 in 5 California armored-car heists

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 20:11:19 GMT

A Los Angeles man was arrested this week for his suspected role in helping to steal $550,000-plus during five armored-car robberies last year in Hawthorne, Inglewood and South Los Angeles.James Russell Davis, 34, was arrested on Wednesday, March 8, in Rancho Cucamonga by the FBI after he was charged in a federal criminal complaint with conspiracy to interfere with commerce by robbery, according to Donald Alway, the assistant director of the FBI’s Los Angeles Field Office.A second suspect, Deneyvous Hobson, 36, of Los Angeles, was arrested on Feb. 21 and being held in federal custody in Los Angeles.Authorities believe there are at least five other fugitives connected to the robberies, though they have not been identified.The group is accused of targeting drive-thru ATMs, check-cashing locations and other businesses. The suspects followed a pattern of overtaking the armored-car drivers, who were zip-tied and held at gunpoint while at least one suspect entered the vehicle and took the ...

Bay Area storm updates: Flooding impacts morning commute

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 20:11:19 GMT

(KRON) -- A multi-vehicle injury accident has been reported in Walnut Creek as the first in a series of atmospheric rivers is set to roll into the Bay Area Thursday. The storm is expected to bring widespread rain, wind and wet weather conditions with a flood watch set to go into effect for the entire Bay Area. Rainfall is expected to arrive by Thursday afternoon and intensify throughout the weekend.Officials advise residents to prepare for the next storm by securing any property and stocking up on sandbags to prevent flooding. Bay Area storm: Here’s what to do if your house floods Stick with KRON4 for the latest updates on the storm.Bay Area storm updates:Friday, March 104:20 a.m. -- PG&E reports more than 7K without powerAccording to PG&E's latest outage report, about 7,272 customers are without power Friday morning.4:00 AMAffected Customers San Francisco36Peninsula3,084North Bay 1,576East Bay 1,945South Bay 631Bay Area Total7,2724 a.m. -- Flooding imp...

Kansas coach Bill Self sidelined after medical procedure

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 20:11:19 GMT

KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — Just over 20 years ago while on a recruiting trip to Pittsburgh, Bob Huggins collapsed at the airport while catching a flight home, awaking to find himself surrounded by strangers who were lifting him into an ambulance.Then the coach at Cincinnati, Huggins drifted in and out of consciousness on the ride to the hospital, where doctors told the future Hall of Fame coach that he’d suffered a massive heart attack. Huggins wound up having a device implanted to help normalize his heartbeat, and he was told to make some lifestyle changes — exercise more, watch what he was eating, lose some weight and try to lower his stress level.That last one? That might have been the toughest one.Long days and longer nights, coupled with the increasingly high stakes of major college basketball, naturally put the health of coaches in peril. Huggins is just one of many who have dealt with issues over the years.So when Huggins, now the coach at West Virginia, learned Thursday t...

Fairfax Co. school board passes collective bargaining resolution for teachers, other staff

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 20:11:19 GMT

Welcome to the School Zone, WTOP’s weekly feature about the latest topics and trends in education across the D.C. region.Fairfax County school board passes collective bargaining measure What it is: The Fairfax County, Virginia, school board on Thursday night unanimously passed a measure that gives thousands of teachers and other staff members collective bargaining rights.In 2020, the state’s General Assembly gave local governing bodies the option of giving collective bargaining rights to public workers.The county will have bargaining units, according to a school system presentation, for licensed instructional staff like full and part-time teachers, school counselors and librarians, among others; operational workers, such as those who work in food service; and administrators and supervisors, like principals and other administrators, among others.Substitute teachers and temporary employees are excluded from bargaining units.More Education NewsMore Local NewsMembers of the bargai...

Benzema to miss Espanyol game, expected back for Liverpool

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 20:11:19 GMT

MADRID (AP) — Karim Benzema will miss Saturday’s Spanish league match against Espanyol because of an ankle injury, Real Madrid coach Carlo Ancelotti said Friday, adding that the French striker should be ready to play upcoming games against Liverpool and Barcelona.“(Benzema) has a knock on his ankle and it has swollen,” Ancelotti said. “He has trained individually today and he will be ready for the game against Liverpool.”Madrid hosts Liverpool in the Champions League on Wednesday with a 5-2 advantage from the first leg of the round of 16. The team will then visit Barcelona on March 19 in a “clásico” that will have an impact on the Spanish title chase.Benzema has been plagued by minor injuries this season, which comes after a stellar 2021-22 campaign when he led Madrid to the European Cup and Spanish league title after scoring 44 goals. That earned him the Ballon d’Or award for best player.The 35-year-old Benzema has missed 12 games so far for Madrid, as well as the World Cup for Fra...

Saudi Arabia confirms it has reached an agreement with Iran to reestablish diplomatic relations, reopen embassies

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 20:11:19 GMT

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Saudi Arabia confirms it has reached an agreement with Iran to reestablish diplomatic relations, reopen embassies.Source