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Michigan man reportedly skips out on nearly $7,000 Aspen bar tab, released on $1,500 bond

Published Sat, 22 Feb 2025 12:00:41 GMT

A man was arrested for theft and causing disturbances throughout multiple Aspen establishments over the course of two days, allegedly racking up a nearly $7,000 bar tab.Related ArticlesCrime and Public Safety | Fourth teen suspect arrested in fatal Aurora shooting, scooter theft in Del Mar Park Crime and Public Safety | Convicted Parker Kohl’s thieves argued for lesser charge because items were on sale Crime and Public Safety | Denver Mayor Mike Johnston’s car stolen, recovered The suspect, from Birmingham, Michigan, has been charged with two petty offenses and one class five felony for theft.On Dec. 26, Pitkin County Regional Dispatch Center aired a disturbance at 601 Dean Street in which an intoxicated man, later identified as the suspect, had allegedly jumped onto the Silver Queen Gondola without paying and caused a scene in the process, according to arrest records. Shortly after 1 p.m., he arrived at the top of the gondola an...

Vasil Bozhkov gave testimony to the FBI about the business of his friends Domuschiev and Boyko Borisov!

Published Sat, 22 Feb 2025 12:00:41 GMT

Bulgarian News Channel BNEWS reports that: "Half a ton of cocaine on the BMF ship Domuschievi screwed up Borisov's attempt to become the rotating prime minister of the coalition government and once again presented him with problems with the United States. The link "Verila" – cocaine – owners – politician is as simple and clear as a "Moonlight" path on the sea.Despite the silence of the lambs from BTV, NOVA, Capital and BNT, your BNEWS and our sources in Washington and Brussels will illuminate the truth for their numerous readers. Can half a ton of cocaine on a ship near Ireland stir political solitaire in Bulgaria? It can because politics, business and crime in Bulgaria are entangled like pig intestines.The cocaine ship "Verila" has heavily illuminated Domuschievi's business and political ties with GERB and its leader Borisov in the Capitol.Boyko Borisov has two yellow cards from the United States, and the red card for disciplinary placement in the cage of the insulator is a matter ...

Michigan and Alabama football teams visit Disneyland ahead of Rose Bowl game

Published Sat, 22 Feb 2025 12:00:41 GMT

Before they face off during the College Football Playoff semifinal in Pasadena on New Year’s Day, players and coaches with the University of Michigan and University of Alabama football teams made a stop at the “Happiest Place on Earth.”Both teams visited the Anaheim resort on Wednesday and were celebrated with a cavalcade along Main Street, U.S.A., at Disneyland. The Pasadena City College Tournament of Roses Honor Band provided the cavalcade music. KTLA's 2024 Rose Bowl Parade Coverage The head football coaches and select players from Michigan and Alabama made their first stop on their way to the 2024 Rose Bowl Game in Pasadena, Calif., with a traditional visit to the Disneyland Resort in Anaheim, Calif., Dec. 27, 2023. Before meeting on the field, the teams joined for their first official pregame appearance: a festive cavalcade on Main Street, U.S.A., in Disneyland Park. The teams will face off in the 110th Rose Bowl Game on Monday, Jan. 1, 2024. (Disneyland Resort)The head foot...

Jose Alfonso de Lira Piedra Dies in Motorcycle Crash on Pacific Coast Highway [Malibu, CA]

Published Sat, 22 Feb 2025 12:00:41 GMT

32-Year-Old Rider Pronounced Dead after Motorcycle Collision near Decker RoadMALIBU, CA (December 28, 2023) – Jose Alfonso de Lira Piedra died Sunday night in a motorcycle collision at the 33400 block of Pacific Coast Highway.The incident occurred at approximately 6:00 p.m. in the 33400 block of Pacific Coast Highway, just north of Decker Road.According to law enforcement, a motorcyclist collided with a Cadillac Escalade that was backing out of a driveway, resulting in the rider being thrown from the motorcycle onto the roadway. The deceased victim was later identified as 32-year-old Piedra.Preliminary investigations by the police have not indicated any involvement of alcohol or drugs in the collision. In response to the incident, Malibu Officials temporarily closed down a section of Pacific Coast Highway, spanning over two miles from Mulholland Highway to Decker Road.Additional details will be provided as they become available.The team at Sweet James offers their warm and sin...

Stephen Liscano Dies in 2-Car Accident on Highway 180 [Fresno County, CA]

Published Sat, 22 Feb 2025 12:00:41 GMT

35-Year-Old Man Pronounced Dead after Car Collision near Hayes AvenueFRESNO COUNTY, CA (December 28, 2023) – Stephen Liscano died Wednesday morning in a 2-car crash on southbound Highway 180.At approximately 7:00 p.m., law enforcement was dispatched near Hayes Avenue. According to accounts, the operator of a Honda sedan disregarded a stop sign at the intersection, resulting in a collision with a westbound Hyundai on the same roadway. Following the impact, both vehicles swerved into an adjacent field before coming to a halt. Emergency responders took the male Honda driver to Community Regional Medical Center, where he succumbed to his injuries. Authorities later identified the deceased driver as 35-year-old Liscano. Meanwhile, the female driver of the Hyundai was hospitalized with serious but non-life-threatening injuries. The California Highway Patrol has ruled out intoxication as a contributing factor in the incident.In this sorrowful time, the Sweet James team would like to ...

Daniel Clowes’ Monica Goes to Hell and Finds It Is Us

Published Sat, 22 Feb 2025 12:00:41 GMT

Daniel Clowes sets the stage for his latest graphic novel, Monica, by jumping right into the deep end of history’s primordial slop — protozoa, dinosaurs, pharaohs, Christ, plague, Columbus, Hitler, the bomb, a dying JFK, and the Beverly Hillbillies all make colorful cameos on the opening pages.Then you start meeting the characters, including a soldier in Vietnam and his girl back home, Penny, who steps out with a snarky hipster painter fond of jerking the chains encumbering the bourgeoisie: “Don’t you love rich people? They’re so happy and they smell great! … We have to warn them about the revolution! ATTENTION BARONS OF INDUSTRY: DOOM IS NIGH! BOARD YOUR WINDOWS!”The flighty (not to say bipolar? schiz?) Penny moves from apartment to apartment and man to man and a couple of years later begets the book’s namesake, who spends much of her life seeking out the identity of her father. Finding success by following in her mother’s hippie-entrepreneurial footsteps when she opens a shop sell...

Once facing life without parole, East Bay man took 11 years in Bay Point homicide

Published Sat, 22 Feb 2025 12:00:41 GMT

MARTINEZ — After his murder trial resulted in a hung jury, a Bay Area man accepted a plea deal and an 11-year prison term, court records show.Donald Jeter, 26, pleaded no contest to voluntary manslaughter in the Feb. 15, 2019 shooting death of 18-year-old Andre Piazza. The plea deal was finalized last April, but hasn’t been previously reported.Jeter — who is also serving a 20-year prison term for robbing a KPIX news crew in Alameda County — will be eligible for parole in 2031, according to prison records. He is currently incarcerated in California State Prison, Solano, in Vacaville.Police say that Piazza was killed after arranging to buy a gun from Jeter and another man, Ramon Brown. During trial, Jeter’s lawyer argued that witnesses who implicated Jeter had made contradictory statements to police. Jurors were unable to reach a verdict.Jeter was originally charged with enhancements that made him eligible for life without the possibility of parole.

New Years risk? San Jose experiencing 3rd highest COVID wave ever right now, wastewater shows

Published Sat, 22 Feb 2025 12:00:41 GMT

As the countdown to 2024 approaches, Dwayne Taylor — the founder of San Jose events company Taylor Productions — is preparing to celebrate. For nearly a decade, he has hosted one of the city’s largest New Year’s parties. And for the first time since 2020, COVID-19 is finally feeling like less of an obstacle.“I’ve had it three times, and I’ve also had a lot of really close friends who passed away from COVID,” said Taylor, who suspended the parties in 2020 and 2021 before bringing it back last year. “So if I thought for a second that this party would be a problem or a spreader event, I would have canceled it in a heartbeat.”Despite the persistent presence of COVID-19 and an ongoing surge — hospitalizations are up, and so is the virus’ presence in wastewater — Taylor is among many Bay Area residents making the same calculus.Most are throwing masks and other precautions to the winds, and it’s not just revelers. Nearly four years afte...

Nikki Haley says ‘of course’ Civil War was about slavery

Published Sat, 22 Feb 2025 12:00:41 GMT

By Meg Kinnard | Associated PressCOLUMBIA, S.C. — Republican presidential candidate Nikki Haley was asked at a New Hampshire town hall about the reason for the Civil War, and she didn’t mention slavery in her response. She walked back her comments hours later.Asked during Wednesday night’s town hall in Berlin what she believed had caused the war — the first shots of which were fired in her home state of South Carolina — Haley talked about the role of government, replying that it involved “the freedoms of what people could and couldn’t do.”She then turned the question back to the man who had asked it. He replied that he was not the one running for president and wished instead to know her answer.After Haley went into a lengthier explanation about the role of government, individual freedom and capitalism, the questioner seemed to admonish Haley, saying, “In the year 2023, it’s astonishing to me that you answer that question without mentioning t...

Single-family house sells for $1.7 million in Pleasanton

Published Sat, 22 Feb 2025 12:00:41 GMT

5263 Muirwood Drive – Google Street ViewA 2,014-square-foot house built in 1970 has changed hands. The spacious property located in the 5200 block of Muirwood Drive in Pleasanton was sold on Oct. 20, 2023, for $1,658,500, or $823 per square foot. This single-story home offers a spacious layout with four bedrooms and two bathrooms. On the exterior, the house is characterized by the use of wood shake roofing / shingles. Inside, a fireplace enhances the ambiance of the living area. The property is equipped with forced air heating and central A/C. In addition, the house includes a garage.These nearby houses have also recently been sold:On Meadowbrook Court, Pleasanton, in October 2023, a 2,040-square-foot home was sold for $1,500,000, a price per square foot of $735. The home has 4 bedrooms and 2 bathrooms.In July 2023, a 2,372-square-foot home on Knollbrook Drive in Pleasanton sold for $1,850,000, a price per square foot of $780. The home has 5 bedrooms and 3 bathrooms.A 2,792-square-f...