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Opinion: Kicking Trump off the Colorado ballot will destroy democracy in the name of saving it

Published Mon, 23 Dec 2024 19:56:06 GMT

In ruling that former President Donald Trump should be removed from the primary ballot, the Colorado Supreme Court furthers and promotes the legal madness, while pretending to defend Democracy.In the opinion, the majority states, “We are also cognizant that we travel in uncharted territory…” One might ask if, upon finding themselves in “uncharted territory,” they just happened to pause and reflect on over a thousand of years of Western jurisprudence, and at least ponder the idea of presumed innocence until proven guilty?  Obviously, they did not.It’s important to note that this is the same court who, in 2016, could not even find it in themselves to bother taking up the Masterpiece Cakeshop case. That case went to the SCOTUS, who slapped down the Colorado Appeals Court, in a 7-2 ruling.To get a sense of how ridiculous and dangerous the Colorado Supreme Court ruling was, let’s review a few of its flaws.First, the court continues the perversion of historical ideas. Until three years ag...

16-year-old boy fatally shot during altercation in Compton; gunman at large

Published Mon, 23 Dec 2024 19:56:06 GMT

Authorities are searching for a gunman after a 16-year-old boy was shot and killed during an altercation in Compton Tuesday night.The shooting was reported shortly before 5:30 p.m. in the 700 block of West Corregidor Street near Compton/Woodley Airport. Arriving deputies discovered that the Black juvenile had been shot in the upper body and transported to a local hospital, where he was pronounced dead, a Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department news release stated. Deputies investigate a fatal shooting in Compton on Dec. 26, 2023. (KTLA)A second victim, an adult male, was also located at the scene suffering from non-life-threatening injuries, according to the news release. Investigators believe both victims were involved in a physical altercation when a male suspect opened fire on them. No details about the gunman were immediately available. Man attacked in violent Torrance mall robbery, suspects at large Anyone with information about this incident was asked to call the Sheriff's...

Bodies in car believed to be missing pregnant teen, boyfriend: Texas police

Published Mon, 23 Dec 2024 19:56:06 GMT

SAN ANTONIO, Texas (KVEO) — Two people found dead inside of a car in Texas are believed to be a missing pregnant teen and her boyfriend, according to the San Antonio Police Department. Police have been searching for 18-year-old Savannah Nicole Soto, who was last seen around 2 p.m. on Friday in Leon Valley. According to police, Soto missed an essential medical appointment before vanishing. Her family said she was past her estimated delivery date, and CBS News reported that she was scheduled to have labor induced on Saturday. At a Tuesday night press briefing, police announced that investigators discovered two bodies in a Kia Optima outside of the Colinas at Medical apartment complex in San Antonio. Family searches for missing boy in L.A. County “We do believe the two individuals are the female who was missing and her boyfriend,” said San Antonio Police Chief William McManus.Though police did not name him during the briefing, multiple outlets, including Fox News, reported that famil...

Single family residence sells for $4.3 million in Palo Alto

Published Mon, 23 Dec 2024 19:56:06 GMT

41 Somerset Place – Google Street ViewA 1,741-square-foot house built in 1948 has changed hands. The property located in the first block of Somerset Place in Palo Alto was sold on Nov. 28, 2023, for $4,320,000, or $2,481 per square foot. The layout of this single-story home consists of three bedrooms and two baths. Inside, a fireplace enhances the ambiance of the living area. Additionally, the home is equipped with a two-car garage, accommodating vehicles and storage needs efficiently. The property’s backyard is further enhanced by both a spa and a pool.Additional houses have recently been sold nearby:A 1,748-square-foot home on the 900 block of Lincoln Avenue in Palo Alto sold in October 2023, for $3,530,000, a price per square foot of $2,019. The home has 3 bedrooms and 3 bathrooms.In December 2022, a 2,440-square-foot home on Regent Place in Palo Alto sold for $3,650,000, a price per square foot of $1,496. The home has 2 bedrooms and 3 bathrooms.On Lincoln Avenue, Palo Alto, in J...

Arson suspected in Santa Cruz ‘Circles’ church fire

Published Mon, 23 Dec 2024 19:56:06 GMT

SANTA CRUZ — The Santa Cruz Fire Department is investigating an early morning fire at the former Garfield Park Community Church as arson, a department official said Tuesday.Thanks to observant neighbors, firefighters were called at 6:45 a.m. Tuesday to the Errett Circle facility at the center of the Garfield Park or “Circles” neighborhood for reports of smoke and flames, Battalion Chief Josh Coleman wrote in a department release. There, they found heavy smoke issuing from the property’s most westerly structure. Firefighters made a forced entry through fencing and doors surrounding the building and used multiple hoses for an aggressive interior attack on the fire, according to Coleman.Firefighters found multiple fires found in various locations within the building. Coleman credited community members’ early reports of the fire for assisting firefighters in making a quick fire attack “before it evolved into a more complex and dangerous incident.” The fires did an estimated $105,000 in ...

Goldberg: What’s driving former progressives to the right?

Published Mon, 23 Dec 2024 19:56:06 GMT

In a new essay in the progressive magazine In These Times, writers Kathryn Joyce and Jeff Sharlet grapple with the contemporary version of an old phenomenon: erstwhile leftists decamping to the right. There have been plenty of high-profile defectors from the left in recent years, among them comedian Russell Brand; environmentalist-turned-conspiracy-theorist Robert F. Kennedy Jr.; and journalist Matt Taibbi, a onetime scourge of Wall Street, who was recently one of the winners of a $100,000 prize from the ultraconservative Young America’s Foundation.What gives this migration political significance, however, are the ordinary people following them, casting off what they view as a censorious liberalism for a movement that doesn’t ask anyone to “do the work” or “check your privilege.” Joyce and Sharlet write, “We, the authors of this article, each count such losses in our own lives, and maybe you do, too: friends you struggle to hold onto despite their growing allegiance to terrifying id...

‘Not your grandparents’ post office:’ The future USPS being tested in California

Published Mon, 23 Dec 2024 19:56:06 GMT

San Diego, CA, November 30, 2023: Distribution clerks Ross Albers, left, and Piero Cavallini put packages on a new Automated Delivery Unit Sorter (ADUS), which is used to automate sorting of smaller packages at Chula Vista’s Main Post Office on Thursday, November 30, 2023. The location has been selected as a new sorting and delivery center for Chula Vista and Imperial Beach. (K.C. Alfred / The San Diego Union-Tribune) From the outside, Chula Vista’s Third Avenue post office looks exactly as it has for decades, with its sand-toned column rows and opaque windows.It’s easy to miss, even from the lobby, that the 56,500-square-foot facility has undergone a major facelift.Step inside its processing floor and you’ll get a glimpse of the future of the U.S. Postal Service.“This is not your grandparents’ post office anymore,” said Mayra Elena, a customer relations coordinator at the South County site. “The post office is evolving.”Chula Vista, California – August 03: A view of the Chula ...

California Costco shooter built false narrative after killing attacker in panic, prosecutor says

Published Mon, 23 Dec 2024 19:56:06 GMT

When off-duty Los Angeles Police Department Officer Salvador Sanchez fatally shot 32-year-old Kenneth French and wounded his parents after the intellectually disabled man slugged Sanchez in the deli of the Costco in Corona in 2019, Sanchez not only panicked, he also fabricated a narrative intended to show he acted reasonably and to therefore avoid criminal charges, a prosecutor said Tuesday,  Dec. 26.Videos of Sanchez’s statements to authorities both immediately after the shooting and two months later revealed his “lies,” Deputy state Attorney General Mike Murphy said during closing arguments of Sanchez’s voluntary manslaughter trial at the Larson Justice Center in Indio.Sanchez is also on trial on two counts of assault with a firearm for wounding Russell and Paola French. He has pleaded not guilty to all charges.“He told police he had been shot in the head, he believed Kenneth was hunkered down and he believed Kenneth was armed with a gun. But none of those beliefs was true. Nor we...

New monument honoring Black Revolutionary War soldiers planned for Maryland State House

Published Mon, 23 Dec 2024 19:56:06 GMT

A new monument honoring Black Revolutionary War soldiers is being planned for the Maryland State House grounds.The monument stems from a proposal by Steven X. Lee, an adjunct history professor at Stevenson University and author and founding director of the Benjamin Banneker Historical Park and Museum in Baltimore County.“Mr. Lee worked with the archives to create a proposal that was put before the State House Trust and unanimously approved to honor African Americans who served in the Revolutionary War in a figural monument that will be located in the general location of the historic front of the State House, where the statue of Roger Brooke Taney once stood,” said Elaine Rice Bachmann, state archivist.Lee is the author of “The Story or Mr. Thomas Carney,” a Black Revolutionary War soldier born in 1754 on the Eastern Shore.The monument will be the State House Trust contribution to the state’s celebration of the 250th anniversary of the founding of the Un...

Rahul hundred takes India to 245, South Africa 49-1 at lunch on day two

Published Mon, 23 Dec 2024 19:56:06 GMT

CENTURION, South Africa (AP) — KL Rahul scored his ninth test hundred as India was bowled out for 245 on the second morning of the first test against South Africa in Centurion. South Africa was 49-1 in reply at lunch. Dean Elgar was unbeaten on 29 with Tony de Zorzi 12 not out.The start of play had been delayed by 25 minutes due to rain.Resuming on 208-8, Rahul led the way for India, scoring 31 of the 37 runs his team added in the morning session.He put on 47 for the ninth wicket with Mohammed Siraj, who contributed five runs to the partnership.Rahul hit 101 off 137 balls while Kagiso Rabada finished with 5-59. The Indian wicketkeeper-batter reached his century by hoisting Gerald Coetzee over mid-wicket for six, becoming the first overseas player to score multiple test hundreds at Centurion after he had also struck 123 at the same venue in December 2021. Nandre Burger brought India’s innings to a close in the 68th over by bowling Rahul, as he finished with 3-50 on his debut.South Af...