Repairs continue at Paul’s Slide on Big Sur Coast with updated repair design
MONTEREY – Paul’s Slide, the section of Highway 1 that is closed to through traffic, continues to live up to its name as the hillside moves, but repair work continues. For two miles between the town of Lucia to the north and Limekiln State Park to the south, Highway 1 is closed to vehicle, bicycle,…
4 years after approval for release, search to find Santa Cruz County housing for sexually violent predator continues
SANTA CRUZ, CA — Authorities revealed Tuesday that state contracted officials who have spent nearly four years unsuccessfully looking for local housing opportunities for a convicted rapist were limiting themselves to locations at least a mile from any school or beach. “That’s quite a set-off,” defense attorney Stephen Prekoski said of the geographical constraints. After…
Opinion: Writers deserve more for contribution to OpenAI’s success
How much should AI companies owe to the creators whose work informs their chatbots? It was reported last month that OpenAI, the company behind the generative AI chatbot ChatGPT, was on track to make $1 billion in revenue this year through user subscriptions and licensing its technology to other companies. ChatGPT was only introduced to…
San Leandro: Woman shot and killed during domestic dispute
A man was taken into custody following the incident Wednesday morning in the 16000 block of Foothill Boulevard SAN LEANDRO, CA – Authorities said a man shot and killed a woman during a domestic dispute in unincorporated San Leandro on Wednesday morning. According to Lt. Tya Modeste of the Alameda County Sheriff’s Office, the dispute…
Guns, water, bathrooms, schoolbooks, weed cafes, magic mushroom bills head to Gov. Newsom’s desk
Legislature wraps up Thursday; governor has until Oct. 14 to sign bills Legislators are wrapping up the legislative session this week, sending dozens of bills to Gov. Gavin Newsom’s desk for his signature, covering serious issues like guns, drugs, education, the environment, discrimination, crime and punishment, and even marijuana cafes and magic mushrooms. With Newsom’s…
Antioch City Council will not assume control over hiring, firing police chief
Some council members wanted more say in the chief’s hiring, firing process, but others wanted a limit on how long that would last A proposal to give the Antioch City Council the authority to hire, fire, and supervise the police chief failed to move forward this week after one council member changed her mind about…
Newborn boy’s suffering and death on full display as parents blame each another at start of Richmond murder trial
Defense debates physical abuse versus meth overdose Amary Darn lived for only five weeks before passing out inside the second-floor Richmond hotel room where he spent almost his entire life and dying in a hospital. According to authorities, Amary suffered more during those five weeks than most adults will in their lifetime. Amary was covered…
Marvel visual effects workers vote unanimously to unionize
Also, elections are currently underway for Disney’s 18 in-house VFX crewmembers The VFX workers at Marvel Studios voted unanimously to join the International Alliance of Theatrical Stage Employees, marking the first time visual effects workers have joined IATSE. The election was overseen by the National Labor Relations Board, and the count was held on Tuesday,…
Man arrested, charged with murder in girlfriend’s Daly City shooting death
Aubrey Avery Jr., 42, allegedly shot his girlfriend, 49-year-old Grace Goodman multiple times on Sept. 2 DALY CITY (AP) — San Mateo County prosecutors have charged a Daly City man with murder in the shooting death of his girlfriend, just hours after police responded to a report that he had threatened her with a gun.…
