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Berryessa Flea Market vendors worry about their livelihoods

Published Wed, 25 Dec 2024 19:46:50 GMT

Editor’s note: This story is part of the annual Mosaic Journalism Workshop for Bay Area high school students, a two-week intensive course in journalism. Students in the program report and photograph stories under the guidance of professional journalists.With over 400 vendors selling food, clothing, piñatas, toys and other items, the Berryessa Flea Market, established in 1960,  is part of San Jose’s history and provides a livelihood for its many vendors.But as property owners move forward with plans to redevelop most of the land for housing and commercial space, the vendors are in a panic on where to relocate.  A recently announced rent increase is adding to the anxiety.Last week Mosaic spoke, in both English and Spanish, with several worried vendors.Surrounded by the candies, flavored nuts and handmade gummies she sells in her stand, long-time vendor Delia Arjorno said she worries that she and her husband will not be able to afford medical care if they are displaced.Arjorno said she...

1 arrested, handgun seized after plainclothes officer hears gunshots in Tenderloin

Published Wed, 25 Dec 2024 19:46:50 GMT

SAN FRANCISCO (KRON) -- A suspect was arrested and a pistol was seized Tuesday following a traffic stop in the Tenderloin, according to the San Francisco Police Department. A plainclothes sergeant with the SFPD Tenderloin station heard gunshots coming from the direction of Eddy and Hyde streets at around 6:11 p.m. Tuesday. New skimmer threat targets retail shoppers, according to Alameda PD A witness pointed out the suspect vehicle and officers conducted a vehicle traffic stop. One subject was arrested and a firearm seized. A photo tweeted out by SFPD showed a black handgun on the floorboards of the vehicle alongside an empty case of Modelo and an empty Kentucky Fried Chicken container.

Three badly decomposing bodies found in remote Colorado campsite

Published Wed, 25 Dec 2024 19:46:50 GMT

DENVER (AP) — The badly decomposing bodies of three people were found in a remote Rocky Mountains camp in Colorado, and they may have been lying there since late last year, authorities said.A hiker discovered one of the bodies late Sunday and notified the authorities, who found the other two after arriving at the campsite Monday, Gunnison County Sheriff Adam Murdie said.Two of the bodies were inside a small, zipped-up tent and the other was outside in the camp, which was in a remote wooded area where hikers typically wouldn’t pass by, he said. There were personal belongings and tarps at the scene, and a lean-to built from local logs over a firepit. “This is not a typical occurrence anywhere, by any means,” said Murdie, noting that his department doesn’t think the discovery implies any risk to hikers or campers in the area.The sheriff’s department is looking for missing persons reports that might shed light on the situation, but they haven’t found ...

Capitol riot suspect arrested near Obama’s home will remain jail until trial, judge rules

Published Wed, 25 Dec 2024 19:46:50 GMT

WASHINGTON (AP) — A man charged in the Capitol riot who had guns and hundreds of rounds of ammunition in his van when he was arrested near former President Barack Obama’s Washington home will remain in jail while he awaits trial, a federal magistrate judge ruled Wednesday. U.S. Magistrate Judge Zia Faruqui agreed with federal prosecutors that Taylor Taranto represents a danger to the community if he is released. Taranto’s lawyer said the judge’s decision will be appealed. Taranto was arrested June 29 after prosecutors say he showed up in Obama’s neighborhood on the same day that former President Donald Trump posted on his social media platform what he claimed was Obama’s home address. Prosecutors detailed a litany of what they said were examples of Taranto’s erratic behavior before his arrest, including threatening statements about House Speaker Kevin McCarthy, R-Calif., and claims on his YouTube livestream that he intended to blow up the National...

Ja Morant’s lawyers cite ‘stand your ground’ law, self-defense in pickup basketball lawsuit

Published Wed, 25 Dec 2024 19:46:50 GMT

MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) — The future of a lawsuit accusing Memphis Grizzlies star Ja Morant of assaulting a teenager during a pickup basketball game hinges on whether Morant will be allowed to say that he was acting in self-defense and can receive immunity under Tennessee law.A judge on Wednesday ruled that Morant’s lawyers can proceed for now with their argument that Morant was acting in self-defense when he punched Joshua Holloway during a game at the All-Star player’s Memphis-area home in July 2022.Morant’s lawyers have acknowledged he punched Holloway one time after Holloway threw a basketball at Morant and the ball hit Morant in the chin. In a July 26 motion, the player’s lawyers said he should be immune from liability under the state’s “stand your ground” law, which allows people who feel threatened at their homes to act with force in certain situations.Circuit Court Judge Carol Chumney said the next step would be to hear from lawyers in the case, including...

Jasper Philipsen secures 4th sprint win at Tour de France. Vingegaard keeps yellow jersey

Published Wed, 25 Dec 2024 19:46:50 GMT

MOULINS, France (AP) — Jasper Philipsen is in a class of his own when it comes to sprinting at the Tour de France. He is so strong that even when the teammate in charge of setting him up is not there, he still wins in the end.The Belgian sprinter posted his fourth stage win at this year’s Tour de France on Wednesday, taking his career tally to six.“It’s been an incredible Tour so far,” Philipsen said after outclassing the field. “I can’t realize how good it is all going, so I’m super proud and really happy with my shape. And also, to get through the final without problems is also a big challenge, and we managed to do it four times, so I’m super happy.”There were no major changes in the general classification: Jonas Vingegaard kept his 17-second lead over two-time champion Tadej Pogacar. Jai Hindley remained in third place, 2 minutes, 40 seconds off the pace.Philipsen, who rides for Alpecin–Deceuninck, had been perfectly guided by his leadout man Mathieu van der Poel in h...

Schauffele and Spieth say PGA Tour Commissioner Monahan has to earn back trust

Published Wed, 25 Dec 2024 19:46:50 GMT

GULLANE, Scotland (AP) — PGA Tour Commissioner Jay Monahan returns to work next week and some top players believe he has to regain their trust after leaving members in the dark over an about-face deal with the Saudi Arabia wealth fund behind LIV Golf.“I’d say he has a lot of tough questions to answer in his return,” Xander Schauffele said Wednesday at the Scottish Open, where he is the defending champion. “And yeah, I don’t trust people easily. He had my trust and he has a lot less of it now.“So I don’t stand alone when I say that.”A week after Monahan announced a commercial partnership with the Public Investment Fund, the tour said a “medical situation” led Monahan to turn over daily operations of the tour to two executives.He sent a memo to players last week saying he would resume his role July 17. Monahan did not take part in the Senate hearing Tuesday in which documents outlined some of the conversations that led to the framework agreement.Players were se...

Victim of Coconut Grove beating undergoes facial reconstruction; police seek 2 suspects

Published Wed, 25 Dec 2024 19:46:50 GMT

A South Florida man was forced to undergo surgery after suffering a brutal beating in Coconut Grove, which he said was an attack motivated by hate.Gregory Breidenbach suffered a black eye and broken bones, but that wasn’t all. He remains in pain emotionally and physically. “I’m going through a big wave of a rollercoaster of emotions from everything that happened,” Breidenbach said. The victim was walking home in Coconut Grove on Saturday just after midnight when all of a sudden two men jumped him. They called him an offensive slur for a gay man, while punching and kicking him repeatedly and left him for dead.“My brain has blocked it all out, I do know I was cognizant enough when the cops found me and they said I was lying in the street and that I didn’t have my clothes on.”7News spoke to Breidenbach just before his preparation for surgery.“All of my face has to be redone, everything is busted, from nasal cavity, nasal and sinus is sepa...

A Florida sinkhole that claimed a man’s life in 2013 reopens, this time harmlessly

Published Wed, 25 Dec 2024 19:46:50 GMT

ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. (AP) — A Florida sinkhole that in 2013 fatally swallowed a man sleeping in his own house has reopened for a third time, only now it’s behind chain-link fencing and doing no harm to people or property.Hillsborough County officials said the sinkhole located in the Tampa suburb of Seffner appeared again Monday, which they said is not unusual for such underground formations especially in central Florida with its porous limestone base. The hole was about 19 feet (6 meters) wide at its largest point.“None of the homes surrounding this appear to be in any danger,” said Jon-Paul Lavandeira, director of the county code enforcement department. “This is not uncommon, what we’re seeing here.”A decade ago, 37-year-old Jeff Bush was sleeping in a bedroom when the earth opened up and devoured him and part of the house. Five other people escaped unharmed and Bush’s brother, Jeremy, tried in vain to dig him out of the hole. Jeff Bush’s body has never been...

Suspect in Larry Nassar stabbing said ex-doctor made lewd remark watching Wimbledon, AP source says

Published Wed, 25 Dec 2024 19:46:50 GMT

WASHINGTON (AP) — A prisoner suspected of stabbing Larry Nassar at a federal penitentiary in Florida said the disgraced former sports doctor provoked the attack by making a lewd comment while they were watching a Wimbledon tennis match on TV, a person familiar with the matter told The Associated Press.The inmate, identified as Shane McMillan, was previously convicted of assaulting a correctional officer at a federal penitentiary in Louisiana in 2006 and attempting to stab another inmate to death at the federal Supermax prison in Florence, Colorado in 2011, court records show.McMillan attacked Nassar in his cell Sunday with a makeshift weapon, stabbing him multiple times in the neck, chest and back before four other inmates rushed in and pulled him off of Nassar, according to the person familiar with the matter.Correctional officers assigned to the unit at the United States Penitentiary Coleman responded to Nassar’s cell and performed what officials said were life-saving measur...