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Brianna Britten and Kathy Esqueda Killed in Hit-and-Run Crash on Ashlan Avenue [Fresno, CA]

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:49:17 GMT

Two Women Pronounced Dead after Suspected DUI Accident near Highway 41FRESNO, CA (May 24, 2023) – Early Monday morning, Brianna Britten and Kathy Esqueda were killed in a hit-and-run crash on Ashlan Avenue.The incident happened around 1:00 a.m., near Highway 41 along Ashlan Avenue and Highway 41 on April 24th.According to reports, officials tried to pull over a driver. However, the driver failed to stop and proceeded to drive before crashing into a tent with sleeping occupants.Paramedics arrived and rushed the victims to a nearby hospital with serious injuries. There, one of the women, 30-year-old Britten, succumbed to her injuries. A few days later, the second woman, 61-year-old Esqueda, also died at the hospital from her injuries.Police officials said the suspect, 39-year-old Erica Jones, tried to flee from the scene but was later found and charged with felony DUI and murder. At this time, Fresno police authorities will release additional information as soon as they become a...

Elmer Santos Arrested after Fatal Hit-and-Run Crash on Normandie Avenue [Los Angeles, CA]

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:49:17 GMT

Man, Woman Dead after Vehicle Hit on Martin Luther King Jr. BoulevardLOS ANGELES, CA (May 24, 2023) – Early Sunday morning, Elmer Santos ended up killing two people after crashing into their vehicle.It happened in the 3998 block of South Normandie Avenue near the intersection of Martin Luther King Jr. Boulevard, at around 12:30 a.m., May 21st.According to LAFD spokesperson Brian Humphrey, a white Jeep Wrangler Rubicon driven by 31-year-old Santos and a white BMW occupied by 20-year-old Maria Belen Polanco and Kevin Castillo were the vehicles involved in the incident.Upon investigation, the officers learned that the BMW was about to exit at the drive-thru of a Burger Factory when Santos, traveling at high speed, struck them.Furthermore, deputies responded to the scene and tried to extricate Castillo and Polanco but they were unsuccessful.In addition, the officers said that the impact instantly killed Castillo and Polanco.Meanwhile, the officers found liquor in Santos’ veh...

Convicted murderer Murdaugh indicted on 22 federal counts

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:49:17 GMT

By Dianne Gallagher, Devon M. Sayers and Dakin Andone | CNNA federal grand jury has indicted disbarred South Carolina attorney and convicted murderer Alex Murdaugh on 22 charges in connection with schemes aimed at stealing money from his clients, according to the US Attorney’s Office for the District of South Carolina.The charges include conspiracy to commit wire fraud and bank fraud, wire fraud, bank fraud and money laundering, the office said Wednesday in a news release.Murdaugh, 54, “has been cooperating with the United States Attorneys’ Office and federal agencies in their investigation of a broad range of activities,” his attorneys, Dick Harpootlian and Jim Griffin, said Wednesday in a statement.“We anticipate that the charges brought today will be quickly resolved without a trial,” they said.Murdaugh, a former personal injury attorney, is appealing his conviction this year in South Carolina for murdering his wife and grown son; he was sentenced to life in prison. He’s currentl...

Oakland: Suspect arrested in early morning killing of Antioch father

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:49:17 GMT

OAKLAND — A city resident has been arrested and charged with murder in connection with the recent shooting death of a 27-year-old Antioch man, court records show.Danery Quinonez-Vasquez, 27, was charged Wednesday with a single count, murder, in the May 6 shooting death of Mitchell Monroe. Quinonez-Vasquez was arrested Tuesday at his Oakland home and is being held in Santa Rita Jail in Dublin without bail, records show.Monroe, a father of two girls aged 6 and 1, was shot and killed shortly before 4 a.m. near the Interstate 580 Keller Avenue exit. Police say that there is evidence Monroe may have been following his suspected killer on the freeway, but authorities haven’t said exactly what led to the fatal shooting.Video surveillance shows the shooter pulling up in a pickup truck and waiting on Keller Avenue for about two minutes before Monroe arrived, police say. When Quinonez-Vasquez was interviewed, he reportedly told police he parked his vehicle, waited for Monroe’...

Bay Area arts: 7 great shows to see this weekend and beyond

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:49:17 GMT

There are a lot of great shows to see over Memorial Day weekend and beyond; including a collection of humongous dinosaurs, the marvelous Meklit and much more. Here’s a partial rundown.Super-sized dinos stalk S.F.Kids (and most parents) love dinosaurs, right? And the bigger the better.And that’s exactly what we’re getting with a new exhibit featuring plus-sized prehistoric behemoths opening this weekend at the California Academy of Sciences in San Francisco.Captivatingly titled “The World’s Largest Dinosaurs,” the exhibit, organized by the American Museum of Natural History in New York, goes on a deep dive into the lives of the long-necked and long-tailed sauropods, whose ranks include the famed 60-foot-long Mamenchisaurus. And we’re not just talking about fossilized bone collections and skeletal reproductions (although there are plenty of those). The exhibit also examines how these creatures’ massive sizes were sustained by, and influe...

‘SmartLess: On the Road’ review: 3 men and a podcast — Will Arnett, Jason Bateman and Sean Hayes on tour

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:49:17 GMT

Nina Metz | Chicago TribuneSince 2020, actors Will Arnett, Jason Bateman and Sean Hayes have co-hosted a podcast together called “SmartLess.” Last year they took the show out on a short national tour, and that adventure is documented in the six-part Max docuseries “SmartLess: On the Road,” which follows the celebrity friends and co-workers to stops on the East Coast, Midwest and then back to Los Angeles.Perhaps the decision to shoot in black-and-white was meant to undercut some of the pampered Hollywood trappings of the trip. But director Sam Jones (whose credits include the Wilco film “I Am Trying to Break Your Heart” and more recently a Tony Hawk documentary) isn’t here to encourage his subjects to shed their well-honed veneer so much as simply document their first-class travels and neurotic conversational jabs. As a trio, Arnett, Bateman and Hayes are self-aware enough to poke fun at their rarefied status while also being disinclined to abandon the perks of said status.It’s an ac...

Rapper Fetty Wap sentenced to 6 years for drug trafficking

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:49:17 GMT

By Deepti Hajela | Associated PressCENTRAL ISLIP, N.Y. — As friends and family looked on, rapper Fetty Wap on Wednesday apologized for his actions and said he was “exactly where I’m supposed to be,” before a judge sentenced him to six years in federal prison for his role in a New York-based drug-trafficking scheme.The “Trap Queen” rapper, whose legal name is Willie Maxwell, pleaded guilty in August 2022 to a conspiracy drug charge that carried a mandatory minimum sentence of five years. The sentence was handed down in federal court on Long Island.Maxwell told U.S. District Judge Joanna Seybert, “Me being selfish in my pride put me in this position today.” His lawyers had suggested he turned to selling drugs because of financial hardship brought on by the COVID-19 pandemic.Maxwell was arrested in October 2021 on charges of participating in a conspiracy to smuggle large amounts of heroin, fentanyl and other drugs into the New York City area.Th...

Single family residence sells for $2.9 million in Palo Alto

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:49:17 GMT

920 Hutchinson Avenue – Google Street ViewThe property located in the 900 block of Hutchinson Avenue in Palo Alto was sold on May 2, 2023 for $2,850,000, or $2,167 per square foot. The house, built in 1948, has an interior space of 1,315 square feet. The property features three bedrooms, one bathroom, a garage, and two parking spaces. There’s also a pool in the backyard. The unit sits on a 6,180-square-foot lot.These nearby houses have also recently been purchased:In September 2022, a 2,051-square-foot home on Channing Avenue in Palo Alto sold for $4,275,000, a price per square foot of $2,084. The home has 4 bedrooms and 3 bathrooms.A 1,832-square-foot home on the 1400 block of Channing Avenue in Palo Alto sold in September 2022, for $3,600,000, a price per square foot of $1,965. The home has 2 bedrooms and 2 bathrooms.On Greenwood Avenue, Palo Alto, in August 2022, a 2,472-square-foot home was sold for $3,960,000, a price per square foot of $1,602. The home has 5 bedrooms and 3 bat...

Oakland A’s reliever Trevor May hits two batters in return to mound after battle with anxiety

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:49:17 GMT

After spending more than a month on the injured list to recover from issues related to anxiety, Trevor May’s return to a big league mound did not go as planned.May, who hadn’t hit a batter in four years, plunked the first guy he faced.Entering in the ninth inning of the A’s 3-2 loss to the Mariners, May threw three pitches to Ty France, hitting him with the third one, a 95-mph fastball up near the face. France lifted his hands in time to protect himself, but the pitch went off his left hand and eventually forced France out of the game.Three batters later, May drilled Eugenio Suarez in the back with another 95-mph fastball, which prompted boos from the crowd at Safeco Field.“If you gave me a million guesses on how the inning was going to go, I wouldn’t have guessed those things,” May told reporters after the game. “But good to be out there, tried to take it all in. Especially being home. I played my state championship game here. It’s a lot of full circle stuff. Just trying to interna...

Juveniles are behind Oakland robbery crime sprees, police chief says

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:49:17 GMT

OAKLAND, Calif. (KRON) -- Crews of Oakland teenagers carried out brazen robberies this May and fueled violent crime in the city, according to investigators.Oakland Interim Police Chief Darren Allison said, "We've seen a surge in violence. Two weeks ago, our city experienced 100 robberies in one week, 50 of which occurred in 72 hours over a weekend. Some of the robberies included car-jackings, shootings, and other assaults." "A trend we are seeing with robberies has been an increase involvement of minors," Allison said.Robberies are 7% higher compared to this same time period in 2022. "The City of Oakland has been terrorized by violent individuals wreaking havoc and committing robberies upon unassuming community members," the Oakland Police Department wrote. "Robbery crews are brazenly victimizing individuals at alarming rates."Allison said the surge is "unacceptable," and he ordered his officers to prioritize cracking down on young thieves responsible for it. Within just the last we...