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Singer Jackson Browne considers appeal to Santa Cruz County property court ruling

Published Sat, 22 Feb 2025 07:44:31 GMT

APTOS — Singer/songwriter Jackson Browne, who recently lost a legal land dispute with neighbors to his long-time Porter Gulch Road property, is considering an appeal, according to his legal team.Santa Cruz County Superior Court Judge Timothy Volkmann ruled earlier this month on a 2019 lawsuit regarding who is allowed use of a road stretching between the two properties.Jackson Browne performs at Pacific Amphitheatre in Costa Mesa in 2019. (Kelly A. Swift — Orange County Register Contributing Photographer) Plaintiffs Christopher Wheeler and Sarah Claus took Browne to court initially due to a fence set up between their undeveloped land and Browne’s paved driveway. They said Browne’s driveway had been granted in the 1960s as an easement allowing use of the shared point of ingress and egress. The suit later developed into a case where the judge was asked to interpret if a decades-old easement granted by an earlier owner actually referred to another logging road on the Wheeler-Claus ...

Santa Cruz County residents start to recover from damaging storm system

Published Sat, 22 Feb 2025 07:44:31 GMT

SANTA CRUZ — With powerful wind gusts reaching speeds up to 80 mph in the mountains Tuesday, and soil saturated from weeks of seemingly perpetual rainfall, trees fell all over Santa Cruz County — on powerlines, vehicles, houses and highways leading to a flurry of car accidents, road closures and power outages.According to PG&E communications representative Benjamin Spillman, as of Wednesday afternoon there were about 16,000 customers without power in Santa Cruz County, across 152 outages, with about 14,015 customers power having been restored since Tuesday when there were nearly 30,000 outages in the county.A massive fir tree on Tuesday sheared off a bedroom of Don Saputo and Dani Piserchio’s house off of Bear Creek Road in Boulder Creek. (Shmuel Thaler/Santa Cruz Sentinel) Spillman said that there are approximately 277 crews working to restore power system-wide, with 52 crews in the South Bay and Central Coast. In the mountainous areas of Santa Cruz County, crews are conte...

Accused killer of California Bishop David O’Connell pleads not guilty to murder charge

Published Sat, 22 Feb 2025 07:44:31 GMT

An exhibit honoring the life, ministry and legacy of the Archdiocese of Los Angeles Auxiliary, Bishop David O’Connell on display at the Cathedral of Our Lady of the Angels in Los Angeles, Friday, Mar 17, 2023. Bishop O’Connell was shot and killed on February 18. (Photo by Hans Gutknecht, Los Angeles Daily News/SCNG)The Funeral Mass begins for Bishop David O’Connell at Our Lady of the Angels in Los Angeles, CA Friday, March 3, 2023. O’Connell was found shot at his Hacienda Heights home on February 18. The suspect in the shooting, 61-year-old Carlos Medina, has been charged with the murder. (Photo by David Crane, Los Angeles Daily News/SCNG)Archbishop Gomez walks to the altar for Bishop David O’Connell’s Vigil Mass at the Cathedral of Our Lady of the Angels in Los Angeles on Thursday evening, March 2, 2023. O’Connell was shot and killed at his Hacienda Heights home on Feb. 18. (Photo by Sarah Reingewirtz, Los Angeles Daily News/SCNG)Flowers at the entrance for the viewing for...

Authorities find body of missing 20-year-old man after search of storm-swollen California creek

Published Sat, 22 Feb 2025 07:44:31 GMT

Authorities on Wednesday found the body of a 20-year-old man after a search of the rain-swollen San Diego Creek in Irvine.Police said the man, who was developmentally disabled, had been dropped off at an L.A. Fitness gym at Culver and Barranca by his mother around 6:30 p.m. Tuesday. When she went to pick him up three hours later, he wasn’t there, they said.Police and other law enforcement agencies in Orange County, including heavy rescue personnel, responded in force Wednesday, and eventually ended up a few miles down the creek, near UC Irvine, in search of the missing man.Loud, low-flying sheriff’s helicopters hovered over the area near the intersection of Harvard and University, which is close to the Rancho San Joaquin Golf Course. OC Fire Authority crews, and police and sheriff’s rescue vehicles, could be seen parked on the banks of the creek, as curious onlookers watched a crew of about a dozen rescue workers positioned in the creek’s flowing water, near an inflatable boat.Relat...

Cidara Therapeutics: Q4 Earnings Snapshot

Published Sat, 22 Feb 2025 07:44:31 GMT

SAN DIEGO (AP) — SAN DIEGO (AP) — Cidara Therapeutics Inc. (CDTX) on Thursday reported a loss of $13.4 million in its fourth quarter.On a per-share basis, the San Diego-based company said it had a loss of 19 cents.The biopharmaceutical company posted revenue of $10.2 million in the period.For the year, the company reported that its loss narrowed to $29.8 million, or 43 cents per share. Revenue was reported as $64.3 million.The company’s shares closed at $1.90. A year ago, they were trading at 82 cents._____This story was generated by Automated Insights (http://automatedinsights.com/ap) using data from Zacks Investment Research. Access a Zacks stock report on CDTX at https://www.zacks.com/ap/CDTXSource

REX: Fiscal Q4 Earnings Snapshot

Published Sat, 22 Feb 2025 07:44:31 GMT

DAYTON, Ohio (AP) — DAYTON, Ohio (AP) — REX American Resources Corp. (REX) on Thursday reported profit of $8.2 million in its fiscal fourth quarter.The Dayton, Ohio-based company said it had net income of 47 cents per share.The ethanol producer posted revenue of $200.2 million in the period.For the year, the company reported profit of $27.7 million, or $1.57 per share. Revenue was reported as $855 million._____This story was generated by Automated Insights (http://automatedinsights.com/ap) using data from Zacks Investment Research. Access a Zacks stock report on REX at https://www.zacks.com/ap/REXSource

SecureWorks: Fiscal Q4 Earnings Snapshot

Published Sat, 22 Feb 2025 07:44:31 GMT

ATLANTA (AP) — ATLANTA (AP) — SecureWorks Corp. (SCWX) on Thursday reported a loss of $40 million in its fiscal fourth quarter.On a per-share basis, the Atlanta-based company said it had a loss of 47 cents. Losses, adjusted for non-recurring costs and amortization costs, came to 17 cents per share.The information security services provider posted revenue of $115.3 million in the period.For the year, the company reported a loss of $114.5 million, or $1.36 per share. Revenue was reported as $463.5 million.For the current quarter ending in April, SecureWorks expects its results to range from a loss of 33 cents per share to a loss of 31 cents per share.The company said it expects revenue in the range of $96 million to $98 million for the fiscal first quarter.SecureWorks expects full-year results to range from a loss of 35 cents per share to a loss of 26 cents per share, with revenue ranging from $380 million to $400 million._____This story was generated by Automated Insights (http://a...

Fairfax Co. woman to be sentenced for shooting, killing her two daughters

Published Sat, 22 Feb 2025 07:44:31 GMT

A Fairfax County, Virginia, jury — that convicted Veronica Youngblood of shooting and killing her two daughters in 2018 in their McLean home — will suggest her sentence Thursday.The jury rejected the defense’s argument Wednesday that Youngblood was not guilty by reason of insanity, and convicted Youngblood of two counts of first degree murder, and two counts of felony firearm use.More Fairfax County NewsMore Crime NewsMore Local NewsDuring nearly two weeks of trial, Youngblood’s public defenders said she was hearing voices telling her to kill her daughters — Sharon Castro, 15, and Brooklynn, 5, — as a result of years of Youngblood enduring physical and sexual abuse.The defense said Youngblood had never denied killing her daughters. Jurors had seen a videotaped interview with investigators, hours after the killings, when she acknowledged she was guilty and deserved the death penalty.However, prosecutors portrayed Youngblood as a selfish, calculating woman who was angry at...

Colorado's violent, motor vehicle crimes are concentrated in these counties

Published Sat, 22 Feb 2025 07:44:31 GMT

DENVER (KDVR) — Colorado's crime is an everywhere problem, but certain areas, in particular, have the biggest shares.Colorado recorded record numbers of both violent crimes and motor vehicle thefts in 2022. Other property crimes, including larceny and burglary, were down in 2022, though by small margins for every crime except fraud. Drug crimes dropped in 2020 and have been rising since. Student wanted after 2 faculty members shot at Denver East High School The crimes which continue at record levels are heavily concentrated in Adams and Denver counties. Adams and Denver counties host a disproportionate amount of violent crime. The two counties are highly populated. Together, they hold about 21% of Colorado's population. However, anywhere between 46% and 58% of the state's violent crime happens in them.About one-fourth (24%) of the state's murders occurred in Denver in 2022. Adams County contained 22% of the state's murders. Denver holds 27% of the aggravated assaults and 30% of th...

Driver crashes into house yard causing significant damage, sends 1 to hospital

Published Sat, 22 Feb 2025 07:44:31 GMT

A driver lost control and crashed into the yard of a house near Northwest 11th Avenue and Northwest 48th Street on Wednesday night. The incident caused significant damage to the property and resulted in one person being taken to Jackson Memorial Hospital.Video footage showed that the vehicle had taken down a fence before colliding with another car and breaking a portion of a carport. One person was taken to Jackson Memorial Hospital for treatment, but their current condition is unknown.It is still unclear what caused the driver to lose control of the vehicle, but investigations are currently underway to determine the cause of the crash.The incident serves as a reminder of the importance of road safety and the need for drivers to exercise caution and adhere to traffic rules to prevent such accidents from happening.