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Parents at the 1,500-student school were notified about the shooting and additional security officers will be at the academy Monday, Wasko added.
Police originally reported the shooting as fatal, but announced Saturday that Smith was being treated in a local hospital.
Workers prepare to board up the Regent Hotel in Vancouver's Downtown Eastside, B.C., June 20, 2018.
Counsel for Vancouver’s Sahota family says that the city failed to negotiate in good faith when it took the “draconian” step of attempting to expropriate two rundown hotels on the city’s Downtown Eastside.
A lawyer representing the family has asked for the B.C. Attorney-General to appoint an inquiry officer to review the city’s efforts to buy the properties. The requests also say the owners are prepared to post a bond to ensure the necessary repairs are done and prevent the expropriation.
The owners also say they are in ongoing negotiations with a non-profit agency that would take over management and repairs at both buildings.
A Globe and Mail investigation earlier this year found hundreds of bylaw infractions and discovered that repair orders for both buildings had been inadequately fulfilled or ignored over decades, resulting in unsafe conditions in the buildings, which housed about 300 people before they closed. The family owns three other single-room occupancy (SRO) hotels – century-old buildings with tiny apartments and shared bathrooms – along with other real-estate holdings worth an estimated $200-million in total.
The city announced plans to expropriate the Regent and Balmoral hotels – SROs used for decades as low-cost rental housing – in July, after ordering both buildings be closed for health and safety reasons. The Balmoral was shut down in June 2017, while the Regent was closed a year later in June 2018.
Under B.C.'s Expropriation Act, owners of properties targeted for expropriation have the right to ask the provincial Attorney-General to appoint an inquiry officer to review the process.
On Friday, the Ministry of Attorney-General confirmed it had received notices of request for inquiry for the Regent and Balmoral. Under the act, the Minister has 21 days to appoint an inquiry officer, who would then conduct an inquiry and produce a report with recommendations for how the city could proceed.
The Balmoral and Regent have different corporate owners but both of those corporate entities are owned by siblings Pal Sahota and Parkash Kaur Sahota, the requests state. The Sahotas have proposed one inquiry for both buildings because the facts and legal issues are similar and the parties to both matters are the same.
In both requests, the owners claim the city failed to negotiate fairly before moving to seize the properties.
“The city did not make good faith efforts or present a fair market offer to purchase the [Regent], nor did the city give the Owner an opportunity to present any counter-offer prior to serving the Expropriation Notice,” says the request related to the Regent.
The Regent’s current assessed value is $12.2-million, up from $10.7-million in 2017. The Balmoral’s current assessed value is $2.7-million, down from $10-million in 2017, reflecting the city’s order to close and loss in rental revenue.
The city would not disclose how much it offered the family for the two buildings.
A spokeswoman for the city said that it is prepared to defend its actions.
“We believe the city has acted within its legal authority," city spokeswoman Lauren Stasila said in an e-mail, "and that this process, which is intended to result in the transfer of these two properties to public ownership after decades of mismanagement by the building owners, will be resolved in our favour,” she added.
Reached by telephone Sunday, Gudy Sahota, another sibling involved in the family’s real-estate holdings, declined to comment. A lawyer representing the family in the expropriation process did not immediately respond to a request for comment.
NEW YORK – May 17, 2012 – USA Network is building on its consistent track record of hits and expanding its original programming slate with the development of several high-profile comedies. The new projects will join the network’s latest acquired series – the award-winning and top-rated MODERN FAMILY – when it beings airing next year. The new slate features some of television and film’s most sought after comedic talent, including Kelsey Grammer, Mark Gordon, Denis Leary and Gail Berman and Lloyd Braun. The announcement came today from USA co-presidents Chris McCumber and Jeff Wachtel.
REGULARS, BENCHED, THE DICCIO BROTHERS and START UP will join the previously announced comedy projects in development: PAGING DR. FREED, from Michael Feldman and SIRENS, from Denis Leary.
REGULARS – A misfit group of customers and employees at a suburban New Jersey bar express their joys, sorrows and observations through karaoke. Executive produced and written by Andrew Leeds & David Lampson. Executive produced by Gail Berman, Lloyd Braun and Gene Stein (BermanBraun). From Universal Television.
BENCHED – After losing her boyfriend and her high-powered job as an attorney all on one day, Nina finds that the only job available to her is at the Public Defender’s office. She quickly realizes that the system is more screwed up than her own crazy personal life. Written by Michaela Watkins and Damon Jones. Executive produced by Mark Gordon (“Grey’s Anatomy,” “Criminal Minds”) along with the Mark Gordon Company. From ABC Studios.
THE DICICCO BROTHERS – From comedy icon Kelsey Grammer and writer Ed Cannistraci comes the story of a promising dot-com entrepreneur who moves to the very politically correct culture of Silicon Valley with dreams of making it big. His dreams may unravel though when his colorful, blunt, and unrefined extended family arrives to “offer their support.” Story by Ed Cannistraci & Chris Cannistraci and teleplay by Ed Cannistraci (“Pierre Pierre”). Executive produced by Kelsey Grammer (“Medium,” “Girlfriends,” “The Game”), Brian Sher and Stella Stolper, with Grammnet Productions. From Universal Cable Productions.
START–UP – Matt and Josh don’t want to settle in life, love or in deciding on what job to get out of college. They don’t want to be cogs in some big company’s machine – they want the new American dream…being their own bosses and creating a start-up. Now all they have to do is land on an idea and hey, what could be so hard about that? Written by Justin Spitzer, (“The Office”) and executive produced by Peter Traugott (“Samantha Who?,” “Jake In Progress”), comes a comedy about the great lengths this group of friends will go to dream big and cash out. From Universal Television.
PAGING DR. FREED – From Michael Feldman (“That’s So Raven”) comes PAGING DR. FREED, a comedy about two gynecologist brothers who inherit their father’s thriving medical practice after he suffers a heart attack during an attempt at “playing” doctor with his young secretary. Along with taking over the family business, these brothers also must deal with something else their father left behind – their overbearing, neurotic mother. Trusted and beloved by their patients, these guys are professionals when it comes to women but only from the neck down. From Fox 21.
SIRENS – The distinct comedic point of view of Denis Leary returns to television with SIRENS. Teaming up with the co-creator of “Wedding Crashers,” Bob Fisher, Leary’s new comedy follows three of Chicago’s best EMTs whose sometimes self-loathing, other times narcissistic, and always downright self-destructive personalities make them unqualified for sustaining relationships, friendships and most occupations. They are, however, uniquely qualified for saving anyone unlucky enough to wind up in their ambulance. From Fox Television Studios.
Neptune, the most distant planet in the solar system, is in opposition in Aquarius on August 22, but you can find it most easily starting from Capricornus.
Neptune, the most distant planet in the solar system, just completed its first trip around the sun since its discovery in 1846 and will reach a point in its orbit called opposition on Monday (Aug. 22).
A planet is said to be in opposition when it is exactly opposite the sun in the sky. This usually means that the planet is at its closest to Earth for the year, and also appears at its brightest to observers. At these times, the planet also crosses the local meridian at midnight, and is visible all night long.
In binoculars or small telescope, Neptune appears as a tiny spot of blue-green; the only thing that makes it stand out from the stars behind it is its unusual color.
The sky map of Neptune here shows the location of the planet during its opposition.
Because of its faintness, finding Neptune can be a challenge. Although it's located in Aquarius, this is a faint constellation, hard to spot especially in the city.
A better way to find it is to star-hop from neighboring Capricornus. How do you tell an astronomer from an astrologer? Astronomers call Capricorn "Capricornus" and Scorpio "Scorpius."
Although Capricornus is also a faint constellation, its stars fall into an easily recognized triangular outline. It is located just to the left of the "teapot" of Sagittarius for observers in the Northern Hemisphere. Aquarius is just to Capricornus' left, but we don’t need to go that far.
Look for the upside-down and slightly lopsided triangle of Capricornus. The left and right corners of Capricornus are marked by wide pairs of stars: Dabih and Algedi on the right, and Deneb Algiedi and Nashira on the left. These last two stars are our key to finding Neptune.
Draw an imaginary line from Nashira to Deneb Algiedi and extend it three times its length to the left. This will take you to the 4th magnitude star Iota Aquarii. Continue that same distance directly above Iota Aquarii and you will find Neptune.
According to a NASA data sheet, the average distance between Neptune and Earth during the gas giant's opposition is about 2.7 billion miles (4.3 billion kilometers).
When not at opposition, Neptune's average distance from the sun is about 2.8 billion miles (4.5 billion kilometers), roughly 30 times the Earth-sun distance. The Earth is about 93 million miles (150 million km) from the sun.
How will you know if you've found Neptune?
If you have a large telescope, you will see it as a tiny disk if you magnify it 200 times. Otherwise, make a careful sketch of its position among the stars, and check again another night: Neptune will have moved.
Why go to all this trouble to find tiny Neptune?
Well, with Saturn setting right after the sun and Jupiter not rising until after midnight, you may be suffering from planetary withdrawal: right now Neptune is the only game in town for planet watchers.
L’eggs Attempts a Comeback: Too L’ittle Too L’ate?
Just because Kate Middleton can rock sheer pantyhose doesn't mean 20- and 30-something women all over the place will follow her lead. Or does it? L'eggs, the brand that pioneered plastic ostrich-sized eggs as packaging, is looking for a comeback. The timing could be good—there's a white-hot light on Middleton's gams. Or the effort could be futile—our own royalty, Michelle Obama, usually goes bare legged. Anyway, the marketer is stepping up its TV advertising for the first time in more than a decade to try to convince stylish women that hose aren't just for grandma and funerals (or Grandma's funeral). Check out the jaunty new spot below. (It first broke last spring but is back for a bigger run this fall.) And for perspective, Slate pulled some vintage pantyhose campaigns starring terrible outfits, Joe Namath, a post-Three's Company Joyce DeWitt, a pre-Dallas Linda Gray and a zoo animal. Ah, those were the days when comparing a woman's wrinkly pantyhose to an elephant's hide was as commonplace as saying her meatloaf was dry. Look how far we've come! A couple of the vintage spots after the jump.
LONG BEACH – There are a couple of ways to critique the Long Beach State team that will take on the UC Santa Barbara Gauchos Friday evening at LBSU during a first-round match in the Big West Conference women’s water polo championships.
One way is to point out the 49ers’ records (8-19 overall, 0-5 conference) and suggest that the program with just one senior on its roster already be zeroing in on the 2011 season.
The alternative is to suggest that, with the last four of those Big West losses coming by a combined six goals, there is plenty of reason for at least guarded optimism by the 49ers for what remains of their 2010 season.
“We started the season with such a `green’ group that we got exposed at the beginning of the season,” LBSU coach Gavin Arroyo said of a team that has a half-dozen freshmen and sophomores getting extensive playing time.
Indeed, the 49ers lost their first four contests by a combined margin of 32 goals.
But, by way of comparison, it should be pointed out that the fourth of those losses came against Cal State Bakersfield (10-5) on Feb. 6.
Roughly 2 months later, during the team’s final regular-season match Saturday at the 49ers Aquatic Complex, Arroyo’s crew beat that same squad (No. 18, nationally, at the time), 7-4.
And, for the most part, Arroyo has no complaints in that regard.
They opened conference play on March 27 against Cal State Northridge (ranked No. 10 last week) by scoring the first three goals before falling, 11-4.
A week later (April 2), playing at UCSB in their second Big West contest, they fell behind, 4-0, at intermission before dropping a 6-4 decision.
Narrow Big West losses to UC Davis (8-6), Pacific (6-5) and UC Irvine (10-9) followed before the nonconference victory over Cal State Bakersfield.
UCSB (17-10 overall, 3-2 Big West), ranked No. 12 last week, is coached by Wolf Wigo, a teammate of Arroyo’s on the 1996 and 2000 U.S.
The 49ers are seeded No. 6 to the Gauchos’ No. 3.
The other opening-day match Friday (4p.m.) has No.4 UC Irvine (12-14, 3-2) facing No.5 UC Davis (15-16, 1-4).
The winner of Friday’s 4p.m. match takes on No. 1 seed Pacific (22-9 and 4-1) Saturday at 4 p.m., with the winner of the LBSU-UCSB match playing No.2 seed Northridge (27-7, 4-1) at 5:45 in the other semifinal.
The fifth-place, third-place and championship matches are set for noon, 2 and 3:45p.m., respectively, on Sunday.
Admission is $10 daily (or $25 for a three-day pass) for adults. Students and children are admitted free.
The ratio of put trading volume divided by the call trading volume. For example, a put/call ratio of 0.74 means that for every 100 calls bought, 74 puts were bought. It is a contrary indicator. A reading of 1.0 or more is very bullish as most people think the market is going down. When the majority thinks the market is going to move a certain direction, it usually does the opposite.
1. I write down everything I need to do the next day before I go to bed. I've found that if I don't do this, my mind stays active at night trying to remember everything I need to accomplish.
2. I try to do something mindless right before bed. Watch TV, read a book - anything that doesn't require much brainpower and "disengages" my thought process.
Everyone was a winner Saturday when more than 300 handicapped athletes competed in the Volusia Special Olympics in New Smyrna Beach.
All competitors received ribbons and those vying in individual events will be eligible for the district games Saturday at Evans High School in Orlando. The New Smyrna Beach Senior High School volleyball team beat the DeLand High School squad and will compete at the district event.
The soccer team from Hillcrest School in Daytona Beach has been chosen to represent Florida at the International Games July 30-Aug. 8 at the University of Notre Dame, South Bend, Ind., said Bill Poniatowski, county olympics spokesman.
If the closed beta is anything to go by, Gwent has recaptured the magic of the minigame from 2015's The Witcher 3 that everyone got a little obsessed with.
Confession time: I sank a lot of hours into The Witcher 3 last year. We're talking triple digits. I feel like that was justified by the sheer breadth of developer CD Projekt Red's sprawling fantasy adventure. What was perhaps less excusable was how I spent a good chunk of those hours. Instead of dungeon-delving and monster-slaying, I rode around the gorgeous landscape looking for people who wanted to play cards.
Toward the end, I could practically smell new opponents lurking in dingy pubs or market stalls. I was playing The Witcher 3, but really, it was just a vehicle for Gwent -- a card game invented purely as a throwaway minigame. Still, I tracked down every NPC, I collected every card, I honed my Gwent deck into a finely crafted instrument of ludic destruction.
And then CD Projekt Red announced it'd be making a full, standalone version of Gwent.
After spending a few hours (OK, more than a few) in the closed beta, CD Projekt Red has built on the very simple rules from The Witcher 3 to make a game that stands on its own and, amazingly, still feels like Gwent.
Gwent is simple enough to play. You and your opponent take turns playing one card from your deck at a time. Every card can either increase the total strength on your side of the board or reduce the strength on your opponent's side. Highest strength at the end of a round wins. If you pass, you can't play any more cards that round. First player to win two rounds wins the match. That's it.
The problem with Gwent in The Witcher 3 was that it was a breakable game. You could tweak and customise your deck to the point where nothing else stands a chance. Not really conducive to an online multiplayer experience.
Gwent gets more complex when you factor in things like weather effects that reduce the strength of units, cards that will outright destroy enemy forces or cards than bring back things that had previously died. It's these details, that complexity, that lets Gwent stand on its own two legs. The greatly expanded number of cards means you need to be keeping track of a dozen extra things, looking for opportunities and openings to clinch rounds and ways to force your opponent to play from behind. Then there are the new deckbuilding options.
Deckbuilding is back, but now it's winning (or buying) Hearthstone-style boosters to fill out your collection. There are four factions you can build decks for, each with their own play styles and tricks.
You've got Skellige (viking-style clansmen damage their own dudes and bring back dead units), Northern Kingdoms (classic knights who like to come out in force), Scoia'tael (Elves. Do not play tricksy elves) and Monsters (who swarm the board like nobody's business and mess around with the weather). The Nilfgaardian Empire haven't appeared just yet, but based on my previous "beat everyone so badly it's not even funny" deck, it might be a good thing until the balance is right.
It's been given a full makeover, with new cards, animation and art. While it can feel a touch unresponsive due to laggy controls (and possibly more graphically intensive than it needs to be), it looks gorgeous.
Gwent will have five playable factions.
Again, based on my experiences with the closed beta, it looks like Gwent will follow a very similar structure to Hearthstone, the gold standard of digital card games.
Like Hearthstone, Gwent will be free to play. Unlike Hearthstone, Gwent will be on PlayStation 4, Xbox One and PC (as opposed to PC, Mac, iOS and Android). Buy or win "kegs" -- essentially booster packs of random cards -- to flesh out your collection. There's also a crafting system, where you can trade collected resources for specific cards. Use those to build your decks and take the fight to strangers on the internet.
There are a few questions, like whether it will get the critical mass of players required to keep new cards flooding in, whether the curve is too steep for newcomers, and even when it'll be officially released, but based on the beta, Gwent is shaping up to be everything I wanted from a standalone version of the game. And it's really nice not to need to find a tavern in The Witcher 3 when I want a game.
A lull in street violence that lasted almost three weeks was broken Tuesday with three separate shooting incidents in Salinas.
In the first, two boys were shot as they sat in a car at a stop sign about 3:20 p.m.
A 14-year-old and an 18-year-old were in a 1971 Monte Carlo at North Madeira and St. Edwards avenues when an assailant on foot fired at them several times through the passenger window.
The 14-year-old, sitting in the passenger side, was flown to a trauma center, and the other victim was taken to a local hospital. Neither one had life-threatening wounds, said police Cmdr. Kelly McMillin.
The shooter was said to be wearing a gray hooded sweatshirt and black pants, McMillin said. Although it”s too early to determine whether the incident was gang related, the investigation is being treated as such, he said.
Police have reported only two shootings, neither involving injuries, since March 8, when Chief Daniel Ortega announced he would double patrol presence on the streets to quell a rising number of violent incidents. He made the announcement a day after the city had its third homicide of the year.
The increased police presence “does have an effect, but it can”t be sustained over time,” McMillin said.
On Tuesday, neighbors gathered at North Madeira and St. Edwards, near well-painted houses and green lawns.
Lidia Rosales was coming home from work when she saw police patrols coming to her area. She said she was surprised about the shooting.
The second incident occurred at 6:29 p.m. when a 16-year-old boy was walking with a friend in the 1400 block of Garner Avenue. Police Cmdr. Tracy Molfino said words were exchanged with two boys in their mid- to late-teens who were riding a BMX-style bicycle across the street.
One of the teens on a bike pulled out a semi-automatic handgun and fired six rounds, striking the victim twice in the leg. The victim was treated locally, and his wounds were not believed to be life-threatening, Molfino said.
Police later located the bike and a gun nearby and detained two people they are calling “persons of interest.” Molfino said they are treating the crime as gang-related.
The third incident occurred about 20 minutes later, after a 23-year-old man in a pickup exchanged words with the occupants of a newer model black Honda sedan at Bardin and Williams roads.
After the pickup turned east on Bardin, the driver of the Honda pulled alongside, and a passenger in the Honda fired four rounds from a semi-automatic handgun into the pickup, striking the victim twice, in the upper back and upper leg, said Molfino.
The victim was flown to a Bay Area hospital, but his wounds were not believed to be life-threatening, said police, who are still investigating to determine if the shooting was gang-related. No arrests in the third shooting had been made as of late Tuesday.
Molfino said there was no apparent connection between the three shootings.
COACH Graham Arnold has pledged to play Syria "with all guns blazing" after the Socceroos rebounded from their dreadful Asian Cup start with a 3-0 triumph over Palestine.
Australia's vastly improved attacking display in Dubai on Friday puts them on the brink of qualifying for the round of 16.