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Meza, Vasquez and a third uninjured man, Pasqual Valadez, were charged Sunday with first-degree murder. Valadez, 39, of 5548 S. Albany Ave., was outside the garage at the time of the shootout and allegedly was acting as a lookout man and getaway driver for Meza and Vasquez. Andrews said the three suspects detailed their roles in the fatal drug deal, but offered no information about the shooters.
The suspects face a bond hearing Monday.
US President Barack Obama was taken by surprise by the advances of an admirer during an impromptu visit to a restaurant in New York state.
Diner Luann Haley stopped Mr Obama in his tracks with her comment: "You're a hottie with a smokin' little body."
The president hugged the 45-year-old but warned that First Lady Michelle Obama would be watching.
With a glance at the TV cameras, Ms Haley said: "That's all right. Hi, Michelle - eat your heart out!"
The spicy lunchtime encounter took place in New York state at Duff's Famous Wings, an eatery known for its Buffalo wings, a popular local chicken dish.
Mr Obama was later to deliver a speech on the economy in the hard-hit industrial city of Buffalo.
The life of Craig Tiger over the last handful of years was quite tumultuous.
Craig Tiger, a former Phoenix police officer who took his own life two weeks ago, had struggled with mental-health and alcohol issues for years before a 2012 on-duty shooting that reportedly triggered his post-traumatic stress disorder, court documents indicate.
In the wake of Tiger's suicide, Phoenix police unions have billed the shooting as the catalyst that would lead to PTSD, the DUI that cost him his job and ultimately his death. The unions have demanded that the city do more to address a condition that may be the product of the job itself.
But in a letter written in regards to a child-custody battle between Tiger and his ex-wife, a therapist outlines a number of personal traumas and mental-health issues plaguing Tiger that predated or were unrelated to the use-of-force incident.
, Rebecca Tiger said her ex-husband was functioning normally before the 2012 shooting. It was only a year after the shooting, when he first tried to commit suicide in June 2013, when it became obvious that he had lost control of his life, she said.
"The issues he had before were just normal life," she said. "Death in the family, divorce — that's stressful for anyone. And then, you add a year later — when you lose your job and your income, how are you supposed to pick yourself up?"
The PTSD issue has also spilled into broader criticism of Phoenix Police Chief Daniel V. Garcia.
Garcia fired Craig Tiger for the DUI despite Tiger presenting documentation indicating a PTSD link to the job.
Union officials say Garcia's dismissal of Tiger was callous, given the circumstances, and indicative of his "draconian" leadership style, which has led to low morale among the rank and file.
This week, the Phoenix Law Enforcement Association and the Phoenix Police Sergeants and Lieutenants Association jointly called for Garcia's removal.
For the first time, Garcia on Wednesday responded to the unions' call for his removal.
Garcia denied that his management style has been too severe and said he was hired as a "change agent" for the organization.
Garcia said he does not believe that morale among his officers is low and cited statistics that indicate that the year will end with a 7 percent reduction in crime.
Tiger was diagnosed with anxiety in 2009 after his mother died and had been taking anti-anxiety medication Clonazepam ever since, the document states. He was described as close to this mother, and the document notes he also had faced the deaths of two brothers.
In an interview that the therapist conducted with Craig Tiger's ex-wife, Rebecca states that his drinking had been an issue throughout their marriage.
Craig and Rebecca separated just weeks before the 2012 shooting.
The timeline of Craig's misfortunes outlined in the letter and in interviews is weighted after the shooting.
Rebecca said that, on June 4, 2013, she called police for a welfare check because she was worried about the kids. Police arrived to find Craig passed out in the house and one of the children by himself outside. Craig told police he was drunk.
Maricopa County sheriff's deputies filed a report for "child neglect," but Craig was never charged, according to Rebecca.
The following day he tried to commit suicide but was pulled over for a DUI. Days later, Rebecca filed an order of protection for her children.
He was soon ordered to receive inpatient treatment, where he was diagnosed with PTSD and alcohol dependence and depressive disorder. He vowed to quit drinking.
Craig Tiger was fired by the Phoenix Police Department in September 2013 and subsequently lost his benefits and health insurance.
12 News reporter Joe Dana contributed to this article.
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On November, 29 1967, Secretary of State [Defense] Robert McNamara resigned in protest over the war which he had personally presided over for a number of years.
On November 30th, Eugene McCarthy announced that he would seek the Democratic presidential nomination promising to restore hope and bring about change.
Now I’ve been thinking a lot about that time recently and in particular about how things might have looked in those days to those who saw themselves in the vanguard of the legal profession. The law had changed quite dramatically in the 1960’s, and those in the vanguard at that time, I think, certainly anticipated that in the coming decades there would be quite dramatic movement in new directions.
Justice Alito also jokingly noted that his own submission to the American Spectator, pitched many years ago, was refused by the magazine at the time.
It's easy to attach yourself to any one of Tessa Kiros' cookbooks. They are created from Kiros' heart and life experiences as the daughter of a Finnish mother and a Greek-Cypriot father and as a woman who grew up in South Africa and cooked in London, Australia, Greece and Mexico.
Kiros' bio will tell you that she met her husband, Giovanni, on a trip to Italy to study language and food and that she and Giovanni live in Tuscany with their two daughters. However, what you will glean from her cookbooks is that Kiros is a romantic, witty and deeply passionate person who is in love with her family, her craft and the places she has lived - both past and present.
Kiros' newest cookbook, "Recipes and Dreams from an Italian Life" is focused on the cuisine of old Italy and dedicated "to all of the wonderful matriarchs I have been lucky to meet." The book's introduction, in fact, lavishly heaps praise upon Kiros' mother-in-law, Wilma, whom Kiros credits, along with many other women who "roam freely about," for the inspiration behind her book's brilliant collage of recipes, stories and photographs by Manos Chatzikonstantis.
You will particularly enjoy the way Kiros provides directions for her recipes. "When they're cool enough to handle, slip off the skins - they should come away like silk dresses," is the way Kiros describes the removal of peach skins for her "Lemon Verbena Peaches & Cream" recipe. And, for Kiros' recipe for Fish with Escarole, Olives & Capers," Kiros writes, "Try to get a compact escarole that looks like it has been to a neat hairdresser, rather than a wild one." Kiros' cookbooks are like poetry to me - an art form lush with intensity, emotion and dreams.
For purchase information, visit the Andrews McMeel Publishers website at www.andrewsmmeel.com. Retailers should inquire where books are sold, or online sources such as amazon.com.
Recipe courtesy "Recipes and Dreams from an Italian Life," by Tessa Kiros, Andrews McMeel Publishing LLC (www.andrewsmcmeel.com); photography by Manos Chatzikonstantis, styling by Michail Touros, art direction by Lisa Greenberg.
Here, I have poached peaches in a lemon verbena infusion. The peaches I love are white with tinges of red in their skin and through their flesh. This gives a beautiful color to the syrup. If you can't get these peaches, add a couple of raspberries to the poaching liquid.
Put the sugar, 2 cups of water and the honey in a pot just big enough to take the peaches side by side. Bring to a boil, then reduce the heat to a simmer and add the whole peaches. If necessary, top up the water level to just cover the peaches (but not so much that the syrup will be diluted). Tuck in the lemon verbena. Tear off a square of waxed paper larger than the diameter of your pot and press it down onto the tops of the peaches. Simmer gently (rapid boiling may cause the fruit to break up) until poached but still firm and holding their shape well, about 8 minutes. Transfer the peaches to a flat bowl to cool for a bit. When they're cool enough to handle, slip off the skins-they should come away like silk dresses. If not, return them to their bath to simmer a while longer. Leave the syrup in the pot to cool. Serves 4.
Rinse the escarole and trim away the bottom. Divide in half lengthwise and then in half crosswise, so you have nice thick chunks. Heat 3 tablespoons of the olive oil in a large nonstick skillet with one clove of garlic and the anchovies, mashing these in with a wooden spoon until they break up and melt into the oil. Add the escarole and cook until wilted, turning it with a pair of tongs so it picks up the flavors in the pan. Add the capers and olives, and season with pepper and a little salt (remember you have anchovies in the sauce). Cook, stirring, on a good heat until much of the water from the escarole has evaporated and you have a thick, chunky heap in the pan, not soggy. Taste for seasoning, transfer to a dish, and keep warm. Wipe out the pan with paper towels, then heat the remaining 3 tablespoons of olive oil. Pat a little flour over both sides of the fish, shaking off the excess. Panfry the fish until golden underneath. Turn them over using tongs, add the sage and remaining garlic and panfry until the fish is golden underneath once more. Season with salt and pepper and add the wine to the pan. Cook until the wine has mostly evaporated, then scatter the parsley on top. Serve on a heap of escarole, drizzled with a little extra olive oil and seasoned with lots of black pepper. Serves 4.
"Apples for Jam: A Colorful Cookbook," by Tessa Kiros, Andrews McMeel Publishing LLC (www.andrewsmcmeel.com); photography by Manos Chatzikonstantis, styling by Michail Touros, art direction by Lisa Greenberg.
With a pair of little girl's scuffed, well-worn red Mary Jane shoes, "Apples for Jam: A Colorful Cookbook, Tessa Kiros' third cookbook, boasts one of my favorite cookbook covers ever. I wore shoes like these, my daughter and granddaughters wore them and so did Kiros' children. "Apples for Jam" contains more than two hundred recipes "playfully" organized by color - "food for families, for young people, for old people, for children, for the child in all … for life."
A man declared wrongfully convicted of a 1989 double-murder in San Francisco was ordered freed Tuesday after prosecutors said they would not seek to retry him.
Caramad Conley, 40, has spent 18 years in prison for the killings of Roshawn Johnson and Charles Hughes after being convicted based largely on the testimony of a now-dead police informant, Clifford Polk.
Superior Court Judge Marla Miller found last month that there was "voluminous" evidence that Polk had lied on the stand when he denied being in a witness protection program. Documents found after the trial showed that Polk had received thousands of dollars from the city and the use of a house at the behest of the San Francisco police homicide investigator in the case, former Chief Earl Sanders.
Sanders said he had informed prosecutors about the payments. Al Giannini, the former assistant district attorney who handled the case, denies he was told about them.
Miller found that Sanders had stood by in court when Polk lied.
On Tuesday, before Superior Court Judge Cynthia Ming-Mei Lee, prosecutors said they had no choice but to drop the case because Polk is dead and other witnesses are unavailable.
Prosecutors told the judge that they had "carefully evaluated" all aspects of the case.
"Based on the current state of the evidence, some 22 years after the fact and the death and the unavailability of key witnesses, we will not be able to sustain our burden at trial," prosecutor Allison Macbeth said. "As a result, we reluctantly move to dismiss the case."
Newly appointed District Attorney George Gascón, the former police chief who was sworn in on Sunday, made the call to drop the charges, a spokesman said.
"It was his decision," said spokesman Seth Steward.
Conley's lawyer, Dan Purcell, said outside court that he was surprised by the announcement. Prosecutors had earlier suggested they might seek a new trial.
"I'm thrilled, to be honest, and the family is thrilled," Purcell said. "In this case, justice wins out. Caramad is looking forward to resuming his life."
Conley had been held until recently at Calipatria State Prison in Imperial County. He is now at the San Francisco County Jail.
Eileen Hirst, a spokeswoman for the Sheriff's Department, said authorities were awaiting clearance from the state Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation before releasing Conley.
Prosecutors argued at Conley's trial that he killed Johnson and Hughes in a gang-related drive-by shooting on Third Street on April 8, 1989, that inured 13 others.
Polk recounted in the 1994 trial that Conley had confessed to him. Polk admitted on the stand that he was a prior police informant who was previously under witness protection because of his testimony in another case. But, when asked on the stand if he was currently under witness protection, he denied it.
The case bore strong similarities to court findings that led to the release of Antoine Goff and John Tennison in another botched murder case that resulted in a record civil settlement in 2009 of $7.5 million for the defendants. They were both freed in 2003 after spending more than 10 years in prison.
Justin Bieber: I'm sorry – again. Relive 22 of his finest apologies.
The road to Justin Bieber‘s upcoming album Purpose has been an apologetic one. In fact, saying that he’s sorry for his past has been one of the premiere promotional tools for his highly-anticipated follow-up to 2013 compilation Journals.
Even before he kicked off his notorious string of bad behavior in 2013 and 2014, however, Bieber has been offering mea culpas to fans for his actions, whether intentionally or accidentally terrible. Here are 22 of the 22-year-old’s best apologies.
Bids for Calgary Stampede chuckwagon canvasses went as high as $120,000 this week. Watch the action go down in this special video report.
Plenty of bidders were on hand to support chuckwagon teams and generate a little publicity for themselves at the Calgary Stampede, bidding up to $120,000 for wagon canvasses. Watch for yourself to see how it went down.
OPPOSITION to a planned housing estate on the edge of an historic village has grown after developers submitted proposals to change the scheme which had already received planning permission.
Darlington Borough Council’s planning committee heard residents were furious that planning officers had ruled Robertson Homes’ changes to an approved scheme for a 3.3-hectare site off Gate Lane in Low Coniscliffe only represented “minor amendments”.
● Removal of separate vehicular and pedestrian accesses off Gate Lane to the affordable units and less potential landscaping in the site.
Members were told more than 100 objectors, including Low Coniscliffe and Merrybent Parish Council, had challenged that the decision that the application should be treated as a revised application, meaning the developers faced significantly less hurdles to overcome to get the plans passed.
The meeting heard the Campaign for the Protection for Rural England believed the changes would affect the area significantly more than the original application, while others claimed the revised scheme would damage to the historic character of the village, panoramic views and harm the Teesdale Way.
Councillors were told Margaret Ellerton, chair of the parish council, believed the proposed development would “lead to the destruction of a singularly attractive entrance to the village. She said allowing it to be treated as a revised scheme”would set a dangerous precedent for further abuse of the minor amendment option”.
After concerns were raised over whether the correct certification had been submitted with the plans, councillors deferred a decision over the revisions to the scheme.
The state hopes its school tech overhaul will save educators' time and improve transparency for parents and caregivers.
SA Education signs Civica to digitally transform 900 state schools The state hopes its school tech overhaul will save educators' time and improve transparency for parents and caregivers.
The Department for Education South Australia has announced a digital transformation initiative it hopes will raise education standards across all government schools and preschools in the state.
Turning to Civica, the Department will be implementing the Civica Education Suite across 900 state schools, including preschools, primary schools, high schools, and various other educational institutions.
The Education Management software-as-a-service solution is expected to improve learning and care, improve analytics and reporting, and improve tools to support management of sites, with the department also hoping to have consistency in systems across sites to improve reliability, support, resourcing, and training.
According to department CIO Scott Bayliss, the SaaS offering will streamline school management tasks and allow teachers to provide individualised learning, as the software can track and report on each student's progress.
"It will help us to improve student outcomes and reduce the administrative burden placed on teachers and early childhood workers," he said.
The system will service around 185,000 students and 30,000 teachers and schools administrators, and parents and caregivers will also have access to it.
"Importantly parents and caregivers will have access to a dedicated and secure parent portal that they can log on to at any time and from any device to see information relevant to their child," Bayliss added.
"It will be an important enabler for school improvement and support our aspiration to become a world-class education system that ensures learning management is a priority."
The Civica Education Suite is cloud-hosted and 100 percent web-based, and according to the company was designed explicitly for Australian school management.
"As a 'person-centric' system, [Civica Education Suite] captures student progress right throughout their education journey, saving teachers' time on understanding specific education needs, and being better equipped to personalising their approach to student learning," the company said.
The education suite includes school administration, finance, teaching and learning tools, timetabling, library management, and parent engagement tools including a community portal.
Initiatives under the 2018-19 Budget include cash for a space centre, startup funding, and the appointment of a chief entrepreneur.
The state government is embarking on a data-driven project it hopes will result in better outcomes for vulnerable children in South Australia.
Jay Weatherill's Labor government has said it will invest almost AU$7 million to better prepare the state's school children for technology-related jobs if it is re-elected next month.
The Victorian government has tasked digital solutions provider Civica with the development and ongoing management of an infringements enforcement and warrants management system.
Only 40% of respondents to a recent ISACA's report said they were confident in security of their company's AI deployment.
Furious boss Jos Luhukay criticised Owls midfielder Josh Onomah's performance after their 2-1 away defeat to Swansea City.
In the absence of Barry Bannan, who is unavailable for selection for two matches after accruing 10 yellow cards, Onomah was handed his first start in just over a month.
But the Tottenham Hotspur's loanee, one of just three signings made by Luhukay since he took over the Wednesday reigns last January, was taken off at half-time and replaced by Marco Matias.
Luhukay told The Star: "He was not good enough. He brought nothing on the ball.
"He lost three, four, five balls right at the beginning (of the game). That is the reason why he came off and we changed it.

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