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PORTLAND, Ore. — Prospective homebuyers in Oregon can continue to send “love letters” to people selling homes.
U.S. District Judge Marco Hernandez on Wednesday permanently blocked a ban on the personal messages some buyers write in an effort to sweeten their offers on homes, The Oregonian/OregonLive reported.
The Oregon Legislature approved the ban last year, saying such letters could aid sellers in illegally choosing buyers based on factors such as race, color, religion, sex or sexual orientation, which would violate federal fair housing laws.
Conservative public interest law firm, the Pacific Legal Foundation, sued the state to block the law’s implementation.
Hernandez ruled that the ban, which would require a home seller to “reject any communication other than customary documents in a real estate transaction, including photographs, provided by a buyer,” was a violation of buyers’ First Amendment rights.
The lawsuit was filed on behalf of Total Real Estate Group, a Bend firm with about 20 agents.
Daniel Ortner, a lawyer with the Pacific Legal Foundation, said the judge’s decision sent “a clear message” that states couldn’t infringe upon home buyers’ and sellers’ rights to communicate.
“The State of Oregon clearly recognized that it could not justify its ban on sharing information that helps sellers find the best buyer for their home,” Ortner said in a news release.
In his March preliminary injunction, Hernandez said Oregon’s reasons for the ban had merit, given its “long and abhorrent history of racial discrimination in property ownership and housing,” which blocked people of color from owning houses for decades.
But he said House Bill 2550 was an overreach, banning innocuous messages and infringing on free speech.
It wasn't immediately clear if the state could appeal the decision.
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LITTLE ROCK, Ark — For those living with diabetes, rising insulin prices are an unfortunate reality.
That's something that Arkansas Attorney General Leslie Rutledge is trying to change though as she said those prices are simply too high for Arkansans.
"Due to the rapidly rising cost of these medications, many diabetics in Arkansas ration, or under dose their insulin. They use expired insulin," Rutledge said.
That's why she's taking action.
In a lawsuit filed in Pulaski County Wednesday, Rutledge alleges six companies – Novo Nordisk, Sanofi, Eli Lilly, Caremark, Express Scripts and Optum – conspired to raise the cost of insulin in the Natural State.
According to Rutledge, that's a violation of the Arkansas Deceptive Trade Practices Act, which makes it more likely for Arkansans to have complications because they can't afford their medication.
As far as the lawsuit goes, Rutledge said that she has a very specific reason for filing it.
"To hold these manufacturers and these PBM's accountable for their unfair and deceptive schemes of artificially inflating the cost of insulin," Rutledge said.
In the lawsuit text, there are graphs shown that demonstrate the spike in price of common insulins.
One of those aforementioned insulin brands-- Levemir-- has spiked over the last 15 years, from roughly $100 a vial to now being roughly $400 a vial.
For those living with diabetes, they know how crushing those prices are.
"If you can't get by on less insulin, unfortunately, a lot of people find themselves rationing their insulin," Dr. Joseph Henske, Director of UAMS' Diabetes Program, said.
Dr. Henske knows those prices firsthand – not just from his patients, but because he's diabetic himself.
He knows this isn't an easy issue to address, but it's good to see any steps being taken to lower the cost of lifesaving medication.
"The more attention we pay to this issue, the more sort of cages we're rattling, the more likely it is to get addressed, ultimately," Dr. Henske said.
Rutledge said the goal is to prohibit those companies from any future violations in Arkansas, and to ensure the cost of insulin doesn't skyrocket again.
"To finally address the atrocious cost of prescription drugs, and particularly prescription drugs of insulin that has not changed in decades," Rutledge said. "Yet the price has gone up astronomically."
Rutledge said they're seeking $10,000 per violation in Arkansas.
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After a national search, the Capital Humane Society has named the current interim executive director as its permanent replacement.
Matt Madcharo has worked at the shelter since 2007 in a variety of positions, including as a seasonal animal care member, office manager, director of fundraising and director of operations for the admissions and assessment center.
He earned a bachelor of science in business administration from the University of Nebraska-Lincoln.
With the help of an outside recruiting firm, the board of directors agreed that Madcharo's professionalism, sound decision-making and leadership made him the best candidate, board chair April Rimpley said Wednesday in a news release.
Under Madcharo's direction, the Humane Society recently launched the Pawsitive Impact Program at its 1626 South St. location. It provides general care assistance to eligible dog and cat owners at a highly reduced rate.
Top Journal Star photos for April
Lincoln’s Yu Sato (left) skates past Waterloo’s James Hong during a first-round playoff game, Monday, April 25, 2022. at the Ice Box. JAIDEN TRIPI, Journal Star
JAIDEN TRIPI Journal Star
Firefighters battle a fire in condensed cardboard at 440 J St. on Monday, April 25, 2022. JUSTIN WAN, Journal Star
JUSTIN WAN Journal Star
University of Nebraska - Lincoln students move through a scene of spring colors on Wednesday, April 27, 2022, on UNL's city campus. GWYNETH ROBERTS, Journal Star
GWYNETH ROBERTS Journal Star
A dying ray of light catches Nebraska starting pitcher Dawson McCarville as he delivers a pitch against Omaha during the first inning at Haymarket on Wednesday, April 27, 2022, in Lincoln. KENNETH FERRIERA, Journal Star
KENNETH FERRIERA Journal Star
Lincoln High's Dajaz DeFrand runs during prelims of the 200-meter dash at the LPS Championships on April 27, 2022, at Beechner Athletic Complex. KENNETH FERRIERA, Journal Star
KENNETH FERRIERA Journal Star
The game between Iowa and Nebraska gets reflected in the glasses of a fan Friday at Haymarket Park. JAIDEN TRIPI, Journal Star
JAIDEN TRIPI Journal Star
Defendant Kolton Barnes looks to the jury as he testifies in his murder trial Thursday, April 28, 2022, in Saunders County District Court in Wahoo. GWYNETH ROBERTS, Journal Star
GWYNETH ROBERTS Journal Star
Chris Vargas (left) and Xavier Vargas, 5, walk through the crowd after completing the 35th annual Mayor’s Run on Saturday, April 30, 2022, in Lincoln. JAIDEN TRIPI, Journal Star
JAIDEN TRIPI Journal Star
A cloud of dust obscures the vision of Malcolm's Hayden Frank as he slides in safely after stealing second base during the fourth inning against Raymond Central on Tuesday, April 26, 2022, in Malcolm. KENNETH FERRIERA, Journal Star
KENNETH FERRIERA Journal Star
Items are being unpacked and stored in the warehouse at Food Bank of Lincoln's new building at 1221 Kingbird Road on Wednesday, April 27, 2022. GWYNETH ROBERTS, Journal Star
GWYNETH ROBERTS Journal Star
Athletes' shadows stretch along the stadium wall as fans watch the 200 meter dash at Beechner Athletic Complex on Thursday, April 21, 2022. KENNETH FERRIERA, Journal Star
KENNETH FERRIERA Journal Star
Nebraska's Keonilei Akan dives for a short serve during the fourth set against Kansas at the Heartland Events Center on Saturday, April 23, 2022, in Grand Island, Nebraska. KENNETH FERRIERA, Journal Star
KENNETH FERRIERA Journal Star
Lincoln Southwest's Taiyo Takahashi (bottom) and Cam Newell nearly collide with one another after a popfly in the fifth inning during a semifinal game of the Spartan Invitational at Sherman Field on Friday, April 22, 2022. KENNETH FERRIERA, Journal Star
KENNETH FERRIERA Journal Star
The first group of runners round the second turn during the girls 1600 meter run at Beechner Athletic Complex on Thursday, April 21, 2022. KENNETH FERRIERA, Journal Star
KENNETH FERRIERA Journal Star
Volunteer mechanics, Tom Langston (from left), Gabriel Bruguier, and Aaron Mack work on bike repairs on Thursday, April 21, 2022, at the Bike Kitchen. JAIDEN TRIPI, Journal Star
JAIDEN TRIPI Journal Star
The lobby of the new Scarlet Hotel, which recently opened, on UNL's Innovation Campus on April 20, 2022. KENNETH FERRIERA, Journal Star
KENNETH FERRIERA Journal Star
A duo of bikers brave a ride in the rail underneath The N street bridge over the Rock Island Trail on Wednesday, April 20, 2022. KENNETH FERRIERA, Journal Star
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Speaker of the Legislature Sen. Mike Hilgers cheers as his family is introduced on the last day of the legislature, Wednesday, April 20, 2022, at the Capitol. JUSTIN WAN, Journal Star
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Josh Vinson Jr., 5, winner of the first Josh Fight, sports a crown in his hair done by his dad, Josh Sr., on Monday, April 18, 2022, at Culture Cutz. GWYNETH ROBERTS, Journal Star
GWYNETH ROBERTS, Journal Star
Nebraska’s Caitlynn Neal (from left), Peyton Glatter, Ava Bredwell and Camyl Armendariz make their way to the dugout after Glatter hits a grand slam during a softball game Sunday between Minnesota and Nebraska at Bowlin Stadium. JAIDEN TRIPI, Journal Star
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BYU's Brock Watkins jumps over Nebraska baserunner Cam Chick as he steals second base off an overthrown ball during the ninth inning at Haymarket Park on April 16, 2022. KENNETH FERRIERA, Journal Star
KENNETH FERRIERA, Journal Star
Adrian Saure rides his scooter through a small obstacle course during a bike safety event at Fredstrom Elementary School on April 14, 2022, in Lincoln, Nebraska. KENNETH FERRIERA, Journal Star
KENNETH FERRIERA, Journal Star
Sen. Lou Ann Linehan (right), chairwoman of the Revenue Committee, shares a smile with Speaker Mike Hilgers (left) over their signed copies of LB873 as Sen. Mike Jacobson watches on Wednesday, April 13, 2022, in the Capitol Rotunda. GWYNETH ROBERTS, Journal Star
GWYNETH ROBERTS, Journal Star
A field is darkened after a wildfire, Tuesday, April 12, 2022, near Arapahoe, Neb. JUSTIN WAN, Journal Star
JUSTIN WAN, Journal Star
Waverly’s Millie Waldo collapses to the ground after her race in the girls 800 finals during the Waverly Invitational Monday at Waverly High School. JAIDEN TRIPI, Journal Star
JAIDEN TRIPI Journal Star
Construction crews move portions of a crane tower into place at the Atmosphere Lincoln development site on Monday, April 11, 2022, at North Ninth and P Streets. GWYNETH ROBERTS, Journal Star
GWYNETH ROBERTS, Journal Star
Lincoln Southeast's Immanuel Wayoro runs to the sideline to celebrate with his team after scoring against Lincoln High School the second half Seacrest Field on March 30, 2022, in Lincoln, Nebraska. KENNETH FERRIERA, Journal Star
KENNETH FERRIERA Journal Star
Benjamin Bradley (center) and his brother Timothy (right) are pushed on the swings by Chloe Hoffman at Roberts Park on April 4, 2022, in Lincoln, Nebraska. As the moth of April begins, weather in Lincoln has slowly begun to warm up. Temperatures on Tuesday reached into the mid 60s. Lincoln residents took the warm afternoon to get out and spend their time outside or simply enjoy the sun. KENNETH FERRIERA, Journal Star
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Majdal Elias (second left) stands trial for the death of 15-year-old Ali Al-Burkat, on the first day of the trial on April 4, 2022, in Lincoln, Nebraska. KENNETH FERRIERA, Journal Star
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Dressed as the Easter Bunny, Jody Schmale opens their arms to embrace a very excited Kinsley Graves during an Easter egg hunt held at the the National Guard East Campus Readiness Center on April 2, 2022, in Lincoln, Nebraska. Operation Hidden Egg had kids searching high and low for goddies early Saturday. KENNETH FERRIERA, Journal Star
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(L-R) Landyn Nolan and his brother Caedyn Nolan use their RC Rock Crawlers to clear a rocky outcrop placed at Trago Park on April 1, 2022, in Lincoln, Nebraska. The RC Rockcrawlers that the brothers bought are a popular hobby. KENNETH FERRIERA, Journal Star
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Nebraska head coach Rhonda Revelle embraces Courtney Wallace after the final out of the game against Rutgers at Bowlin Stadium on April 2, 2022, in Lincoln, Nebraska. KENNETH FERRIERA, Journal Star
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Waverly's Lqndon Oelke celebrates after batting in two runs and being safe on third during the eighth inning against Beatrice at Lawson Field on April 1, 2022, in Waverly, Nebraska. KENNETH FERRIERA, Journal Star
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LINCOLN, NEB. - 04/09/2022 - Nebraska's Jarrett Synek (16) celebrates his touchdown during the second half of the Red-White Spring Game, Saturday, April 9, 2022, at Memorial Stadium. JUSTIN WAN, Journal Star
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LINCOLN, NEB. - 04/09/2022 - Nebraska's quarterback Casey Thompson looks to make a throw during the Red-White Spring Game, Saturday, April 9, 2022, at Memorial Stadium. JUSTIN WAN, Journal Star
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LINCOLN, NEB. - 04/06/2022 - Harrison Barnette (left), 16, a sophomore at Bridgeport, and Briana Johnson, 16, a sophomore at Boone Central, play a round of Connect Four during FFA convention, Wednesday, April 6, 2022, at East Campus. JUSTIN WAN, Journal Star
JUSTIN WAN Journal Star
LINCOLN, NEB. - 04/05/2022 - Children observe the Nebraska Legislature discussing LB873, a bill for tax cut package, Tuesday, April 5, 2022, at Nebraska State Capitol. JUSTIN WAN, Journal Star
JUSTIN WAN Journal Star
LINCOLN, NEB. - 04/09/2022 - Nebraska’s Jatrett Synek (16) (left) runs past Simon Otte for the touchdown during the Red-White Spring Game, Saturday, April 9, 2022, at Memorial Stadium. JAIDEN TRIPI, Journal Star
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LINCOLN, NEB. - 04/09/2022 - Nebraska’s Broc Bando (73) (middle) and his team enter to the field for the Red-White Spring Game, Saturday, April 9, 2022, at Memorial Stadium. JAIDEN TRIPI, Journal Star
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LINCOLN, NEB. - 04/08/2022 - Nebraska’s Luke Sartori dives for the ball to get the out during a baseball game Friday between. Rutgers and Nebraska at Haymarket Park. JAIDEN TRIPI, Journal Star
JAIDEN TRIPI Journal Star
LINCOLN, NEB. - 04/08/2022 - Rutgers’ Jared Kollar (47) pitches the ball during a baseball game Friday between. Rutgers and Nebraska at Haymarket Park. JAIDEN TRIPI, Journal Star
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LINCOLN, NEB. - 04/06/2022 - Lincoln East’s Molly Ruff (6) (left) and Lincoln Southwest’s Kayla Hassler jump for the header during a soccer game Wednesday between Lincoln East and Lincoln Southwest at Seacrest Field. JAIDEN TRIPI, Journal Star
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LINCOLN, NEB. - 04/01/2022 - Nebraska’s Mya Felder (left to right), Sydney Gray, Peyton Glatter, and Billie Andrews greet their teammate Brooke Andrews (back) after hitting a home run during the softball game Friday between Rutgers and Nebraska at Bowlin Stadium. JAIDEN TRIPI, Journal Star
JAIDEN TRIPI Journal Star
Lincoln, NE - 4/8/2022 - Ron Schultz (right), owner of Racquet Corner at 3119 O Street, restrings tennis racquets along with his dad Bob Schultz on Friday, April 8, 2022. GWYNETH ROBERTS, Journal Star
GWYNETH ROBERTS Journal Star
Lincoln, NE - 4/7/2022 - University of Nebraska Board of Regents members listen as Mark Riley (foreground), Associate Dean for research in the college of engineering, gives a tour of Othmer Hall on Thursday, April 7, 2022. GWYNETH ROBERTS, Journal Star
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Lincoln, NE - 4/4/2022 - Lincoln Christian's Andrew Johnson (3) turns a double play after forcing out Maxwell-St. Pat's Isaac Irish (14) as teammate Tysen Workman provides backup in the second inning on Monday, April 4, 2022, at Lincoln Christian. GWYNETH ROBERTS, Journal Star
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Lincoln, NE - 3/30/2022 - Kay, a one-month-old female giraffe, is fed Shadow Brook Farm goat milk from a bottle by giraffe keeper Jake Beiermann on Wednesday, March 30, 2022, at Lincoln Children's Zoo. GWYNETH ROBERTS, Journal Star
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Johnson County Central's proposed $43 million bond issue to build a consolidated pre-K-12 school in Tecumseh narrowly failed Tuesday, despite voters in Johnson County signaling their support.
More than 54% of the 1,235 of votes cast by district patrons in Johnson, Nemaha, Otoe and Pawnee counties opposed the bond issue, according to unofficial results from the Johnson County Clerk's Office.
In Johnson County, however — where 80% of the vote came from — voters supported the bond issue 506 to 473.
But in neighboring Otoe County, 179 out of 227 voters said no to constructing the new school, which would have consolidated the district's elementary school and high school in Tecumseh and a middle school in Cook into one building.
A majority of the handful of votes from Nemaha and Pawnee counties also opposed the bond.
Superintendent Jon Rother said the 125,700-square-foot facility would have replaced aging facilities and cut down on costs of bussing students to and from Cook, located 15 miles from Tecumseh.
"Obviously, that was a very big bond for a small community," Rother said. "I'd say we narrowly missed the mark."
The district's school board was set to meet Wednesday to discuss how to move forward. District officials could come back with a new proposal in as little as six months, Rother said.
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Tagwa Mohmed remembers harvesting ripe, red tomatoes as a child growing up in her native country of Sudan. Gardening there was just part of life, and her family planted everything under the sun.
"Any kind of vegetable," she said, "we would plant."
Charlie Wortmann helps Tagwa Mohmed (center) and Pyoe Aye lift a wheelbarrow to fill a garden bed with dirt outside Lincoln Northeast High School.
KENNETH FERRIERA Journal Star
So Mohmed — with her green thumb and blue gardening gloves — naturally fit in with the other English language learners moving soil, shoveling mulch and planting marigolds and oregano in the garden boxes at Lincoln Northeast High School on Wednesday.
A garden by the students, for the students.
The idea came to Brooke David and her ELL students at Northeast last year after they had finished reading Paul Fleischmann's book "Seedfolks." The novella tells the story of a Vietnamese girl and a group of immigrants who turn a vacant city lot into a community garden. But not just any garden — a garden that represented each character, with crops from their home country.
The students at Northeast wanted to bring a similar project to their school.
"Each country knows about gardening," said Mohmed, who moved to the U.S. in 2018.
So they got permission from Principal Keri Applebee and added partners along the way: Civic Nebraska, which runs the school's Community Learning Center, the Kiwanis Club and Northeast's Food, Energy, Water and Societal Systems focus program.
The students then spent the year researching what it takes to care for a garden, in addition to learning about food scarcity and the impacts of food deserts.
They picked what vegetables and herbs they intended to plant: sweet peppers, hot peppers, thyme, cilantro, chives, broccoli, cauliflower, cherry tomatoes, basil, sage, cucumbers. Flowers in their own separate bed to act as pollinators and to repel insects.
"Some of the vegetables come from recipes they've made with their families, and so it's just an opportunity for them to share those traditions with us," David said.
And they figured out where to plant everything, too: on the south side of the school, where the garden will get plenty of sun.
Then on a hot May afternoon that contained hints of summer came the fun part.
LNE students gather various plants and markers on an organizational chart while planning a community garden outside the school.
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With drills and hammers and the help of staff, Kiwanis members and Civic Nebraska, students erected four garden boxes with wooden frames and corrugated-steel walls. With shovels, they scooped mountains of dirt and mulch into wheelbarrows. And with careful precision and planning, they planted the herbs, seeds and flowers (consulting the homemade map at all times).
"They researched how many (seeds) we can put in each square foot of our garden, like spinach, for example, they know that they can put nine seeds in that space, so they made a map and everything to figure out how many they needed to purchase," said Bailey Feit, coordinator of the FEWSS focus program.
The garden is empowering to the students, Feit said, and a way for them to connect to the school and a community they might be totally new to.
"They're going to want to come here so they can see all of the hard work they've put in," she said.
There are plans to expand the garden in the future with a greenhouse and additional garden boxes.
And come harvest time, there are plans to share the spoils with the community.
"We're hoping we can have family community nights to harvest the vegetables," David said. "This will just be a place for the community to gather and learn from each and get to know each other."
Breaking down Lincoln's public schools: Enrollment, test scores and more
Adams
Adams Elementary: 7401 Jacobs Creek Drive
Enrollment : 776 students
77.9% white, 2.3% Black or African American, 9.6% Asian, 4.9% Hispanic/Latino, 5.4% two or more races
Free and reduced-price lunch participation: 8.6% free, 2.3% reduced
Gifted students: 10.4%
Statewide test scores (percent who meet or exceed standards): 73 language arts; 76 math
LPS
Arnold
Arnold Elementary: 5000 Mike Scholl St.
Enrollment: 742 students
57.1% white, 1.5% American Indian or Alaska Native, 8.4% Black or African American, 1.5% Asian, 19.2% Hispanic/Latino, 0.3% Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander, 12% two or more races
Free and reduced-price lunch participation: 46.7% free, 12.7% reduced
Gifted: 2.8%
Statewide test scores (percent who meet or exceed standards): 44 language arts, 32 math
LPS
Beattie
Beattie Elementary: 1901 Calvert St.
Enrollment: 368 students
73.6% white, 0.5% American Indian or Alaska Native, 3.3% Black or African American, 1.1% Asian, 8.2% Hispanic/Latino, 13.3% two or more races
Free or reduced-price lunch participation: 25.3% free, 8.2% reduced price
Gifted: 6.0%
Statewide test scores (percent who meet or exceed standards): 59 language arts, 55 math
LPS
Belmont
Belmont Elementary: 3425 N. 14th St.
Enrollment: 829 students
42.4% white, 0.9% American Indian or Alaska Native, 15.7% Black or African American, 2.2% Asian, 26.9% Hispanic/Latino, 11.8% two or more races
Free and reduced-price lunch participation: 67.5% free, 11.0% reduced
Gifted: 3.7%
Statewide test scores (percent who meet or exceed standards): 44 language arts, 34 math
LPS
Brownell
Brownell Elementary: 6000 Aylesworth Ave.
Enrollment: 320 students
65.9% white, 4.9% Black or African American, 0.3% Asian, 14.8% Hispanic/Latino, 14.1% two or more races
Free and reduced-price lunch participation: 45.2% free, 10.5% reduced
Gifted: 2.3%
Statewide test scores (percent who meet or exceed standards): 50 language arts, 37 math
LPS
Calvert
Calvert Elementary: 3709 S. 46th St.
Enrollment: 361 students
62.9% white, 1.2% American Indian or Alaska Native, 7.1% Black or African American, 1.5% Asian, 12.0% Hispanic/Latino, 15.3% two or more races
Free and reduced-price lunch participation: 45.7% free, 6.7% reduced
Gifted: 11.3%
Statewide test scores (percent who meet or exceed standards): 47 language arts, 31 math
LPS
Campbell
Campbell Elementary: 2200 Dodge St.
Enrollment: 591 students
46.6% white, 0.4% American Indian or Alaska Native, 14.3% Black or African American, 11.3% Asian, 16.6% Hispanic/Latino, 10.9% two or more races
Free and reduced-price lunch participation: 59.4% free, 10.5% reduced
Gifted: 4.2%
Statewide test scores (percent who meet or exceed standards): 38 language arts, 34 math
LPS
Cavett
Cavett Elementary: 7701 S. 36th St.
Enrollment: 580 students
77.0% white, 0.5% American Indian or Alaska Native, 2.9% Black or African American, 4.0% Asian, 8.9% Hispanic, 6.6% two or more races
Free and reduced-price lunch participation: 10.4% free, 3.6% reduced
Gifted: 13.3%
Statewide test scores (percent who meet or exceed standards): 70 language arts, 69 math
LPS
Clinton
Clinton Elementary: 1520 N. 29th St.
Enrollment: 392 students
39.2% white, 0.3% American Indian or Alaska Native, 24.3% Black or African American, 4.7% Asian, 21.0% Hispanic/Latino, 10.5% two or more races
Free and reduced-price lunch participation: 81.2% free, 10.5% reduced
Gifted: 3.6%
Statewide test scores (percent who meet or exceed standards): 30 language arts, 30 math
LPS
Eastridge
Eastridge Elementary: 6245 L St.
Enrollment: 291 students
72.9% white, 1.0% American Indian or Alaska Native, 4.5% Black or African American, 1.4% Asian, 10.3% Hispanic/Latino, 10.0% two or more races
Free and reduced-price lunch participation: 25.8% free, 10.0% reduced
Gifted: 7.9%
Statewide test scores (percent who meet or exceed standards): 55 language arts, 51 math
LPS
Elliott
Elliott Elementary: 225 S. 25th St.
Enrollment: 383 students
23.3% white, 1.8% American Indian or Alaska Native, 13.7% Black or African American, 12.8% Asian, 33.7% Hispanic/Latino, 0.3% Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander, 14.3% two or more races
Free and reduced-price lunch participation: 76.4% free, 6.3% reduced
Gifted: 4.5%
Statewide test scores (percentage who meet or exceed standards): 42 language arts, 35 math
LPS
Everett
Everett Elementary: 1123 C St.
Enrollment: 374 students
27.8% white, 0.9% American Indian or Alaska Native, 13.5% Black or African American, 9.9% Asian, 40.4% Hispanic/Latino, 7.5% two or more races
Free and reduced-price lunch participation: 73.7% free, 8.7% reduced
Gifted: 5.4%
Statewide test scores (percentage who meet or exceed standards): 37 language arts, 24 math
LPS
Fredstrom
Fredstrom Elementary, 5700 N.W. 10th St.
Enrollment: 437 students
74.0% white, 0.5% American Indian or Alaska Native, 1.7% Black or African American, 3.6% Asian, 9.7% Hispanic, 10.4% two or more races
Free and reduced-price lunch participation: 22.3% free, 6.3% reduced
Gifted: 7.5%
Statewide test scores (percentage who meet or exceed standards): 52 language arts, 54 math
LPS
Hartley
Hartley Elementary, 730 N. 33rd St.
Enrollment: 339 students
37.5% white, 2.3% American Indian or Alaska Native, 17.5% Black or African American, 3.6% Asian, 25.9% Hispanic/Latino, 1.0% Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander, 12.3% two or more races
Free and reduced-price lunch participation: 71.5% free, 9.4% reduced
Gifted: 3.2%
Statewide test scores (percentage who meet or exceed standards): 38 language arts, 28 math
LPS
Hill
Hill Elementary , 5230 Tipperary Trail
Enrollment: 449 students
72.2% white, 0.5% American Indian or Alaska Native, 4.8% Black or African American, 5.3% Asian, 10.3% Hispanic/Latino, 7.0% two or more races
Free and reduced-price lunch participation: 24.0% free, 5.0% reduced
Gifted: 10.3%
Statewide test scores (percentage who meet or exceed standards): 70 language arts, 59 math
LPS
Holmes
Holmes Elementary , 5230 Sumner St.
Enrollment: 393 students
70.7% white, 3.5% Black or African American, 3.5% Asian, 10.1% Hispanic/Latino, 0.3% Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander, 11.9% two or more races
Free and reduced-price lunch participation: 37.1% free, 7.0% reduced
Gifted: 11.3%
Statewide test scores (percentage who meet or exceed standards): 61 language arts, 47 math
LPS
Humann
Humann Elementary, 6720 Rockwood Lane
Enrollment: 564 students
78.8% white, 0.6% American Indian or Alaska Native, 4.2% Black or African American, 1.3% Asian, 5.9% Hispanic/Latino, 9.3% two or more races
Free and reduced-price lunch participation: 23.9% free, 4.0% reduced
Gifted: 16.3%
Statewide test scores (percentage who meet or exceed standards): 72 language arts, 67 math
LPS
Huntington
Huntington Elementary , 2900 N. 46th St.
Enrollment: 370 students
45.0% white, 0.6% American Indian or Alaska Native, 12.0% Black or African American, 1.5% Asian, 24.6% Hispanic/Latino, 16.2% two or more races
Free and reduced-price lunch participation: 67.0% free, 14.1% reduced
Gifted: 4.8%
Statewide test scores (percentage who meet or exceed standards): 32 language arts, 23 math
LPS
Kahoa
Kahoa Elementary, 7700 Leighton Ave.
Enrollment: 537 students
78.8% white, 0.4% American Indian or Alaska Native, 3.9% Black or African American, 2.6% Asian, 6.7% Hispanic/Latino, 7.6% two or more races
Free and reduced-price lunch participation: 22.9% free, 7.3% reduced
Gifted: 6.9%
Statewide test scores (percentage who meet or exceed standards): 66 language arts, 64 math
LPS
Kloefkorn
Kloefkorn Elementary, 6601 Glass Ridge Drive
Enrollment: 488 students
83.7% white, 0.7% American Indian or Alaska Native, 1.5% Black or African American, 4.4% Asian, 5.3% Hispanic/Latino, 4.4% two or more races
Free and reduced-price lunch participation: 6.2% free, 2.0% reduced
Gifted: 11.9%
Statewide test scores (percentage who meet or exceed standards): 77 language arts, 72 math
LPS
Kooser
Kooser Elementary, 7301 N. 13th St.
Enrollment: 821 students
63.5% white, 0.1% American Indian or Alaska Native, 5.6% Black or African American, 11.9% Asian, 11.1% Hispanic/Latino, 0.1% Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander, 7.6% two or more races
Free and reduced-price lunch participation: 30.0% free, 8.3% reduced
Gifted: 2.9%
Statewide test scores (percentage who meet or exceed standards): 55 language arts, 49 math
LPS
Lakeview
Lakeview Elementary, 300 Capitol Beach Blvd.
Enrollment: 400 students
53.0% white, 0.8% American Indian or Alaska Native, 9.3% Black or African American, 3.8% Asian, 22.8% Hispanic/Latino, 10.5% two or more races
Free and reduced-price lunch participation: 57.0% free, 9.5% reduced
Gifted: 1.8%
Statewide test scores (percentage who meet or exceed standards): 35 language arts, 29 math
LPS
Maxey
Maxey Elementary, 5200 S. 75th St.
Enrollment: 683 students
75.9% white, 0.3% American Indian or Alaska Native, 1.2% Black or African American, 13.5% Asian, 3.4% Hispanic/Latino, 0.2% Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander, 5.5% two or more races
Free and reduced-price lunch participation: 10.6% free, 3.4% reduced
Gifted: 10.4%
Statewide test scores (percentage who meet or exceed standards): 70 language arts, 69 math
LPS
McPhee
McPhee Elementary, 820 Goodhue Blvd.
Enrollment: 304 students
26.8% white, 1.4% American Indian or Alaska Native, 16.3% Black or African American, 12.7% Asian, 35.9% Hispanic/Latino and 6.9% two or more races
Free and reduced-price lunch participation: 77.2% free, 6.9% reduced
Gifted: 4.0%
Statewide test scores (percentage who meet or exceed standards): 36 language arts, 22 math
LPS
Meadow Lane
Meadow Lane Elementary, 7200 Vine St.
Enrollment: 620 students
72.1% white, 0.2% American Indian or Alaska Native, 2.8% Black or African American, 2.6% Asian, 13.8% Hispanic/Latino, 8.6% two or more races
Free and reduced-price lunch participation: 33.6% free, 8.1% reduced
Gifted: 8.3%
Statewide test scores (percentage who meet or exceed standards): 51 language arts, 39 math
LPS
Morley
Morley Elementary, 6800 Monterey Drive
Enrollment: 421 students
78.1% white, 0.2% American Indian or Alaska Native, 3.8% Black or African American, 0.2% Asian, 7.4% Hispanic, 0.5% Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander, 9.7% two or more races
Free and reduced-price lunch participation: 20.2% free, 5.5% reduced
Gifted: 15.4%
Statewide test scores (percentage who meet or exceed standards): 69 language arts, 56 math
LPS
Norwood Park
Norwood Park Elementary, 4710 N. 72nd St.
Enrollment: 238 students
68.0% white, 4.4% Black or African American, 2.4% Asian, 18.9% Hispanic/Latino, 6.3% two or more races
Free and reduced-price lunch participation: 46.6% free, 15.0% reduced
Gifted: 4.9%
Statewide test scores (percentage who meet or exceed standards): 43 language arts, 30 math
LPS
Pershing
Pershing Elementary, 6402 Judson St.
Enrollment: 430 students
57.5% white, 0.5% American Indian or Alaska Native, 6.6% Black or African American, 3.3% Asian, 20.6% Hispanic/Latino, 11.5% two or more races
Free and reduced-price lunch participation: 54.5% free, 12.7% reduced
Gifted: 4.3%
Statewide test scores (percentage who meet or exceed standards): 49 language arts, 50 math
LPS
Prescott
Prescott Elementary, 1930 S. 20th St.
Enrollment: 492 students
44.9% white, 0.9% American Indian or Alaska Native, 13.8% Black or African American, 7.3% Asian, 18.8% Hispanic/Latino, 0.5% Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander, 13.8% two or more races
Free and reduced-price lunch participation: 51.2% free, 9.5% reduced
Gifted: 7.5%
Statewide test scores (percentage who meet or exceed standards): 52 language arts, 36 math
LPS
Pyrtle
Pyrtle Elementary, 721 Cottonwood Drive
Enrollment: 454 students
78.9% white, 1.9% Black or African American, 2.6% Asian, 10.0% Hispanic/Latino, 6.7% two or more races
Free and reduced-price lunch participation: 17.3% free, 3.6% reduced
Gifted: 17.3%
Statewide test scores (percentage who meet or exceed standards): 68 language arts, 60 math
LPS
Randolph
Randolph Elementary, 1024 S. 37th St.
Enrollment: 428 students
61.4% white, 0.9% American Indian or Alaska Native, 5.6% Black or African American, 3.7% Asian, 16.4% Hispanic/Latino, 0.5% Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander, 11.4% two or more races
Free and reduced-lunch participation: 45.6% free, 8.9% reduced
Gifted: 3.0%
Statewide test scores (percentage who meet or exceed standards): 53 language arts, 40 math
LPS
Riley
Riley Elementary, 5021 Orchard St.
Enrollment: 321 students
49.5% white, 0.6% American Indian or Alaska Native, 6.9% Black or African American, 3.4% Asian, 22.7% Hispanic/Latino, 16.8% two or more races
Free and reduced-price lunch participation: 55.1% free, 10.0% reduced
Gifted: 5.3%
Statewide test scores (percentage who meet or exceed standards): 44 language arts, 42 math
LPS
Roper
Roper Elementary, 2323 S. Coddington
Enrollment: 803 students
53.5% white, 0.4% American Indian or Alaska Native, 9.9% Black or African American, 6.9% Asian, 21.2% Hispanic/Latino, 8.1% two or more races
Free and reduced-price lunch participation: 40.0% free, 10.4% reduced
Gifted: 6.5%
Statewide test scores (percentage who meet or exceed standards): 44 language arts, 46 math
LPS
Rousseau
Rousseau Elementary, 3701 S 33rd St.
Enrollment: 531 students
72.9% white, 0.2% American Indian or Alaska Native, 4.0% Black or African American, 3.4% Asian, 7.0% Hispanic/Latino, 0.2% Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander, 12.2% two or more races
Free and reduced-price lunch participation: 22.7% free, 8.4% reduced
Gifted: 14.7%
Statewide test scores (percentage who meet or exceed standards): 68 language arts, 63 math
LPS
Saratoga
Saratoga Elementary, 2215 S. 13th St.
Enrollment: 235 students
48.5% white, 1.5% American Indian or Alaska Native, 7.8% Black or African American, 3.4% Asian, 26.2% Hispanic/Latino, 12.6% two or more races
Free and reduced-price lunch participation: 61.7% free, 9.7% reduced
Gifted: 5.8%
Statewide test scores (percentage who meet or exceed standards): 36 language arts, 25 math
LPS
Sheridan
Sheridan Elementary, 3100 Plymouth Ave.
Enrollment: 407 students
86.0% white, 0.2% American Indian or Alaska Native, 1.5% Black or African American, 0.5% Asian, 4.9% Hispanic/Latino, 6.9% two or more races
Free and reduced-price lunch participation: 12.0% free, 5.2% reduced
Gifted: 17.4%
Statewide test scores (percentage who meet or exceed standards): 74 language arts, 64 math
LPS
West Lincoln
West Lincoln Elementary, 630 W. Dawes Ave.
Enrollment: 505 students
37.0% white, 0.4% American Indian or Alaska Native, 9.7% Black or African American, 2.4% Asian, 41.2% Hispanic, 9.3% two or more races
Free and reduced-price lunch participation: 72.1% free, 10.3% reduced
Gifted: 3.8%
Statewide test scores (percentage who meet or exceed standards): 32 language arts, 29 math
LPS
Wysong
Wysong Elementary, 7901 Blanchard Blvd.
Enrollment: 684 students
89.9% white, 0.1% Black or African American, 2.2% Asian, 3.8% Hispanic/Latino, 3.9% two or more races
Free and reduced-price lunch participation: 3.9% free, 1.5% reduced
Gifted: 7.5%
Statewide test scores (percentage who meet or exceed standards): 75 language arts, 68 math
LPS
Zeman
Zeman Elementary, 4900 S. 52nd St.
Enrollment: 440 students
63.0% white, 0.9% American Indian or Alaska Native, 4.8% Black or African American, 3.0% Asian, 16.1% Hispanic/Latino, 12.3% two or more races
Free and reduced-price lunch participation: 29.5% free, 9.3% reduced
Gifted: 3.4%
Statewide test scores (percentage who meet or exceed standards): 58 language arts, 49 math
LPS
Culler
Culler Middle School, 5201 Vine St.
Enrollment: 708 students
39.4% white, 1.0% American Indian or Alaska Native, 14.7% Black or African American, 7.1% Asian, 27.3% Hispanic/Latino, 0.1% Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander, 10.5% two or more races
Free and reduced-price lunch participation: 60.9% free, 9.3% reduced
Gifted: 8.3%
Statewide test scores (percentage who meet or exceed standards): 32 language arts, 30 math
LPS
Dawes
Dawes Middle School, 5130 Colfax Ave.
Enrollment: 398 students
55.0% white, 0.3% American Indian or Alaska Native, 8.3% Black or African American, 2.3% Asian, 19.8% Hispanic/Latino, 14.3% two or more races
Free and reduced-price lunch participation: 53.3% free, 13.1% reduced
Gifted: 10.6%
Statewide test scores (percentage who meet or exceed standards): 37 language arts, 32 math
LPS
Goodrich
Goodrich Middle School, 4600 Lewis Ave.
Enrollment: 818 students
42.9% white, 1.1% American Indian or Alaska Native, 13.0% Black or African American, 4.0% Asian, 29.5% Hispanic/Latino, 9.5% two or more races
Free and reduced-price lunch participation: 61.6% free, 11.1% reduced
Gifted: 9.7%
Statewide test scores (percentage who meet or exceed standards): 36 language arts, 38 math
LPS
Irving
Irving Middle School, 2745 S. 22nd St.
Enrollment: 910 students
62.7% white, 0.8% American Indian or Alaska Native, 6.5% Black or African American, 3.2% Asian, 14.3% Hispanic/Latino, 12.5% two or more races
Free and reduced-price lunch participation: 35.4% free, 8.1% reduced
Gifted: 26.6%
Statewide test scores (percentage who meet or exceed standards): 55 language arts, 49 math
LPS
Lefler
Lefler Middle School, 1100 S. 48th St.
Enrollment: 558 students
57.9% white, 0.7% American Indian or Alaska Native, 9.5% Black or African American, 4.7% Asian, 15.8% Hispanic/Latino, 0.2% Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander, 11.3% two or more races
Free and reduced-price lunch participation: 43.7% free, 12.0% reduced
Gifted: 13.8%
Statewide test scores (percentage who meet or exceed standards): 45 language arts, 45 math
LPS
Lux
Lux Middle School, 7800 High St.
Enrollment: 789 students
80.0% white, 0.1% American Indian or Alaska Native, 2.7% Black or African American, 3.8% Asian, 7.2% Hispanic/Latino, 0.1% Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander, 6.1% two or more races
Free and reduced-price lunch participation: 10.5% free, 6.3% reduced
Gifted: 28.3%
Statewide test scores (percentage who meet or exceed standards): 66 language arts, 68 math
LPS
Mickle
Mickle Middle School, 2500 N. 67th St.
Enrollment: 719 students
70.9% white, 0.1% American Indian or Alaska Native, 2.8% Black or African American, 1.5% Asian, 11.8% Hispanic/Latino, 12.8% two or more races
Free and reduced-price lunch participation: 34.9% free, 9.5% reduced
Gifted: 17.1%
Statewide test scores (percentage who meet or exceed standards): 55 language arts, 53 math
LPS
Moore
Moore Middle School, 8700 Yankee Woods Drive
Enrollment: 646 students
86.4% white, 0.6% American Indian or Alaska Native, 0.6% Black or African American, 4.3% Asian, 3.4% Hispanic/Latino, 4.6% two or more races
Free and reduced-price lunch participation: 7.0% free, 2.3% reduced
Gifted: 27.6%
Statewide test scores (percentage who meet or exceed standards): 69 language arts, 78 math
LPS
Park
Park Middle School, 855 S. Eighth St.
Enrollment: 833 students
41.2% white, 0.6% American Indian or Alaska Native, 11.9% Black or African American, 6.7% Asian, 30.1% Hispanic/Latino, 0.2% Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander, 9.2% two or more races
Free and reduced-price lunch participation: 55.8% free, 10.4% reduced
Gifted: 9.8%
Statewide test scores (percentage who meet or exceed standards): 37 language arts, 37 math
LPS
Pound
Pound Middle School, 4740 S. 45th St.
Enrollment: 700 students
67.6% white, 0.6% American Indian or Alaska Native, 4.6% Black or African American, 2.4% Asian, 12.4% Hispanic/Latino, 0.1% Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander, 12.3% two or more races
Free and reduced-price lunch participation: 25.7% free, 8.6% reduced
Gifted: 22.4%
Statewide test scores (percentage who meet or exceed standards): 59 language arts, 60 math
LPS
Schoo
Schoo Middle School, 700 Penrose Drive
Enrollment: 898 students
63.9% white, 0.4% American Indian or Alaska Native, 7.2% Black or African American, 5.0% Asian, 12.1% Hispanic/Latino, 0.1% Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander, 11.1% two or more races
Free and reduced-price lunch participation: 30.3% free, 9.7% reduced
Gifted: 15.5%
Statewide test scores (percentage who meet or exceed standards): 50 language arts, 48 math
LPS
Scott
Scott Middle School, 2200 Pine Lake Road
Enrollment: 1,182 students
77.7% white, 0.2% American Indian or Alaska Native, 3.2% Black or African American, 4.6% Asian, 7.2% Hispanic/Latino, 7.1% two or more races
Free and reduced-price lunch participation: 13.1% free, 4.3% reduced
Gifted: 30.1%
Statewide test scores (percentage who meet or exceed standards): 65 language arts, 70 math
LPS
East
East High School, 1000 S. 70th St.
Enrollment: 2,250 students
78.7% white, 0.2% American Indian or Alaska Native, 2.2% Black or African American, 4.6% Asian, 8.4% Hispanic/Latino, 5.8% two or more races
Free and reduced-price lunch participation: 14.6% free, 5.3% reduced
Gifted: 24.4%
Statewide test scores (percentage who meet or exceed standards): 59 language arts, 58 math, 63 science
LPS
Lincoln High
Lincoln High School, 2229 J St.
Enrollment: 2,320 students
42.6% white, 1.7% American Indian or Alaska Native, 11.9% Black or African American, 8.9% Asian, 23.3% Hispanic/Latino, 0.1% Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander, 11.5% two or more races
Free and reduced-price lunch participation: 47.5% free, 9.7% reduced
Gifted: 15.5%
Statewide test scores (percentage who meet or exceed standards): 36 language arts, 34 math, 34 science
LPS
North Star
North Star High School, 5801 N. 33rd St.
Enrollment: 2,243 students
54.9% white, 0.4% American Indian or Alaska Native, 8.7% Black or African American, 6.5% Asian, 21.5% Hispanic/Latino, 7.9% two or more races
Free and reduced-price lunch participation: 42.1% free, 9.7% reduced
Gifted: 10.1%
Statewide test scores (percentage who meet or exceed standards): 29 language arts, 31 math, 34 science
LPS
Northeast
Northeast High School, 2635 N. 63rd St.
Enrollment: 1,869 students
59.4% white, 1.3% American Indian or Alaska Native, 9.7% Black or African American, 2.4% Asian, 17.1% Hispanic/Latino, 0.2% Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander, 10.0% two or more races
Free and reduced-price lunch participation: 49.9% free, 10.8% reduced
Gifted: 10.6%
Statewide test scores (percentage who meet or exceed standards): 32 language arts, 30 math, 34 science
LPS
Southeast
Southeast High School, 2930 S. 37th St.
Enrollment: 1,980 students
73.4% white, 1.1% American Indian or Alaska Native, 3.8% Black or African American, 1.2% Asian, 10.6% Hispanic/Latino, 0.3% Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander, 9.6% two or more races
Free and reduced-price lunch participation: 25.1% free, 7.6% reduced
Gifted: 22.6%
Statewide test scores (percentage who meet or exceed standards): 49 language arts, 48 math, 53 science
LPS
Southwest
Southwest High School, 7001 S. 14th St.
Enrollment: 2,196 students
76.8% white, 0.2% American Indian or Alaska Native, 3.9% Black or African American, 3.8% Asian, 9.6% Hispanic/Latino, 5.7% two or more races
Free and reduced-price lunch participation: 17.7% free, 5.1% reduced
Gifted: 24.4%
Statewide test scores (percentage who meet or exceed standards): 62 language arts, 58 math, 64 science
LPS
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SACRAMENTO, Calif. — There’s a crisis impacting families across the nation as a serious shortage of baby formula has parents scrambling to find ways to feed their infants.
Sacramento-area mom Michelle Willard is one of them. She has a 3-month-old son who relies on formula.
“Over the last couple weeks, it has gotten to the point where we can no longer find the formula we need,” Willard said. “It’s extremely nerve-wrecking as a mother and not being able to find formula here in the Sacramento region to feed my child.”
ABC10 normally talks with Willard about economic development, as she’s the chief public affairs officer with the Greater Sacramento Economic Council. Right now, however, this mom of two and her husband are struggling to find the formula their baby Jackson needs.
“About every day, my husband and I either go on the Target app, Raley’s app, Safeway app, Walmart app and we’re constantly monitoring when a can of formula – Nutramigen – is in stock and then we instantly buy it through our app and then go to the store to get the can, and these are pretty small cans for $33 and they don’t last long,” Willard said. “We’re constantly having to do this, daily and weekly, to find formula to feed our son.”
She said her son’s body doesn’t process cow’s milk well, so they need a specific kind of formula and can’t just switch to whatever might be available.
Another local mom, Jenn Kistler-McCoy, has twin 11-month-old boys, who are now beginning to eat solid foods but still rely on formula for their nutritional needs.
“There’s been a couple of nights where I was driving around all evening just trying to find it because we had maybe enough for, like, one bottle that night,” Kistler-McCoy told ABC10.
Ongoing supply chain issues are fueling this nationwide shortage, along with a voluntary recall back in February of three popular brands of powder formula made by Abbott, which is a major manufacturer of formula in the U.S.
Those products were pulled following reports that two babies got seriously sick – and two others died.
Abbott said after testing and inspections – in partnership with the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) – it does not believe their facility is the likely source of infection.
Still, by late April, 40% of the national baby formula inventory was out of stock, according to retail analysis firm Datasembly. By the end of the first week in May, that shortage increased to 43% of the national supply.
As Dr. Alok Patel, pediatric hospitalist with Stanford Children’s Health, explains, “There's only a few manufacturers that are making the entire supply we see on grocery store and pharmacy shelves, and if one of those is not meeting demand, there is a bottleneck."
Kistler-McCoy said buying online has resulted in disappointment on more than one occasion for her family.
“You can order it sometimes and then it’ll be like, ‘Oh, your order is canceled because we’re out of it,’” Kistler-McCoy said.
She said that even when she finds formula in-store at Costco, there's still issues to contend with.
“We’re limited to buying two of them, which we go through really fast with two boys…We usually go through one within four days, so only being able to buy two at a time, it’s like we have to keep going back to Costco and buying more.”
ABC10 called the Sacramento County Women, Infants and Children (WIC) number to ask about formula availability. The person who answered told ABC10 that WIC doesn’t have formula to give out to families in the program – just benefits cards those families can spend at local stores.
For parents shopping around, they recommend calling ahead before driving to a store to see if formula is in stock at that location. While it’s a frustrating process, they say it can at least save people some time and gas money.
In the meantime, some families are turning to sites like eBay to find formula.
“If people out there are turning to the Internet, auction sites or social media to get formula, you have to make sure that you're using an FDA-approved formula,” Dr. Patel said. “FDA-approved to make sure that it is safe, that it has the exact nutrient composition that young babies need.”
However, families without the resources to go shopping around find themselves having to make especially hard choices.
Brian Dittmeier, senior director of public policy at the National WIC Association, told the Washington Post “he has heard of families starting solids earlier than they would prefer, turning to risky recipes for homemade formula, or diluting formula to make it last longer even though it might not provide the nutrition babies need.”
“My heart goes out to other moms and other families in the Sacramento region who maybe can’t afford or are having trouble getting access to this formula,” Willard said. “It’s expensive. I mean, just this month alone, I’m probably going to have to spend $1,000 on formula. With already-rising inflation, prices of gas and other commodities, it’s extremely challenging.”
That formula-maker, Abbott, said in a statement Wednesday that it is working with the FDA to re-open the plant that’s been shut down since the recall, and hopes to get that back up and running within the next two weeks. Once it opens, however, Abbott said that new formula will not reach store shelves for up to two months.
“We understand the situation is urgent,” Abbott said in a statement. “We know the recall has worsened an already existing industry-wide infant formula shortage in the U.S., and we've been seeing and hearing the stress and despair of parents who are facing empty shelves. We deeply regret the situation and since the recall, we've been working to increase supply at our other FDA-registered facilities, including bringing in Similac from our site in Cootehill, Ireland, by air and producing more liquid Similac and Alimentum. We also began releasing metabolic formulas that were on hold earlier this month at FDA's request to those who need these unique formulas.”
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SANTA ROSA, Calif. — The parents of a 15-month-old toddler were arrested for her death after the child was found unresponsive in their Northern California home where police found drug paraphernalia and fentanyl, authorities said.
Evan Frostick, 26, and Madison Bernard, 23, were arrested at their Santa Rosa apartment and booked for alleged cruelty to a child likely to produce great bodily injury or death, Santa Rosa Police Sgt. Christian Mahurin said Wednesday.
Authorities may file manslaughter charges based on the results of an autopsy and toxicology test on the toddler expected in the next few weeks, he said.
Mahurin said he didn't know if the child's parents have retained attorneys to speak on their behalf. They are scheduled to be arraigned later Wednesday and could be assigned a public defender if they can't afford an attorney, he said.
Santa Rosa police officers, fire officials and emergency crews responded to the family's apartment Monday after Bernard called 911 to report her child was unresponsive, Mahurin said.
“The main concern was that the toddler was in a bed and in a bedroom that had both paraphernalia for fentanyl and fentanyl in the room and sprinkled on the bed,” he said.
After serving a search warrant, detectives found 2½ to 3 grams of suspected fentanyl and paraphernalia in a bedroom, including on the bed the child shared with her parents, and on the floor where the child often played, Mahurin said.
“Anything from 2 milligrams or more can be considered a lethal dose so, having that much just lying around can be incredibly dangerous,” he said.
Mahurin said there is a growing concern about children being exposed to fentanyl, a powerful synthetic opioid used for pain relief that has been blamed for a spike in San Francisco Bay Area overdoses.
“We understand that people use recreational drugs. We also understand that people with addiction and substance issues use drugs regularly. We understand adults make those choices and those decisions, but really keeping them out of the reach of children is one of our primary concerns,” he said.
In 2019, Patrick O’Neill, 29, and his 13-month-old son, Liam, died of fentanyl overdoses. Federal prosecutors charged three people with the distribution of fentanyl in relation to the deaths and linked the drugs to a network of dealers in San Francisco’s Tenderloin neighborhood. They were sentenced to between six and eight years in federal prison.
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ROCKLIN, Calif. — After nearly two months, Rocklin police have finished their investigation into a deadly crash that killed an Inderkum High School student.
The crash happened back on March 19 along Lonetree Bouelvard and Adams Drive in Rocklin, killing 18-year-old Anthony Williams. Police said the driver, whose identity remains undisclosed, was not at fault in the collision.
In a news release, police said they came to the determination after receiving the final report from the Placer County Sheriff/Coroner's Office and reviewing all of the evidence in the case. No criminal charges will be requested.
The announcement comes after public outrage at a Rocklin City Council meeting Tuesday night. Advocates with Justice for Anthony Williams said they believe the person behind the wheel was a Placer County executive, adding to speculation of a cover-up or even special treatment.
The advocacy group said a waitress who aided Williams at the scene of the crash and a second person online identified the driver as a top administrator for Placer County. ABC10 could not independently confirm the identity of the driver.
Erin Acosta told ABC10 that she spoke at the city council meeting to continue to applying public pressure on his case. She said Williams was like a brother to her son.
"Who was it? What happened? How did it happen? Was he speeding? Was he under the influence? Nothing. And his family just wants answers," Acosta said Tuesday night. "We're here to help them get those answers that we all require. We demand it."
Rocklin police said the accident report for the incident is available to "any person who may have a proper interest therein, including, but not limited to, the driver or drivers involved, or the guardian or conservator thereof, the parent of a minor driver, the authorized representative of a driver, or to any named person injured therein, the owners of vehicles or property damaged thereby, persons who may incur civil liability, including liability based upon a breach of warranty arising out of the accident, and any attorney who declares under penalty of perjury that he or she represents any of the above persons.”
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STOCKTON, California — A deaf high school instructor in Stockton is shining a light on the importance of interpreters in the classroom.
Teacher Ashley Lowe told ABC10 that an agency contracting up to 14 interpreters to the Stockton Unified School District (SUSD) was not getting paid.
"It's really frustrating because right now my students and myself are deaf, and we depend on interpreters for access and communication," Lowe said.
Lowe has taught for six years in SUSD and has sixteen students at Edison High School along with some middle school students. But, without an interpreter by her side, class simply comes to a halt.
"If there are no interpreters, how can you imagine yourself sitting in a classroom and not wondering what's going on? Not being able to hear what's going on around you?" Lowe said.
She even took her frustrations before the district school board Tuesday night.
"Under the ADA, the district is required to provide equity and equality for the deaf and hard of hearing students, the parents and their hearing peers," she told the board.
She said no member of the board responded once she completed her comments. However, her advocacy paid off.
On Wednesday, the district issued this statement saying, "Eaton Translation Services has received all payments. Our services are current and will continue with Eaton. We value all of our Stockton Unified School District students, parents and staff."
"People need to be aware about deaf education... I want the community to understand the importance of having access to communication for our deaf students, for our deaf adults like me. We're no different from you guys. We need that support and being a part of the community," Lowe said.
Based in Sacramento, Eaton Translation Services said this is the second time this year Stockton Unified has failed to make payments on time, and the school district said it is looking into why the payments have been late.
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STOCKTON, Calif. — As white tents start dotting the grass and sidewalks of downtown Stockton's Weber Point Events Center again, it's a sign that another weekend of activities is slated to kick off soon in the Port City.
"People are just hungry for things to do," said Wes Rhea, CEO of Visit Stockton. "We're hearing a lot of excitement for this weekend."
This weekend, Visit Stockton, the city's nonprofit visitor's bureau, will host their first-ever Stockton FlavorFest at Weber Point.
The festival is one of more than 40 events scheduled in the city for the month of May, according to ASM Global, an event promoter and host in Stockton.
"We're hearing a lot of buzz about especially this event, but you know, last week it was the Asparagus Festival in town, Cinco De Mayo had a parade and festival," Rhea said. "Even though we're not quite into our busy travel season, with this event this weekend - we also have commencement this weekend at the University of Pacific - our hotels will be very full. Our restaurants will be very busy."
Among the major events in Stockton during the month of May: Multiple college and high school graduations, several Stockton Ports baseball games, Stockton Heat hockey games, two NCAA golf tournaments, two Disc Golf Pro Tour events, the West Coast Conference Baseball Championships, the San Joaquin Asparagus Festival, a "Feast at the Fox", Visit Stockton's FlavorFest, a Stockton Music Jam event, symphony events, and concerts featuring Mexican banda group Marca MP, and rappers YG, Mozzy, Haiti Babii, Snoop Dogg, Ice Cube, E-40 and Too Short.
The events are slated to be held at a variety of Stockton venues including the Banner Island Ballpark, Bob Hope Theater, San Joaquin County Fairgrounds, San Joaquin Delta College, Spanos Golf Course, Stockton Arena, Swenson Golf Course, University of the Pacific and the Weber Point Events Center.
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"This is where tourism actually meets economic development and this is our opportunity to shine," said Connie Cochran, spokesperson for the city of Stockton. "This is where the culinary scene, which is so popular right now, brings and attracts people from throughout the region hopefully, that is the goal. And then they get to experience Stockton and see what we're all about."
With major events scheduled in almost every city council district for the month of May, city officials are hoping that visitors will explore other areas of the city and return to them.
Rhea gave an update to Stockton's City Council in April with data showing growth in key economic indicators such as visitor credit card spending and hotel bookings, which were at or above pre-pandemic levels in the months leading up to May.
"The goal always is that it's not just about that one-time festival, we want them to come back," Cochran said. "Part of this is a lot of the introducing people to the arts that are available here in Stockton and hopefully people will come back and experience our community through some of the new businesses that they get exposed to when they're here for special events."
The anticipated revenue to the city in the month of May is expected to continue the city's pandemic recovery which brought a 14.4% increase in hotel demand between 2020 and when pandemic restrictions began to loosen in 2021.
Hotel revenue also increased in 2021 by $18.5 million compared to 2022's numbers, according to Visit Stockton.
While city officials do not yet know exactly how much money from the dozens of May events will turn into tax dollars boosting Stockton's economy, they say the impact can only be positive.
"It can only be good. I mean, we don't have exact numbers just yet," Cochran said. "But what it does is it reminds people of all the great things that we have to offer, and then they can go back and visit our local businesses."
As Rhea and his team continue to set up for the two-day festival, which kicks off Saturday, he and city officials alike hope the thousands of expected visitors will continue to make their mark on the city throughout the month of May and beyond.
"There's definitely a pent-up demand when it comes to these types of events," Rhea said. "We're just thrilled to welcome people back to Stockton."
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STOCKTON, Calif. — The city of Stockton’s plans for its new city hall began at an estimated cost of $25 million in 2017. Now with the supply chain shortages and rising construction costs in the nation’s post-pandemic economy, that repair estimate has jumped to $75 million.
The decision was made following a city council meeting last week where construction plans years in the making were approved.
“Earlier this month on the 3rd of May, Council approved the construction contract,” Connie Cochran, Community Relations Officer for the city of Stockton said. “That was a huge milestone because by approving a contract with a company to begin construction, that means we've got a stake in the ground, and we can now move forward with plans.”
The decision to move buildings was mainly due to the aged infrastructure of the historic city hall that has caused a number of safety issues for city staff.
“These buildings are just old and really hard to maintain,” Cochran said. “They have a lot of problems including the fact that we lost our heating system last winter.”
According to Cochran, this, as well as a number of other factors, lead to the city’s decision to purchase the Waterfront Towers to house a new city hall.
However, the buildings that were bought still maintained a number of issues that required the necessary funding to repair.
“So new elevator systems, new plumbing, obviously all of the information technology (IT) infrastructure that needs to be there to support all of the employees, a heating and air conditioning system needs to be replaced as well as the suppression or fire sprinklers,” Cochran said. “All of those are very big ticket items and then of course we will be building, ultimately, a council chamber that will need to be moved over there.”
The drastic increase in price will not have any severe impact on any integral parts of the city’s budget, according to Cochran, as the majority of the funding will come from leasing relief and city reserves in anticipation of the project.
“We all are dealing with supply shortages and so I'm aware of the things that builders are going through right now,” Mike Huber, executive director of the Downtown Stockton Alliance (DSA). “As a taxpayer, I'm not happy with the additional increases in the rehab of the New City Hall, but I'm understanding of it.”
DSA is a non-profit organization responsible for the beatification and promotion of economic growth and development in Downtown Stockton.
Huber said he believes city workers are long overdue for a new space, and advocates for the large scale project despite the raise in cost.
According to Cochran, construction will last at least a couple years before any department can be moved into the new building. There are not yet any plans for what will be made of historic city hall.
“I would like to see a museum there to be honest with you,” said Huber. “I think it would be a perfect spot to have some of Stockton's great things put down, and we've only got one museum in town.”
In light of the excitement for the big move, the city hopes to find a way to preserve the old building in a meaningful way.
“This is a very important building for the Community and it's a historic building, but clearly it will need a lot of work no matter what it is used for and that's why we're moving out,” Cochran said.
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ORANGE COUNTY, Calif. — The Coastal Fire near Laguna Beach and Laguna Niguel has burned homes in Orange County, California.
The fire has burned more than 180 acres, the Orange County Fire Authority said Wednesday evening.
At least 13 homes have been burned, KABC reported.
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EVACUATIONS:
The Orange County Sheriff's Office says:
- Evacuation orders have been issued for Coronado Pointe Drive, Vista Court, and Via Las Rosa in the Pacific Island area.
- Voluntary evacuations are in place for residents in the Balboa Nyes (Portafina) Neighborhood.
Residents are asked to call the Orange County Emergency Operations Center at (714) 628-7085 for updates.
An evacuation center is set up at the Crown Valley Community Center at 29751 Crown Valley Parkway.
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WILDFIRE PREPS
According to Cal Fire, the 2021 fire season started earlier than previous years, but also ended earlier, as well. January 2021 saw just under 1,200 acres burned from nearly 300 wildfires. Fires picked up in the summer when the Dixie Fire burned in five Northern California counties — Butte, Plumas, Shasta, Lassen and Tehama. The Dixie Fire started on July 13 and wasn't contained until Oct. 25, burning nearly 1 million acres. It became the second largest wildfire in state history and the largest non-complex fire.
Overall, 2.5 million acres burned in 2021 from 8,835 wildfires. Over 3,600 structures were destroyed and 3 people killed.
If you live in a wildfire-prone zone, Cal Fire suggests creating a defensible space around your home. Defensible space is an area around a building in which vegetation and other debris are completely cleared. At least 100 feet is recommended.
The Department of Homeland Security suggests assembling an emergency kit that has important documents, N95 respirator masks, supplies to grab with you if you’re forced to leave at a moment’s notice. The agency also suggests signing up for local warning system notifications and know your community’s evacuation plans best to prepare yourself and your family in cases of wildfires.
Some counties use Nixle alerts to update residents on severe weather, wildfires, and other news. To sign up, visit www.nixle.com or text your zip code to 888777 to start receiving alerts.
PG&E customers can also subscribe to alerts via text, email, or phone call. If you're a PG&E customer, visit the Profile & Alerts section of your account to register.
What questions do you have about the latest wildfires? If you're impacted by the wildfires, what would you like to know? Text the ABC10 team at (916) 321-3310.
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A Manhattan federal court jury returned a mixed verdict Wednesday in the trial of a New Jersey software developer who authorities said researched and photographed U.S. landmarks for possible attacks.
The jury was unable to reach a verdict on one terrorism charge — providing material support for a terrorist group — but found Alexei Saab, 44, had received military-type training from Hezbollah’s Islamic Jihad Organization, which is based in Lebanon.
Saab was also found guilty of conspiring to commit marriage fraud and making false statements. The Morristown, New Jersey, resident was exonerated on three other charges after a two-week trial.
Saab’s lawyer, Marlon Kirton, said much of the evidence came from what Saab himself told FBI investigators that was “un-credible, crazy, unsubstantiated information,” and which can’t be considered reliable.
Saab spoke with the FBI in 11 sessions over several weeks prior to his 2019 arrest, but was never read his rights, Kirton said in an email after the verdict.
U.S. Attorney Damian Williams highlighted the jury’s unanimous verdict that Saab was trained by a terrorist organization.
“The evidence at trial showed that Saab surveilled some of New York’s most iconic and highly trafficked locations,” Williams said in a statement, “in order to provide critical intelligence on how they could be most effectively attacked.”
Judge Paul G. Gardephe questioned whether the terrorism count conviction will stand based on rules about how the statute of limitations pertains to terrorism charges. He asked lawyers on both sides to submit written arguments within weeks about the charge, which has a potential maximum penalty of 10 years in prison.
Gardephe said he wanted to know if it was the intent of Congress that there would be no limit to how long the government could wait to bring charges against someone who received military-type training from a terrorist organization.
Prosecutors were also given a week to decide whether to seek a retrial on the material support charge, which carries a potential penalty of up to 20 years in prison.
The other two convictions for conspiring to commit marriage fraud and making false statements each carry a potential penalty of up to five years in prison.
Prosecutors say that, according to Saab, he joined Hezbollah in 1996 and once tried to kill a man he later understood to be a suspected Israeli spy by pointing a weapon at the individual at close range, but the firearm jammed. They said he surveilled potential targets for terrorism attacks from 2000 to 2005 while working by day as a technology software engineer.
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MOULTRIE — The 2022 Sunbelt Ag Expo Field Day is scheduled for July 21, and farmers are invited to attend to learn practical information from the region’s top agricultural scientists about the newest technologies that farmers can use to improve their operations.
The Sunbelt team will welcome farmers and professionals in the ag industry to a Driving Tour of the Darrell Williams Research Farm. The half-day event will take place at the 600-acre Darrell Williams Research Farm, located at the Expo show site at Spence Field in Moultrie. Registration is free for anyone who works in agriculture.
Visitors should arrive thru Gate 2 any time between 8-9 a.m. to begin the tour. Signs will direct those in attendance to a red tent, where they will register, receive a welcome bag including snacks, register for CCA credits, and begin the tour. They will never have to step out of their vehicle for this process.
Once registered, visitors will then drive through the tour path while viewing pre-recorded segments featuring university researchers and company vendors. In addition, farmers can choose to pull aside at stops that particularly spark their interest to further investigate plots and visit one-on-one with researchers.
“We have the unique ability to work with university and corporate researchers on our Darrell Williams Research Farm, where we continue to conduct cotton, peanut, corn, sorghum and forage research — all aimed at improving the farmer’s bottom line,” Sunbelt Ag Expo Executive Director Chip Blalock said. “We look at the latest seed varieties, crop protection methods, soil fertility, irrigation and precision ag technology.”
“Each year, our mission is to provide a place where research can be done to benefit all row crop and forage farmers — especially those who might not have the resources or land to just go out and try a new variety or technology on a hunch,” Sunbelt Ag Expo Farm Manager Cody Mitchell said. “This year is no different.
“We strive to have the best-looking farm around. We want the Expo farm to showcase what a farm should look like. We work hard all year to ensure that we make a lifelong impression on the guests who come to see us during Sunbelt Ag Expo in October. When they visit here, we want it to be an eye-opening experience that’s worth their time.”
There are a few tips visitors should keep in mind to enjoy a successful tour. Bring a friend to experience the event with you. Be sure to have a smartphone or tablet with you to view the research videos during the tour. Videos will be accessible using the Official Sunbelt Ag Expo app, web site, or YouTube channel. Connect your device to your vehicle Bluetooth before you arrive. Plan to chat with researchers and vendors at plots that specifically interest you. Prepare to explore and learn on the research farm, all while enjoying your comfortable vehicle.
UGA researchers, Extension Specialists, and ag chemical representatives conduct numerous trials at the Sunbelt farm for all major Southern agronomic crops. To view more specific Field Day details, download the Sunbelt Ag Expo app or visit www.sunbeltexpo.com.
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PORTLAND, Ore. (KOIN) – Oregon Rises Above Hate announced they are hosting an event in Old Town in honor of Asian American Pacific Islander Month.
The May 14 event, beginning on Flanders Festival Street, will feature local performances, speeches, food carts, and a COVID-19 vigil at Lan Su Chinese Garden.
Oregon Rises Above Hate event schedule here
Additionally, Cultural Heritage Institutions including the Japanese American Museum of Oregon, Oregon Historical Society, Oregon Jewish Museum and Portland Chinatown Museum will be open free to the public.
“The Oregon Commission on Asian and Pacific Islander Affairs is honored to collaborate with Rise Above Hate for this important event,” said OCAPI Co-chair, Susan Soonkeum Cox. “The impact of racial hate crimes and actions against members of our community cannot go unanswered. This call-to-action is a critical step, and we invite community leaders throughout the state to get involved.”
According to Oregon Rises Above Hate, during the COVID-19 pandemic, hate crimes against Asian Americans surged with more than 10,900 hate incidents in the U.S. since March 19, 2020.
“The goal of Oregon Rises Above Hate is to highlight AANHPI issues to the broader community while uniting our diverse and distinct communities of Asian descent together in one voice,” Anne Naito-Campbell, organizer of Oregon Rises Above Hate, said. “Together, we will rise against hate, we will confront it, and we will rise above it. We will build a future that brings the promise of America to reality.”
Elizabeth Nye, Executive Director of the Lan Su Chinese Garden, added “we want to make our voice very clear— we stand united with the Old Town Chinatown community to strongly condemn racial intolerance and violence wherever it occurs.”
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Police have released additional details about the death of a 9-day-old baby in Page reported earlier this week.
The infant's mother, 33-year-old Jessica Seiser, and caretaker, 40-year-old Nancy Bell, were arrested on suspicion of child abuse Monday.
Bell brought the baby to the Page hospital shortly after 10 a.m. Friday, according to a probable cause statement filed in the Page Justice Court. Officials described the infant, who was pronounced dead at the hospital, as "severely neglected" and malnourished in the statement.
Initially, Bell allegedly told officers in she found the baby near a restroom at Lone Rock, Utah. However, she later confessed that she was taking care of the baby for its mother, Seiser, according to police.
Bell told investigators Seiser had the baby in her car on April 27 as "it would become known she was using drugs while pregnant" if she had the baby in the hospital, the report detailed. She asked Bell to take care of the baby for her as Bell was already breastfeeding her own baby and had "clean milk." Bell agreed and was taking care of both babies while living in her car.
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Bell, however, told police that Seiser's baby was difficult to feed as the child wouldn't latch on while breastfeeding and showed signs of being addicted to drugs.
Bell was staying in a parking lot with the two babies when she noticed Seiser's baby's condition became "dire," prompting her to take the child to the hospital.
Seiser later admitted to being the baby's mother to police, according to the probable cause statement, and that she gave the baby to Bell as she "did not want to have any attachment" with the child. She added that she didn't seek medical attention before or after the birth as she didn't want any connection with her baby, court records say.
Both women were booked into the Page holding facility Monday and have yet to be formally charged in Coconino County Superior Court.
Reporter Bree Burkitt can be reached at 928-556-2250 or bburkitt@azdailysun.com.
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Midland County District Attorney Laura Nodolf confirmed Wednesday that the five Midland Christian administrators and staff members arrested in mid-February were “no-billed,” or not indicted by a jury.
The administrators that were charged in mid-February with failure to report with intent to conceal neglect or abuse were Jared Owen Lee, 41, Gregory Neal McClendon, 55, Barry Lee Russell, 62, Matthew David Counts, 27, and Dana Elizabeth Ellis, 42.
Nodolf said that the prosecutor who presented the case communicated to her that the five were not indicted.
The Midland Christian School announced immediately after the arrests that the five would not return to campus while their legal proceedings continued. Lee is the school’s superintendent; Counts is the assistant secondary principal; Ellis as the secondary principal; McClendon as the school’s athletic director and head football coach; and Russell is the school’s baseball coach.
The Reporter-Telegram attempted to contact school officials about what’s next for at least four of the five. In April, MCS announced McClendon, the school’s long-time athletic director and head football coach, resigned.
Aaron Eckman, McClendon’s attorney, wrote in a press release Wednesday that he is calling “upon the Midland City Council to initiate an independent review of the handling of the investigation by members of the Midland Police Department. Professional lives were sullied and ruined by poorly investigated accusations and a calculated public arrest to garner media attention. It is said that when you drag someone through the mud, they will get muddy. Five lives are forever changed because of a rush to judgment by the police and the public.”
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Aaron Eckman, Coach Gregory McClendon’s attorney, released the following statement Wednesday:
The last three months have been the most difficult of Coach Gregory McClendon’s life. His faith has not wavered. He has remained steadfast in his Truth that he acted professionally, ethically, and morally in his handling of a rumor of an assault among student-athletes.
He would like to thank everyone who has uplifted him, supported him, and helped him stay strong during this most difficult ordeal. His wife, his children, and his friends and supporters were pillars of strength and resolve to him.
We would like to express our deepest gratitude to the Grand Jury of the 385th District Court for carefully reviewing the evidence before declining to indict our client Coach McClendon, and his four colleagues.
We call upon the Midland City Council to initiate an independent review of the handling of the investigation by members of the Midland Police Department. Professional lives were sullied and ruined by poorly investigated accusations and a calculated public arrest to garner media attention. It is said that when you drag someone through the mud, they will get muddy. Five lives are forever changed because of a rush to judgment by the police and the public.
Coach McClendon has devoted over 32 years to education – building students and student-athletes into young men and women of character, faith and resilience. While his tenure at Midland Christian School has come to end, he will continue to use his God-given gifts to help students and student-athletes realize their potential.
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Aaron Eckman, Coach Gregory McClendon’s attorney, releases the following statement:
The last three months have been the most difficult of Coach Gregory McClendon’s life. His faith has not wavered. He has remained steadfast in his Truth that he acted professionally, ethically, and morally in his handling of a rumor of an assault among student-athletes.
He would like to thank everyone who has uplifted him, supported him, and helped him stay strong during this most difficult ordeal. His wife, his children, and his friends and supporters were pillars of strength and resolve to him.
We would like to express our deepest gratitude to the Grand Jury of the 385th District Court for carefully reviewing the evidence before declining to indict our client Coach McClendon, and his four colleagues.
We call upon the Midland City Council to initiate an independent review of the handling of the investigation by members of the Midland Police Department.
Professional lives were sullied and ruined by poorly investigated accusations and a calculated public arrest to garner media attention. It is said that when you drag someone through the mud, they will get muddy. Five lives are forever changed because of a rush to judgment by the police and the public.
Coach McClendon has devoted over 32 years to education – building students and student-athletes into young men and women of character, faith and resilience. While his tenure at Midland Christian School has come to end, he will continue to use his God-given gifts to help students and student-athletes realize their potential.
“The righteous keep moving forward and those with clean hands become stronger and stronger.” Job 17:9
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The Midland Police Department reported Wednesday that officers are investigating the death of an infant.
MPD reported that at 10 p.m. Tuesday, officers with the Midland Police Department and Midland Fire Department were dispatched to the Ranchland Apartments at 1212 E. Wadley Ave. in reference to a call about an unresponsive infant. The infant was transported to Midland Memorial Hospital and was pronounced dead at 5 a.m. Wednesday, according to MPD.
The investigation is ongoing. An autopsy will be performed by the Dallas County Medical Examiner’s Office.
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The Midland County Emergency Management and the Fire Marshal’s Office are responding to a chemical fire on East Highway 80, according to the county's spokesperson.
County water tankers are en route to the scene now.
Authorities are advising drivers to avoid the area and find an alternate route. .
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U of M survey shows 77% of Montanans worried over lack of affordable housing
A newly released survey from the University of Montana shows a majority of the state’s voters are concerned by Montana’s current pace of growth, and that there is broad bipartisan support for increased protection of wildlife migration corridors.
The 2022 Voter Survey on Public Lands was commissioned by the University’s Crown of the Continent and Greater Yellowstone Initiative (COCGYI). COCGYI is a Missoula based conservation organization which supports research and educational efforts to preserve Rocky Mountain ecosystems extending from northwestern Wyoming to the Canadian Rockies.
COCGYI has commissioned a biannual survey tracking the opinions of likely voters in Montana since 2014 and seeks to understand how residents think about public land and natural resource issues.
The most consistent concern across party lines was the lack of affordable housing. Seventy-seven percent of respondents said the lack of affordable housing in Montana was either a very serious or extremely serious problem.
Fifty-two percent said “development sprawling into what were once ranches or open lands” was very serious or extremely serious. Fifty-seven percent said the rate of growth and development in their community is “too fast.”
Fifty-five percent of respondents said the quality of life in their area of Montana is worse today than it was five years ago.
The telephone survey of 500 randomly selected registered voters was conducted from April 4 to April 10. Eighty percent of the survey’s respondents said they were 35 years old or older, and 78% said they had lived in Montana for at least 20 years.
Thirty-three percent of respondents described themselves as Republican, 23% Democrat and 43% Independent or something else. Seventy-nine percent described themselves as “Conservationists,” and 65% said they were either a hunter, an angler or both.
“Growth is important for Montana’s economy, but decision-makers should also consider some of the anxiety we are seeing over its pace and impact on the land,” said COCGYI initiative director Rick Graetz. “This survey shows Montanans clearly want to keep our state livable, affordable and continue efforts to protect open lands and wildlife.”
A common desire among Montanans to protect the state’s open lands and wildlife was illuminated by broad support for specific conservation initiatives
Seventy-eight percent of the survey’s respondents said the ability for big game animals including pronghorn antelope, mule deer and elk to be able to move between summer and winter habitat was “very important” to them, and 63% said they “strongly support” constructing wildlife crossing structures such as over-passes or under-passes across major highways on known migration routes.
Providing incentives to private landowners who voluntarily agree to conserve wildlife habitat along migration routes was also popular, with 54% of respondents saying it was “very important” to them. Fifty-two percent said it’s “very important” for Native American tribes have a strong role in helping to manage public lands they consider to be sacred or historically important to them.
The survey’s largest consensus was for the continued use of marijuana taxes to maintain state lands.
Currently, about a third of taxes collected from the sale of recreational marijuana in Montana are dedicated to maintaining state parks, improving trails and recreation opportunities, expanding public access, and conserving wildlife habitat at risk of development. Eighty-two percent of the COCGYI survey’s respondents said they prefer the Montana State Legislature continue this practice.
When it came to specific conservation legislative proposals the response was more mixed. Forty-nine percent of survey takers said they preferred that the U.S. Congress keep Montana’s seven Wilderness Study Areas as they are now – open to outdoor recreationalists on foot and horseback, and with livestock grazing, mountain bikes, and motorized vehicle use limited to certain areas, but not open to mining, drilling, or logging.
Twenty-three percent supported increased protections for Wilderness Study Areas, with an equal split of 23% supporting changes in use such as permitting oil and gas exploration and the establishment of new or expanded motorized recreation areas. Six percent of respondents supported eliminating existing federal protections for Wildlife Study Areas altogether.
On other conservation proposals:
• More voters than ever, 48%, strongly support the Blackfoot Clearwater Stewardship Act to expand protections on public lands adjacent to the Bob Marshall Wilderness. Another 35% said they somewhat support the proposal, with 14% saying the somewhat or strongly oppose it.
• Half of the respondents support a proposal to enhance protections for a Wilderness Study Area in the Gallatin Range near Yellowstone National Park and the headwaters of the Gallatin and Yellowstone rivers. Another 26% said they somewhat support the proposal while 21% said they either somewhat or strongly oppose the enhanced protections.
• 41% of respondents said they strongly support the Lincoln Prosperity Proposal to increase protections on national forest lands and promote forest restoration near the town of Lincoln. The proposal would add 55,000 acres of wilderness in the headwaters of the Big Blackfoot River and exclude new mining and oil and gas development for around one hundred and twenty thousand acres, mostly along the continental divide. Another 30% said they somewhat support the Lincoln Prosperity Proposal, while 25% said they somewhat or strongly oppose it.
The complete survey results can be obtained via the University of Montana’s Crown of the Continent and Greater Yellowstone Initiative (COCGYI) website at https://crown-yellowstone.umt.edu/voter-surveys/2022/
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According to the National Aeronautics and Space Administration and the Old Farmer’s Almanac, this weekend will bring a super blood flower moon, visible Sunday night into Monday morning.
Unfortunately, stormy weekend weather may obscure the moon in the Miami Valley, but if you can’t see the moon outside, NASA will livestream the total lunar eclipse on its YouTube page, with the moon fully entering the Earth’s shadow at about 11:29 p.m.
But what does that name mean?
Super moon
A “supermoon” refers to the fact that the moon’s orbit isn’t a perfect circle – it’s an ellipse. NASA said that when there is a full moon when it is near its closest point to the Earth in its orbit, it appears slightly larger than a regular full moon, giving it the name “supermoon.”
Unfortunately, it also said that the differences are not really visible to our own eyes.
Blood moon
A “blood moon” is actually not an astronomy term, the almanac said. Instead, it is a popular phrase for a total lunar eclipse, so called because the moon takes on a brown or reddish glow.
This happens because some sunlight does reach the moon, but it is bent and filtered by the Earth’s atmosphere, giving it a brown or reddish color, according to NASA. The exact color depends on the “sooty-ness” of the atmosphere, including among other things how recently volcanoes have erupted, how many clouds there are and how much pollution there is around the globe.
Flower moon
“Flower moon” is also not an astronomical term. Instead, the Old Farmer’s Almanac attributed the name to the Algonquin peoples, and said that it refers to the flowers opening across North America this month.
The almanac added that the name traditionally applies to the entire month, not just the full moon.
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SACRAMENTO, Calif. — California taxpayers would help pay for abortions for women who can't afford them under a new spending proposal Gov. Gavin Newsom announced Wednesday to prepare for a potential surge of people from other states seeking reproductive care if the U.S. Supreme Court overturns Roe v. Wade.
California already pays for some abortions through its Medicaid program, the taxpayer-funded health insurance plan for the poor and the disabled.
But some women don't qualify for Medicaid and don't have private health insurance. When that happens, clinics will sometimes perform abortions for free, known as "uncompensated care." Wednesday, Newsom said he wants the state to give $40 million worth of grants to clinics to help offset those costs.
An abortion can cost between a few hundred dollars and a few thousand dollars in California, depending on how far along the pregnancy is and what kind of insurance a patient has.
"California will not stand idly by as extremists roll back our basic constitutional rights; we're going to fight like hell, making sure that all women – not just those in California – know that this state continues to recognize and protect their fundamental rights," Newsom said in a news release.
While the grants could potentially pay for abortions for women from other states, the money would not pay for those women to travel or stay in California.
A bill in the Democratic-controlled state Legislature would set up a fund to help pay for the logistics of getting an abortion in California, including things such as travel, lodging and child care. The California Legislative Women's Caucus has asked Newsom for $20 million to put into that fund. But Newsom's announcement on Wednesday did not include that money.
Newsom spokesman Alex Stack said the governor omitting that money from Wednesdays announcement "doesn't mean that any of these things are off the table." Stack said the governor is "working with the Legislature on a wide range of proposals."
Abortion advocates did not appear upset at the omission on Wednesday. Jodi Hicks, president and CEO of Planned Parenthood Affiliates of California, praised Newsom's announcement, saying it will "will go a long way" to protect abortion access "for those who live here and those who may be forced to seek care here."
Democrats in the state Legislature have proposed 13 bills to make abortions easier to get in California. Newsom has already signed one of them into law — a bill that makes abortions cheaper by banning private insurance plans from charging co-pays or deductibles for the procedure. The other proposals are moving through the Legislature.
Anti-abortion advocates have opposed these proposals in California, but blocking them will be difficult. Polling shows a majority of California voters support abortion rights, including a majority of Republicans.
The $40 million Newsom announced Wednesday is part of an extra $57 million in proposed new spending on abortion. He announced plans to spend $15 million on a public education campaign, $1 million to create a website listing available abortion services in California and $1 million for research into "unmet needs for access to reproductive health care services."
Any new spending must first be approved by the state Legislature. Lawmakers must pass a budget by June 15.
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LODI, Calif. — On Wednesday, Lodi police detectives investigated two massage parlors in Lodi after receiving reports of prostitution.
Police said one person was arrested at both Stone Massage on 2401 W Turner Rd. and at Body Massage at 407 W Lodi Ave. The two people were arrested on suspicion of solicitation of prostitution. San Joaquin County Victim Witness personnel assisted by providing resources to the arrested people.
Police say it is unknown if these two cases are linked to human trafficking.
If you or someone you know is a victim of human trafficking, please call the National Human Trafficking Hotline at 1-888-373-7888
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DALLAS — Watch WFAA News 8 at 10 to see the full story.
The Mavs are currently in their longest playoff run since 2011.
But while Luka Magic is on full display for the whole world to see, the real magic is happening behind the scenes.
"I love this," Dallas Mavericks CEO Cynt Marshall said of the team's postseason effort as we set up for our one-on-one interview on center court at the American Airlines Center. "I love this. I’m so excited."
Not everyone gets to sit on the Mavericks logo on the AAC court.
"We are special," Marshall said, laughing about the setting.
Perhaps. Or maybe this is where Marshall's life was always bound to lead.
In 2018, Dallas Mavericks owner Mark Cuban hired her as the team's CEO, bringing the former AT&T executive on to fix the team's office culture in the wake of allegations of sexual harassment and workplace misconduct.
"Mark Cuban's mandate to me was to transform the culture," Marshall said of the directive she was given upon her hiring.
Now, four years later, she gave WFAA free range to talk about whatever we pleased surrounding the Mavs and the organization's culture. At the same time, she granted us unprecedented access into her own life as the woman tasked with turning it all around for the team.
First things first, though, we wanted to clear the air on something that started at the very beginning of her Mavericks tenure -- mainly, her assertion during her introductory press conference that she didn't know who Mark Cuban was when he reached out to offer her the job as Mavs CEO.
"I know some people don't believe that," Marshall said, laughing once more. "But I don't care that they don't believe it because I did not know who he was! And we joke about it because, as I said to him, he didn't know me either!"
Good thing, then, that Marshall knows herself. In fact, she had to discover herself at a young age -- and, more than that, she had to learn that her future isn't defined by her past.
"When I was 15 years old, my father broke my nose," she said. "I went to school with that brace on my nose from where my dad broke my nose, and three teachers and a principal embraced me. I love educators. I absolutely love educators. I celebrate them a lot. I get others to celebrate them not just during Teacher Appreciation Week, but every chance I get because they they reached out to me. They found out what was going on with us. They knew my mother's dream was for her kids to go to college, and they got me on a path."
Her mother Carolyn Gardener -- and specifically her grit -- also helped shape a young Cynt.
"She kept us filled with hope," Marshall said of her mother's influence over her childhood. "She worked a few jobs. And then, at 15, she and my father got a divorce. And it was an ugly, violent summer, but we made it through."
Marshall had the humblest of beginnings. But, at her mother's and teachers' urgings, she worked hard to strive for more.
After high school, she got a full ride to the school of her choice, the University of California, Berkeley. There, she became one of the school's first Black cheerleaders, as well as the first Black member of her sorority, Delta Gamma.
She broke the barriers with the help of a lot of people.
"I have four words that I live by," Marshall said. "Dream, focus, pray and act. And that's how I broke [those barriers]. I was taught to have big dreams, and I had big dreams. And people would show me things. They would take me places, and they would invest in me."
From the housing projects of San Francisco to CEO. Marshall kept telling herself in college that it was going to happen.
"I'm going to go work for a big company, and I'm going to be a big boss in a corporation," she said about the big dreams of her college days.
Along the way, she married the love of her life, Kenny. But then came so many crushing losses.
"My husband and I had four second-trimester miscarriages, and a daughter who died at six months old, she was four months premature," Marshall said. "And so that's how we spent the first 10 years of our marriage."
She and her husband affectionately refer to the daughter they lost, Karolyn, as "Special K." She's also the reason the Marshalls eventually looked to adoption.
"He took her, but He had a plan," Marshall said about her faith in God.
Cynt and Kenny were eventually blessed with four children: Anthony, Shirley, Rickey and Alicia. All of them were adopted from foster care, and each one of them has an incredible story of overcoming their own history of abuse and neglect.
"Yes, yes," Marshall said. "My babies. I love my honeys. I call them all honeys; they're all grown up now."
Marshall has grown plenty herself throughout the years -- from "mom" to Stage 3 Colon Cancer survivor (she'll release a book about her faith and cancer fight called "You've Been Chosen" in September) to Mavs exec.
In February of 2018, she became the first Black female CEO in the history of the National Basketball Association.
She's had plenty of life lessons to help inform her decisions on shaping the future of the Mavericks' front office. It starts, she said, with zero tolerance.
"There are just certain things that we won't put up with," Marshall said. "Not that they won't occur, but that, when they occur and when they are proven, we don't have tolerance for it."
In just four years, Marshall transformed the toxic environment to one of inclusion.
But then, in March, another bad headline: Former Mavericks General Manager Donnie Nelson sued the team, alleging that he was fired from his post of 24 years in retaliation for reporting to Cuban that a high-level Mavericks executive sexually harassed and sexually assaulted a job applicant.
When asked if these recent allegations against the Mavericks felt like a regression, Marshall didn't hesitate.
"We haven't regressed," she said. "We're not guaranteeing that bad things won't happen. We're saying it's about how you respond to it now."
As for Marshall, she responds in those moments the way she's responded all her life -- by fighting through the adversity, by not letting the past define her and by building a future on trust.
"I just want to say thank you to all of our fans, our fans who have been showing up for us all season, our fans who have had faith in us," Marshall said. "Even when we are going through a crisis, even when we have bad headlines, even when they don't know what's real and that what's not real, they are here for us."
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Human Rights Campaign condemns Louisiana legislature's revival of 'Don't Say Gay' bill
Wednesday afternoon the nation's largest lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and queer civil rights organization condemned the Louisiana House's motion to revive HB837, commonly referred to as the "Don't Say Gay' bill.
On Thursday, March 17, Louisiana House Representative Dodie Horton introduced a bill that would bar school employees from discussing sexual orientation or gender identity in classrooms.
Horton (R) represents District 9, which includes Bossier Parish.
House Bill 837 states:
- No teacher, school employee, or other presenter shall cover the topics of sexual orientation or gender identity in any classroom discussion or instruction in kindergarten through grade eight.
- No teacher, school employee, or other presenter shall discuss his own sexual orientation or gender identity with students in kindergarten through grade twelve
More:'Don't Say Gay' bill would bar discussing sexual orientation, gender identity in schools
"We call on the Louisiana House to recognize the gravity of this bill and prevent it from advancing,” said Sarah Warbelow, Human Rights Campaign Legal Director. "House lawmakers in Louisiana are not only endangering the health and inclusion of LGBTQ+ students and students with LGBTQ+ families, they’re endangering the respect for legislative processes."
The revival of HB 837 ignores a decision made by the House Education Committee which rejected the bill last week.
After a bipartisan 7-4 vote against HB 837 in the committee, Rep. Raymond Crews called for a vote to advance the bill to the full House floor. Crews is a Republican representing District 8, which also includes part of Bossier Parish.
House lawmakers voted 55-39 to override the committee’s decision.
Warbelow said, "bills like Louisiana’s Don’t Say Gay or Trans legislation are a shameful attack on students who are already struggling with the weight of discrimination and isolation."
Human Rights Campaign said, "Louisiana politicians are not only blatantly ignoring the dangerous repercussions of anti-LGBTQ+ bills like this have, they are willing to override legal proceedings and dismiss their committee’s decisions."
Makenzie Boucher is a reporter with the Shreveport Times. Contact her at mboucher@gannett.com.
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PORTLAND, Ore. — A homeless camp in Southeast Portland is causing major problems for nearby businesses and putting residents in danger, according to neighbors.
The camp is on Southeast 157th Avenue and Division Street. KGW first reported on it earlier this month when neighbors said it was taking over an RV and mobile home park and making life for the tenants there unbearable.
“A lot of drugs, a lot of violence, a lot of yelling and of course it happens at 3 o’clock in the morning,” said Nicole Blue who lives next door to the camp at Bridge Street Apartments.
“Violence, I would say, is the big thing. We have on a weekly basis a gentleman who likes to have a machete out, guns pulled,” added the property manager, Cameo Whitney-Starbuck.
Local day care owner Kimberly Thompson added that the camp is affecting her business since she believes parents are afraid to send their kids there.
“The road’s blocked. Drug deals, fights. There was one day where a car hit another car,” she said.
She’s considered moving her business, but it’s been there for 11 years.
“Every time I do go by there, it’s frustrating because you can’t get through. It's frustrating what you see. It’s a little scary,” she said.
“No one really wants to be this close to what looks like danger. If it’s not, it sure looks like it,” said Starbuck.
Those living at the camp have broken into Starbuck’s apartment complex, costing the company thousands of dollars in repairs. They’ve spent $20,000 on a new security guard.
“Just so that at night we weren’t having to sit here in the parking lot to man the safety of the property itself.”
Since the camp moved in several months ago, about a half dozen families have moved out of the apartments.
"Units that they break into, laundry rooms that they break into, steal laundry. They defecate and leave needles in our laundry rooms and vacant units if they can find them."
Starbuck doesn't feel she is able to keep the tenants safe.
“It was a great place to live for five years,” said Blue, who’s lived at Bridge City Apartments for seven years and has watched the camp grow.
“It’s a lot of anxiety. My daughter is 14 years old. She’ll be 15 in September and I don’t even let her stand out at the school bus stop.”
The school bus picks her up a block away. She wants to move but said she can’t afford to.
“I feel stuck, you know, because everything is going up. I’m a single mother."
Blue said her garbage bill doubled because those living at the camp use her dumpster.
“Bringing dolly carts full of garbage over here and then they just throw it and leave it all there, and then we have to pay for it.”
Residents has called the authorities multiple times.
“We actually have a timer that goes off every single week that we make sure that we’re staying on that list but to no avail. We’ve gotten nothing,” said Starbuck.
“I have called nonemergency, I’ve called emergency, I have called the state, I have called the city, I have called everybody that can listen and most of the time, I get 'okay, yeah, you’re caller like caller one thousand and something,” added Blue.
On Wednesday, a spokesperson for the city of Portland told KGW that the camp at 157th and Division is on their radar. They said they’ve sent groups over to clean up trash but are waiting on the Bureau of Transportation since a majority of the camp is made up of vehicles. The Bureau of Transportation is expected to assess the camp this week.
The city said this isn’t the worst camp in the city. Just last week, they received 1,787 reports about other camps, and many pose a higher health and safety risk.
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SALEM, Ore. — There is a dark history involving what began happening to Indigenous people in the 1800s. Children were taken from families and placed into federally sanctioned Indian boarding schools.
“They […] moved to exterminate eradicate and assimilate Native Americans, Alaska Natives, and Native Hawaiians, the languages, cultures, religions, traditional practices and even the history of Native communities. All of it was targeted for destruction. Nowhere is that clearer than in the legacy of federal Indian boarding schools,” said U.S. Secretary of the Interior Deb Haaland.
Last summer, Haaland launched an investigation at the federal level into the history of Indian boarding schools in the United States.
On Wednesday, the Federal Indian Boarding School Initiative Investigative Report was released. It is about 100 pages long, and it’s the first investigation into the Indian boarding school system conducted by the U.S. government.
It’s part of an effort to examine and recognize the dark history the U.S. has in its treatment of Indigenous people and the fallout that is still occurring.
On Wednesday, the U.S. Department of the Interior held a press conference to announce the completion of the first volume of the investigation.
“The fact I am standing here today as the first Indigenous cabinet secretary is a testament to the strength and determination of Native people,” said Haaland.
“For more than a century, tens of thousands of Indigenous children were taken from their communities and forced into boarding schools run by the U.S. government,” Haaland continued.
“'Kill the Indian and spare the man' was the statement that was made,” said Representative Tawna Sanchez, who represents North and Northeast Portland. “The effort was to assimilate us into American society, to take away our language, to take away our culture and to take our land.”
She’s the second Native person to serve in the Oregon legislature and is also the director of family services at the Native American Youth and Family Center in Portland. She said the investigation is important for many reasons.
“It’s sort of, again, shining that light — but it might also be an answer to why things are the way they are,” Sanchez said.
Sanchez and others say the information helps inform many topics involving Indigenous people, from issues around education to incarceration. In some parts of the country, incarceration rates for Native Americans exceed their percentage of the population.
Sanchez said the information is also heavy and could potentially re-traumatize people. The hurt, for many, runs deep.
“This has left lasting scars for all Indigenous people,” said Bryan Newland, Department of Interior Assistant Secretary. “Our work shows that from 1819 to 1969 the United States operated or supported 408 boarding schools across 37 states, or then territories, including 21 schools in Alaska and seven in Hawaii.”
Oregon had nine boarding schools, one of which still operates today in a much different capacity. But it still shares the same troubled past as other boarding schools.
Chemawa Indian School is located in Salem. The school has a cemetery nearby. Pacific University researchers have documented nearly 300 students buried there. Indigenous community members say while sickness did spread in schools, there were also abuses that occurred.
The federal investigation found that across the country, there were 53 marked and unmarked burial sites. It also found that about 19 boarding schools accounted for more than 500 child deaths. As research and investigation continues, that number is expected to rise.
“Many died, often far from their homes and families,” said Newland.
But many children also survived. One of them is James Labelle, Sr. who remembers his time at a boarding school in Alaska.
“I learned everything about the European-American culture, its history, language, civilizations, math, science, but I didn’t know anything about who I was as a Native person,” said Labelle, who is also the vice president of the National Native American Boarding School Healing Coalition.
The impact of Indian boarding schools is intergenerational and trickles down.
“I don’t speak my language and I have limited ability to engage in my own culture and that is a huge loss,” Sanchez said.
With the pain of discovering dark truths about our nation’s history, the hope is that there will be healing.
“Our children deserve to be found. Our children deserve to be brought home,” said Deborah Parker, CEO of the National Native American Boarding School Healing Coalition.
“Every worthwhile journey begins with its first step. This report is not an end to that journey, it’s a beginning,” Newland said.
“The work we will do with the Federal Indian Boarding School Initiative will have a transformational impact on the generations who follow,” said Haaland.
Newland said Congress provided $7 million to the Department of the Interior to advance the investigation. Next, the investigation will focus on discovering more details, like the names, ages and tribal affiliations of children.
“After generations, we still do not know how many children attended, how many children died, or how many children were scarred for life because of these federal institutions,” said Parker.
Investigators will also be looking into the approximate amount of federal financial support given to boarding schools as well as identifying religious institutions that received federal funding to help operate the schools.
Newland said about 50% of federal Indian boarding schools may have received support or involvement from religious institutions.
For Sanchez, the completion of the first volume of the investigation underscores the importance of representation.
“If Deb Haaland was not there, [the investigation] would not likely happen, not to this degree. That is a sad reality,” said Sanchez.
During the press conference, Haaland said she plans to embark on a “Road to Healing” where the intention is to collect stories from Native Americans from across the country in order to create a collection of permanent oral history.
U.S. Senator from Oregon Jeff Merkley chairs the Senate Appropriations subcommittee that oversees the Interior Department. He released a statement Wednesday underlining the importance of the report and the troubling history it uncovered:
“The historic injustices committed against Native Americans in Oregon and across the U.S. have gone overlooked and undiscussed for far too long. The Interior Department’s Federal Indian Boarding School Initiative is a critical effort to shed light on the dark period in our country’s history that attempted to force Indigenous children to assimilate by separating them from their families, homes, and cultures. Many children died without their families ever knowing what happened. The trauma these policies of emotional and physical abuse have caused, and continue to cause for Tribal communities to this day, cannot be overstated.
“Oregon played a role in this painful history, with 10 different federal Indian boarding schools since statehood. By compiling the first official count of these schools and initial list of burial grounds, the federal government is finally taking a significant step to address the devastating consequences of its actions and help create a path forward for Indigenous people to recover from the pain and betrayal.
“Erasing the ugly parts of our history only extends those injustices. It is imperative that we acknowledge the wrongs we have committed as a nation not to cast shame on anyone, but to bring healing to the victims and to learn from them so we do not repeat the past. As Chair of the Interior Appropriations Subcommittee in the Senate and as an American, I look forward to continuing to support this important work, grow my understanding of this history, take steps to right these historic wrongs, and do all we can to help Native communities heal and thrive.”
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PORTLAND, Ore. — Editor's note: This is one part of an ongoing series of stories exploring the impact of Measure 110 in Oregon from a variety of perspectives.
After overcoming addiction and serving a sentence in federal prison for a drug-related crime, Morgan Godvin knows the criminal justice system isn't the best way to help drug users get into recovery — because she's lived through it.
It's why she's a supporter of Measure 110, the ballot initiative that decriminalized small amounts of drugs in Oregon to prioritize treatment for individuals over jail time.
"I found recovery despite my incarceration, not because of it," Godvin said.
She now serves on the Measure 110 Oversight Oversight and Accountability Council, the volunteer board made up of citizens that is tasked with determining how grant funds are distributed. She's also a commissioner on the state Alcohol and Drug Policy Commission.
Godvin grew up in Gresham in a military family. She said her journey with addiction began after she joined the Air Force and was injured in basic training.
"I ended up back home and I was super depressed about that," she said. "It was the boom of the OxyContin era ... and when that got too expensive, like most of my friends from East County we switched over to heroin," she explained.
After an arrest for felony possession, Godvin ended up in Multnomah County drug court.
"Because of the life I'd lived, I really respected law enforcement, authority — and I believe this is a fair and just nation, so I leaned into the system. Because why else do we arrest people for drugs unless it's there to help them?"
Godvin said she volunteered to go to jail because she thought it would help her. She expected to be given the Suboxone medication that she'd been prescribed to help her treat opioid addiction.
"The medical staff that night laughed in my face and told me they do not prescribe Suboxone, they do not prescribe medications for opioid use disorder, even though I'd been prescribed it by my doctor. They made me kick cold turkey in an open dorm with fluorescent lights that never turned off, vomiting in a trash can in front of 77 other people," Godvin said. "Why? For what? I had asked for help, I had leaned in to the criminal justice system thinking it was there to help me, and instead it betrayed me."
Godvin said someone she met in jail ended up becoming her co-defendant in a federal drug-induced homicide case after acting as a middleman supplying drugs to a friend, who died of an overdose. She lost her job, descended into addiction and eventually ended up in federal prison.
She cited the resources available to her as a middle class white person and having a strong social network as the reasons she got sober and found success in her recovery. She said a friend helped her enroll in classes at Portland State while she was still in prison so she could start right after she was released.
"What I needed was hope for my future and a purpose for my life, and I created those things for myself and that is the foundation for my recovery."
She acknowledges not everyone is so lucky. Godvin said she has lost six friends to overdoses.
"Every single one of my friends that died of a heroin or fentanyl overdose was incarcerated repeatedly first. What if that money would've been spent on prevention?" Godvin said. "The government spent $1.2 million incarcerating my co-defendants and I. Where was that money while my friend Justin lived? Because all they did for him while he lived was call him a criminal, give him a dozen jail sentences and a prison sentence. The moment he died, his life became worthy of government intervention and resources."
Godvin pushed back on the narrative from law enforcement that Measure 110 brought more drugs to Oregon, noting the entire country has seen a massive surge of fentanyl use.
"Because of the committees I sit on, I see the same data as all the other law enforcement officers. So they know very well that these are national trends, from the firearms to the homicide, which has absolutely nothing to do with Measure 110. That is a national scourge that we are experiencing," she said. "Oregon is not exempt from this national trend, but it is not unique."
Godvin pointed out that in Oregon, dealing drugs is still a crime, and Measure 110 only legalized possession of one day's worth of a user amount of drugs — someone with more than that could still be charged with a misdemeanor.
"The notion that decriminalization of incredibly small user amounts led to more higher level crime is just not backed up by the data. And we see this nationwide: a state's incarceration rate has no impact on its substance use rate," Godvin said. "The cartel does not care that we decriminalized drugs."
A major criticism of Measure 110 is the lack of implementation of the treatment side of the initiative, which provides grant money to organizations to form addiction treatment centers. So far, very little of that money has actually been doled out.
The slow bureaucratic process has frustrated Godvin, too.
"There was some changing goal posts, constant changing directives, bureaucracy, Department of Justice intervention. A lack of urgency on behalf on behalf of the Oregon Health Authority is what I perceive — very frustrating, because my friends are out here dying."
She said by the end of this month, the oversight committee will be done reviewing applications for grants, and she expects $270 million to be distributed across the state within a few months.
"When you give people better options, they make better choices," Godvin said. "I am a member of this community and I also value public safety. The way to reach true public safety, public wellness, is to give people better options so that they make better choices."
Godvin's advocacy for drug users and those in recovery goes beyond serving on state and local commissions — she also founded a group called Beats Overdose that brings harm reduction services to music festivals and concerts.
"You cannot punish the hurt out of someone, and hurt is so often the reason that we use drugs," Godvin said.
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LITTLE ROCK, Arkansas — Last week, Little Rock Police Chief, Keith Humphrey announced that he will be stepping down from the department on May 20.
Ahead of his nearing retirement, Humphrey gave his final public safety address for the city alongside Mayor Frank Scott Jr.
He was one of 25 in attendance for the Chiefs of Police Executive Forum on Gun Crime Intelligence--this was held at the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives headquarters in Washington D.C. last week.
"We continue to do our part in combatting violent crimes in guns. I wish people could see the conversations that we have behind the scenes regarding how much we care about this city and what we can do to keep this city safe," said Humphrey.
That effort is seen day to day but becomes more evident when you look at the bigger numbers. Within one month from March to April, there have been:
- Over 77 arrests.
- 102 felony charges.
- 38 misdemeanors.
- 54 warrants served.
- $3,045 worth of seized firearms.
Mayor Frank Scott Jr. said that although the city's violent crime is currently higher than it was a year ago, crime is actually beginning to trend downwards.
It's gone from 26% at the beginning of the year, to now only 5%. Humphrey said this drop is due to the department's Street Crimes Unit cracking down on crime.
Their efforts are also being seen and when you compare the numbers, you can see why it's even more important this year.
This time last year, there were 21 homicides in the city.
Currently, there are 31 homicides in the Little Rock.
"We understand that crime and gun violence are on the increase nationally. Just yesterday, the CDC reported that gun homicides were higher than they had been in a quarter century," Mayor Scott said. "When I say public safety is a priority for every city employee, I mean it."
Chief Humphrey said that it's simple disagreements leading to the deaths of Little Rock citizens. He emphasizes the importance of people understanding that they have to learn how to walk away from situations.
"I can't stress enough-- you all have heard me say this over and over again. We have to realize we have to figure out a way to help people understand to agree to disagree," said Humphrey.
Assistant Chief Crystal Young-Haskins said the department is doing their part, but they're going to need the community's help if the city wants to see progress.
"We cannot be everywhere and so our officers are working really hard. We're asking them to do a lot more than we've ever asked them to do," said Haskins.
Ahead of the summer months where violent crime tends to trend upwards, city officials said they're always preparing for those situations.
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Petal High School senior balances success with fun, receives academic recognition
Ritchie Yang has worked to balance prioritizing success with making the most of his high school experience for the past four years.
Now his efforts have paid off in the form of being named a Presidential Scholar semifinalist. Yang was selected as one of 620 semifinalists from nearly 3.7 million graduating high school seniors.
"I wasn't really expecting to get the semifinalist," the 18-year-old Petal resident said. "I thought there were other very well-rounded, well-qualified students, but it is nice to have that honor, that distinction because it represents all the hard work that I've put in."
Each year, up to 161 students are named as Presidential Scholars, one of the nation's highest honors for high school students.
Yang, who attends Petal High School said his family has influenced his success and made sacrifices for him.
"They thought it was very prestigious for me to get the award and they were very happy that I've gotten this far," Yang said.
"Whether I got the nomination of semifinalist or not, they were satisfied, but they're really excited that I got the nomination. I would say they're pretty proud."
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Yang's parents nurtured his success from an early age. His father taught him math and made sure that he put school first.
“Coming this far would not have been possible without the support from my teachers, encouragement from my friends and ultimately, sacrifices from my family," Yang said.
Outside of academics, Yang enjoys playing tennis, spending time with his friends and reading. His fondest high school memories come from doing class projects with friends and going to football games.
"I really do enjoy just being in a group and collaborating with others," Yang said. "Those are the things I'll remember going into college."
His biggest challenge has been balancing academics while trying to enjoy high school.
"I definitely put a lot of emphasis on learning and succeeding academically, but growing up it was kind of hard trying to balance trying to do the best while also just having fun. As I've gotten older, I've kind of learned to balance that better," Yang said.
As for his future, he plans to attend Stanford in the fall majoring in computer science and economics.
"Hopefully I'll be a software engineer in the future," Yang said.
During the pandemic, his interest in computer science was sparked by watching videos on coding and taking a computer science class.
"I really like the aspect of problem-solving, and like I said before, I've always been a numbers guy, so it just made sense to me that I would enjoy something like that."
Matt Dillon, Petal School District superintendent, is particularly proud of Yang's accomplishment.
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“This is a tremendous accomplishment that requires a lot of hard work and dedication," Dillon said. "Ritchie has achieved many great milestones and is a shining example to others. The sky’s the limit for his future.”
If selected as a Presidential Scholar, Yang will be honored at the National Recognition Program in Washington, D.C. in June, where he will receive the U.S. Presidential Scholars Medallion to commemorate the achievement.
Contact reporter Laurel Thrailkill at lthrailkill@gannett.com or on Twitter.
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VALLEY COUNTY, IDAHO, Idaho — Opposition against the proposed Roseberry Park development in Valley County continues.
The Valley County Planning and Zoning Commission held a public hearing last Thursday which drew about 118 people in opposition to the proposed bid by California-based developer Roseberry Park, LLC.
The developer is looking to obtain a permit to build a mobile home community park west of Donnelly. It's something they're pitching as "necessary workforce housing." If approved, it would bring 201 manufactured homes to the area on about 40 acres near the intersection of Roseberry and Norwood Road.
The Planning and Zoning Commission said because of how much feedback and new material they received in opposition, they needed to review and hold another discussion on Thursday, May 12.
"The growth, we don't like it, but we know it's coming and that's okay," said Allison Hatzenbuhler told KTVB Wednesday. "We just want it to be controlled and we want it to be fair to all. I don't want it to come down to people losing everything they had or anything they hope to have."
Hatzenbuhler has lived in her Donnelly home for the last five years. For her, a huge draw to the area was how rural it is, the people who live there, and the wildlife that surrounds it.
From her house, she can see the plot of land everyone in town is talking about, the Roseberry Park.
"The problem we have with this is the density of the of the building, they want to put in over 200 mobile homes, not traditional stick-built homes," Hatzenbuhler said. She added the Valley County area is not equipped for that much growth's impacts on local schools, fire agencies, water systems around the area.
Hatzenbuhler is part of a group opposing the development, Stop Roseberry Park.
"We're not against the housing. We were against this housing and we're against this density," Hatzenbuhler said. She added the plot of landed was originally approved for 95 units of stick-built homes in 2008, but the project was never complete.
Hatzenbuhler said the group has many other issues with the proposal, along with density, like its impact on the environment and safety in the area. She said the development plan is a mitigation path, so it would be hard for packs of elk and deer to roam through.
However, she and many others said their biggest issue was how developers and those in favor have been pitching it as "affordable housing," when they don't believe it is.
"This is not the American dream at all, this is buying a mobile home from this manufacturer. No other manufacturers, but this manufacturer," Hatzenbuhler said.
According to Roseberry Park, LLC, potential residents can buy a manufactured, mobile home from the developer for $180,000-$220,000.
"Manufactured housing is a high-quality alternative to being able to provide a home that somebody can purchase," said Dean Warhaft, the director of development for Three Pillars Communities, a partnering agency with the developer. He added the homes are designed to have a 70-80 year lifespan.
Developers said people can put 20% down to finance one of the mobile homes. Interest rates vary, however.
For example, if someone had a 740 credit rate developers said their interest rate would be around 5%. The home would be put on leased land, which would cost the homeowner another $650 a month.
Based on those numbers, developers said people would pay $1,755-$2,001 a month.
"If you had two people that were making $15 an hour on an annual basis, they're right around that range of the entry-level home for a product like this," Warhaft said.
However, Hatzenbuhler said those interest rates don't apply to all the potential homeowners.
"It's not a traditional mortgage, it's what's referred to as a Chattel loan. The current interest rates on those are around 15%," Hatzenbuhler said.
She said a lot of people who work in the area who are ski instructors or retail workers won't be able to afford these homes. She believes the developers are out of touch with the median income Valley County workers make.
"We're against this company coming in and taking advantage of unsuspecting people and getting them into the houses that they cannot afford," Hatzenbuhler said. "These people will never own the dirt their house sits on."
The developers said with the amenities and investment the community park will bring could increase the value of the area. There will be a community center, pickleball courts and more.
"I think that there's a lot of misunderstanding as to what a modern manufactured housing community looks like and how it successfully upgrades a neighborhood," said Warhaft.
Still, Hatzenbuhler and other members of STOP Roseberry Park think there are other ways to help with affordability that would not impact their community. She said she would like to see townhomes or apartment complexes built instead.
"It's going to put people into a position of just not being able to take care of what they need to, they're going to think they can make that payment," Hatzenbuhler said. "They're going to think they can do it and they're going to have many roommates just trying to make these payments. It's going to put people into a very dire situation."
The Valley County Planning and Zoning commission will hold another meeting to discuss the Roseberry Park proposal Thursday night.
At last week's meeting, developers told the commission rent increases would be capped at 4% for each owner. As part of their development agreement, the developer said it would not allow short-term rentals, owners must live there or rent out long term and all homes have to be new construction.
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LEE COUNTY, Fla. — The first food truck park in Lee County is coming to Bonita Springs.
On Tuesday, the City of Bonita Springs, along with the father-son development team behind the project broke ground at the site on Reynolds Street in Downtown Bonita Springs. City leaders said its a project that will transform downtown Bonita Springs.
“If you looked at it back then, you would have been like, yeah right,” said Bonita Springs Councilman Jesse Purdon.
Purdon still remembers a time when Old US 41 wasn’t as nice.
“Bottom line, this area was a trailer park that was drug-infested, and not an area that you would want to be around,” he said.
Back then, ‘Old Bonita’ as it’s called, was a much different place. Now, between historical landmarks, public parks, and the Imperial River, growth is everywhere.
“This isn’t going to be the Bonita of Yesteryear, this is going to be something very special,” Purdon added.
Across the street from the future food truck park is councilman Mike Gibson’s Bike Shop – Engel’s Bicycles. He bought it back in 1994.
“We were here before it all started, and we love what is going on,” Councilman Gibson said.
He said watching the city transform over the past 30 years has been exciting, including his latest development.
“It’s gonna be great, I’m not going to have to walk very far to go to the bar and get some food.”
The Project is expected to take about a year and a half, with the bar expected to open by late 2023.
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From diapers to Nascar tickets, there’s plenty of tax breaks coming to Florida for the next few months.
However, if you don’t have kids or like racing, don’t worry.
How does tax free gas sound?
“It sounds good to me,” said Jonathan Perez of Fort Myers.
“It seems great, but we are already having to adjust to these prices. I don’t know if a month would do much, but can’t complain about something being cheaper,” said Nick Smith of Fort Myers.
For the entire month of October your gas in Florida will not tack on any tax.
“It’s really good news that the state of Florida really can afford to give up $200M in tax revenues in the month of October. It’s a sign of good fiscal management,” said FGCU professor of economics Victor Claar.
The average price of gas in Florida is $4.19. A year ago it was $2.88, according to AAA.
The package that was passed in the state means suspending state gas tax for the entire month of October. It will save drivers an average of $0.25 a gallon or $40 on average for the whole month.
“Doesn’t seem huge but right now we are at a point where every little bit really does help,” said Claar.
Currently on the federal level there is some support to pass a bill to remove gas tax nationwide which would be a decrease of $0.18 a gallon, but that hasn’t seen enough support just yet.
“If you’re a politician it’s nice to be able to point to this and remind people especially heading into an election that you gave them a tax break,” said Claar.
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CAPE CORAL, Fla. — A dispute over dog poop in one southeast Cape Coral neighborhood led to the arrest of a woman for simple battery.
Jennifer Hays was given a criminal citation Tuesday night, accused of hitting the phone in her neighbor’s hand, as they recorded her.
The interaction happened on Southeast 10th Avenue Tuesday night around 7 p.m. But, Sara Warnecke said the issue goes back three weeks when she and her neighbors began to notice piles of poop in their yards that didn’t belong to their own dogs.
Warnecke believed most of the piles are from Hays. She explained she and her son witnessed Hays walk a poodle down their street without a leash. After it allegedly relieved itself on Warnecke’s property, Hays kept walking.
When Warnecke approached her, “she told us she did not intend to pick it up. She told us it disappears in a day and it’s fertilizer.” She said, “I told her that I’d follow her home so that I know where you live and we can report it to code enforcement.”
Tuesday night, things quickly escalated. Warnecke said her neighbor witnessed Hays do it again. The two offered Hays a Walmart plastic bag but claimed that Hays threw it back at them.
Warnecke said after Hays took photos of her license plates, Warnecke took photos of Hays. Cape Coral Police believe those images and a third-party witness statement was enough to charge Hays with simple battery. She received a mandatory notice to appear but was not booked in jail.
Hays’ neighbor told NBC2 she denies those allegations and believes the neighbors are stalking and harassing her.
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NORTH PORT, Fla. — A 74-year-old deceased woman was found submerged in a septic tank at a home in North Port on Tuesday.
According to the North Port Police Department, the 74 year old was found in the septic tank at her home on Andalusia Street in North Port on Tuesday.
The victim’s neighbors said she was often spotted outside gardening. Olivia lives across the street, she said the victim recently had her home appraised where she was warned of issues with her septic tank.
“She had a big crack in her tank. I thought it was a lid at first but it was the tank. She didn’t fix it or do anything about it,” Olivia said. “They should have flagged that off. The appraisal company or whoever.”
“There was apparently a large hole into it in her yard where possibly the lid caved in,” according to North Port Public Information Officer Josh Taylor.
Damon Clemens is the owner of Barney’s Sanitation in North Fort Myers, he says he’s never seen anyone fall in a septic tank who was unable to get out.
“Unless there’s already an issue, I really just don’t see her falling in,” said Clemens. “The holes are big enough to where you’d probably be able to get out. It’s sad. Very sad.”
Olivia said she’s still processing her neighbors tragic death and she hopes someone is held responsible.
“Whoever did come out that day said they had a bad septic tank and I feel like if it was that bad they should have known and flagged it off,” she said.
How she died is still under investigation, Taylor said.
Count on NBC2 to bring you the latest information as soon as it becomes available.
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New Jersey would expand abortion access and require insurance companies to pay for the procedure under legislation proposed by Democratic Gov. Phil Murphy on Wednesday.
Murphy vowed state agencies also won't cooperate with other states that might try to prosecute New Jersey abortion providers or women who seek abortions here.
Murphy’s announcement came four months after he signed into law a bill guaranteeing abortion rights, and in anticipation of the U.S. Supreme Court possibly overturning the landmark Roe v. Wade decision that legalized abortion nationwide.
While offering few specifics at this stage, the governor said he wants to let a wider range of medical providers perform the most common type of abortion. A fund would be established so that advanced practice registered nurses, physicians assistants and certified nurse midwives can provide abortion services. The source and amount of the fund wasn't laid out.
“We remain steadfast to our commitment that all New Jerseyans have access to reproductive health care, including abortion," Murphy said at a press conference.
The legislation also would mandate that insurance providers cover abortions without cost-sharing or out-of-pocket expenses.
“A person’s ability to access abortion care should not depend on how much money they make,” he said.
The Supreme Court isn't expected to rule on the Mississippi case that challenges Roe v. Wade until this summer. But after the court's draft opinion was leaked last week, some governors indicated they would consider prosecuting women who sought abortions in other states.
Murphy said government agencies in New Jersey will not cooperate with states that seek to do that.
“We will not be cooperating with any out-of-state investigations into our health care providers that seeks to punish anyone — patient, provider, counselor, friend, Uber driver, you name it — for providing abortion care,” he said.
Republican state Sen. Steven Oroho reacted to Murphy's announcement by accusing the governor of forcing “struggling New Jersey families to pay for abortions for everyone through even higher taxes and health care premiums,” and called Murphy's plan to expand the spectrum of health care professionals who can provide abortions "reckless and unsafe for women."
Murphy said he hoped the state legislature would have a bill ready by next week or soon after.
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VANCOUVER, Wash. — For yet another year since the arrival of COVID-19, Vancouver will not have its Fourth of July fireworks display. Instead, The Historic Trust announced something else for people of all ages to enjoy — the advent of "Summer Fest" at Fort Vancouver.
On Sunday, July 3, the Fort Vancouver National Historic Site will host a free day of live music, games, rides in military vehicles for historic tours, and a movie in the park at dusk.
“The Trust’s partners are excited to welcome our community in Vancouver and Southwest Washington to this gorgeous park for smiles, laughter, wide-open spaces, as well as all of the movies, dancing, games, food, and music you might expect in July,” said Amy VanCamp, Events Director for The Historic Trust.
Attendees are encouraged to bring a picnic or buy food from local vendors, along with beer and cider tastings to be located behind the historic Grant House.
The event is slated to begin at 11 a.m. that Sunday, continuing through the movie screening at night.
The Trust indicated that a slate of smaller events in July will allow organizations at the Vancouver National Historic Reserve to spread out the stress that large public events can place on local public safety and transit networks, while taking potential COVID-19 impacts into account.
There will also be family games and a movie night at the Fort Vancouver parade ground on July 8 hosted by the City of Vancouver. The Historic Trust will host similar movie nights ever other Thursday from July 21 through September 1.
The decision to cancel fireworks again this year stems primarily from concerns over wildfire risk, the Trust said in a statement. That risk has been compounded by low staffing at public safety agencies that would need to be available to respond.
“How to safely wish America 'Happy Birthday' in 2022 has been a challenge for cities across the country, as many urban places, especially in the West, are grappling with increased fire hazards,” said VanCamp. “In addition to the increased risk of fire and understaffed public safety departments, we had to weigh the risk of spending significant dollars on fireworks while we were still at the height of the Omicron wave of COVID in the United States."
Last year, fireworks bans were exceedingly common in cities and counties throughout the region, including Clark County. Most of those bans were temporary, but Portland implemented a permanent ban earlier this year.
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LITTLE ROCK, Ark. — “When I play basketball I just feel safe.”
Sali Kourouma first picked up a ball on an asphalt court in her home country of Mali when she was 11. Little did she know that her talent would soon take her around the world.
“I saw little kids play when I was young and thought this looks easy, I can try this,” she said.
Soon enough, Kourouma was making it look easy with the Mali national team. Continued work with the team landed her an opportunity to take her talents to the United States.
“It’s my dream, so I just have to follow my dreams,” she said.
What followed was a string of broken promises and moves from Arizona, to Wichita, to Grayson.
“I almost quit. I was tired. I was gonna go home, but at the same time I was like, this is my dream and I can fight through anything.”
The Grayson coach had connections with Little Rock Assistant Bobby Brasel, and when Kourouma was ready to make the jump to D1, he made the call.
“When I was talking with Coach Bobby I felt like if I came here I would be safe and be like family,” Kourouma said.
Kourouma had finally found a home away from home in Little Rock and even began making plans for a trip back to Mali.
That's when, just before the season, her mom shared devastating news.
“She was like oh, the house has broke down,” Kourouma said.
Two years ago a storm tore down her family’s house, leaving them homeless ever since.
“I was like, since when? You did not tell me anything. She said 'just want you to focus on school and basketball and everything will be alright.' I said 'no, I’m going to help you however I can,'” she said.
When she did take the floor this year, it was with a heavy heart.
“It was just a mindset, I had to keep pushing hard every day like I do,” Kourouma said.
And it was a noticeable push for sure, leading the Trojans and ranking in the top 50 in scoring around the nation at 18.4 points per game.
In that time, she has started a GoFundMe to help rebuild her family’s house. She’ll said leave for Mali this week, her first trip home in 5 years.
“They have to see the real me now, because I have grown so much,” she said.
Kourouma will give back to the children of her community, on that same asphalt court she started hooping on all those years ago.
“I want to bring them some shoes, play with them, have fun with them, and get to know them,” Kourouma said.
If you're interested in donating to Kourouma's GoFundMe, you can visit here.
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Police on Wednesday released shocking video of a brutal gang assault in Queens in which two teen girls were badly hurt outside a Queens McDonald's.
A dispute on social media led to the attack that happened just after 4 p.m. Monday in the parking of the restaurant on Springfield Boulevard in Queens Village, according to police.
The suspects, also teen girls, repeatedly punched the 14- and 15-year-old victims, and at one point even used a stun gun on them. A backpack belonging to one of the victims was stolen during the attack, which had $50, an ID and $120 AirPods inside.
The victims suffered swelling and bruising to the head and body as a result of the attack, in addition to cuts and scrapes. They were treated for their injuries, and are expected to recover.
The suspects, a 14-yearold, 16-year-old and a 17-year-old, were arrested and charged with harassment and second-degree assault. The 16-year-old also was charged with weapon possession, the stun gun allegedly used on the victims.
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NEW YORK (AP) — Henry Winkler is busy as ever these days, but the actor is still making time to write a memoir.
Celadon Books announced Wednesday that it has a deal with Winkler to tell his life story. The memoir, currently untitled, is scheduled for 2024. Winkler, 76, became famous in the 1970s as “The Fonz” on the sitcom “Happy Days” and has worked steadily ever since. His hundreds of TV and movie credits include “Arrested Development,” Parks and Recreation” and an Emmy-winning role on the HBO series “Barry.”
“I am both excited and nervous to contemplate writing a memoir, because it’s hard to remember what happened the day before yesterday. But here I go!” Winkler said in a statement,
Winkler has worked on several previous books, including “I’ve Never Met An Idiot On The River: Reflections on Family, Photography, and Fly-Fishing” and the children’s series “Here’s Hank” and “Alien Superstar,” for which he collaborated with Lin Oliver.
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This story corrects that Henry Winkler’s role in “Barry” is not the title character.
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NEW YORK (AP) — Robert Jones Jr.’s historical novel “The Prophets” and Anthony Veasna So’s posthumous debut story collection “Afterparties” are among the winners of the 34th annual Triangle Awards, given for outstanding LGBTQ literature.
So, who died suddenly in 2020 at age 28, became the first posthumous winner of the Triangle honor for best LGBTQ fiction. Jones’ novel, which imagines a love affair between two enslaved Black men, was named the outstanding debut fiction book.
Other winners announced Wednesday include Ari Banias’ “A Symmetry” for best trans and gender-variant literature, Cheryl Boyce Taylor’s “Mama Phife Represents” for best lesbian poetry and John Keene’s “Punks” for best gay poetry. Brian Broome’s “Punch Me Up to the Gods” was cited for best gay nonfiction, and “Mouths of Rain: An Anthology of Black Lesbian Thought,” edited by Briona Simone Jones, won for best lesbian nonfiction.
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WASHINGTON (AP) — Jen Psaki had been White House press secretary less than two weeks when a reporter asked whether Twitter’s ban of Donald Trump had made President Joe Biden’s life easier.
“We don’t spend a lot of time talking about or thinking about President Trump here,” she responded, then added for emphasis: “Former President Trump.”
It was an early indication of what was to come with this press secretary. Her briefings were professional and typically congenial, but could turn pointed in a hurry. The sessions were informative but generally lacked the drama to draw big ratings on cable television.
Psaki, whose last day on the job is Friday, has answered reporters’ questions nearly every weekday of the almost 500 days that Biden has been in office. That makes her a top White House communicator and perhaps the administration’s most public face after only the president and Vice President Kamala Harris. Her departure could complicate how Biden’s message gets out at a critical time for him, at least in the short term.
“Anybody with a brain would want her to stay because she’s so good,” said Martha Joynt Kumar, a political science professor emerita at Towson University and director of the White House Transition Project, a nonpartisan group that tries to help streamline the transfer of power from one administration to the next.
Succeeding Psaki is Karine Jean-Pierre, the first Black woman and openly LGBTQ person to be White House press secretary. She takes over as the administration is navigating inflation and Russia’s war with Ukraine, and as the Democratic Party is bracing for November election losses that could erase its control of Congress.
The White House says Jean-Pierre, who has been Psaki’s chief deputy, will bring strong personal expertise and personality to the briefing room. She knows Biden well and has been a longtime adviser.
“I’ve had the honor of working with many White House press secretaries and no one has done the job as well as Jen Psaki,” White House chief of staff Ron Klain, a veteran of the Obama and Clinton administrations, said in a statement. “I will miss her terribly as a colleague and friend, but I know we are in great hands with Karine following her lead.”
Psaki has not denied reports she is heading to MSNBC, where on-air personalities are mostly sympathetic to Biden and where Jean-Pierre herself is a former analyst. Such a move will do little to alter perceptions of Psaki on the left or right. Democrats see her as a champion of their causes; conservatives says she is standoffish.
Groups cheering Psaki are common across social media, including #Psakibomb, which has more than 22 million views on TikTok. Psaki’s sisters wore sweatshirts with the slogan during family Zoom calls, though it was more about gently poking fun at their sibling than making a political statement
But Psaki angered Republicans by likening the party’s supporters who adhere to Trump’s fabrications about the 2020 election to “silent lemmings. ” When she quipped early in her tenure that she did not know who at the White House could answer questions about Space Force, House Republicans said she was belittling a new branch of the armed services that is working to counter Chinese threats.
More recently, Sarah Huckabee Sanders, a former Trump press secretary now running for Arkansas governor, said Psaki’s failure to urge people to stop protesting outside the homes of judges represented “mind-boggling hypocrisy.” A New York Post columnist called Psaki “the condescending face of the Biden administration.”
Colleagues say Psaki is an encouraging and selfless office leader who digs deep into policy, seeking an understanding that goes far beyond talking points. Psaki begins her mornings writing long, sometimes predawn emails to her staff, laying out what news is likely to drive the day. She later holds pre-briefing prep sessions, which are often long enough to be interrupted by other meetings, where White House press staffers assigned to track different issues talk about major themes in their areas.
“At the end of the day, she is a policy wonk,” said Jeff Zients, Biden’s former COVID-19 response coordinator. He called her a “once in a generation talent” adept in both policy and communication.
“She is intellectually curious, she asks the right questions and doesn’t stop asking questions until she’s satisfied that she’s gotten to the bottom of the issue,” he said.
A 43-year-old native of Stamford, Connecticut, Psaki is the mother of children ages 6 and 4. She served as State Department spokesperson as well as deputy press secretary and White House communications director for President Barack Obama. Facing reporters mere hours after Biden was sworn in on Jan. 20, 2021, Psaki stressed the importance of “bringing truth and transparency back to the briefing room.”
Trump went through four press secretaries, including Stephanie Grisham who never held a briefing, and her successor, Kayleigh McEnany, who was fond of lecturing the media and simultaneously served as a campaign adviser. Trump preferred to engage directly with the public, through rallies and tweets before he was banned from that social media platform. He also sometimes held his own briefings and routinely spread falsehoods while openly antagonizing reporters.
Kathleen Hall Jamieson, director of the Annenberg Public Policy Center at the University of Pennsylvania, said the job of press secretary has “been done well both on the right and the left” and requires respecting the media while answering questions in ways that provide real information.
She said Psaki had a “facticity to her work that is characteristic of good press secretaries and it presupposes confidence. It presupposes access to the president. It presupposes an understanding of what the administration’s position is that proves to be true.”
Psaki, who got COVID-19 twice while on the job, showed that striking a balance between transparency and advancing the administration’s message could sometimes mean literally keeping her balance. While aboard Air Force One, she sometimes stood in the aisle taking reporters’ questions right through landing.
“She made it clear that the press has a fundamental role in our democracy and even the most exasperating people in the press corps must be treated with dignity if not always with respect,” Mike McCurry, who was press secretary under President Bill Clinton, said of Psaki via email. “That’s a lasting legacy.”
Robert Gibbs, who was Obama’s press secretary and helped coach Psaki before she took on the role, said she had resurrected the White House briefing room as “beneficial for democracy” after “it was dead” under Trump. Gibbs also noted that Biden has largely shunned sit-down media interviews, making his press secretary especially important.
“I think she was a remarkably effective spokesperson for a White House that is probably more dependent on its spokespeople than the few most previous White Houses,” Gibbs said.
Psaki’s office referred questions to other White House staffers who could discuss her tenure. But she recently told Fox News Channel’s “MediaBuzz,” “I’m an Irish lass in my heart.”
“Sometimes I get a little fiery in there,” Psaki said. “But on most days, my hope and my objective is to not make it a gotcha moment and to make it a place where we are providing information, getting accurate information to the public through the press, through tough questions, through debate.”
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This story has been corrected to reflect that Jen Psaki was the White House communications director for President Barack Obama, not deputy communications director.
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SANTA FE, N.M. (AP) — A film production company is contesting sanctions by New Mexico officials for alleged workplace safety violations on the set of “Rust,” where actor and producer Alec Baldwin fatally shot a cinematographer in October, according to filings posted Wednesday by state regulators.
Rust Movie Productions is challenging the basis of a $137,000 fine against the company by state occupational safety regulators who say production managers on the set of the Western film failed to follow standard industry protocols for firearms safety.
At a ranch on the outskirts of Santa Fe on Oct. 21, 2021, Baldwin was pointing a gun at cinematographer Halyna Hutchins inside a small church during setup for the filming of a scene when it went off, killing Hutchins and wounding the director, Joel Souza.
Baldwin said in a December interview with ABC News that he was pointing the gun at Hutchins at her instruction when it went off without his pulling the trigger.
“The law properly permits producers to delegate such critical functions as firearm safety to experts in that field and does not place such responsibility on producers whose expertise is in arranging financing and contracting for the logistics of filming,” Rust Movie Productions said in its filing. The company “did not ‘willfully’ violate any safety protocol, and in fact enforced all applicable safety protocols.”
In April, New Mexico’s Occupational Health and Safety Bureau imposed the maximum fine against Rust Movie Productions and distributed a scathing narrative of safety failures, including testimony that production managers took limited or no action to address two misfires of blank ammunition on set prior to the fatal shooting.
The bureau also documented gun safety complaints from crew members that went unheeded and said weapons specialists were not allowed to make decisions about additional safety training.
Rust Movie Productions responded in its filing by saying that misfires prior to the fatal shooting of Hutchins did not violate safety protocols and that “appropriate corrective actions were taken, including briefings of cast and crew.”
“In fact, a safety meeting was held the morning of the incident,” the company said, apparently referring to the shooting of Hutchins. The filing does not elaborate further.
Rust Movie Productions also is challenging allegations that film set armorer Hannah Gutierrez Reed was overburdened, asserting that she had sufficient time to properly inspect and safeguard all firearms and ammunition on set. The production company cites comments by a costume designer who said Reed had “plenty of time” to do her job properly.
State investigators say that Gutierrez Reed was limited to eight paid days as an armorer to oversee weapons and training, and was assigned otherwise to lighter duties as a props assistant. As her time as an armorer ran out, Gutierrez Reed warned a manager and was rebuffed.
The sheriff investigating the fatal film-set shooting has described disorganization and neglected safety measures in the making of the low-budget movie. Santa Fe County Sheriff Adan Mendoza has said he is waiting on a forensic analysis of the weapon, projectile, fingerprints and more from the FBI and state medical examiners before turning the case over to prosecutors to decide whether criminal charges will be filed.
State findings and sanctions against Rust Movie Productions hold implications for at least five lawsuits that have been filed over the shooting, including a wrongful death suit brought by Hutchins’ family against Baldwin and the movie’s other producers.
The lawsuit on behalf of widower Matt Hutchins and his 9-year-old son alleges a “callous” disregard in the face of safety complaints on the set.
The state fines would apply to a film with a budget of about $7 million. Baldwin was assigned a salary of $250,000 as an actor and producer and may have put some of that money back into the production.
Rust Movie Productions says in its filing that all personnel on set were instructed that they had authority to cease activities at any time until safety concerns were resolved, with film union stewards on site to ensure compliance with labor-union safety protocols.
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TOKYO (AP) — Katsumoto Saotome, a Japanese writer who gathered the accounts of survivors of the U.S. firebombing of Tokyo in World War II to raise awareness of the massive civilian deaths and the importance of peace, has died. He was 90.
One of his publishers, Iwanami Shoten, confirmed his death. He died on Tuesday of organ failure related to old age at a hospital in Saitama, north of Tokyo, NHK public television reported.
A native of Tokyo, Saotome was 12 when he narrowly survived the firebombing of the city on March 10, 1945, that turned the densely populated downtown area of the Japanese capital into an inferno. “I ran for my life as countless cluster bombs rained down,” Saotome recalled in one of his storytelling events.
More than 105,000 people are estimated to have died and a million made homeless in a single night, but the devastation has been largely eclipsed in history by the U.S. atomic bombings of two Japanese cities several months later.
After the war, Saotome pursued his writing while working in a factory. His debut autobiographical story, “Downtown Home” was nominated for the prestigious Naoki literary prize in 1952.
In 1970, Saotome began visiting survivors of the firebombing to hear their stories to let their voices be heard.
He established a civic group to document the firebombing and collect documents and artifacts about the attack, leading to the establishment of a museum, the Center of the Tokyo Raids and War Damage, in 2002. He served as its director until 2019.
As head of the museum, he published magazines about the firebombing, while continuing to write books for children and young adults to raise awareness of the tragedy.
“We must hand the baton to the younger generation” to keep retelling the story, he said in an interview with NHK in 2019.
Many of the survivors of the firebombing feel they were forgotten by history and by the government.
Postwar governments have provided a total of 60 trillion yen ($460 billion) in welfare support for military veterans and bereaved families, and medical support for survivors of the atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, but nothing for civilian victims of the firebombings.
Acclaimed filmmaker Yoji Yamada, known for his highly popular film series “Otoko wa Tsuraiyo” (“It’s Hard Being a Man”), featuring a lovable wandering peddler named Tora-san, was a longtime friend of Saotome. He told Japanese media that he was “deeply saddened by the loss of his precious friend with whom he discussed postwar Japan, war and peace.”
Yamada often visited the firebombing museum. Sometimes Saotome took him around the area, making him a big fan of the Shibamata area, which became home to the Tora-san series.
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DALLAS (AP) — Fabio Luisi will conduct a Ring Cycle in concert with the Dallas Symphony in October 2024.
Luisi, who became music director for the 2020-21 season, will conduct two performances each of “Das Rheingold” and “Die Walküre” in May 2024, then add “Siegfried” and “Götterdämmerung (The Twilight of the Gods)” that fall, when the first two operas come back for an additional performance from Oct. 13-20, 2024.
Mark Delavan will sing Wotan, repeating a role he performed when Luisi conducted the Ring at the Metropolitan Opera in 2012 and ’13. Delavan will be joined by Lise Lindstrom (Brünnhilde), Daniel Johansson (Siegfried), Tómas Tomasson (Alberich), Sara Jakubiak (Sieglinde) and Christopher Ventris (Siegmund).
The four Wagner operas are considered the most demanding repertoire for an opera company, and a concert version of the complete Ring is rarely performed.
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BOSTON (AP) — Bill Cosby was released from prisonwhen his conviction that he drugged and assaulted a woman was overturned. Quarterback Deshaun Watson landed a record-setting $230 million contract, despite an investigation into allegations he assaulted 22 women. Celebrity chef Mario Batali was acquitted this week on just the second day of his sexual assault trial in Boston.
Nearly five years into the #MeToo era, former prosecutors, legal experts and victims’ advocates say prosecuting sexual misconduct cases has proven to be no easier than before the reckoning that ignited a firestorm of accusations against powerful, seemingly untouchable men.
Cases such as Batali’s, if nothing else, reinforce how the criminal justice system remains “an extremely imperfect tool” for addressing the needs of survivors, said Emily Martin, a vice president at the National Women’s Law Center, a Washington, D.C.-based advocacy group.
“Failure to get a criminal conviction doesn’t mean that abuse didn’t happen or that it was okay,” she said. “It will often be extremely hard to prove sexual misconduct beyond a reasonable doubt, especially given the gender stereotypes that lead many people to be especially distrusting when women share their experiences of sexual assault.”
Suffolk County Assistant District Attorney Ian Polumbaum, who helped prosecute Batali, declined to comment specifically about the case Wednesday but said sexual assault cases are among the most challenging to prosecute.
“Sexual assault survivors are still trusted less than any other kind of crime victim,” he said. “That’s the perception we’re always fighting. Part of it is public attitudes, part of it is the private nature of the crime in most cases.”
Accusing a person of wealth or stature only adds to the challenge because of the heightened public attention and the increased scrutiny of the victim’s alleged motives, Polumbaum said.
“We’re not afraid to bring the tough cases if they’re supported by evidence,” he added. “And we hope that survivors are not deterred from coming forward, either.”
Batali’s case also reinforces how crucial the credibility of the accuser is in a misconduct case, especially when there’s scant additional evidence or witnesses to support the claims, says Laurie Levenson, a former federal prosecutor in California who is now a professor at Loyola Law School in Los Angeles.
The former Food Network personality Batali, 61, was accused of aggressively kissing and groping a woman while taking a selfie at a bar in 2017. Boston prosecutors largely relied on photos taken at the bar that night and the testimony of the now 32-year-old software company worker who accused him of the misconduct.
But Batali’s lawyers honed in on the woman’s pending civil suit against Batali, which seeks more than $50,000 in damages, as well as her recent admission that she’d tried to get out of jury duty in another criminal case by claiming to be clairvoyant and, in a separate incident, faked lease documents just to get out of paying a $200 gym fee.
“These cases are never going to be easy,” Levenson said. “But even in the #MeToo era, you need credible victims.”
Levenson hopes the Batali verdict serves as a cautionary reminder to abuse survivors that they will always be held to a higher standard, especially in high profile cases.
“There’s more temptation in these cases to go off course, and by doing so, you undercut the credibility of your own case,” Levenson said. “The whole celebrity nature of it leads victims to do things like offer to sell their story, make demands for money or somehow sensationalize what occurred.”
But Stewart Ryan, a former assistant district attorney in Montgomery County, Pennsylvania, who helped prosecute Cosby, argued a sexual abuse survivor also seeking damages in a civil lawsuit should be viewed no differently than someone who was hit by a drunk driver suing the defendant while they face criminal charges.
He also stressed the rate of false reports of sexual assault are “minute” compared to the “far greater percentage of survivors” who never report an attack at all.
“One reason, unfortunately, is the sort of tactics employed here, questioning the motives of a survivor with questions wholly unrelated to whether or not a sexual assault in fact occurred,” Ryan said of the Batali defense strategy.
The Batali acquittal parallels another high-profile #MeToo case in Massachusetts that fell apart over issues involving the accuser.
In 2019, prosecutors were forced to drop indecent assault and battery charges against actor Kevin Spacey after his teen accuser refused to testifyto being groped by the “House of Cards” star while working as a busboy at a Nantucket bar.
Meanwhile, actor Cuba Gooding Jr. is poised to avoid jail timeafter pleading guilty last month to forcibly kissing a worker at a New York City nightclub in 2018.
Even disgraced Hollywood mogul Harvey Weinstein’s watershed #MeToo conviction in 2020 could be in doubt, with a New York court expected to rule soon on his appeal.
“Sometimes people think since the Weinstein trial and conviction that we are in a different time,” said Michelle Simpson Tuegel, a Dallas-based attorney who has represented gymnasts abused by former USA Gymnastics doctor Larry Nassar and other victims.
“People are definitely more aware and survivors are more supported,” she said. “But by no means are we seeing the level of accountability, especially for people who are super wealthy, very powerful, and who are known to the public.“
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Associated Press reporters Maryclaire Dale in Philadelphia, Michael Sisak in New York and Alanna Durkin Richer in Boston contributed to this story.
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ATLANTA (AP) — The rapper Gunna was booked into a jail in Atlanta on a racketeering charge Wednesday after he was indicted with fellow rapper Young Thug and more than two dozen other people.
Anindictment filed Monday in Fulton County Superior Court accuses Gunna, whose given name is Sergio Kitchens, of violating Georgia’s anti-racketeering law. It was not immediately clear whether he had a lawyer who could comment on the charges.
The indictment alleges that Young Thug co-founded a violent street gang that committed murders, shootings and carjackings over roughly a decade and promoted its activities in songs and on social media. It includes a wide-ranging list of 181 acts that prosecutors say were committed starting in 2013 as part of the alleged racketeering conspiracy to further the gang’s interests.
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NEW YORK (AP) — Viewers tuning in to Thursday’s episode of “Candy,” starring Jessica Biel, may recognize a familiar face: Biel’s husband Justin Timberlake.
The musician and actor portrays a deputy who investigates the murder the show is centered around.
Biel, a co-executive producer on the project, says Timberlake first approached her producing partner, Michelle Purple, about wanting to be involved.
“They sort of had this whole plan. I didn’t even know about at first. And then I thought he was kidding. And then he said, ‘No, for real, I want to do this.’ And then it was off to the races. He was getting a wig fitting, it was so fun and was such a good surprise.”
Biel admits to being worried at first about whether their dynamic would “translate at work” but that quickly went away.
“I actually felt total peace when he was around. Like, I knew he was going to hold that sort of safe space for me to work in the way I needed to and be non-judgmental and open and free. And he gave me the freedom to improvise, which he’s so good at and I’m less comfortable with.”
In “Candy,” Biel plays Candy Montgomery, a young, outgoing, church-going wife and mother in Texas who voraciously reads romance novels. She seems to have it all — but is bored — so she begins an affair with a man from her town (played by Pablo Schreiber) and ends up killing his wife, Betty, with an ax. Montgomery pleaded not guilty to the crime and a jury sided with her, some even saying they never liked Betty.
The story is based on a real case from 1980 and is of interest in Hollywood at the moment. Elizabeth Olsen recently wrapped filming her own limited series version called “Love and Death,” in which she plays Candy.
Melanie Lynskey, who plays Betty, hopes the story will lead to compassion for the victim, and that people will see how the trial was a popularity contest.
“As somebody who has had a hard time fitting in for a lot of my life since I was a little girl, I really, really responded to that and just how deeply unfair it was,” she said.
Timberlake isn’t the only surprise casting in the show: Lynskey’s husband, Jason Ritter, plays Timberlake’s partner. A memorable moment is when the two recreate the crime as part of their investigation.
Biel credits “Candy” co-creator and showrunner Robin Veith for “the idea to have Jason as well and have these two be partners in crime. It tickled us,” said Biel.
Biel wears a wig with short, curly brown hair in the series which gotten a lot of attention. She jokes that it’s a similar hairstyle to one her husband had in the late 90s with his boy band NSYNC.
“He definitely had that hairstyle,” said Biel. I always ask, “Please grow those beautiful curls back out. I love that curly hair. I know. It’s so weird. We were laughing about that.”
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AP Writer Mike Cidoni Lennox in Los Angeles contributed to this report.
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NEW YORK (AP) — Video of a naked Jesse Williams captured onstage in a shower scene from a Broadway play has been posted online, prompting an outcry from the producers and the union that represents actors and stage managers.
“We condemn in the strongest possible terms the creation and distribution of photographs and videos of our members during a nude scene,” said Kate Shindle, president of Actors’ Equity Association. “Whoever did this knew not only that they were filming actors without their consent, but also that they were explicitly violating the theater’s prohibition on recording and distribution.”
Williams is starring in a revival of “Take Me Out,” Richard Greenberg’s exploration of what happens when a Major League Baseball superstar comes out as gay, tracing the way it unsettles the team and unleashes toxic prejudices. Williams earned a Tony Award nomination Monday for playing the superstar.
Second Stage Theater, which is producing the revival, has been using Yondr pouches to protect the actors. Audience members arriving at the theater surrender their phones which are then put in the locked pouches until the end of the show. The company said it would beef up security in the wake of the violation.
“Taking naked pictures of anyone without their consent is highly objectionable and can have severe legal consequences,” Second Stage said. “Posting it on the internet is a gross and unacceptable violation of trust between the actor and audience forged in the theatre community. We are actively pursuing takedown requests and ask that no one participates in the distribution of these images.”
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TOKYO (AP) — Wim Wenders is making a film about high-end public toilets in Japan that will have what the renowned German director calls “social meaning” about people in modern cities.
“My first reaction was, I must admit: What? Toilets? Chotto mattene,” he said Wednesday, using the Japanese expression for “wait a minute”.
But then he began to see what the story could be about.
“For me, they turned from toilets into restrooms. That’s a very nice word in English, the restroom. When I saw these places the next couple of days, I realized they were restrooms in the true sense of the word,” Wenders told reporters in Tokyo’s fashionable Shibuya district, where the dozen public restrooms are located.
The facilities were designed by leading architects including Kengo Kuma and Tadao Ando, with the idea that a pleasant public restroom could counter the common expectation it had to be filthy, filled with graffiti or associated with crime.
Wenders, the Oscar-nominated director of “Wings of Desire” and “Buena Vista Social Club,” said when he saw the Shibuya bathrooms, he was moved.
“This is a truly precious place,” Wenders said.
And so his film’s hero will be a sanitation worker who cleans the toilets, seeing his job as a craft and a service for the people. Details of the script are still being worked out.
Koji Yakusho, known for playing the Japanese everyman in works like “Shall We Dance” and “Babel,” said he accepted the role as soon as it was offered because he wanted to work with Wenders.
“I have a feeling it’s going to be a beautiful story. And I feel a story that has the toilet as the setting, with the person who works there and the people who use it, will help lead to an understanding of Japan,” said Yakusho.
The Tokyo Toilet project was initially conceived to impress foreign visitors expected for the 2020 Tokyo Olympics, before the coronavirus pandemic forced the events to take place without spectators in the stands.
The public restroom designed by Ando is round with frames for the exterior walls, to allow air to circulate. In real life it gets cleaned without water to avoid mold or decay by men in blue jumpsuits by Japanese fashion designer Nigo.
The project, including Wenders’ film, has the backing of Fast Retailing, the company behind the Uniqlo clothing chain, and The Nippon Foundation, which carries out humanitarian projects using revenue from boat racing.
Wenders said his film, despite its humble setting, will explore a profound concept.
“I almost think it’s a utopian idea because the toilet is a place where everybody is the same. There is no rich or poor, old or young. Everyone is part of humanity,” he said.
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Two New York City school workers were arrested on the same day for allegedly committing sex crimes against children — and in both cases, police believe there may be more victims still out there.
In what is being seen as an almost unbelievable break of trust, police said that a girl, about 10 years old, at PS 70 in the Bronx was fondled by science teacher Norman Dunkley. The student at the Claremont Village school told police that the 48-year-old Dunkley touched her breast inside a classroom and showed her a picture of a naked woman.
Police said the crime happened within the last two weeks but was reported Wednesday. Investigators also fear there may be more victims, or reports from other students of possibly inappropriate behavior.
Dunkley has been with the Department of Education for 23 years. Police are urging anyone who may have been victimized over the years to come forward.
Dunkely was charged with sex abuse, forcible touching and harassment.
Video shows Dunkley being taken into custody. Also taken into custody Wednesday was a different NYC Education Department employee who was arrested in Brooklyn.
State attorneys said Midwood High School paraprofessional Brian Quinones requested sexually explicit videos of a boy he met over the internet. Quinones is facing a number of charges including sexual exploitation after prosecutors alleged he blackmailed the victim — threatening to post the images on the internet if the boy refused to send more videos.
"Quinones was a prolific trader of child pornography who posed as a woman in order to solicit sexually explicit videos from a minor boy, then blackmailed the victim with cruel threats to post the material on the Internet," said Breon Peace, U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of New York.
According to court filings, Quinones messaged with the victim between Sept. 2019 and Jan. 2020, posing as a woman online. After he obtained the explicit material, he said he would "ruin" the victim unless he got more videos. He allegedly told the victim to do "everything I tell u to do" and to "behave." He then requested the child get on their hands and knees, which the victim refused — leading Quinones to threaten "I'm ready to make u famous [.] Any last words?"
Part of the 11-count indictment against Quinones also involves other explicit images and videos he possessed and distributed, according to the U.S. Attorney's office. He faces cyberstalking and child pornography charges in addition to the sexual exploitation.
The Department of Education said there's no indication any students were targeted by Quinones, but to keep students safe, they immediately moved him away from children when they learned of the investigation.
If convicted, Quinones faces a minimum of 15 years in prison.
“Any kind of sexual exploitation of a minor is absolutely detestable behavior,” stated NYPD Commissioner Sewell. “But when the suspect has also been entrusted with our communities’ children, it is especially disturbing. Decades ago, predators would go to a playground or a park to find young victims. Now, there’s an entire virtual world full of potential targets," said NYPD Commissioner Keechant Sewell.
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HAPPY VALLEY, Oregon — A Happy Valley man is trying to track down a rare watch, stolen last month during a home burglary.
On April 5, Rupert Fersch said he and his wife left their house around 6 p.m. When they came back a few hours later, they found their home had been ransacked, with several pieces of jewelry and valuables missing.
“All the drawers were ripped out, pulled out on the floor,” said Fersch. “They take away your feeling of safety in your house.”
Among the stolen items was a rare, limited edition watch made by Swiss watchmaker Blancpain.
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“It means a lot to me because it was a gift from my father who is still alive in Switzerland,” said Fersch. “He is unfortunately not doing well.”
Fersch said the watch itself is worth around $35,000, but its sentimental value exceeds that.
“It was a big deal for him to give this to me,” said Fersch. “He always said, ‘You keep this for the next generation.’”
The watch is a Blancpain Villeret, with a brown leather band. It has several distinctive markings; the back is engraved with “No 194/300.” The back also features a handmade moon-shaped rotor. The watch face is rose gold, with a full calendar and moon phase display.
“I hope that it will show up and come back to me somehow,” said Fersch. “It would mean a lot to me to get it back.”
Fersch is offering a reward for the safe return of his watch. He's asking that whomever finds it brings it to the Clackamas County Sheriff's Office. Anyone with information on this case is asked to call their tip line at 503-723-4949 or submit a tip online.
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PORTLAND, Ore. — 52 years ago, hundreds of Portland State University (PSU) students — alongside faculty — became part of a national movement. They were protesting the Vietnam War, along with the killing of four Kent State University students by the Ohio National Guard.
Students occupied the Park Blocks around the PSU campus, joining a nationwide student strike.
On May 11, 1970, the Portland Tactical Police squad violently clashed with peaceful PSU protesters. Officers were dispatched by city leaders to the South Park Blocks to take down the strikers' hospital tent.
Wednesday afternoon, dozens who took part in the protests gathered once again on the campus, to commemorate that day — and those demonstrations — with a plaque outside of PSU's Simon Benson House. The plaque reads:
“Students and faculty at Portland State joined the strike, and school officials closed the campus on May 6. Five days later, 150 police, including a tactical squad wielding four-foot-long riot batons, ignored pleas from the university administration and forcibly dispersed a hundred protesters who had linked arms in front of the first-aid tent. Thirty injured demonstrators required treatment at local hospitals.
"The following day, outraged by the violence, more than three thousand students, faculty, and staff—among them many who had not been supportive of the strike—marched in protest to City Hall.”
Doug Weiskopf and Kathy Wood Wyrick were both members of the PSU strike committee, and spoke at Wednesday's dedication.
"We feared for our lives but we peacefully stood our ground," Weiskopf remembered, "We wanted to set the record straight so that going forward, people would know what really happened."
"Portland State was interesting compared to other places," Wyrick said, "[There were] a lot of returning veterans. A lot of people involved in the PSU strike were veterans of Vietnam.
"I like to think that it’s not just something for people who were there. But people who were there at the time, it was a turning point. It was something brave to do."
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Mayor Payton's statement -- as provided by the city of Midland on Wednesday evening -- following the grand jury's decision to not indict Midland Christian administrators and staff members.
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When this investigation began to unfold many weeks ago, there were numerous people who wanted me to interject myself into the process.
Emotions were very high, and opinions and viewpoints were all over the board. No doubt, this matter has been discussed within the community, and many were impacted by what was taking place. I understand all of that.
When I took phone calls and meetings with people about the situation, I told them all one thing, “Let the process work itself out.” I stand here today and tell you I would say the same thing again and again, let the process work itself out. We as a people here in Midland, Texas, cannot act like other places, and seek to intimidate or harass or influence the legal process. If you lose hope in the process, we're losing hope in liberty, and we cannot afford to lose that hope.
As I stand here in front of you this evening, I believe in the men and women in blue and our legal and justice system right here in Midland. That doesn't mean we won't continue evaluating and taking a good, hard look at why we did what we did, how we can improve and get better as we seek to serve and protect this community. We will continue to assume the best of those who serve us in law enforcement, but we will seek to be even better when we come out the other side of the process.
I have been deeply and personally burdened by what many have had to go through in the process. I gave my word to all those who originally wanted me to step into the process that if the process played out and the Grand Jury delivered the verdict we have seen today that I would do what I'm doing tonight. There have indeed been reputations damaged, teachers and students affected, and many in this community left with questions and concerns. But … the process played itself out, and we will once again choose to trust the legal process that is at the bedrock of our freedom, liberty and security.
Any great city -- and I believe we are such a city -- will have these challenges and we all know similar challenges are playing out even now.
But when we get to where we are tonight, we must be gracious as well as bold. We must be gracious enough to admit mistakes where we find them, and we must be steadfast in what is an often gut-wrenching journey of letting the process play itself out and trusting that as a community committed to one another from the thin blue line to the streets, schools and places we do live that we will do what's right and we'll learn from mistakes where we find them.
Let us choose tonight to love and to learn. There will come another day when journeys similar to this will play out again; but tonight, we affirm that our system is not broken, our city is healthy, and we will be better and better in the days ahead with one another and for one another.
God bless you, and God bless.
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Midland has built wealth from resources underneath the surface. Now, it’s working to build wealth from the skies.
Technology is advancing the new “space economy” to develop and manufacture space vehicles, propulsion systems, satellites, communications systems, navigation and guidance equipment and associated parts, and Texas is making great strides in this new “space race.”
The Perryman Group estimates almost 350,000 direct jobs nationwide are supported by this new economy with a current annual impact on US business activity of $204 billion in annual gross product and 1.7 million jobs. Texas, the company notes, has been associated with space-related industries for more than 60 years, and Midland is taking its place in the state’s space-related economy.
As Economist Ray Perryman told the Reporter-Telegram by email, “I would say Midland is on the ground floor of such initiatives, which should create additional opportunities.”
Midland International Airport became the first airport in the nation to be issued a commercial spaceport license by the Federal Aviation Administration and is now known as the Midland International Air and Space Port. The adjacent Spaceport Business Park is home to two tenants – AST SpaceMobile and Kepler Aerospace.
AST SpaceMobile this month received an experimental license from the Federal Communications Commission to support testing of the BlueWalker 3 test satellite, which is being assembled in Midland. It will be shipped to Cape Canaveral, Florida, where it is expected to be launched aboard one of SpaceX’s Falcon 9 rockets this summer.
The license covers space-to-ground testing of the satellite in the US using 3GPP low-band cellular frequencies and Q/V-band frequencies. The test satellite has an aperture of 693 square feet that is designed to communicate directly with cell phones via 3GPP standard frequencies.
The company’s mission is to eliminate connectivity gaps faced by the 5 billion mobile subscribers moving in and out of coverage zones and to bring cellular broadband to approximately half the world’s population who remain unconnected.
“We selected the Midland-Odessa area as our base of operations for a number of compelling reasons, including a business-friendly environment both at local and state levels,” Scott Wisniewski, chief strategy officer of AST SpaceMobile, told the Reporter-Telegram by email. “We also placed a high value on access to a strong, technically oriented workforce in the area.”
Being located on-site at Midland International Air and Space Port also provides the company with good access to the airport and other transportation infrastructure, he added.
Coming to Midland gave the company the opportunity to move into a partially built facility that would accommodate its needs, including immediately starting development of BlueWalker 3 test satellite and the production of up to two commercial satellites per month there.
“We plan to expand our anticipated total production capacity to up to six commercial satellites per month through a second site located down the road, which we recently purchased and are retrofitting to suit our needs,” Wisniewski said.
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TUPELO • Janet Gaston is nearing the end of her first year representing Ward 6 on the Tupelo City Council, and she feels as if she’s still learning something new every day.
“The biggest surprise to me was how many things the city touches,” she said. “Whether it is Public Works, the Development Services Department, or Tupelo Water and Light, they keep the city going 24/7. I have a better appreciation for what it takes to run the city. It gives me a stronger desire to do what I can to make the city even better.”
With her first year nearly behind her, Gaston said she's excited to move forward on a litany of issues. She said one could trace her priorities back to drawing more people into the city to live or visit. Her main focuses included infrastructure, beautification and recreation.
Beautification efforts important to city health
Gaston believes beautification is key to building pride in a community and a reputation for tourism.
“We have to focus on sprucing up our city property landscaping,” she said. “It goes a long way, and it is not a major capital investment.”
Beautification comes in the form of litter pickup, landscaping and general maintenance of the main entrances and thoroughfares of the city and its neighborhoods.
Mayor Todd Jordan said beautification was a priority for his administration, noting that a handful of roads in the city had litter issues, including Locust Lane in Ward 6.
“There are about six roads in Tupelo that you could pick up the litter on today, and tomorrow they would be covered in litter again,” he said.
Jordan said events like the recent 10 for Tupelo, hosted by Keep Tupelo Beautiful, help teach children that littering is unacceptable. It's the best way to stop littering before it starts, he said.
Gaston said litter pickup events are a good stop-gap, but the city needs long-term solutions to its litter problems.
“Everyone in the administration agrees this is an issue for each ward,” she said.
Beautification means more to Gaston than just cleaning littered streets; well-kept landscaping on curbs could do a lot for the approachability of a city, she said, and hopes to see more beautification efforts at city entrances and major thoroughfares.
Jordan said he plans to create a multi-departmental crew made up of Public Works and Parks and Recreation employees dedicated to maintaining roads, right of way and the park systems.
Keep Tupelo Beautiful Director Kathryn Rhea agreed curb appeal is important to a thriving city, adding that the goal is to instill pride in a community and drive up property values.
“When you are competing with different cities for residents and visitors, it is best to put your best foot forward,” Rhea said.
Gaston focuses on Ballard Park Upgrades
Recreation is also a priority for Gaston.
The councilwoman has a laundry list of upgrades she’d like to see made to Ballard Park, which sits squarely in her ward. Those upgrades include better parking, more accessible playground equipment, amphitheater seating and a new, larger pavilion.
Gaston believes the updates would attract more families and activities to the park.
“We just need to take that asset and upgrade it,” she said. “It has already been proven to be utilized by people all over the city and towns around us.”
Jordan said upgrading the city’s parks, including Ballard, are among the city’s long-term plans.
A project that’s less likely for the immediate future, but one Gaston wholeheartedly supports, is the construction of a new community center. City officials traveled to Oklahoma City for a conference last month, and the city’s large community center inspired the councilwoman.
“I think we need to continue to look at a community center,” she said. “Tupelo needs a facility more like the one in Oxford that services retired people all the way down to youth programs.”
Though important to her, she acknowledged the project — which she estimates would cost the city upward of $10 million — is years away, if it happens at all.
While the mayor agreed with Gaston that it would be good for the city to have a community center, he had his reservations.
“It is something to talk about. I think it would be a great addition, but money is an issue,” Jordan said, adding staffing would also be an issue.
Roads, and travel on them, a concern
Like her colleagues, Gaston is concerned about infrastructure in her district, specifically road maintenance and drainage.
The administration also sees Ward 6 as a priority. The city’s road maintenance plan includes 14 projects in Gaston’s ward, totaling an estimated $731,302 in repairs. Her ward falls just behind Ward 1 in both the number of projects and overall amount being spent on roadwork.
The widening of Airpark Road from Main to Jackson is one of the biggest road projects within Gaston’s ward.
Gaston isn’t just concerned about the condition of her ward’s roads, but the speed at which drivers are traveling along them. Gaston said people tended to speed frequently through back roads and neighborhoods in Ward 6, creating a dangerous environment for residents.
Her solution: increased patrolling. She said she’s spoken with Police Chief John Quaka about that very issue, and the city’s top cop told her speeding is a frequent topic at neighborhood associations meetings.
“It is not related to one neighborhood or one area,” Quaka said. “It concerns all neighborhoods, and rightly so. Speeding is a threat to the well-being of our children. It is very rare we catch them in the act because people tend to slow down when they see a marked car. It is tough to catch them, but we try our best to quash speeding.”
Increased code enforcement moving forward
Gaston said code enforcement citywide is a major priority and one that the administration is already well on its way to correcting.
The administration hired David Shelton as the Chief Code Inspector and was also hiring a new fleet of code inspectors to revamp the division. Once the city finished the hiring process, Development Services Director Tanner Newman said there would be an inspector for each ward in an effort to move from a reactive form of enforcement to a proactive enforcement model, including regular inspector patrols through their respective ward.
Gaston thinks that’s a solid step in the right direction.
“I get a lot of complaints from people,” Gaston said. “They see residents that don’t keep their property cleaned up. Now that we have the chief code inspector, I think we will see more citations given out. That is going to be an improvement.”
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Ringling College Town Hall series features Michael Phelps, Thomas Friedman in 2023
Some of the world’s most prominent people in the military, social services, sports and media will be speakers in the Ringling College Town Hall lecture series in 2023.
The series, which generates funds for Ringling College’s Alfred R. Goldstein Library, will feature, among others, swimming star, mental health advocate and the most decorated Olympian of all times Michael Phelps; Admiral James Stavridis, NATO’s 16th Supreme Allied Commander; New York Times columnist Thomas Friedman; and José Andrés, the founder of the World Central Kitchen, which has been providing meals for Ukrainians fleeing their country and those who remained since the Russian invasion in February.
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“Next season will include both big names and new lesser-known voices who are making a big difference in our world,” Executive Director Stephanie Grosskreutz said in a statement. Each line-up has its own personality. Next season will be thoughtful, impactful and inspiring.”
The Ringling College Library Association also announced that it has presented a gift of $600,000 to Ringling College. The money is part of the association’s gift commitment of $3 million to support the Alfred R. Goldstein Library and student scholarships. All proceeds from the lecture series support the college.
Maria Ressa
The series will open Jan. 17 with Maria Ressa, co-founder, CEO and executive editor of Rappler.com, an online news organization in the Philippines. She has been honored internationally for her efforts to fight disinformation and attempts to silent the free press.
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Michael Phelps
Phelps, who will speak Feb. 6, dominated four Olympic games before retiring in 2016. Since then, he has become an advocate for mental health awareness, speaking openly about his struggles with depression and ADHD during his career.
James Stavridis
Stavridis, who will speak about global security and the European crisis on Feb. 27, graduated from the U.S. Naval Academy at Annapolis and spent 37 years in the Navy, becoming a 4-star Admiral. He spent four years as the 16th Supreme Allied Commander at NATO, overseeing operations in Afghanistan, Libya, Syria, the Balkans and counter-piracy off the African coast. He has written 10 books on leadership, the oceans, maritime affairs and Latin America, and is an analyst for MSNBC on military and international affairs.
Jose Andrés
Andrés, who will speak March 13, is a chef, restaurateur and humanitarian, the owner of ThinkFoodGroup and well known for his avant-garde approach to food. He is perhaps best known for the World Central Kitchen that was founded in 2010 to provide meals in response to humanitarian, climate and community crises around the world.
Thomas Friedman
The series will end on April 3 with Friedman, a three-time Pulitzer Prize-winning columnist. He is only the second person to speak twice in the Town Hall Series.
All five lectures will be presented twice – 10:30 a.m. and 7:30 p.m. – at the Van Wezel Performing Arts Hall, 777 N. Tamiami Trail, Sarasota. Tickets are sold by subscriptions, which are available now to current members. Non-members will be able to purchase subscriptions beginning June 1.
For more information, go to rclassociation.org.
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It is a partly cloudy and muggy morning across Central Alabama. Temperatures are in the 50s and 60s.
A weak backdoor cold front will move through today. It is called backdoor since it moves from east to west. This will help set off a few showers mainly over Western Alabama and into Mississippi. Otherwise, we will be partly cloudy and hot. High temperatures will be in the upper 80s to lower 90s.
Tonight, we will be mild and less humid with a mostly clear sky. Lows will be in the mid 60s.
The ridge of high pressure that has been sitting over the Southeast U.S. will start to break down on Friday as an upper-level low along the Southeast U.S. Coast moves into Georgia/Florida. We will still have pleasant weather, but it will not be as hot. It will be partly cloudy with a slight chance for a shower. High temperatures will be in the lower to mid 80s.
Weekend Outlook: The low will move north on Saturday across Georgia and the Carolinas. An upper-level wave will move south across Tennessee, Mississippi, and Western Alabama. This will make it partly cloudy on Saturday with a few showers or storms. High temperatures will be in the mid to upper 80s.
A weak cold front will move toward Alabama from the west on Sunday. This will push the remnants of the low to the northeast and bring us a partly cloudy sky with a slight chance for a shower or storm with the heating of the day. We will still be very warm with highs in the mid to upper 80s. The cold front will move into Central Alabama Sunday night and Monday. This could bring us a few more showers Sunday night and Monday. Overall, the weather will not be too bad for the last two rounds of the Regions Tradition Golf Tournament this weekend.
Next Week Outlook: The new work week will start out with the cold front moving to the coast and falling apart. We will be partly cloudy with a few showers/storms on Monday and highs in the upper 80s. Tuesday will be hot with a few pop-up afternoon showers/storms. High temperatures will be close to 90°. A ridge of high pressure will build over Alabama on Wednesday-Friday. We will have plenty of sunshine each day with only a slight chance for a pop-up shower. It will become hotter with high temperatures in the lower 90s.
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As families with young children continue to grapple with the struggles that have arisen from the nationwide baby formula shortages, the New York attorney general is warning about the potential for price gouging.
Letitia James put out a consumer alert on Wednesday, advising shoppers to be on the lookout for instances where the price for the in-demand product is exorbitantly high. James said that her office is aware of reports that baby formula is being sold online at rates far above its retail price.
"The national baby formula shortage is terrifying for parents concerned about how to feed their children," James said in the alert. "The last thing any family needs is to be price gouged on critical nutrition for their little ones, which is why I am putting profiteers seeking to take advantage of this crisis on notice."
The attorney general said that those who see far higher than usual prices to report it to her office. She urged New Yorkers to speak with their child's doctor before possibly altering the formula, or using it in any way other than it is intended. James also advised against "panic buying" and said shoppers should only get what they need, as anything more could make the shortage worse.
New York law prohibits sellers from taking advantage of consumers by selling goods or services vital to their health and safety at excessive prices. James said that while increasing prices dramatically is against the law, it is not against the law for retailers to limit the amount of a product, like formula, they sell to individual consumers.
In some parts of the state, many parents have had to turn to places like nonprofit Angels of Long Island, which held a formula drive in order to help families desperately scrambling to find nourishment for their babies.
Debbie Loesch founded the group, and as a grandma of four, she understands the anxiety parents are facing right now. Once her shelves are empty, Loesch is urging those with extra formula to share.
"As long as it comes in until this is over, I think we all can help each other," she said.
When reporting price gouging to OAG, James said consumers should:
• Report the specific increased prices, the dates and places that they saw the increased prices, and the types of formula being sold
• Provide copies of their sales receipts and photos of the advertised prices, if available.
New Yorkers should report potential concerns about price gouging to OAG by filing a complaint online or call 800-771-7755.
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Body of 64-year-old Cranston man recovered from harbor in Galilee
Mark Reynolds
The Providence Journal
NARRAGANSETT — Investigators say the death of a 64-year-old Cranston man in the harbor at Galilee was accidental, according to Narragansett police.
Steven Andrews was last seen walking on a pier in the port on Tuesday night, Narragansett police Detective Lt. Scott Vellone said Wednesday.
The crew of a fishing vessel spotted Andrews' body floating near a slip and police went to the scene at 8:38 a.m., Vellone said.
Based on video from cameras in the port, investigators regard Andrews' death as accidental, but an investigation continues, he said.
More:Providence Center to partner with city on crisis response team diverting 911 calls
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'The Gilded Age' resumes filming in Newport. Here's what you need to know
NEWPORT — HBO crews have resumed filming for the second season of "The Gilded Age," a drama from the creator of "Downton Abbey," according to the head of the state film office.
Steven Feinberg, executive director of the Rhode Island Film & TV Office, said the show has doubled the size of its regular cast members, from 12 in the first season to 24 in the new season now being filmed.
While most of the series is set in late 1800s New York City, many of the interior scenes of characters' homes for the first season were filmed in some of Newport's fabled mansions. A few scenes, including at the International Tennis Hall of Fame and The Ledges seaside house, show characters visiting Newport.
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Feinberg said that he expects to see more of Newport being shown as Newport in the second season because one of the characters moves there.
The production will be filming for about two months in Newport this year, but only half of that will be this spring, Feinberg said.
After this month, filming will break to allow tourists to visit the mansions and other Newport sights. It is expected to resume in October or November.
In many ways, filming is easier this time around, Feinberg said.
"Last time, we were jumping through the height and unknown of COVID," he said. "Now, there seems to be a much better grasp on everything."
But that doesn't mean that COVID isn't still affecting the production. Cast and crew are still required to get frequent COVID tests and to wear masks when not appearing on camera, Feinberg said.
"The Gilded Age" is one of two big name productions — along with Disney's "Hocus Pocus 2" — to take advantage of a relatively new change to the state's film tax credit law. Before, more than half a production had to be shot in Rhode Island to qualify.
On the big screen:Hocus Pocus filming on Federal Hill
That was changed in time for the first season of "The Gilded Age" so that productions qualified for a credit of 30% of what they spent in-state as long as they spent at least $10 million in Rhode Island.
The move was seen as making the state more competitive in wooing big-name productions, such as a James Bond or Indiana Jones movie, because they generally film in multiple locations around the globe.
Part of the show:Extras needed for 'Gilded Age' season 2 filming in Newport. Here's what to know.
Although the state Division of Taxation reports every Aug. 15 how much of a tax break each production received, Feinberg said it is unlikely all of the auditing will be done in time to disclose the credit this year for the first season of "The Gilded Age."
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Gov. Pete Ricketts signed off Wednesday on rules to allow casino gaming in Nebraska, but residents are still a ways off from feeding slot machines.
The regulations approved this week and set to go into effect Monday open the window for potential casino operators to apply for licenses some 18 months after voters approved expanded gambling at the state's horse racing tracks.
But it will still take a few weeks before any license applications can be filed.
The Nebraska Racing and Gaming Commission earlier this year approved licensing forms for casino operators and key personnel such as general managers. But at its Friday meeting, the board deferred a vote on the fee structure for those applications.
That means none of the entities seeking to operate casinos can apply until the commission approves the fees, which is likely to happen at its next meeting June 2, said Lynne McNally, executive vice president of the Nebraska Horsemen’s Benevolent and Protective Association. The horsemen's group is partnering with Ho-Chunk Inc. to build casinos under the WarHorse name in Lincoln, Omaha and South Sioux City.
Assuming those fees are approved June 2, potential casino operators could then apply for licenses the next day.
"We'll be the first ones standing in line to apply," McNally said.
Tom Sage, executive director of the Racing and Gaming Commission, said he believes the state is in position to finally start accepting applications, assuming commissioners approve the fee structure next month.
Sage said he's in the process of hiring enforcement and investigative staff but has approval from commission members to explore contracting with third-party companies and/or individuals to do background checks and other steps necessary in reviewing applications.
"We will hope to be ready to work on the applications as soon as we receive them," he said.
Sage said he expects it will take 30-60 days to process the applications, which will then have to go on a commission agenda for approval.
That means it is likely to be late summer or early fall before any work can begin on the casinos that have been proposed at the six existing horse racing tracks in the state.
Plans at Lincoln Race Course call for a $220 million project that would include more than 1,200 gaming stations, a 196-room hotel, event space, several restaurants and other amenities such as a spa.
That project is likely to take 18-24 months to complete, but officials in Lincoln are planning to open a temporary casino floor in the existing simulcast building that would have up to 300 slot machines. McNally has previously said it would take a few weeks to get the temporary casino floor up and running.
Fonner Park in Grand Island is also planning a temporary casino with 200 slot machines.
CEO Chris Kotulak said he's hopeful of getting a temporary casino open in Grand Island sometime after the Nebraska State Fair later this year.
"Much time and effort from the Racing and Gaming Commission has gone into getting us to this important step in the process, and I am grateful we have finally reached this point," Kotulak said. "But there is much more to be approved before any shovels spear the ground.”
Other casinos are planned at new locations in Columbus and Hastings.
Caesar's Entertainment is planning a Harrah's Casino along with a new mile horse track at a site near the intersection of U.S. 81 and U.S. 30 on the northwest side of Columbus. Officials told the Racing and Gaming Commission on Friday they are hoping to complete the project sometime in the second half of 2023.
The Chickasaw Nation is planning a casino and new horse track in Hastings, but the City Council in March voted against allowing it at the proposed location near Lochland Country Club, so it's unclear where the plan currently stands.
A half-dozen other proposed new racetracks with casinos are on hold after the Legislature passed a bill this spring that puts a moratorium on any new operations until the Racing and Gaming Commission completes studies of the horse racing market, the casino gambling market and the socioeconomic impact of tracks and casinos.
The book features a spicy shrimp cocktail that was the brainchild of Cosmic Eye Brewing owner Sam Riggins and Course Restaurant Executive Chef Mike Vandenberg.
Dr. Lance Kugler never would have thought a year ago that such an idea as free LASIK for Husker athletes could become reality. The exploding realm of name, imagine and likeness is changing all that.
The union also takes issue with BNSF’s new “HiViz” attendance policy. "The attempt is to keep people from taking a day off, and it’s working,” a union leader said. “It’s also driving people out of the industry.”
Paid digital-only subscriptions at Lee Enterprises increased 51% from the previous year in the second quarter that ended in March, putting the company six months ahead of its goal for growth of digital audience and revenue.
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Joel Embiid took a shot to the face that not even his mask could help him absorb. He went down in a heap and stayed on the court in pain until he could compose himself.
Game 5 would get worse in so many ways for Embiid and the 76ers.
There was the Heat’s 35-point win that pushed them to the brink of a series win. Embiid was completely banged up. His thumb. His eye.
Add a bruised ego.
Embid, the NBA scoring champion, craved the MVP award that went to Denver’s Nikola Jokic for the second straight season. Embiid was an MVP finalist for the second straight season — but fell short again of the NBA’s highest regular-season individual honor.
“That’s two years in a row I put myself in that position,” Embiid said. “It didn’t happen. It’s almost like at this point, it’s whatever. Last year, I campaigned about it. This year, I answered questions when I was asked. In the next few years until I retire, to me, I don’t know what else I have to do to win it. It’s whatever. It’s about focusing, not that I wasn’t focusing in the bigger picture, but it’s really time to really put all my energy into the bigger picture, which is to win the whole thing.”
Hold up, retire in the next few years?
OK, that’s a topic for down the road, or at least the end of this season which could come for the Sixers as early as Thursday night. The Heat hold a 3-2 series lead after a blowout Game 5 win. The Phoenix Suns also lead the Dallas Mavericks 3-2 on the strength of a 30-point Game 5 victory.
The good news for the 76ers and Mavericks, Game 6s are both at home.
The bad?
The percentages are not in their favor.
Teams in NBA history that win Game 5 for a 3-2 series lead wind up advancing 82.2% of the time.
Embiid and the 76ers, and Luka Doncic and the Mavericks look to stave off elimination and move on with Game 7 wins and advance to the conference finals.
The home team has won every game in both series. The Suns lost in the NBA Finals last season.
“At a certain point, it just comes down to grit. Want to,” Suns guard Chris Paul said.
Thursday’s games:
HEAT AT 76ERS
Heat lead 3-2. Game 6. 7 p.m. EDT, ESPN
— NEED TO KNOW: Blowout city. The 76ers lost Game 1 by 14 points, Game 2 by 16 and Game 3 by 35. Yikes. How low could they go if they lose again to Miami? Should the Heat build an early double-digit lead, keep an eye on the Sixers. Will they let the game get out of hand or put up a fight and force Game 7?
— KEEP AN EYE ON: James Harden. “The Beard” showed in Game 5 a sensational Game 4 was more an aberration in his short tenure with the Sixers than something to build on for the postseason. Harden has 46 turnovers in the postseason and was a whopping minus-29 in Game 5.
— INJURY WATCH: Easy. Embiid. If injuries continue to wear down the center, the Heat will likely win the series. And history says, Miami will win in a blowout.
— PRESSURE IS ON: Let’s flip a coin. Heads, 76ers. Tails, 76ers. Hey, it’s the 76ers! Lose and the season is over. Win, and maybe, just maybe, a healthy-ish Sixers team can pull out a Game 7 win on the road. After all, the Hawks did it to Philly in the second round last season.
SUNS AT MAVERICKS
Suns lead 3-2. Game 6. 9:30 p.m. EDT, ESPN
— NEED TO KNOW: The Mavericks have been sloppy. Dallas, which had a season-low nine assists in Game 5, committed a mind-boggling 12 turnovers in a third quarter (33-14) that decided Game 5 and could end up deciding the series. The Suns had a 17-0 run in the quarter.
— KEEP AN EYE ON: Doncic. He was terrible from 3-point range again (2 of 8 after 1 of 10 in Game 4). The difference was, he assisted on eight of the 20 Dallas 3s in Game 4. He had 11 assists in Game 4, two in Game 5.
— INJURY WATCH: Suns F Torrey Craig (right elbow contusion) was available to play in Game 5.
— PRESSURE IS ON: Dallas. The supporting cast failed Dallas again, or Dallas failed in getting them involved. Doncic and Jalen Brunson combined for 40 shots. The secondary scorers who have been so important in various victories combined for just 16. Spencer Dinwiddie’s struggles continues. He was great in a couple of games without Doncic in the regular season, and good in the first three games against Utah. Since, he’s averaging 8.5 points and shooting 34%.
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A man out front of his South Philadelphia home smoking a cigarette "turned the tables" on an armed robber who hopped off his bike to rob the man late Wednesday night.
"It looked like a robbery victim, at this time, turned the tables on a would-be robber and shot him in the head," Philadelphia Police Chief Inspector Scott Small said.
The incident took place just before 11:30 p.m. along South 6th Street near Moyamensing Avenue, police said.
Police officers arrived to find a man on the sidewalk with a gunshot wound to his head, Small said. That man later died at the hospital.
The shooter remained on the scene and spoke to police, Small said.
The man who shot the would-be robber told police that he was in front of his home smoking a cigarette when a guy on a bike rode up and "announced a robbery" with a gun in his hand, Small said.
The resident then pulled his own gun, which he has a license to carry, and shot the other man in the head, police said. After being shot, the would-be robber still managed to fire a shot or two, the resident told police.
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Police found evidence of at least one shot being fired and recovered two guns, Small said.
No charges were filed early Thursday morning as police continued to investigate the shooting.
There are additional resources for people or communities that have endured gun violence in Philadelphia. Further information can be found here.
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by: Austin Franklin Posted: May 12, 2022 / 06:25 AM CDT Updated: May 12, 2022 / 06:25 AM CDT SHARE BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (WIAT) — CEO of Sozo Children Suzanne Owens joined CBS 42 News at Noon to discuss the Sozo Children’s Choir. Watch the full interview in the video player above.
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Brightline rail crossing work to shut down Eau Gallie Boulevard for 5 days in Melbourne
Eau Gallie Boulevard is the next major Brevard County roadway on Brightline's list to close for extensive rail crossing upgrades.
The higher-speed passenger rail company is scheduled to shut down the Eau Gallie Boulevard crossing for the upcoming workweek: from 7 a.m. Monday to 7 p.m. Friday.
Crews will install a second set of tracks and rebuild the crossing with new signage, striping, sidewalks, curbs, drainage improvements and pedestrian gates.
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Detour information:
- Eastbound Eau Gallie Boulevard traffic will be directed south on Apollo Boulevard, east on Sarno Road, and north on U.S. 1.
- Westbound Eau Gallie Boulevard traffic will be detoured south on U.S. 1, west on Sarno Road, and north on Apollo Boulevard.
Brightline will also shut down the Sarno Road crossing in Melbourne from June 2 to 24.
And, crews will close the Lake Washington Road crossing in Melbourne from June 3 to 16.
Previous Brightline crossing closures triggered traffic tie-ups on State Road 520 in Cocoa and Strawbridge and New Haven avenues in downtown Melbourne.
In Cocoa, Brightline's crossing closure at Highland Drive is scheduled to wrap up at 7 p.m. Saturday.
Rick Neale is the South Brevard Watchdog Reporter at FLORIDA TODAY (for more of his stories, click here.) Contact Neale at 321-242-3638 or rneale@floridatoday.com. Twitter: @RickNeale1
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Freedom Mortgage Corp. is the new name-in-title sponsor of Camden’s waterfront amphitheater, facility operator Live Nation announced Wednesday, the Philadelphia Business Journal reports.
The 25,000-seat concert venue will be renamed Freedom Mortgage Pavilion, effective immediately. The 1 Harbour Blvd. venue is owned by the New Jersey Economic Development Authority and serves about 560,000 customers attending upwards of 46 events annually.
Founded in 1990, Freedom Mortgage is a full-service independent mortgage company that provides mortgage loans through retail, wholesale and correspondent channels. Freedom Mortgage relocated its headquarters to Boca Raton, Florida, last summer, but the company retained its longtime office in Mount Laurel, New Jersey, where it continues to house the majority of its employees. It’s one of the nation’s largest non-bank mortgage lenders and services all 50 states, Washington, D.C., Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands.
This is the latest name update in a string of monikers held by the Camden venue over the years. It first opened in June 1995 as the Blockbuster-Sony Music Entertainment Centre and was then dubbed the Tweeter Center at the Waterfront before becoming the Susquehanna Bank Center.
Most recently, it operated as the BB&T Pavilion until February, when Live Nation and Truist, the entity that formed from a merger between BB&T and SunTrust, announced they had mutually agreed to not extend the naming rights agreement.
Read more about the multiyear deal at the Camden waterfront at PBJ.com.
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Home sharing could help in Sarasota's senior affordable housing crisis
Deborah Graves felt confident and hopeful while driving to the matchmaking session on Siesta Key several years ago.
A U.S. Air Force veteran and former corporate information technology specialist, her background was perfect for the HomeShare Sarasota program.
“I just wanted a temporary living situation until I could find something to buy,” said Graves, now 62.
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The home was large and clean, with a room and bathroom just for her. Just as important, the homeowner – a widow in her 80s looking for companionship – was kind and respectful, her terms flexible and the rent reasonable.
The two hit it off -- chatting long after the woman's daughter and the HomeShare matchmaker left.
HomeShare Sarasota pairs homeowners who have extra space with renters searching for an affordable place to live. This type of matchmaking could help hundreds if not thousands of other Sarasota residents, say advocates, amid a major housing crisis and an “epidemic” of loneliness impacting older Americans.
Started in 2018 as a pilot project with the Senior Friendship Centers to match older homeowners with young professionals, it was later expanded to include older renters, too. Since then, the demand has soared.
Now managed by the nonprofit Sarasota Housing Financing Corporation, HomeShare Sarasota is being inundated with calls by renters – particularly seniors – as they increasingly get priced out of the market, says coordinator Ruth Shaulis.
But the program’s biggest challenge lies on the other side of the match – finding homeowners willing to join.
“My thought is that many of them might not know this is an option,” Shaulis said.
More need for senior housing than ever
In Sarasota County, there are more than 26,000 owner-occupied households with people over the age of 65 living alone. More than half of those are 75 and older, according to the Shimberg Center for Housing Studies at the University of Florida.
As for renters, more than 8,500 of them are over the age of 65 living alone, more than half over the age of 75.
It's those two groups that Shauls is trying to pair.
She works hard to match compatible personalities and interests. But her efforts were stalled during lockdowns and health concerns at the start of COVID-19 pandemic. In the past year, she’s managed to make only one match.
But in that time – with local rents climbing by almost 50%, the highest rate in the nation – calls from renters doubled, almost all of them from seniors, she said.
Homesharing benefits go beyond money
The program, Shaulis notes, not only helps renters. It’s beneficial to homeowners, too. Besides providing extra income, having a trusted person close by can be crucial in the case of health emergencies.
What happened next in Graves’ match underscores her point.
After Graves moved in, the two women at times enjoyed meals or social outings between Graves' work with two nonprofits – including one helping local women veterans facing homelessness.
But within weeks, Graves noticed the woman’s memory slipping. She forgot to pay the utility bills. Other signs of early dementia and physical health issues surfaced.
“I just committed it to prayer at first and then I contacted the daughter I had met during the interview before my moving in,” she said.
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The daughter, who lived out of state, notified other relatives and later – expressing gratitude to Graves for her thoughtful attention – they obtained specialized care for their mother, eventually moving her to an assisted living facility.
For housing advocates, Graves' case is a prime example not only of how HomeShare benefits both sides but also how it addresses two overlapping crises that especially affect seniors.
One is affordable housing. The other is what numerous studies have called an “epidemic” of loneliness and social isolation among older Americans, exacerbated when spouses die and older children live far away.
Studies link loneliness among seniors to higher propensities for illness and early death, the dangers to their health considered as grave as smoking cigarettes.
The intangible benefits of homesharing
One local expert on homesharing is Sarasota resident Louise Machinist – one of the authors of the book "My House Our House: Living Far Better for Far Less in a Cooperative Household." In the book, she and her two co-authors outline their experiences co-owning and sharing a house in the Pittsburgh area.
While they were friends and co-investors – and not renter-owners as in HomeShare – she said many of the issues they grappled with pertain to both groups. That includes everything from dividing household responsibilities to settling legal arrangements and balancing privacy with a sense of community and fun.
“There are so many advantages, many of them intangible," said Machinist, 75, a retired clinical psychologist. "It doesn’t all have to do with finances, like having people to interact with and having people if you’re in trouble to sound the alarm and be there for you.”
For many Sarasota seniors, the clock is ticking
After leaving the Siesta Key home, Graves was soon in search of another place to live. She had secured a VA home loan, but found that sellers, flush with cash and conventional offers in a white-hot market, weren't interested.
Graves is now back on the list at HomeShare Sarasota, staying with family and friends while holding out for another match.
“Just until I can find the right property to purchase,” she said.
Meanwhile, Shaulis needs homeowners willing to try something new.
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“It’s a needle in a haystack,” she said. “We have all these homes with all these empty bedrooms and bathrooms, and I need to find … those people willing to give homesharing a try.”
For so many seniors priced out of their rentals, the clock is ticking. And a good match, Shaulis said, can take time -- something that callers don't have.
“Unfortunately,” Shaulis said, “people who call me are desperate.”
How HomeShare Sarasota Works
HomeShare provides background and reference checks for both renter and homeowner, a home inspection and facilitates meetings between the parties to discern compatibility. Once a match is made, rent is agreed upon and a lease is signed. HomeShare follows up to ensure both parties continue to be comfortable with the match.
For more information about HomeShare Sarasota, go to sarasotahousing501c3.org or call 941-361-6210, ext. 197.
For more information about the national co-housing movement, visit The Cohousing Association of the United States at cohousing.org.
This story comes from a partnership between the Sarasota Herald-Tribune and the Community Foundation of Sarasota County. Saundra Amrhein covers the Season of Sharing campaign, along with issues surrounding housing, utilities, child care and transportation in the area. She can be reached at samrhein@gannett.com.
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A 46-year-old man has been arrested on charges of rape and sexually motivated robbery in a knifepoint attack on a 40-year-old woman in the Bronx earlier this week, authorities said Thursday.
Ramon Rotestan was cuffed early on the charges in connection with Monday's 10 p.m. attack near Bolton Street and Lydig Avenue. Police say he lives a few miles from the scene.
Cops allege he is the stranger who followed the victim into a residential building that night. He followed her all the way into an elevator, police say, where he allegedly raped her at knifepoint and stole $112.
The woman was taken to NYC Health+Hospitals / Jacobi after the attack.
Attorney information for Rotestan wasn't immediately clear.
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A man and woman allegedly attacked an on-duty MTA bus driver who refused to open the doors for them when they knocked mid-stop, throwing some liquid in his face and beating him badly when they eventually boarded, authorities say.
The two initially tried to board the BX18 bus as it sat between stops around 4 p.m. last Thursday. They knocked on the doors but the driver, as is MTA policy, didn't open them.
As the bus made its way through traffic, the man and woman moved on foot to the next stop on the bus route, East 170th Street and Walton Avenue.
Once the bus got there, cops say the woman got on and tossed some sort of liquid in the driver's face. He then stumbled off the bus, where the two set upon him, knocking him to the ground and punching and kicking him before running off, police say.
The victim, who suffered pain and swelling to her face and body and bruises to her knees was taken to a hospital for treatment.
Police released surveillance of the suspects (above). Anyone with information is asked to call Crime Stoppers at 1-800-577-TIPS.
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Nora Wesche, 12, stood atop the medal stand after an unprecedented gymnastics performance on May 1 in Salt Lake City.
The Flagstaff gymnast won gold in the 2022 USA Gymnastics Region 1 Level 6-7 Championship, the top possible meet for her age group. She beat out a group of about 80 gymnasts from Nevada, Utah, Arizona and California -- split into north and south California -- to claim first place after advancing through a series of local and state meets to get to the regional level.
She became the first athlete trained at the Flagstaff Gymnastics Center to win a regional meet in coach and co-owner Shawna Miller’s 16 years.
“It’s been a lot of fun, but it’s a lot of stress and hard work to get to state and regionals,” Wesche said. “It was fun, but really weird at the same time. It didn’t feel like a huge meet, more like a small meet. But when I won, I realized, ‘Oh, my God, this was huge and I just won it,’ so that was crazy.”
Wesche, one girl in a set of triplets, was joined by her siblings on the podiums at the event, too.
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Kate Wesche tied Nora for first on the vault, while also finishing third on the floor, fifth on the bars and fifth overall. Olivia Wesche had a fourth-place finish on the vault, rounding out the family’s overall performance.
Miller, who coaches the girls for about 17 or 18 hours per week, said the triplets gain attention at a national level from coaches and fellow gymnasts.
That they each had their own individual success representing Flagstaff is a major achievement.
“We’re a small-town gymnastics community. There are about 300 who come to this gym, while some gyms in Phoenix might have 3,000. So the fact that we have three in the top five at regionals is surreal,” Miller said.
Each of the Wesche sisters has competed in gymnastics from basically the time they could walk. Nora said she was younger than 2 when she got on the mat the first time. Since then, each member of the family has fallen in love with the sport.
“When I was like 7, I realized this was a pretty cool sport and I should do this the rest of my life and stuff. So that’s what I remember,” Nora said.
The three Wesche sisters -- tied for second-youngest of 10 total siblings -- push each other in practices and meets. They are fierce competitors, but also are each other’s most enthusiastic supporters.
Each has her own goals in the sport, and relies on both their own work and the cheering of their siblings to get them there.
“It’s cool, but when we get home it’s like, ‘I beat you,’” Nora said, chuckling. “At home when we don’t talk about gym much, but when we do it’s like, ‘You’re so good,” and, ‘So are you,’ and we could be triplets to go to college together and do gym together,”
The trio will undoubtedly compete at even higher levels as they age. Miller also hopes their success continues, while also starting a trend of other Flagstaff-area gymnasts doing well on a national stage.
“I’m obviously really proud of them,” Miller said. “It’s awesome to see.”
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Sterling neighborhood braces for more luxury townhomes
Mary Neal, 68, doesn’t want to move out of the house her parents bought in the 1950s. But she fears she may not have a choice.
Sterling, a historically Black neighborhood minutes away from downtown Greenville, is being transformed by an influx of new residential developments and newcomers.
Among the newest projects proposed is a 20-unit townhome project between Anderson Road and Conwell Streets.
An application for a subdivision with 17 lots on the site went before the Greenville Planning Commission in March.
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The people living in those Leach Street Place units are going to have to find someplace else to live, Neal said. She said multi-level luxury townhouses are proposed for the site.
If that happens, she worries that her property taxes will also ascend to another level.
“That’s probably going to be one way to try to force us out,” she said. “Fortunately, I have three grown children that I’m trying to get to build a bond so that they can collaborate their income and save the property, so that they can have something to pass on to the next generation.”
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LAGUNA NIGUEL, Calif. — This story is updated with information as of 1:30 a.m. on May 12. To find the latest information regarding evacuations, road closures, and acrage, follow the Orange County Fire Authority on Twitter.
More than 20 homes have been destroyed in a fire in Aliso Canyon in Orange Canyon that has consumed 199 acres and is 0% contained, according to fire authorities Thursday.
San Diego-area firefighters from various agencies, including Chula Vista, San Diego, National City, Poway and Heartland Fire were sent to help battle the flames.
A wind- and terrain-driven fire marched relentlessly through an enclave of multimillion-dollar estates on the hillside overlooking the ocean, leading to evacuations of dozens of residents and high school students in the community.
Southern California Edison, which has personnel and investigators on the scene, has sent a letter to the state Public Utilities Commission regarding "circuit activity occurring close in time to the reported time" of the fire, CBS 2 reported.
The Coastal Fire was reported at 2:44 p.m. Wednesday, Orange County Fire Authority Capt. Sean Doran said. The fire originated near the South Orange County Wastewater Authority's Coastal Treatment Plant, which handles sewage for the Laguna Beach area, said Orange County Sheriff's Department Sgt. Scott Steinle.
The fire was estimated to be about 3 acres as of 3:30 p.m., but spread to at least 30 acres by 5 p.m. Thirty minutes later, the OCFA put the blaze at 150 acres with no containment. Crews on scene estimated the size at about 200 acres by 6:15 p.m.
The flames spread quickly as they tore through thick brush on the hillside, aided by ocean winds that sparked spot fires ahead of the main blaze. The fire pushed its way uphill, advancing on Aliso Summit Trail and into the neighboring multimillion-dollar estates.
Orange County Fire Authority Chief Brian Fennessy said at a Wednesday night news conference that an estimated 20-plus homes had been destroyed. The flames crested a hilltop and advanced into an exclusive neighborhood, swallowing homes along La Vue and Coronado Pointe near the Aliso Summit Trail.
Sara Nuss-Galles, who lives on Via Estoril, told the Los Angeles Times she watched the fire grow for more than an hour before she evacuated the area.
"My clothes smell from the hour I spent in the house," Nuss-Galles told The Times. "It's just plumes of smoke. It's very scary."
There were no immediate reports of injuries.
The flames advanced even as fixed-wing planes dropped fire retardant on the hillside in hopes of slowing the advance of the flames. Several water- dropping helicopters were also being employed in the firefight.
Evacuations were ordered in the Coronado Pointe and Pacific Island Drive areas, while voluntary evacuation orders were issued in the Balboa Nyes and Moulton Meadows neighborhoods in Laguna Beach. Students taking part in after-school activities at Laguna Beach High School were also evacuated, according to the school district.
Deputies were asking residents on San Simeon, Sierra Vista, Alta Terra, Nucella, Serana, Avante, Tanarron, Teracina, Islands Avenue, Capri Court, Sunrisa Lane, Chapala Court, Arelu Court and Anamonte to evacuate. An evacuation center was established at the Laguna Niguel Community Center at 28751 Crown Valley Parkway, Steinle said.
Doran said that fire authorities are planning a press conference for 8:30 a.m. Thursday at Laguna Niguel Regional Park, 28241 La Paz Road.
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PORTLAND, Oregon — The hottest homes on Instagram and on the real estate market are mid-century modern. Think "Mad Men" style: homes built in the late-1940s to mid-1970s that have a certain "retro" style — very Palm Springs.
The homes are popular here in the Northwest as well; there's even a brand-new book all about Oregon's mid-mod history.
"Large windows, vaulted ceilings, natural wood, stone, you know, the connection to nature," said Marisa Swenson of Modern Homes Portland by Dwell Realty, the premier realtor for mid-mod homes in the Portland area.
"The market is hot," Swenson said. "The mid-century market though is a whole different level of hot."
Buyers are looking to restore them with modern updates, cool furniture, retro tile but new appliances. It's the floor-to-ceiling brick fireplaces and exposed beams. The triangular roof lines that let in so much light. The interior atriums. Aggregate patios and straight lines.
First made famous by photographer Slim Aarons in his iconic 60s photographs of ritzy backyard get-togethers, mid-mod homes are now seen as a piece of art and buyers are seeing the value.
"People are willing to put a lot more risk out there so they're waving contingencies and waving earnest money dollars, kind of putting a little bit more upfront, taking a higher risk to own something very special," Swenson said.
When Swenson posts photos of homes like these on her Modern Homes Portland Instagram account, she's getting likes and DM's from buyers in China, Japan, Switzerland, New York, Chicago and, of course, California.
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"A lot more of these custom architecturally, significant homes are coming to market because the original owners are moving on to assisted living or downsizing, things like that," Swenson said. "They're just not able to care for them. And all of a sudden we're seeing hidden gems we didn't even know exist come to market and it's just ignited a fire."
All that popularity is also now printed in a new book from historic preservation nonprofit Restore Oregon. It's called "Oregon Made: A Tour of Regional Mid-Century Modern Architecture." The 100-page book showcases 45 mid-mod homes in the metro area. It's a culmination of eight years worth of tours that brought 10,000 Oregonians into five to six homes each year before the pandemic.
"You'll see beautiful, full-spread photographs of the interior and exterior of mid-century modern homes in this area," said Katelyn Van Genderen, director of preservation programs at Restore Oregon. "And you'll read a lot about what the architects did, their careers and where they're from and why they decided that this was the place they wanted to perform their craft."
"When you walk into a mid-century home, it's an entirely different feeling than when you walk into a craftsman or a Victorian, and we just have such a large stock of them here," Van Genderen said. "It's really worth spending our time analyzing and studying and educating people about them."
The book is $35 and you can order your copy here.
Restore Oregon recently wrapped up its latest mid-mod home tour and more should be coming as the pandemic eases.
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MARSHALL, Texas — The Drug Enforcement Agency (DEA) is alerting parents of codes their children could be using to score drugs.
The DEA has released a guide, as part of their #OnePillCanKill campaign, to help parents better understand their child's "emoji language."
"This reference guide is intended to give parents, caregivers, educators, and other influencers a better sense of how emojis are being used in conjunction with illegal drugs," the DEA said. "Fake prescription pills, commonly laced with deadly fentanyl and methamphetamine, are often sold on social media and e-commerce platforms – making them available to anyone with a smartphone."
The drugs represented in the chart range from prescription medications to illegal street drugs.
For example, according to the DEA, a brown heart and a dragon together is the code for heroin. Meth is represented with a blue heart and a diamond, while a snowflake symbolizes cocaine. A maple leaf is considered the "universal" icon for drugs.
“Emojis, on their own, should not be indicative of illegal activity, but coupled with a change in behavior, change in appearance, or significant loss/increase in income should be a reason to start an important conversation,” the DEA said.
The information is becoming even more important as the DEA sees a rise in counterfeit drugs.
The DEA says criminal drug networks are mass-producing fake pills and falsely marketing them as legitimate prescription pills to deceive the American public.
"Counterfeit pills are easy to purchase, widely available, often contain fentanyl or methamphetamine, and can be deadly," the DEA said. "Fake prescription pills are easily accessible and often sold on social media and e-commerce platforms, making them available to anyone with a smartphone, including minors. Many counterfeit pills are made to look like prescription opioids such as oxycodone (Oxycontin®, Percocet®), hydrocodone (Vicodin®), and alprazolam (Xanax®); or stimulants like amphetamines (Adderall®)."
For more information on the #OnePillCanKill campaign, click here.
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FARMERSVILLE, Texas — A teenage driver was killed in a head-on crash with an 18-wheeler Wednesday, the Farmersville police chief said.
Chief Mike Sullivan told WFAA that there were four vehicles involved in the accident.
The crash happened around 1 p.m. at the intersection of Highway 78 and County Road 556.
Three of the vehicles were going south of the highway in the following order: a semi-truck, a car, and another truck.
The car went in the northbound lanes to pass the semi-truck, but the driver then realized another semi-truck was coming at him head-on. The driver tried to go further left, but he clipped that 18-wheeler and ended up against a power pole.
The clipped semi-truck then veered into the southbound lanes, hitting the truck head-on and killing the driver. The truck driver hasn't been named, but the Farmersville chief said he was 19.
According to Sullivan, all of the other drivers involved have been cooperating with the investigation and told the same story of what happened.
Police are still investigating the crash.
The crash shut down the highway while officers and paramedics responded to the scene. Several vehicles could be seen badly damaged, including the car leaning upward against a power pole.
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DALLAS — Two people have been arrested in the shooting at a concert and trail ride in southern Dallas last month that left one man dead and injured 16 others, police officials announced Thursday.
Astonial Calhoun, 25, and Devojiea Givens, 26, face charges of felony deadly conduct, according to a police news release.
Police said Calhoun and Givens both fired handguns after a fight broke out at the event at 5050 Cleveland Road, between Bonnie View and Lancaster Hutchins roads.
Investigators learned that Calhoun and Givens fired into the crowd, police said.
They were taken into custody Wednesday and booked into the Dallas County jail.
Their arrests are the first developments in the case in several weeks, though police this month have called for a crackdown on large permitless events, similar to the concert where the shooting happened.
The concert shooting happened just before 12:15 a.m. on April 3.
Upon arriving at the scene, police said they found a 26-year-old man, identified as Kealon Dejuane Gilmore, lying near a stage with a gunshot wound to his head. Police said Gilmore was pronounced dead at the scene.
Police also said that an additional 16 victims of the shooting -- including three juveniles -- were transported to an area hospital by either ambulance or private vehicle.
According to police, the concert had about 2,000 people in the field, yet it had no permit and no emergency plan. The event was billed as the Second Annual Epic Easter Bike Out & Field Party.
Dallas Police Chief Eddie Garcia said someone fired a gun into the air, then a fight broke out and another person fired shots into the crowd.
Sources told WFAA the crowd was restless because the rapper who was headlining didn't show up and people were angry.
Internal police review
Along with the criminal investigation into the shooting, there is also an internal review into why a sergeant and six other Dallas police officers were working the event.
The event was held on the outskirts of town, and the promoter didn't have a permit; although they did have some security, including the six off-duty Dallas police officers and a sergeant.
Garcia said they should not have been given permission to work that event. Sources told WFAA those officers were only paid to be there until 11 p.m., so they left before the shooting started a couple of hours later.
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But, the question is why supervisors were not notified there might be a crowd control issue so they could have sent on-duty officers to assist.
Garcia said the department is looking into that, but added the real issue was that the concert was not permitted.
Property history
Dallas police said part of their investigation into the shooting involves looking into the owners of the property where the unpermitted event at its center was held.
In August 2021, Dallas police raided the property located at 5050 Cleveland Road as part of a raid in which officers confiscated 22 stolen vehicles and a machine that was being used to crush them. Detectives said they believe the scrap from these cars was being sold for cash.
Police did not make an arrest in the wake of that raid, but said they did have a suspect.
Police also noted that the property where the mass shooting took place is owned by St. John's Missionary Baptist in Dallas, a church pastored by Bertrain Bailey.
Sources say the church allowed for the use of the property for the party, which was held by promoters who did not have a permit to host an event on this scale.
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TUSCALOSA COUNTY, Ala. (WIAT) — Tuscaloosa County authorities are investigating a house fire in the Holt community where two bodies were found.
According to Capt. Jack Kennedy, two people were discovered inside a burned down residence on Garber Street Thursday. The identity of the deceased is unknown at this time.
This is a developing story and will be updated as more information is made available.
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Adults and children can participate in a variety of outdoor activities guided by the South Slough Reserve. Available programming includes:
Hinch Bridge Paddle Trip—May 14, 11 a.m.-3 p.m.
We now rent kayaks. Come experience the rich cultural and natural history of the South Slough on a trail that flows with the tide. During the two-mile paddle, experienced guides will show areas of the Reserve rarely seen by visitors. Bring your own kayak, canoe and gear or rent a sit-on-top kayaks, PFD and paddle. Feet and legs may get wet and muddy at launch points. Meet at the South Slough Visitors Center located five miles south of Charleston on 7-Devils Road. The paddle trip is free however kayak rentals are $20 each. (There is a 48-hour cancellation policy to receive a FULL refund.) Programs may be cancelled due to low enrollment or hazardous weather.
Birds on the Estuary—May 21, 10-11:30 a.m.
Adventurous bird enthusiasts can explore the shores of Charleston in search of winged wildlife. Interpreter and binoculars provided. Attendees are encouraged to dress for the weather. Registered participants will meet at the Charleston Visitors Center located at 91141 Cape Arago Hwy. The event is free; however, registration is required and the event is limited to 15 participants.
Tide of the Toddlers—May 21, 1-2 p.m.
Bring your little ones, ages 1 to 5, to discover natural world. Children and their significant adult are invited to explore nature through a variety of guided activities. This event is free; however, registration is required. This program has a minimum of three and a maximum of 12 participants.
Birding at Millicoma Marsh—May 28, 10 a.m.-12 noon
The public is invited to enjoy great views of the bay and one of the best birding spots in Coos County. Interpreter and binoculars provided. Attendees are encouraged to dress for the weather. Registered participants will meet in the parking lot directly behind Millicoma Middle School on 4th Avenue in Coos Bay. The event is free; however, registration is required and has a minimum of three and a maximum of 15 participants.
Those interested in learning about future activities can sign up for South Slough Reserve’s newsletter or visit www.southsloughestuary.org.
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A SEPTA train struck and killed a person in Philadelphia Thursday morning, causing travel delays between the city and New Jersey.
The regional rail train hit the person in the area of the 6900 block of State road in the Tacony neighborhood. The transit agency tweeted that all services between Center City, Philadelphia, and Trenton, New Jersey, were indefinitely suspended.
The agency instructed riders to seek alternative travel options online.
Police were investigating the incident, which SEPTA said happened around 8:25 a.m.
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A 15-year-old boy has been arrested on charges including attempted murder, assault and possession of a gun on school property in connection with a shooting outside a Queens high school a day ago that injured an NYPD officer's son, authorities said Thursday.
The boy, whose name has not been released because of his age, also is accused of assault and reckless endangerment in the 1:30 p.m. Wednesday shooting near Grand Avenue and 74th Street in Maspeth. Only one person was hit by the gunfire -- the 17-year-old son of a city police officer, officials have said.
The teenager was shot in the left arm and ran into nearby Maspeth High School, where he is a student, for help, police sources say. He is expected to fully recover.
The intended target of the shooting wasn't known, but those who know the victim say he's not someone who typically gets involved in any sort of trouble.
"I saw his girlfriend crying, that's when I found out he'd been shot outside the school," friend Isaiah Perez said. "He's not a person who causes trouble."
Two males in ski masks were seen on surveillance video fleeing the scene of the shooting on a motorized scooter, authorities had said. Two teens were initially questioned but later released. It wasn't clear if one of them was the 15-year-old against whom charges were announced Thursday morning.
The school was briefly put into lockdown after the incident, but it was lifted around 5:30 p.m.
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An investigation into the shooting, including what led up to it, is ongoing.
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New York City will launch what it calls the largest dyslexia support program in America, screening all of the city's public school students for the condition and offering a specialized learning program for those who need it.
Mayor Eric Adams speaks frequently about how his own dyslexia, unrecognized while he was in school, affected his early life. The new program is designed to intervene and catch it sooner in others.
“By changing the way we approach dyslexia, we can unlock the untapped potential in students who may feel insecure about their dyslexia or any other language-based learning disabilities they may have," Adams said in a statement Thursday.
The National Institutes of Health define dyslexia as "a brain-based type of learning disability that specifically impairs a person's ability to read. These individuals typically read at levels significantly lower than expected despite having normal intelligence."
The intervention program will launch with a pilot this fall at 80 elementary and 80 middle schools. By the fall of 2023, the city said, its goal is to have at least one school in every borough offering a specialized program for dyslexic students.
All of the city's teachers, from kindergarten through 12th grade, will also receive basic training over the next year in identifying and supporting students.
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One group of New Jersey students won a national competition with a project aiming to combat climate change and food waste by creating their own soap using a sustainable ingredient from bugs.
This team of over 30 high school students from the town of Princeton decided to swap out palm oil, a popular element in mass-produced goods, for an unorthodox yet eco-friendly alternative: bug oil.
The project won this year's Samsung 'Solve for Tomorrow' contest, awarding $110,000 to the winners in a nationwide challenge that calls on public school students to build solutions to real-world community problems.
These teens used black soldier fly larvae to break down food waste, such as produce, collected from supermarket chains and businesses.
Food waste is a major contributor to climate change. Rotting food left in landfills releases methane, a gas 25x more potent than carbon dioxide.
In a 2021 report, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) estimated that each year, nationwide food waste embodies 170 million metric tons of carbon dioxide equivalent to greenhouse gas emissions. That's comparable to the annual CO2 emissions of 42 coal-fired power plants, the report stated.
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Using repurposed materials, including a donated 5-gallon oil drum, these teenagers mixed the compost and black soldier flies into a container. After the fly larvae pupate, these critters contain a high-quality oil and are easily harvested at the surface.
Why use specifically black soldier flies? These larvae not only productively digest organic waste but can break down harmful bacteria in the process, making the bug oil free of contaminants with a scent similar to that of almond butter.
"The black soldier fly can basically decompose any sort of food or organic waste no matter how badly it's contaminated," said Matthew Livingston, a senior at Princeton High School, in an interview with NBC New York.
On top of battling food waste, this project used bug oil to mold bars of bathroom soap, eliminating another driver of climate change — palm oil.
Oil palm trees produce both crude palm oil and palm kernel oil, which can be found in manufactured products like detergents, cosmetics and snack foods. While incredibly versatile, palm oil comes at a high cost of deforestation, air pollution and soil erosion.
"Having these sustainable oils, just like black soldier fly oil, being used in soaps and just starting to integrate that into something that people at least see, so that it becomes more normalized. Something we can actually see in our industries in the future," said Ngan Le, grade 11.
Additionally, this study included English language learner students who joined the research program last fall from Guatemala. Teacher Mark Eastburn says the school plans to use the new funds to support future projects that boost more equitable opportunities in the district.
"This project has been an incredible example of how participants from all backgrounds can come together and work towards a common goal with the potential to lessen our impact on the environment, while also encouraging an entrepreneurial mindset for each and every student involved," Eastburn told News 4.
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Cops are looking for a stranger who slapped a woman's buttocks as she strolled with her two children and dog in Brooklyn earlier this month -- and she and both kids ended up tumbling to the concrete when she tried to stop him, police say.
The 41-year-old woman was out for a nighttime walk near 64th Street and Ninth Avenue on May 1, pushing one of her children in a stroller as the other child, and the dog, walked alongside her, police said.
Suddenly, a man slapped her butt from behind, cops say.
Video released by police shows the woman whip around, startled, and try to push the suspect off. She ends up falling to the concrete, along with the stroller and both children. None of them needed medical attention at the scene, police said.
Anyone with information on the suspect seen in the surveillance video above is asked to call Crime Stoppers at 1-800-577-TIPS.
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One injured in pin-in wreck
Christopher Walker
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Wichita Falls police and emergency medics responded to the scene of a pin-in accident at the intersection of Kell at Holliday Thursday morning.
According to officers on the scene, one person was transported to the hospital with unknown injuries. Traffic was diverted while the scene was investigated.
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The owner of a Lincoln warehouse is suing AltEn after the defunct ethanol plant failed to pay hundreds of thousands of dollars in rent and utilities.
In a lawsuit filed in Lancaster County District Court on Tuesday, 3801 Harney LLC -- which is based in Davey -- said AltEn agreed to rent space at its warehouse at 3700 N.W. 12th St. in October 2019.
The warehouse was one of at least two near the Lincoln Airport leased by AltEn after it went into operation in 2015.
Unlike Nebraska's two dozen other ethanol plants, which manufacture corn into biofuel, AltEn used unplanted seed coated in pesticides to produce biofuel at its plant south of Mead.
AltEn eventually became the final destination for 98% of all the unplanted treated seed in North America, the company said in a marketing memo.
But the Kansas-based company's unusual method for producing ethanol also created solid and liquid byproducts contaminated by high concentrations of insecticides and fungicides, which spread into the surrounding landscape.
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It's unclear what AltEn stored in the 168,000-square-foot warehouse at 3700 N.W. 12th St.; the lawsuit states AltEn agreed to pay $10,893.75 monthly to lease the space, as well as $1,556.25 for insurance, taxes and utilities.
The warehouse's owner served AltEn with a termination notice Jan. 31 and said the ethanol company failed to make a payment afterward.
According to the lawsuit, AltEn also failed to remove its property from the Air Park warehouse. An attorney representing the warehouse did not return the Journal Star's call seeking comment.
The lawsuit seeks $225,257.64 in damages, as well as interest, attorney fees and other costs.
AltEn also rented space at a warehouse at 1200 Upland Avenue -- essentially across the street from the warehouse suing AltEn -- according to the marketing email it sent to seed companies advertising its services.
The lawsuit adds to the former biofuel company's legal woes.
The state of Nebraska sued AltEn in Saunders County District Court in March 2021 for numerous alleged violations of state environmental regulations. That case remains ongoing.
Earlier this year, six companies that formerly supplied AltEn with discard seed -- Bayer, Syngenta, Corteva, AgReliant, Beck's Superior Hybrids and WinField Solutions -- also sued the plant in federal court, alleging AltEn violated a contract requiring it to handle and manage discard seed in line with state statutes.
Each of those lawsuits remain open.
AltEn is also subject to a foreclosure effort stemming from delinquent property tax payments.
It previously paid back taxes and interest on other parcels where it was delinquent on its taxes.
Reach the writer at 402-473-7120 or cdunker@journalstar.com.
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SHELTER VALLEY, Calif. — Digging deep into the dirt to stick posts and build 35 dog kennels near Shelter Valley, Calif. and 30 miles east of Julian.
Dog trainer Chris Jimenez, the owner and founder of K9 Connect, and his friends are trying to build the kennels quickly for the pups eager to get out of their dog carriers.
"Right now, we are making 8' x 8' x 8 feet high, so they have room to stretch their legs and all that," said Jimenez.
CBS 8 showed you last month, Jimenez in Ukraine since late February, working to get these police and military trained K-9's out of the war-torn area.
"We tried rationing out just how long we could survive there, and it was about two weeks of food that it would take to feed all of these dogs, so we made the decision that we got to go,” said Jimenez.
Through the help of his social media followers, Jimenez raised the 53,000 Euros to pay for a chartered plane for all the dogs to travel to California.
"The warzone aspect wasn't the difficult part. It was the logistics of traveling with 35 German Shepherds,” said Jimenez.
Landing at LAX last night, the dogs are ready to break free but need some TLC.
"Right now, the dogs need to go through some extensive rehab, they've been shoved in a car for hours and then shoved on a plane, and they were in bad condition when I showed up,” said Jimenez.
These German Shepherds ranging in age from 6 months to 7 years old are trained for explosive and narcotics detection and missing person searches.
Now, the find them each a home, Jimenez says it has to be the right fit and most likely, they'll go to police departments or with a government agency.
"It's a lengthy process because these dogs are so special, they just can't easily be adopted out,” said Jimenez.
WATCH RELATED: San Diego Humane Society returns from Poland after helping refugee pets (April 2022)
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LAGUNA NIGUEL, Calif. — The Coastal Fire near Laguna Beach and Laguna Niguel has burned homes in Orange County.
A wildfire that erupted Wednesday afternoon in coastal Southern California raced through coastal bluffs of multimillion-dollar mansions, burning at least 20 homes, fire officials said.
Southern California Edison has advised state utility regulators that unspecified electrical “circuit activity” occurred around the time a destructive wildfire erupted in the coastal community of Laguna Niguel.
“Our information reflects circuit activity occurring close in time to the reported time of the fire. Our investigation is ongoing,” SoCal Edison said in a report to the California Public Utilities Commission.
Various utilities' electrical equipment has repeatedly been linked to the ignition of disastrous California wildfires, especially during windy weather.
Last year, the state Public Utilities Commission approved a settlement placing more than half a billion dollars in fines and penalties on Southern California Edison for its role in five wildfires in 2017 and 2018.
The fire, which occurred in Laguna Niguel, was relatively small, but the wind drove embers into palm trees, attics and dense, dry brush on slopes and steep canyons that hadn’t burned for decades, Brian Fennessy, chief of the Orange County Fire Authority, said at an evening news conference.
The Orange County Fire Authority tweeted Thursday morning around 6 a.m. that the new size estimate is around 199 acres. Fennessy said climate change has made even small fires that once would have been easily contained into extreme threats to life and property throughout the West.
A news conference will take place at 8:30 a.m. Thursday at Laguna Niguel Regional Park at 28241 La Paz Road, according to the Orange County Fire Authority.
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The Orange County Sheriff's Office says:
- Mandatory Evacuations: Evacuation orders have been issued for north of the intersection of Flying Cloud Drive and Pacific Island Drive to the intersection of Highlands Avenue and Pacific Island Drive.
- Voluntary Evacuation: Warnings have been issued for the area south of Flying Cloud Drive and Pacific Island Drive to the intersection of Pacific Island Drive and Crown Valley Parkway.
An evacuation warning has been lifted for the Balboa Nyes (Portafina) neighborhood in Laguna Beach. The sheriff's office said that residents who voluntarily evacuated can return to their homes but should remain alert.
Residents are asked to call the Orange County Emergency Operations Center at (714) 628-7085 for updates.
An evacuation center is set up at the Crown Valley Community Center at 29751 Crown Valley Parkway.
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WILDFIRE PREPS
According to Cal Fire, the 2021 fire season started earlier than previous years, but also ended earlier, as well. January 2021 saw just under 1,200 acres burned from nearly 300 wildfires. Fires picked up in the summer when the Dixie Fire burned in five Northern California counties — Butte, Plumas, Shasta, Lassen and Tehama. The Dixie Fire started on July 13 and wasn't contained until Oct. 25, burning nearly 1 million acres. It became the second-largest wildfire in state history and the largest non-complex fire.
Overall, 2.5 million acres burned in 2021 from 8,835 wildfires. Over 3,600 structures were destroyed and 3 people were killed.
If you live in a wildfire-prone zone, Cal Fire suggests creating a defensible space around your home. Defensible space is an area around a building in which vegetation and other debris are completely cleared. At least 100 feet is recommended.
The Department of Homeland Security suggests assembling an emergency kit that has important documents, N95 respirator masks, and supplies to grab with you if you’re forced to leave at a moment’s notice. The agency also suggests signing up for local warning system notifications and knowing your community’s evacuation plans best to prepare yourself and your family in cases of wildfires.
Some counties use Nixle alerts to update residents on severe weather, wildfires, and other news. To sign up, visit www.nixle.com or text your zip code to 888777 to start receiving alerts.
PG&E customers can also subscribe to alerts via text, email, or phone call. If you're a PG&E customer, visit the Profile & Alerts section of your account to register.
What questions do you have about the latest wildfires? If you're impacted by the wildfires, what would you like to know? Text the ABC10 team at (916) 321-3310.
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No children were on board when school bus crashed into downtown Knoxville building
Sarah Riley
Knoxville News Sentinel
There were no children on a Knox County Schools bus when it crashed in downtown Knoxville early Thursday morning.
Knoxville police said preliminary reports show a vehicle ran a stoplight and hit the bus, which then crashed into a building at the corner of Gay and Church streets.
The drivers of the vehicle and the bus were taken to the hospital with "minor injuries," police said.
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On Saturday, Northern Arizona University (NAU) alumni who graduated virtually due to the pandemic will have their chance to walk the Skydome stage.
The ceremony will recognize 900 alumni from the class of 2020 and 2021 at bachelor’s, master’s and doctoral levels.
“I am excited to celebrate with these graduates and their families and all of our faculty and staff who adapted and adjusted during the pandemic and helped each of these students reach the finish line,” NAU president José Luis Cruz Rivera said in a press release. “When these students started college, they never would have imagined finishing in an unprecedented global pandemic. But they preserved and I join their friends, family and mentors in saying how proud I am of these alumni and how glad we all are to welcome back our Lumberjacks.”
The event will take place 11 a.m. May 14 at the J. Lawrence Walkup Skydome, with doors opening 90 minutes beforehand. NAU’s clear bag policy will be in effect
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The program will also be live streamed to NAU Social's YouTube. Messages can be shared by tagging #NAUGrad on social media or uploading a post to my.walls.io/NAUCelebration.
The release specified that “visitors should plan for extra time to reach their destination so they can be at the Skydome in time for the ceremony.”
A parking map is available online.
Traffic, parking, weather and emergency information for the event is available by signing up for NAU’s texting system. To sign up, text “NAU” to 237233. Standard data rates apply and texts will automatically end after the event.
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https://azdailysun.com/news/local/education/nau-holding-ceremony-to-celebrate-pandemic-graduates/article_9ba8efc8-d0bc-11ec-8d46-3fa42304a913.html
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