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Police arrest ex-high school band staff member for allegedly molesting juvenile in 2001

Published Tue, 24 Dec 2024 00:38:11 GMT

(BCN) -- Santa Cruz officers arrested a former band staff member on Thursday for allegedly sexually assaulting a juvenile over two decades ago, according to police.Santa Cruz police said a former student and member of the Santa Cruz High Band told the school's officials recently that a part-time band staff member, identified as Ronald Salinas, allegedly molested the former student at his residence on the West Side back in 2001. Pedestrian hit-and-run, OPD investigates School officials reported the accusation to Santa Cruz police, who executed an arrest and search warrant for Salinas on Thursday.Detectives learned that Salinas, who is no longer employed by the school, left his post a few months before the alleged crime.He was booked into the county jail on his arrest warrant for suspected sexual assault on a juvenile.Those with relevant information regarding this case or other cases involving Salinas are asked to contact the Santa Cruz Police Department Investigations Division at ...

Save Mount Diablo buys Krane Pond property

Published Tue, 24 Dec 2024 00:38:11 GMT

(BCN) -- Save Mount Diablo this week closed escrow on the 6.69-acre Krane Pond property on the slopes of Mount Diablo, permanently protecting it from development. The conservation group said in a statement Wednesday that the property is part of the "missing mile," a square mile of partly unprotected land on Mount Diablo's north peak. See’s Candies Embarcadero location closing on Christmas Eve The group said the property has been one of its priorities since its founding in 1971, partially because of its large pond, one of the largest on Mount Diablo's north side, and its position directly adjacent to Mount Diablo State Park."Krane Pond is a vital water source for Mount Diablo's wildlife, one that contains water throughout most summers, unlike many of the creeks and other ponds found on Mount Diablo.The ecological significance of Krane Pond far eclipses its size," the group said.Save Mount Diablo secured the option agreement to purchase Krane Pond in the fall of 2022, with a year t...

Student organization happy with changes to international student regulations

Published Tue, 24 Dec 2024 00:38:11 GMT

The Canadian government recently announced revised requirements for international students planning to study in Canada, and the changes have received mixed reaction. International students planning to come to Canada will now have to show they have a balance of $20,635 available after paying for tuition and travel costs, with the amount adjusted annually to based on cost of living data from Statistics Canada.They will have to have show that amount invested in a GIC, with lump sums released back to the students on a monthly basis while it remains in a stable, growth environment. A policy allowing international students to work more than 20 hours per week has also been extended to the end of April 2024, a waiver that had been set to expire at the conclusion of 2023. The government says the changes are coming to better prepare international students for the financial realities of living in Canada, and to crack down on post-secondary institutions that charge exorbitant amounts to student...

Search underway for missing Miramar woman, 82; car last seen in Bay Harbor Islands

Published Tue, 24 Dec 2024 00:38:11 GMT

Police seek the public’s help in their search for an 82-year-old woman who was reported missing from Miramar.According to Miramar Police, Marie Maxi drove away from her home along the 7700 block of Alhambra Boulevard on Friday. She was behind the wheel of a black Kia Forte with the Florida tag BR72UX.Detectives said she has not been seen since, but a traffic camera captured the Forte traveling westbound along the 1700 block of the Broad Causeway in Bay Harbor Islands, at around 11:45 a.m. on Saturday.Officials urge anyone who sees the vehicle or has information on Maxi;s whereabouts to call Miramar Police Detective Pedro Interian at 954-602-4374 or email [email protected].

Herro, Robinson help Heat stave off Young and the Hawks, 122-113

Published Tue, 24 Dec 2024 00:38:11 GMT

MIAMI (AP) — Trae Young made some history. So did Duncan Robinson, and that was the difference for Miami.Tyler Herro scored 30 points, Robinson had 21 of his 27 points in the fourth quarter and the Heat withstood another big night from Young on the way to a 122-113 win over the Atlanta Hawks on Friday night.Robinson tied the most points he ever scored in a quarter; he also had 21 in the second quarter of a Heat win over Cleveland on Nov. 20, 2019.“It shows you how much he’s improved all across the board,” Heat coach Erik Spoelstra said.Young finished with 30 points and 13 assists for the Hawks — his sixth consecutive game with at least 30 points and 10 assists. That ties the second-longest such streak in NBA history, one that only Oscar Robertson has topped.Robertson had such a streak twice — a six-game stretch in January 1964, then a seven-game stretch spanning December 1964 to January 1965. The only other players with a five-game streak of 30 points and 10 assists: Tiny Arch...

Scientists successfully replicate historic nuclear fusion breakthrough three times

Published Tue, 24 Dec 2024 00:38:11 GMT

(CNN) — Scientists in California shooting nearly 200 lasers at a cylinder holding a fuel capsule the size of a peppercorn have taken another step in the quest for fusion energy, which, if mastered, could provide the world with a near-limitless source of clean power.Last year on a December morning, scientists at the National Ignition Facility at the Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory in California (LLNL) managed, in a world first, to produce a nuclear fusion reaction that released more energy than it used, in a process called “ignition.”Now they say they have successfully replicated ignition at least three times this year, according to a December report from the LLNL. This marks another significant step in what could one day be an important solution to the global climate crisis, driven primarily by the burning of fossil fuels.For decades, scientists have attempted to harness fusion energy, essentially recreating the power of the sun on Earth.After making their historic net energy...

New Bedford man arrested in violent armed home invasion in Taunton that left man shot

Published Tue, 24 Dec 2024 00:38:11 GMT

A 22-year-old New Bedford man is facing an armed assault with intent to murder charge in connection with a violent armed home invasion in Taunton on Friday evening that left a man hospitalized with a gunshot wound to the leg, officials said.Joshua Manuel Deleon is facing charges of assault and battery with a dangerous weapon, assault and battery, assault with a dangerous weapon, armed assault with intent to murder, possessing a firearm during a felony, home invasion, possessing ammunition without an FID card, using body armor during a felony, possessing a firearm with a defaced serial number, and discharging a firearm within 500 feet of a dwelling, according to Taunton Police Chief Edward J. Walsh.Officers responding to a 911 call from a home on Newcomb Place found two men struggling on the ground, with one on top of the other, according to police.One man was taken to the hospital with an apparent gunshot wound to the leg.Deleon, who was also injured, was placed under arrest.An inve...

Israel strikes 2 homes, killing more than 90 Palestinians

Published Tue, 24 Dec 2024 00:38:11 GMT

More than 90 Palestinians, including dozens from an extended family, were killed in Israeli airstrikes on two homes in Gaza, rescuers and hospital officials said Saturday, a day after the U.N. chief warned that nowhere is safe in the territory and that Israel’s offensive creates “massive obstacles” to distribution of humanitarian aid.U.S. President Joe Biden spoke with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Saturday, calling it a long and private conversation a day after the Biden administration again shielded Israel in the diplomatic arena. On Friday, the U.N. Security Council adopted a watered-down resolution that calls for immediately speeding up aid deliveries to desperate civilians in Gaza, but not for a cease-fire.“I did not ask for a cease-fire,” Biden said of the call. Netanyahu’s office said the prime minister “made clear that Israel would continue the war until achieving all its goals.”Also Saturday, the Israeli military said troops arrested hundreds of alleged milit...

Santa delivers presents to South Boston kids by water taxi (Photos)

Published Tue, 24 Dec 2024 00:38:11 GMT

Who says Santa needs reindeer to deliver Christmas presents?Jolly Old St. Nick made an early visit to South Boston and presented three-dozen children there with toys. And he did it all by water taxi!The good ship Alice stood in for Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer on Friday when it pulled up to the St. Regis Residences in South Boston’s Seaport District Friday to bring a little early Christmas cheer to the children of the South Boston Neighborhood House — more commonly called “The Ollie.”The 122-year-old Southie institution says it is helping more than 430 families to provide them with over 1,200 holiday gifts for kids this year, which it said Thursday was the “highest demand for The Ollie’s help over the years!”At around 11 a.m., the children were delighted with presents, hot chocolate and cookies, holiday games and taking part in a selection of Christmas carols.But Santa wasn’t the only famous presence there for the occasion. Blades from Bos...

Study suggests reindeer vision evolved to spot favorite food

Published Tue, 24 Dec 2024 00:38:11 GMT

Rudolph the red-nosed reindeer may have millions of carrots set out for him on Christmas Eve, but what about the rest of the year?Finding food in a cold, barren landscape is challenging, but researchers from Dartmouth College in New Hampshire and the University of St. Andrews in Scotland report that reindeer eyes may have evolved to allow them to easily spot their preferred meal.It’s further evidence that while reindeer are famous for pulling Santa’s sleigh, it’s their vision that really sets them apart, says Nathaniel Dominy, a Dartmouth anthropology professor and co-author of a recent study published in the journal i-Perception.“They’ve been sort of obscure and unheralded in the annals of visual neuroscience, but they’re having their moment because they have a really fascinating visual system,” he said in an interview.Scientists have known for years that mirror-like tissue in reindeer eyes changes color from a greenish gold in the summer to vivid blue in the winter, a proces...