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Opinon: A BART bailout should come with state oversight and other conditions

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 16:02:25 GMT

When it comes to finding a solution to the operating crisis facing California’s transit systems, there is only one plan coming from transit leaders and their political advocates.BART Director Debora Allen (Jose Carlos Fajardo/Bay Area News Group)More money.That’s it. That’s the plan.More money. Please.The words “reform” and “accountability” are rarely spoken when addressing transit agency operating deficits, especially from BART, which currently is running deficits of over $300 million a year.BART managers continue to place all the blame for its fiscal problems squarely on the disruption of ridership caused by COVID-19, forgetting that the agency was projecting annual deficits before the pandemic struck. COVID simply accelerated the process.The $1.6 billion federal gift from taxpayers that filled BART’s operating deficits for the last 3 years may be gone in 22 months, but the annual operating deficits won’t be. The dilemma facing BART is how to keep trains running when federal ...

East Bay man accused of killing of Cash App founder was accused of stabbing two teens in 2005, according to SF Chronicle

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 16:02:25 GMT

By Veronica Miracle and Jeffrey Kopp | CNNThe suspect in the stabbing death of CashApp founder Bob Lee was also accused of stabbing two teenagers in 2005, according to documents uncovered by the San Francisco Chronicle.Nima Momeni, 38, is accused of fatally stabbing Lee in April in San Francisco’s Rincon Hill neighborhood. He pleaded not guilty in May.Momeni, who was 20 years old at the time, was investigated but not charged for stabbing a 19-year-old and 16-year-old during a possible dispute over drugs, according to a police report from the Albany, California, police department obtained by the Chronicle. The police report revealed the injuries to the two teens were minor and the altercation may have started when the 16-year-old attacked Momeni.The report says Momeni was released due to a lack of evidence and conflicting statements. The Chronicle reports that police labeled Momeni as both a potential suspect and victim and had listed potential charges of assault with a deadly weapon...

National Transportation Safety Board releases final report on fatal 2021 Monterey plane crash

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 16:02:25 GMT

MONTEREY – The National Transportation Safety Board has determined the probable cause of the Monterey plane crash that killed two people and a dog in July 2021 was “spatial disorientation” of the pilot, causing her to lose control of the airplane.The NTSB released its final report on the accident earlier this year, more than 20 months after an initial investigation into the crash began.On the morning of July 13, 2021, a Cessna 421C crashed into a home in Monterey’s Monterra Ranch community, less than five minutes after taking off from the Monterey Regional Airport. The home was reportedly unoccupied at the time of the crash but suffered severe damage.The plane was piloted by Pacific Grove resident Mary Ellen Carlin, family members confirmed following the accident. Carlin, 74, was accompanied by Rancho Cordova resident Alice Diane Emig, as well as Emig’s dachshund, Toby. All three died in the crash.Carlin and Emig were longtime friends, family members previously told the Herald. Carl...

Playground slides doused with pool acid, injuring 2 children

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 16:02:25 GMT

LONGMEADOW, Mass. (AP) — Two children suffered what were described as “burn-like injuries” after playing on slides that had been doused with acid at a Massachusetts park, authorities said.Police and firefighters responded to Bliss Park in Longmeadow on Sunday morning for a report of a suspicious substance on the playground equipment, the fire department posted on social media.At about the same time, firefighters and emergency medical technicians went to a home in town for a report of two children with burns who had just left the park.Authorities determined that someone broke into a storage room where chemicals are kept at the park’s swimming pool and stole some muriatic acid. The acid, which can be used for cleaning or for maintaining a pool’s pH balance, was then poured on three slides, authorities said.Evidence was gathered and sent to the state crime lab for forensic analysis.No one has been charged, but authorities said the suspect or suspects may have also been inju...

Recurring problems plague Germany team 1 year before the country hosts Euro 2024

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 16:02:25 GMT

BERLIN (AP) — All the old problems were there to see.Germany’s uninspired showing in a 3-3 draw with Ukraine was just the latest example of the team’s struggles, leaving it in a state of alarm one year before the country hosts the European Championship.Only Kai Havertz prevented worse for the team on Tuesday, when he came on as a substitute and pulled a goal back, then forced the penalty from which Joshua Kimmich nabbed the equalizer in injury time.It prevented Germany’s second straight defeat after the 3-2 loss at home against Belgium in March, but it did little to address recurrent problems and doubts about coach Hansi Flick’s ability to address them.Flick sat stone-faced after Havertz and Kimmich’s goals, unable to take pleasure in either after what he had seen before.The German soccer federation stuck with Flick as coach after Germany’s World Cup flop in Qatar, bringing in former national team striker and coach Rudi Völler as sporting director to support him as Oliver Bierhoff&#...

US consumer inflation eased in May, reflecting a steady slowdown in price pressures

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 16:02:25 GMT

WASHINGTON (AP) — US consumer inflation eased in May, reflecting a steady slowdown in price pressures.Source

Door looks open for Real Madrid to finally sign Mbappé after Benzema’s departure

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 16:02:25 GMT

PARIS (AP) — The door looks wide open for Real Madrid to try signing Kylian Mbappé, because Karim Benzema’s sudden departure leaves the Spanish giant short of a star striker.Madrid will hope it’s third time lucky, after Paris Saint-Germain rejected an offer of 180 million euros ($190 million) for Mbappé in 2021. Madrid missed out again last year when Mbappé — amid frenzied speculation that Madrid would get him to join — signed a new three-year deal with PSG until 2025.Now he’s stunned the club by saying he will not trigger a 12-month extension on his contract, which expires at the end of next season.The France superstar confirmed his decision in a letter to PSG, a person with knowledge of the correspondence told The Associated Press on Monday. The person, who spoke on the condition of anonymity, also said PSG would not allow Mbappé to leave as a free agent. This immediately raised the possibility of an immediate transfer bidding war by Madrid and other clubs this summer....

Slow down: New speed limit signs, transition zones added in downtown Leesburg

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 16:02:25 GMT

You better slow down the next time you’re in Leesburg, Virginia.That’s because the speed limit has been reduced from 25 to 20 miles per hour in downtown Leesburg, which is centered on the historic business and residential area.The Leesburg Town Council voted to reduce the speed limits in late February after a traffic and engineering study showed that reducing the speed should make streets safer for pedestrians and reduce the severity of crashes.According to the town, 82 new 20 mph speed limit signs have already been installed, along with transition zones in the blocks just outside the speed zone, which warn drivers of the new restrictions.A map of where the new speed limit signs and transition zones will be installed. (Courtesy Town of Leesburg)According to the Downtown Leesburg Speed Study, which began in 2021 and was updated through February: “The Downtown Leesburg area currently offers an old, tight grid of streets pattern with historic buildings that, in some c...

Motorcar Parts: Fiscal Q4 Earnings Snapshot

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 16:02:25 GMT

TORRANCE, Calif. (AP) — TORRANCE, Calif. (AP) — Motorcar Parts of America Inc. (MPAA) on Tuesday reported earnings of $1.5 million in its fiscal fourth quarter.On a per-share basis, the Torrance, California-based company said it had net income of 7 cents. Losses, adjusted for one-time gains and costs, came to 5 cents per share.The maker of remanufactured vehicle alternators and starters posted revenue of $194.7 million in the period.For the year, the company reported a loss of $4.2 million, or 22 cents per share. Revenue was reported as $683.1 million.Motorcar Parts expects full-year revenue in the range of $720 million to $740 million._____This story was generated by Automated Insights (http://automatedinsights.com/ap) using data from Zacks Investment Research. Access a Zacks stock report on MPAA at https://www.zacks.com/ap/MPAASource

Man wanted after armed robbery in Aurora

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 16:02:25 GMT

DENVER (KDVR) -- The U.S. Postal Inspection Service is searching for a man who committed an armed robbery Monday afternoon, offering up to $50,000 for information leading to the suspect's arrest and conviction.At approximately 2:26 p.m. the U.S. Post Office at 1550 Dayton Street in Aurora was robbed by an armed man, according to a press release from the United States Postal Inspection Service. 11 people shot downtown after Denver Nuggets win NBA Finals USPIS said the man displayed a black handgun during the robbery.The suspect is described as a middle-aged Black male and was wearing a gray hooded sweatshirt with light-colored jeans, a hat, a surgical mask and was carrying a blue bag. (U.S. Postal Inspection Service)The suspect stole U.S. Postal Service assets, according to the release, and then fled on foot northbound on Dayton Street.He is described as a middle-aged Black male and was wearing a gray hooded sweatshirt with light-colored jeans, a hat, a surgical mask and was carryi...