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‘Our hearts were shattered in a million pieces’: Pittsburg man gets 10 years in prison for 2021 homicide due to self-defense allegations

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 11:13:49 GMT

MARTINEZ — In an emotional Thursday court hearing, a Contra Costa judge sentenced a Pittsburg man to 10 years in prison as part of a plea deal over a 2021 fatal Bay Point shooting, court records show.Antonino Solis, 30, pleaded no contest to manslaughter in exchange for the 10-year sentence, and prosecutors correspondingly dropped a murder charge against Solis. He was accused of killing 24-year-old Pablo Bretado Munoz in a August 2021 Bay Point shooting, after Munoz and Solis allegedly arranged to fight.Several of Munoz’s family members came to Thursday’s sentencing hearing to speak out against the sentencing, calling it too short, and to memorialized Munoz, who had been married just two months before his death and left behind three children, his wife said in a letter to the court.“Our hearts were shattered in a million pieces,” Munoz’s widow wrote. “Your actions have left (our children) with a permanent void that will never heal.”She ...

Retired San Jose police captain dies in I-5 wreck near Chico that kills four others

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 11:13:49 GMT

A recently retired San Jose Police Department captain who served the city for a quarter of a century died over the weekend after a wrong-way driver hit his truck on Interstate 5 near Chico, a wreck that killed four others including a child and pregnant woman, according to authorities and multiple sources.The captain, Randy Schriefer, was driving a Dodge Ram pickup truck towing a trailer north on I-5 near Corning in Tehama County — about 30 miles northwest of Chico, where he attended college — when the driver of a southbound Infiniti sedan crossed the center divider and hit Schriefer’s vehicle head-on, according to the California Highway Patrol.Schriefer, a 52-year-old Morgan Hill resident, died at the scene. The Tehama County Coroner’s Office has not officially disclosed his identity, but multiple law-enforcement sources confirmed his identity with this news organization.A 48-year-old Morgan Hill woman riding in the truck was seriously injured and was airlift...

Phoenix sets another heat record as July keeps sizzling

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 11:13:49 GMT

By Walter Berry | Associated PressPHOENIX — Phoenix sizzled through its 31st consecutive day of at least 110 degrees Fahrenheit (43.3 Celsius) and other parts of the country grappled Sunday with record temperatures after a week that saw significant portions of the U.S. population subject to extreme heat.The National Weather Service said Phoenix climbed to a high of 111 F (43.8 Celsius) before the day was through.July has been so steamy thus far that scientists calculate it will be the hottest month ever recorded and likely the warmest human civilization has seen. The World Meteorological Organization and the European Union’s Copernicus Climate Change Service on Thursday proclaimed July beyond record-smashing.The historic heat began blasting the lower Southwest U.S. in late June, stretching from Texas across New Mexico and Arizona and into California’s desert.On Sunday, a massive wildfire burning out of control in California’s Mojave National Preserve spread rapidly...

Five-bedroom home in Dublin sells for $2.3 million

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 11:13:49 GMT

5372 Signal Hill Drive – Google Street ViewA 3,781-square-foot house built in 2004 has changed hands. The spacious property located in the 5300 block of Signal Hill Drive in Dublin was sold on June 7, 2023, for $2,310,000, or $611 per square foot. This two-story house boasts a generous living space with five bedrooms and four baths. Additionally, the house comes with a two-car garage, allowing for convenient vehicle storage and additional storage space. Situated on a spacious 5,570-square-foot lot, the property offers ample outdoor space.Additional houses have recently changed hands nearby:A 3,603-square-foot home on the 2800 block of Poppy Hills Lane in Dublin sold in June 2023, for $2,415,000, a price per square foot of $670. The home has 5 bedrooms and 5 bathrooms.In May 2023, a 2,856-square-foot home on Palatino Court in Dublin sold for $2,050,000, a price per square foot of $718. The home has 4 bedrooms and 3 bathrooms.On West Cog Hill Terrace, Dublin, in June 2022, a 3,504-squ...

‘Tina Turner Musical’ lands in Bay Area for extended stay

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 11:13:49 GMT

Tina Turner was unforgettable. From her early days alongside then-husband Ike Turner in the ’60s and ’70s to solo superstardom in the ’80s and beyond, the “Queen of Rock ’n’ Roll” combined an explosive voice and magnetic presence to create a multitude of classic recordings, including “River Deep — Mountain High,” “Proud Mary,” “What’s Love Got to Do with It,” “The Best” and many, many more.Now Bay Area audiences can revisit all these hits in “Tina — The Tina Turner Musical.” Fresh from Broadway, the North American tour is playing most of August at San Francisco’s Golden Gate Theatre courtesy of BroadwaySF, followed immediately by a six-day run at San Jose’s Center for the Performing Arts as part of the Broadway San Jose season.The jukebox musical traces the life and career of the titular star from her childhood as Anna Mae Bullock in Nutbush, Tennessee, to the height of her success as a solo performer after escaping her abusive marriage to Ike, famously dramatized in the...

Man carjacked at gunpoint outside Piedmont home

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 11:13:49 GMT

PIEDMONT — A 52-year-old man was carjacked at gunpoint Saturday afternoon by three suspects who were driving around the city in what turned out to be another carjacked vehicle, police said.The man was not hurt and his vehicle was recovered later in unincorporated Hayward, authorities said. The suspects were still being sought Monday.Authorities said about 1:30 p.m. Saturday, police dispatch received multiple calls from residents regarding a suspicious vehicle in the area of Lexford Road and Huntleigh Road, as well as on Sandringham Place.As officers were looking for the vehicle — a black 2003 Lexus 4-door with paper plates — it was involved in an armed  carjacking in the area of Park Way and Monte Avenue.A 52-year-old resident had his dark gray 2021 BMWX3 taken at gunpoint by a masked suspect outside his home, police said. He was not injured.An officer quickly spotted both the Lexus and BMW driving on Moraga Avenue and onto southbound Highway 13, where the Lexus crashed into a...

Kitten, ferret forge unlikely friendship at Utah shelter

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 11:13:49 GMT

By John Franchi | KSTU via CNNSALINA, Utah (KSTU) — An unexpected relationship developed inside the kennels of the Fullmer Menagerie Animal Rescue.Earlier this month, an employee found a kitten fighting for its life near the Gunnison State Prison.“This kitten was in the middle of the road,” said Jeannine Fullmer, the founder of the rescue. “People were speeding by it. The kitten was going to get hit.”The feline named “Skiddy” was rescued and taken to the Fullmer facility in Salina, Utah.The rescue gives hope to cats, dogs, rabbits and scores of other animals.To help the rescue flourish, Fullmer provides grooming and boarding services to local pets.After Skiddy’s harrowing ordeal in Gunnison, it’s safe to say she needed a friend and she found one at the rescue.She was befriended by “Banana Pudding,” a ferret who also overcame difficult circumstances. “Banana Pudding” was found inside a rundown home left in deplorable conditions.“Very skinny, very unhealthy and we didn’t k...

Martinez couple charged with $217k embezzlement from Berkeley auto repair shop

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 11:13:49 GMT

OAKLAND — A Martinez couple has been charged with embezzling more than $217,000 from a Berkeley auto body shop, in a simple scheme that involved the defendants allegedly writing hundreds of checks to themselves from the business, court records show.Justin Durland and Bryanna Durland have each been charged with a single felony count of embezzlement over time from Berkeley Auto Body. Both have pleaded not guilty and have been released from jail while the charge is pending.They are set to appear in court in mid-August for a preliminary hearing, where a judge will review the case and determine if there is evidence to support the charge, court records show.Police allege that the two were employed at the auto body shop, but quit earlier this year after a dispute with the owner. After they quit, the owner reportedly discovered that the two had written and cashed 216 checks to themselves, totaling $217,554.64, from March 2022 to March 2023.Bryanna Durland, who was hired to do payroll ...

10 expert tips to sleep cooler in a heat wave

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 11:13:49 GMT

By Sandee LaMotte | CNNAre you waking up in a puddle of sweat — if you can sleep at all? That’s the grim reality for millions of people around the globe suffering through severe, unbearable heat waves.July is the hottest month on record for the planet and very likely the hottest period in 120,000 years, according to global climate authorities. “These are the hottest temperatures in human history,” Samantha Burgess, deputy director of the European Union’s Copernicus Climate Change Service, told CNN recently.It’s expected to get worse: A new study found the number of days of “dangerous heat” — defined as 103 degrees Fahrenheit (39.4 degrees Celsius) — will more than double by 2050 in the midlatitude regions, which include Western Europe and countries such as China, Japan and the United States. Tropical areas could face those temperatures for the majority of the year.No relief at nightIt’s not just the unbearable sunshine — temperatures at night aren’t dropping as they should. Nights a...

'X' sign taken down from atop Twitter building

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 11:13:49 GMT

SAN FRANCISCO (KRON) -- A brightly lit "X" sign that was installed atop Twitter headquarters on Market Street Friday has been taken down as of Monday morning. Photos obtained by KRON4 taken from a nearby building and from the street below, show that the sign is gone.During its three days on top of the building, the X sign attracted controversy. One neighbor tweeted video of the sign's bright light and called it an "eye sore." Amid ‘X’ sign controversy, Musk says headquarters will remain in SF San Francisco city officials also opened an investigation and filed a complaint over the sign. City building inspectors reportedly were refused access to the building, which is located at 1355 Market Street, to inspect the sign.No official explanation for why the sign was taken down has been given.