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St. Louis man's streetlight campaign aims to curb juvenile crime

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:35:47 GMT

ST. LOUIS - A St. Louis man wants something all of us see on a regular basis to be a reminder - a simple streetlight.The target is juvenile crime. “The battle belongs in the household,” Aaron Williams said, “and this campaign is to say we can win this battle one household at a time.”Through his nonprofit, called the 7th Grade Poetry Foundation, Williams has purchased billboards and bus signs that say “WHEN THE STREETLIGHTS ARE ON DO YOU KNOW WHERE YOUR CHILDREN ARE?” Prosecutor dropping child abuse charge despite daycare video Williams said “It’s a grassroots approach of trying to return what is engrained in the St. Louis tradition for multiple generations.”His message has caught the attention of stakeholders across the region – such as Wellston’s Mayor Nathanial Griffin, who remembers the streetlight rule when he was young.Griffin explained, “We played football and if I’m going in for a winning touchdown - ball in the air - streetlight come on - I would rather lose that football ...

Flooding woes plague south county business, resolution sought amid finger-pointing

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:35:47 GMT

AFFTON, Mo. - An immigrant family with a business in Affton in South County calls the You Paid For It Team for help dealing with flooding woes that’s not their fault. But they’ll have to pay. The damage from flooding is tens of thousands of dollars for business owner Elsa Scholla, who run their business along Gravois Avenue. “The problem is, during the storm happened on May 14, we got flooded. All the parking lot, all backside of the building property. I filed a claim with MSD, and it looks like it’s been a failure of the MSD system collector. We’ve got tons of damage on the backside of the parking lot.” Prosecutor dropping child abuse charge despite daycare video Scholla says she turned to MSD for help. Estimates say the total damages are around $49,000. "I filed a claim with MSD, and they brought an engineer, and they say, 'Sorry,'" recalled Scholla. When that didn’t work, they turned to St Louis County.So I file a claim with the county because we’re paying taxes in St Louis Co...

Mural honoring famed mountain lion P-22 unveiled in West Hollywood

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:35:47 GMT

A new mural honoring the famed mountain lion P-22 was unveiled in West Hollywood on Friday night.The mural, called “Keep LA WILD,” features the majestic mountain lion with a monarch butterfly perched on his nose.The new piece marks artist Corie Mattie’s third mural in collaboration with The National Wildlife Federation.P-22, the beloved mountain lion who roamed the Hollywood Hills in Los Angeles for over a decade, was humanely euthanized in Dec. 2022 after being struck by a car near Griffith Park.The 12-year-old died of multiple severe injuries and chronic conditions that impaired his ability to function in the wild, officials said. He also had kidney, liver and possible heart disease.Since his death, P-22 became a symbol of California’s endangered mountain lions and their decreasing genetic diversity. He was also a mascot for wildlife conservation in Los Angeles.A limited edition library card honoring the late P-22 is seen in a Los Angeles Public Library image. This Nov. 2014, file...

Los Angeles Receives 7th Busload Of Migrants From Texas

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:35:47 GMT

A 7th bus filled with asylum-seeking migrants made its way to Los Angeles via Texas, Friday.The bus arrived at Union Station a little after noon, with city officials working with local organizations such as  Coalition for Humane Immigrant Rights in Los Angeles, to reunite the 49 asylum-seekers, 17 of whom were children, with families in the U.S.“The City has continued to work with City Departments, the County, and a coalition of nonprofit organizations, in addition to our faith partners, to execute a plan set in place earlier this year,” a statement from the Mayor’s office read. “As we have before, when we became aware of the bus yesterday, we activated our plan.”Texas Governor Greg Abbott began busing migrants to L.A. on June 14, saying it provided “much-needed relief” to Texas towns bordering Mexico.“Los Angeles is a major city that migrants seek to go to, particularly now that its city leaders approved its self-declared sanctuary city sta...

San Jose flooring company owner sentenced for shorting workers $1 million in overtime wages

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:35:47 GMT

SAN JOSE — The owner of a San Jose flooring company has been sentenced to four months in jail — and ordered to pay over $580,000 in restitution — after failing to pay his employees $1 million in overtime wages.An investigation showed the flooring company’s owner, 35-year-old Martin Helda, had shorted his employees to avoid paying $140,000 in insurance premiums, according to a statement released by the Santa Clara County District Attorney’s Office on Thursday.“Whatever you think you might be saving in the short term will cost you a lot more than money in the long term. Fraud doesn’t pay,” District Attorney Jeff Rosen said in the statement.The investigation began after an insurance audit found the company’s payroll did not match the number of employees at All Bay Area Floors, Helda’s company. The investigation later found that overtime wages were held from at least 18 staff members, including one who was owed $60,000.Still, the District Attorney’s Office said the tot...

Valley fever risk rises after wet winter, officials warn

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:35:47 GMT

(BCN) -- Californians this summer and fall may face an increased risk of Valley fever, a fungal infection that can cause respiratory symptoms like coughing and fatigue, according to the California Department of Public Health. Philz Coffee to close original SF Mission District location The CDPH points to dry conditions and heavy winter rains as factors for the risk increase. A recent study from University of California, Berkeley and the CDPH found that the fungus that causes Valley fever can become less active during drought, and more active when rain returns. Valley fever is caused by breathing in the fungus Coccidioides from dust in outdoor air. It usually affects the lungs and can cause prolonged respiratory symptoms including cough, fever, chest pain and fatigue. Most people who breathe in the spores don't get sick, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. If infected, people will usually heal on their own within weeks or months. However, some peop...

FREED GROUP Women’s Scottish Open Scores

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:35:47 GMT

FridayAt Dundonald LinksTroon, United KingdomPurse: $2 millionYardage: 6,494; Par: 72Second RoundHinako Shibuno64-68—132Maja Stark69-65—134Celine Boutier69-68—137Sarah Kemp69-68—137Madelene Sagstrom66-73—139Nicole Broch Estrup68-72—140In Gee Chun74-66—140Ally Ewing70-70—140Eleanor Givens74-66—140Linn Grant71-69—140Mi Hyang Lee71-69—140Linnea Strom70-70—140Patty Tavatanakit72-68—140Na Rin An71-70—141Nasa Hataoka72-69—141Esther Henseleit72-69—141Caroline Inglis68-73—141Minami Katsu72-69—141Hyo Joo Kim71-70—141Jennifer Kupcho72-69—141Andrea Lee72-69—141Lilia Vu72-69—141Louise Duncan71-71—142Caroline Hedwall68-74—142A Lim Kim73-69—142Frida Kinhult74-68—142Jeongeun Lee672-70—142Yu Liu72-70—142Agathe Sauzon70-72—142Amanda Doherty73-70—143Lydia Hall69-74—143Stephanie Kyriacou76-67—143Xiyu Lin75-68—143Mel Reid71-72—143Jenny Shin70-73—143Maddie Szeryk70-73—143Ruoning Yin74-69—143Arpichaya Yubol73-70—143Elin Arvidsson74-70—144Cara Gainer76-68—144Celine Herbin75-69—144Eun-Hee Ji73-71—144Megan ...

FREED GROUP Women’s Scottish Open Par Scores

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:35:47 GMT

FridayAt Dundonald LinksTroon, United KingdomPurse: $2 millionYardage: 6,494; Par: 72Second RoundHinako Shibuno64-68—132-12Maja Stark69-65—134-10Celine Boutier69-68—137-7Sarah Kemp69-68—137-7Madelene Sagstrom66-73—139-5Nicole Broch Estrup68-72—140-4In Gee Chun74-66—140-4Ally Ewing70-70—140-4Eleanor Givens74-66—140-4Linn Grant71-69—140-4Mi Hyang Lee71-69—140-4Linnea Strom70-70—140-4Patty Tavatanakit72-68—140-4Na Rin An71-70—141-3Nasa Hataoka72-69—141-3Esther Henseleit72-69—141-3Caroline Inglis68-73—141-3Minami Katsu72-69—141-3Hyo Joo Kim71-70—141-3Jennifer Kupcho72-69—141-3Andrea Lee72-69—141-3Lilia Vu72-69—141-3Louise Duncan71-71—142-2Caroline Hedwall68-74—142-2A Lim Kim73-69—142-2Frida Kinhult74-68—142-2Jeongeun Lee672-70—142-2Yu Liu72-70—142-2Agathe Sauzon70-72—142-2Amanda Doherty73-70—143-1Lydia Hall69-74—143-1Stephanie Kyriacou76-67—143-1Xiyu Lin75-68—143-1Mel Reid71-72—143-1Jenny Shin70-73—143-1Maddie Szeryk70-73—143-1Ruoning Yin74-69—143-1Arpichaya Yubol73-70—143-1Elin Arvidss...

Florida woman sentenced for girlfriend’s 2021 BW Parkway death

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:35:47 GMT

A Florida woman has been sentenced to nine years in federal prison for the death of her girlfriend, who police found dead on the side of the Baltimore-Washington Parkway in November 2021.Janice Martina Mason, 30, of Melbourne, Florida, was convicted in May of this year for the 2021 voluntary manslaughter of Sharisse Denise Carr, then 26.A release stated that “in the heat of passion Mason purposefully drove into the victim and then left her on the highway to die.”On Nov. 24, 2021, police responded to a report of a body on the side of the BW Parkway northbound near Route 197. Carr was found “lying face down on the shoulder of the road,” and pronounced dead by medics who arrived on the scene.The release said that evidence showed no skid marks or vehicle parts at the scene, but the victim’s cellphone as well as Mason’s cellphone with a broken screen had been found in the area.Later testimony showed that Mason contacted the U.S. Park Police’s Gre...

‘El Bombi’ hits 2 drastically different HRs and Montgomery wins debut as Rangers beat Marlins 6-2

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:35:47 GMT

ARLINGTON, Texas (AP) — Adolis García hit two drastically different solo homers, Corey Seager also went deep and newly acquired left-hander Jordan Montgomery worked into the seventh inning to help the Texas Rangers beat the Miami Marlins 6-2 on Friday night. Garcia put the Rangers ahead to stay when he went the opposite way with a high-arching 334-foot homer just inside the right-field pole for a 3-2 lead in the third. In the sixth, the slugger known as “El Bombi” hit a 433-foot drive that landed in the second deck of seats above the visitors bullpen in left-center. His 27th and 28th homers of the season increased his AL-leading RBI total to 88.A day after three-time Cy Young Award winner Max Scherzer won in his first game with the Rangers, their other new starter acquired before the trade deadline struck out six, walked one and allowed two runs before leaving two batters into the seventh. Texas got Montgomery (7-9) and reliever Chris Stratton from the St. Louis Cardinals last Sunda...