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Jose Ramirez Arrested after DUI Pedestrian Collision on Decatur Boulevard [Las Vegas, NV]

Published Wed, 05 Mar 2025 02:47:36 GMT

Pedestrian Fatally Struck in DUI Accident near West Lake Mead BoulevardLAS VEGAS, NV (November 14, 2023) – Jose Ramirez was placed in jail Saturday afternoon after a DUI pedestrian crash on Decatur and West Lake Mead Boulevard. The incident occurred at approximately 12:45 p.m., on November 4th.Officers say Ramirez, 51, was operating a silver 2010 Honda Pilot SUV eastbound on West Lake Mead Boulevard. Ramirez then attempted to enter North Decatur Boulevard when a tire popped, causing him to lose control. The Honda then traveled onto the sidewalk where it struck a pedestrian.Due to the extent of injuries sustained, medics later pronounced the pedestrian dead at the scene. Although, police have not yet released their identity.Following preliminary duties, crews evaluated Jose Ramirez who displayed signs of intoxication. Police officers then arrested Ramirez for DUI charges resulting in the death, and booked him into the Clark County Detention Center.No words can mend the broken h...

Suspect in Walnut Creek robberies arrested in Fairfield

Published Wed, 05 Mar 2025 02:47:36 GMT

WALNUT CREEK — A suspect in two recent robberies turned up in Fairfield, and Walnut Creek police detectives arrested him there, authorities said.Related ArticlesCrime and Public Safety | Driver dies from injuries suffered in shooting on Richmond Parkway Crime and Public Safety | Scooter-riding suspect robs four men at gunpoint outside Oakland restaurant Crime and Public Safety | Marin police arrest East Bay teen in armed robbery probe Crime and Public Safety | Union City police searching for suspect who stabbed someone multiple times Crime and Public Safety | Person arrested in Fremont shooting that left one dead, one wounded A SWAT team also assisted with the Nov. 10 arrest, according to a statement from Walnut Creek police Lt. Bruce Jower. He added that detectives brought a search warrant to the undisclosed location and found an AR-15 rifle during their search.Jower said the 27-year-old suspect w...

Mountain View: After 49 years, original Hobee’s will close as new San Jose location opens

Published Wed, 05 Mar 2025 02:47:36 GMT

Hobee’s co-owners Camille and Daniel Chijate issued a sad, heartfelt announcement Tuesday:Their Mountain View location — the original in this chain that serves big breakfasts with their famous blueberry coffeecake — will shut down just after Thanksgiving, at the end of business Sunday, Nov. 26.The couple, who bought the restaurant group in 2017, called it a “difficult decision.” But “sluggish post-pandemic weekday sales and the expense of necessary upgrades to the aging facility” made it necessary, Camille Chijate wrote.“My husband and I have witnessed the ebbs and flows of Silicon Valley. The pandemic was like a sneaker wave that no one saw coming, and we are still emerging from it,” she said in the announcement. “Hobee’s Mountain View, for all its cozy charm, is outdated and in need of costly repairs.“While we’re excited about our new concept in downtown San Jose, we are going to have a very tough time saying farewell to ...

Steph Curry out for Warriors’ game tonight vs. Timberwolves

Published Wed, 05 Mar 2025 02:47:36 GMT

Steph Curry is out for the Warriors’ in-season tournament game against the Minnesota Timberwolves on Tuesday night.Curry banged up his right knee on a hard fall during the Warriors’ 116-110 loss to the Timberwolves on Sunday night. This will be Curry’s first missed game of the year.Golden State could see Curry’s absence as an opportunity to get some of their other scorers going. The 35–year-old star guard is leading the Warriors with 30.7 points per game and shooting 44.6% from 3. No other Warrior has scored more than 20 points in any single game so far this season.Curry had 38 points in the loss to the Timberwolves on Sunday in the first half of this two-game series. Minnesota’s No. 1-ranked defense had the Warriors flailing offensively as anyone not named Curry was unable to get going from 3 or penetrate the paint against bigs Rudy Gobert and Karl-Anthony Towns.Related ArticlesGolden State Warriors | Kurtenbach: The Warriors can’t wait on Andrew Wiggins much longe...

East Bay shopping center lands movie theater, fighting sports academy

Published Wed, 05 Mar 2025 02:47:36 GMT

DANVILLE — An East Bay retail and restaurant plaza has gotten a hefty boost with big leases that will bring the shopping mall a movie theater, a fighting sports facility and a wellness center as new tenants.Blackhawk Plaza, a Danville mall that has struggled with brutal vacancies in the wake of the coronavirus outbreak, has landed new tenants that will fill up more than 53,000 square feet of space in the complex.These are the new tenants at Blackhawk Plaza:— Apple Cinemas is leasing 26,200 square feet, a movie house that will bring a welcome replacement for the Century Theaters that abruptly closed in December.—  Combat Sports Academy, which offers training in an array of fighting sports, has leased 26,600 square feet.—  Osteostrong, a health wellness business, leased 1,500 square feet.All three of these tenants are slated to open in 2024, according to JLL commercial real estate brokers Jeff Badstubner and Justin Choi, who arranged the leasing deals on behalf...

Calls grow to evacuate Gaza’s largest hospital

Published Wed, 05 Mar 2025 02:47:36 GMT

By Najib Jobain, Jack Jeffrey and Lee Keath | Associated PressKHAN YOUNIS, Gaza Strip — Palestinian authorities on Tuesday called for a cease-fire to evacuate three dozen newborns and other patients trapped inside Gaza’s biggest hospital as Israeli forces battled Hamas in the streets just outside and seized more ground across northern Gaza.For days, the Israeli army has encircled Shifa Hospital, the facility it says Hamas hides in, and beneath, to use civilians as shields for its main command base.Hospital staff and Hamas deny the claim. Meanwhile, hundreds of patients, staff and displaced people were trapped inside, with supplies dwindling and no electricity to run incubators and other life-saving equipment. With refrigeration out for days, morgue staff on Tuesday dug a mass grave in the yard for more than 120 bodies, officials said.The standoff at Shifa and other hospitals comes as Israeli forces control larger swaths of Gaza City and the surrounding northern part of the Gaz...

ASU athletics: Anderson resigns, social media celebrates and Crow steps back into the spotlight as a big hire looms

Published Wed, 05 Mar 2025 02:47:36 GMT

One of the most enduring questions in Pac-12 athletics — How does Ray Anderson still have a job? — finally has an answer.He doesn’t.Arizona State’s controversial athletic director announced his resignation Monday, effective immediately.So ends a nine-year reign that featured the standard array of hits and misses typical of college sports administration, along with a blunder for the ages that will define his legacy in Tempe.The architect of the Herm Edwards Experiment had a partner, of course: ASU president Michael Crow signed off on all the major decisions, including the bowl ban announced days before the start of the season.But Crow’s the big boss and has done first-rate work for the university. Anderson was responsible for oversight of the football program and bears responsibility for hiring Edwards, his friend and former business partner, and for the NCAA recruiting transgressions that have engulfed the program for 2.5 years.News of Anderson’s ...

San Diego Padres owner Peter Seidler dies at 63

Published Wed, 05 Mar 2025 02:47:36 GMT

By Bernie Wilson | Associated PressSAN DIEGO — Padres owner Peter Seidler, who spent hundreds of millions of dollars trying to bring a long-elusive World Series championship to San Diego, died Tuesday, the team announced. He was 63.A cause of death wasn’t disclosed. Seidler, a third-generation member of the O’Malley family that used to own the Brooklyn/Los Angeles Dodgers, was a two-time cancer survivor. The team announced in mid-September that Seidler had an unspecified medical procedure in August and wouldn’t be back at the ballpark the rest of the year.The Padres planned to open Petco Park on Tuesday afternoon for fans who wished to gather to pay respects.“Today, our love and prayers encircle Peter’s family as they grieve the loss of an extraordinary husband, father, son, brother, uncle and friend,” Padres CEO Erik Greupner said in a statement. “Peter was a kind and generous man who was devoted to his wife, children and extended family. He also consi...

See the list of Starbucks’ 28 California shops that will strike on Red Cup Day

Published Wed, 05 Mar 2025 02:47:36 GMT

By Josh Eidelson | BloombergUnionized Starbucks baristas plan to hold their biggest strike yet this week, accusing the coffee giant of refusing to fairly negotiate at cafes that voted to organize.Thousands of employees at hundreds of sites will mount one-day work stoppages on Thursday, according to the union Starbucks Workers United.Also see: Here’s what this year’s Starbucks holiday cups look likeThe strike is pegged to the company’s Red Cup Day, a popular promotional event when Starbucks gives out holiday-themed reusable cups. The union says Starbucks has illegally refused to negotiate in good faith over issues including staffing and scheduling that are particularly onerous during such promotions.“Starbucks has made it clear that they won’t listen to workers, so we’re advocating for ourselves by going on strike,” Oklahoma City employee Neha Cremin said in an emailed statement.In an email, Starbucks said it’s the union that’s refusing to fairly negotiate. The two sides have disagre...

Sailor’s last message to family during hurricane: ‘Pray for us’

Published Wed, 05 Mar 2025 02:47:36 GMT

By Maria Verza | Associated PressACAPULCO, Mexico — During the first minutes of Oct. 25 when Hurricane Otis roared into Acapulco Bay with 165 mph winds, sailor Ruben Torres recorded a 10-second audio message from a yacht called the Sereno.“All things considered I’m alright, but it’s really horrible, it’s really horrible, it’s really horrible,” he said over the howling wind and the boat’s beeping alarms. “Family, I don’t want to exaggerate, but pray for us because it’s really awful out here.”The Sereno was one of 614 boats — yachts, ferries, fishing boats — that according to Mexico’s Navy were in the bay that night and ended up damaged or on the ocean floor. Of those aboard the Sereno, one person survived, while Torres and the boat’s captain remain missing.Otis killed at least 48 people officially, most drowned, and some 26 are missing. Sailors, fishermen and their families believe there are many more.Sailo...