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Castro Valley resident sentenced to 2 1/2 years in federal prison for COVID-19 fraud scheme

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 16:31:31 GMT

A federal judge has sentenced a Castro Valley man to 2½ years in prison, after the man admitted to obtaining illegally more than $1.6 million dollars in unemployment benefits from various state agencies during the pandemic, authorities said.Idowu Hashim Shittu, 48, received a 30-month prison sentence from U.S. District Judge Haywood S. Gilliam, Jr., according to a statement from Ismail Ramsey, the U.S. Attorney for the Northern District of California. Shittu pleaded guilty on March 1 to three counts of effecting transactions with access to devices issued to other persons, Ramsey said.The plea agreement states that from at least April through July 2020, Shittu obtained reloadable debit cards issued in the names of other people and used them for his personal expenditures, Ramsey said. These cards, referred to as “Green Dot Cards” in the plea agreement, contained unemployment benefits from various state agencies.Ramsey said Shittu did not know to whom the Green Dot Cards we...

Pac-12 preview: Our assessment of the coaching Hot Seats, Cold Seats and nonexistent seats

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 16:31:31 GMT

Scan the contract terms across the Pac-12, and one item leaps off the screen: Every coach will enter the 2023 season with at least five years of security.Sure, terminations can strike at any point. But a coaching change following this season — or next season, for that matters — would assuredly carry a massive buyout for the coaches at the 10 public schools required to make the contracts available.That suggests ultra-low levels of heat for each coach. But the Hotline prefers to gauge the seat temperature one or two layers down, where contract details fade and the reality of a win-now profession lurks.(Please note: Salaries cited below are taken from published reports or school disclosures and are averaged for the duration of the term.)Arizona’s Jedd FischContract: signed through 2027 (salary: $3.3 million)Seat heat: Chilly as a late-November evening in Tucson: jacket and beanie required.Comment: Fisch is not in any danger of losing his job, even if Arizona fails to ...

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Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 16:31:31 GMT

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SJ man sentenced to 12 years for selling fentanyl-laced pills to Los Gatos High students

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 16:31:31 GMT

(KRON) -- A San Jose man will be sentenced to 12 years in prison for selling fentanyl-laced pills to a group of Los Gatos High School students, according to the Santa Clara County District Attorney's Office.One of the victims, a 15-year-old girl, overdosed in a bathroom. The pill the teen overdosed on was a counterfeit Percocet pill laced with fentanyl that was able to be traced back to Simon Armendariz.One of students would get the $10 pills delivered from Armendariz at school before first period or at the nearby parking lot, the DA's office said. Missing Netflix employee was last seen in SF, police say The 23-year-old pleaded as charged to all charges and allegations including selling drugs to minors and possession of fentanyl. Misdemeanor offenses were also among the numerous charges.Armendariz will be formally sentenced on Dec. 6 at 9:05 a.m. in the Hall of Justice in San Jose.“Just so everybody knows: fentanyl kills,” District Attorney Jeff Rosen said. “Just so everybody...

Dick's 2Q profit falls, and the retailer lowers its full-year outlook on worries about theft

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 16:31:31 GMT

Dick's Sporting Goods profit slipped in its second quarter and missed Wall Street's expectations as the retailer cut its full-year profit outlook, citing worries over theft at its stores.Shares declined more than 24% in morning trading Tuesday. For the period ended July 29, Dick's earned $244 million, or $2.82 per share. A year earlier the company earned $319 million, or $3.25 per share.Analysts polled by FactSet predicted earnings of $3.81 per share. Jailed Sam Bankman-Fried can’t prepare for trial without vegan diet and adequate meds, lawyers say “Our Q2 profitability was short of our expectations due in large part to the impact of elevated inventory shrink, an increasingly serious issue impacting many retailers,” President and CEO Lauren Hobart said in a statement.Neil Saunders, managing director of GlobalData, said in a statement that a large portion of Dick's quarterly profit drop appeared to be from theft.“In our view this is a particular issue for Dick’s as many of the prod...

Missing Hayward woman safely located in San Lorenzo

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 16:31:31 GMT

(BCN) -- The Alameda County Sheriff's Office previously asked for the public's help in locating a missing at-risk woman from Hayward. MiaRochel Jones, also known as MiaRochel Saengkao, 34, left her mother's residence on Camden Avenue at about 6:30 a.m. Monday. Jones was safely located Tuesday morning around 4 a.m. by a good Samaritan who saw her sitting at a bus stop in San Lorenzo, the Alameda County Sheriff's Office said. She was transported to a nearby hospital due to foot pain likely caused from walking around in her slippers all night, authorities said."We want to thank the kind community member who took notice of the search for MiaRochel and acted on our call for the community’s help in finding her," the sheriff's office said. "Because of them, she was safely located."Copyright © 2023 Bay City News, Inc.

US Senate chaplain a faith fixture for 20 years

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 16:31:31 GMT

Congress is often unpredictable, but when the U.S. Senate convenes on Sept. 5 after the summer break, the session will begin with the reassuring baritone of the Rev. Barry Black.He has now served more than 20 years as the U.S. Senate chaplain, a witness to history who prays with the politically powerful, but who has also been known to admonish lawmakers when he gets a message from a higher power.Black’s two decades as chaplain mark the longest consecutive tenure for the position, which was formally established for the U.S. Senate in 1789. A native of Baltimore, he is also the first Black chaplain to serve in the upper chamber.Black came to Capitol Hill after an extensive military career, which included serving as the chief chaplain of the Navy.“The military is actually excellent preparation for ministry in the legislature,” he said, speaking at his office in the Capitol.While senators can have big egos, Black said he was used to being around people who are aware of...

WNBA teams ready for sprint to the postseason with coveted spots on the line

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 16:31:31 GMT

WNBA teams are ready for their sprint to the finish of the regular season with coveted playoff spots and positioning up for grabs.Las Vegas, New York and Connecticut have already clinched spots in the postseason. The Aces hold a three-game lead on the Liberty for the top seed with the teams set to meet one last time in the regular season on Aug. 28. Las Vegas is beginning a difficult four-game road trip over the next week that ends in New York.The Aces also have a White House visit on Friday to celebrate last season’s championship thrown in there as well.New York, which took over the top spot in the AP WNBA power poll for the first time this season, has a three-game lead on Connecticut for the second-seed. Those teams play on Thursday and once more on Sept. 1.Dallas is in fourth place with a two-game advantage on Atlanta. There are only four game separating the Dream from ninth-place Chicago with most teams having seven or eight games remaining.Los Angeles has been the hottest...

A rice shortage is sending prices soaring across the world. And things could get worse

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 16:31:31 GMT

Francis Ndege isn’t sure if his customers in Africa’s largest slum can afford to keep buying rice from him.Prices for rice grown in Kenya soared a while ago because of higher fertilizer prices and a yearslong drought in the Horn of Africa that has reduced production. Cheap rice imported from India had filled the gap, feeding many of the hundreds of thousands of residents in Nairobi’s Kibera slum who survive on less than $2 a day.But that is changing. The price of a 25-kilogram (55-pound) bag of rice has risen by about a fifth since June, going from the equivalent of about $14 to $18. Wholesalers are yet to receive new stocks since India, the world’s largest exporter of rice by far, said last month that it would ban some rice shipments. It’s an effort by the world’s most populous nation to control domestic prices ahead of a key election year — but it’s left a yawning gap of around 9.5 million metric tons (10.4 tons) of rice that people around the world need, roughly...

Liverpool midfielder Alexis Mac Allister wins appeal against red card

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 16:31:31 GMT

LONDON (AP) — Liverpool midfielder Alexis Mac Allister won his appeal Tuesday against the red card he received in the win over Bournemouth in the Premier League.The Argentina international was sent off for serious foul play following a challenge on Ryan Christie in the 58th minute of Liverpool’s 3-1 victory at Anfield on Saturday.Mac Allister was facing a three-match ban but an independent regulatory commission removed the suspension.___AP soccer: https://apnews.com/hub/soccerSource