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Denver council approves five more settlements over police response to racial justice protests

Published Tue, 24 Dec 2024 12:15:23 GMT

Denver’s legal bills related to how police responded to the racial justice protests in May and June of 2020 continue to rise with the City Council approving a combined $1.06 million in settlements on Monday.According to a list of payments provided by the City Attorney’s Office, the latest settlements will push the city’s legal bills related to the protests to nearly $9.4 million with a possible $14 million jury award still looming should the city’s ongoing effort to appeal it fail.The most recent payments are split across five settlement agreements. Four of those agreements stem from the same lawsuit filed on June 4, 2020, in the midst of nightly demonstrations in downtown Denver protesting the murder of George Floyd by Minneapolis police.In that case, plaintiffs Agazi Abay, Gabriel Thorn, Amy Schneider and Michael McDaniel sued the city for a range of actions by police including the use of tear gas, pepper balls and rubber bullets allegedly without warning a...

No official word on Broncos S Caden Sterns’ knee injury, but report suggests he’ll miss season

Published Tue, 24 Dec 2024 12:15:23 GMT

Caden Sterns cannot catch a break.The third-year safety’s tough run of injury luck continued with a knee injury Sunday that those in the Broncos organization fear is serious.Head coach Sean Payton on Monday said only that Sterns was undergoing medical imaging on the injury and would not confirm an NFL Network report that he suffered a season-ending torn patellar tendon.Sterns shot into the backfield on a Josh Jacobs run on the first play of the second quarter, but went to the turf awkwardly as he attempted to make a tackle.He appeared to immediately assume the injury was serious, stomping and punching the turf while being attended to by trainers and then wiping away tears as he was carted off the field.The emotion is understandable for the former Texas standout, who missed all but five games last year due to a hip injury and was primed for a breakout season. Instead, he played just two defensive snaps before getting hurt again.“It’s tough, especially in there makin...

7 injured in multi-vehicle crash in South Los Angeles

Published Tue, 24 Dec 2024 12:15:23 GMT

Police are searching for a felony hit-and-run driver who is believed to be armed and dangerous after a multi-vehicle crash Monday in Baldwin Hills that injured at least seven people.  The incident occurred in the 3500 block of Potomac Avenue, near Obama Boulevard, just after 4 p.m.  Officers with the Los Angeles Police Department were in a foot pursuit with the felony hit-and-run suspect, who is described as a Black male, approximately 25-35 years old, with a heavy build and dreadlocks. The man was last seen wearing a white shirt, light colored jeans and should be considered armed and dangerous, LAPD told KTLA. A police perimeter has been set up in the area while the search continues. Another person has been taken into custody, though police said it is currently unclear how that person was involved in the incident. First responders on the scene of a multi-car crash in Baldwin Hills on Sept. 11, 2023. (KTLA)First responders on the scene of a multi-car crash in Baldwin Hills...

Man exposes himself on Hollywood's Walk of Fame, bystanders intervene

Published Tue, 24 Dec 2024 12:15:23 GMT

Visitors and motorists along Hollywood’s bustling Walk of Fame were victimized by a man who exposed himself in public on Sunday.A video posted to Citizen shows the man standing with his pants down and his arms raised next to stopped vehicles, including a Metro bus, at Hollywood Boulevard and N. Highland Avenue - just footsteps from the famous Chinese Theatre and Dolby Theatre.One bystander pulls up the man's pants. A second video shows two people holding him down waiting for authorities to arrive.Video posted to Citizen shows a man standing with his pants down and his arms raised next to traffic, including a Metro bus, at Hollywood Boulevard and N. Highland Avenue. Sept. 10, 2023. (CITIZEN)“Don’t f***ing move,” one Good Samaritan says. “There’s f***ing kids [and] you’re f***ing doing that?”Another bystander hurls a water bottle at the man, hitting him in the head.It was not immediately known if he was cited by police.Video shows bystanders holding down a man who had exposed himself ...

Ed Sheeran crashes Vegas wedding

Published Tue, 24 Dec 2024 12:15:23 GMT

Before postponing his show Saturday night at the last minute, Grammy Award-winning singer and songwriter Ed Sheeran was crashing a Las Vegas wedding.Saturday afternoon, the "Thinking Out Loud" singer stopped by the iconic Little White Wedding Chapel to surprise Jordan and Carter Lindenfield, serenading the couple mid-wedding with his new song, "Magical."Sheeran even signed the couple's marriage license as the witness on their "Perfect" day. Ed Sheeran crashes a wedding at the Little White Wedding Chapel. (Mark Surridge)Ed Sheeran crashes a wedding at the Little White Wedding Chapel. (Mark Surridge)Ed Sheeran crashes a wedding at the Little White Wedding Chapel. (Mark Surridge)Ed Sheeran crashes a wedding at the Little White Wedding Chapel. (Mark Surridge)Speaking with the Las Vegas Review-Journal, the Lindenfields said a representative for the chapel contacted them last month about letting an anonymous celebrity drop by the ceremony as "a PR stunt." While they initially declined, th...

Woman Pronounced Dead Following Pedestrian Crash on Garden Grove Boulevard [Garden Grove, CA]

Published Tue, 24 Dec 2024 12:15:23 GMT

Pedestrian Killed in Hit-and-Run Crash near Garden Grove BoulevardGARDEN GROVE, CA (September 11, 2023) – Early Monday morning, a pedestrian crash on Garden Grove Boulevard left one woman dead.The incident happened around 7:25 a.m., at the 8700 block of Garden Grove Boulevard on August 28th.According to reports, the woman was struck by a Lexus RX300. Consequently, paramedics arrived at the scene and transported both pedestrians to a nearby hospital in critical condition.Tragically, the female pedestrian later succumbed to her injuries.Any witnesses who have information about the crash are encouraged to contact the Garden Grove Police Department at 714-741-5772.Sweet James sends out their warm and sincerest sympathies go out to the friends and family of the deceased victim. May you find comfort and strength during this time.It is important to have strong legal representation on your side when losing a loved one in a pedestrian crash. Reach out to the wrongful death lawyers at Sweet J...

Trump asks judge to throw out Georgia election subversion charges

Published Tue, 24 Dec 2024 12:15:23 GMT

By Katelyn Polantz | CNNFormer President Donald Trump is asking a court to dismiss several criminal charges against him in the Georgia 2020 election interference case.His filings on Monday are Trump’s opening salvo of legal arguments to challenge the state-level charges.The filings indicate Trump wants to adopt the legal arguments his racketeering co-defendants Rudy Giuliani, Kenneth Chesebro and Ray Smith have already made in court filings.Giuliani filed his challenge Friday, asking Fulton County Superior Court Judge Scott McAfee to toss his indictment due to “deficiencies,” his lawyers argued, that render it invalid. Chesebro, the pro-Trump lawyer who devised the “fake electors” scheme, filed a similar challenge last month that argued the indictment “fails to sufficiently set out the charge or any violation of the law.”Smith, an attorney for Trump’s 2020 campaign in Georgia, filed his extensive motion challenging the indictment also on Monday, arguing that the indictment had “volu...

House GOP push to impeach Biden runs into Senate GOP

Published Tue, 24 Dec 2024 12:15:23 GMT

By Annie Grayer, Manu Raju and Melanie Zanona | CNNHouse Republicans are not only facing resistance from within their own ranks to impeach President Joe Biden, they’re also getting a cool reception from another key constituency: Senate Republicans.The concerns raised from lawmakers across the Capitol – who would be the jury in an impeachment trial if it came to that – adds another layer of GOP opposition, and further exposes that Republicans are not unified in their pursuit of impeaching Biden.Republicans in the Senate are nervous that the push to impeach could backfire politically and give Biden a boost – all the while distracting from their efforts to paint the president as out of touch on the economy. Moreover, a number of Senate Republicans liken the Biden impeachment efforts to the two impeachments of then-President Donald Trump that they sharply criticized, even though the situations are markedly different.And some are deeply skeptical that House Republicans have gathered enou...

Could the Oakland Roots soccer team play a role in the future of the Coliseum site?

Published Tue, 24 Dec 2024 12:15:23 GMT

OAKLAND — The Roots SC, a popular men’s minor-league soccer franchise, wants to return to Oakland, the city that is represented in the team’s name and logos but not where it currently plays soccer games.On Tuesday, city officials will begin reviewing the terms of an agreement that would allow the Roots to build a temporary 10,000-seat stadium on the largely unused Malibu parking lot, a triangular space directly adjacent to the giant Coliseum complex in deep East Oakland.After forming in the late 2010s, the Roots emerged as a prominent community attraction, and until recently played its games at Oakland’s Laney College, south of Lake Merritt.But earlier this year, the franchise skipped town to a stadium at Cal State East Bay, citing a last-minute snafu involving the turf at the Laney field. It now plans to remain a half-hour drive south in Hayward for the entire 2024 season.In the meantime, the team hopes to work through negotiations with the city, plus the lo...

‘Brady Bunch’ house sells for $3.2 million, a 9% loss for HGTV

Published Tue, 24 Dec 2024 12:15:23 GMT

New owner Tina Trahan plans to keep the 5,140-square-foot house with five bedrooms and five bathrooms as is. (Photo by Ryan Lahiff)The burn orange and avocado green kitchen. (Photo by Ryan Lahiff)Mike Brady’s office. (Photo by Ryan Lahiff)Show Caption of ExpandThe Studio City home famous for its role as the exterior of “The Brady Bunch” has sold for $3.2 million.New owner Tina Trahan plans to keep the 5,140-square-foot house with five bedrooms and five bathrooms as is. That goes for the burnt orange and avocado green kitchen, the house plans on Mike’s desk, and even Tiger’s dog house in the backyard.The Wall Street Journal first reported that Trahan, a collector of art and historic homes and wife of former HBO chief Chris Albrecht, expressed an interest in buying the “Brady Bunch” house to her longtime real estate agent Marcy Roth of the Eklund Gomes team at Douglas Elliman.Roth thought that she was joking.As it turned out, Trahan, a fan of ...