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Allegations of child sexual abuse, cover-ups rock Redlands Unified School District

Published Sat, 22 Feb 2025 09:00:10 GMT

cod Dozens of parents came out for the Redlands Unified School Board Meeting Tuesday night to call attention to what they claim are decades of child sexual abuse in the school system.  Many of the parents said teachers and school administrators have covered up the allegations and are now demanding transparency and action. Renewed concerns about potential sexually predatory teachers within Redlands Unified follows a CBS News investigation from earlier this month.  Tuesday night’s school board meeting is the first since the report was broadcast.  “It’s outrageous and they should be ashamed of themselves for allowing this to happen,” Redlands resident and parent Melissa Castro said.  The crowd attending the meeting was too large to fit inside the school board’s meeting room, leaving many people to watch the deliberations from a monitor in the parking lot.  “We need to clean up the whole Redlands School Board and get people in ther...

Ring's new dash cam is good but here's the key thing to know

Published Sat, 22 Feb 2025 09:00:10 GMT

Ring Car Cam is a simple way to add security and peace of mind to your car.At $250 plus an optional subscription, it's more expensive than a standard dash cam but also has some advantages.The device was announced at CES 2023 and has a unique, minimalistic design that sticks between your dashboard and windshield.It's almost like adding a video doorbell to your car - complete with notifications if there's movement near or involving your vehicle.Ring Car Cam review motion alerts dash camHD cameras face front and back and have a wide-angle point of view.Installation was easier than I expected. The toughest part is running the USB-C power cable to what’s called the OBD-2 port. Not every car is compatible with this setup and there is currently no other way to do the installation. You can't run the power cord to an alternative power supply.Ring Car Cam records to internal memory several ways.First, every time you drive, it’s recording a continuous loop of the front and back cameras.Second,...

How To Shop For Reliable Delta-8 Products

Published Sat, 22 Feb 2025 09:00:10 GMT

View the original article about How To Shop For Reliable Delta-8 Products at Real Tested CBD.Cannabinoid-based products are all the rage these days. They can be found just about anywhere you look, from dispensaries to health food stores. But not all cannabinoid-based products are made equally. This is especially true for products made with delta-8 THC, one of the cannabinoids to recently gain a lot of attention.So, if you are looking to try delta-8 THC, where should you begin to look for a reliable product? Read on to learn more about what delta-8 THC is and how to find a high-quality product.What Is Delta-8 THC?Let’s start with a closer look at what delta-8 THC is. Delta-8 is one of many compounds that can be found in hemp and cannabis plants. Delta-8 is an isomer of delta-9, meaning they are similar compounds with a different arrangement of atoms which leads to different effects.Chemically speaking, delta-8 and delta-9 THC differ mostly due to the location of a double bond on thei...

Talk to Blanke

Published Sat, 22 Feb 2025 09:00:10 GMT

Talk to Blanke: Genre-bending producer Blanke started his “DJing journey” in his hometown of Canberra, Australia.“A friend of mine at the time showed me some software that could blend songs together and I just thought that was the coolest thing ever,” he says. “Honestly, I still get such a rush when two songs mix or blend together so seamlessly that they were almost meant to be together! From there, little 17 year old me dived deeper and deeper into mixing, into the club scene, and into EDM generally. I was working in cafes at the time and found a way into the clubs via bartending at the main club in Canberra where I knew I wanted to play. It seemed to be the logical step and it meant that I could harass the lighting guy with mix CD’s every week until they finally put me on the Friday night closing set. Next thing was figuring out how to produce. As a musician my whole life growing up playing Guitar, and being in a family of creatives, it felt like a na...

Nora Haron’s new Indo-Cali restaurant raises the bar for Walnut Creek dining

Published Sat, 22 Feb 2025 09:00:10 GMT

SanDai & Kopi Bar, one of the most highly anticipated restaurants to ever open east of the Caldecott Tunnel, is about to unleash its blue rice, avocado coffee and makrut lime tiger prawns in downtown Walnut Creek.The Indonesian-inspired restaurant opens May 3, with the public getting a chance starting today, April 26, to check out the coffee bar — kopi means coffee — at 1522 N. Main St. For two years, owner Amanda Toh Steckler and executive chef Nora Haron have been working on the buildout, which included gutting the former Prima Ristorante and installing a new roof. The $3 million project was delayed 11 months while they awaited the arrival of an electrical panel that controls the kitchen, heating and ventilation systems.“It’s surreal that we’re finally here,” says Haron, a native of Singapore and Bay Area chef of 15 years at eateries including her popular pandemic pop-up, IndoMex, in Oakland. “I kept promising, ‘I’ll be bac...

Tesla drops Model Y starting price below average US vehicle

Published Sat, 22 Feb 2025 09:00:10 GMT

By Tom Randall | BloombergTesla is now charging less for the cheapest version of the Model Y SUV than what the typical new vehicle sells for in the US, a threshold Elon Musk crossed in blazing fashion.At $46,990, the base Model Y now costs $759 less than the average amount paid for a car or truck in the US. The differential between these figures has changed by more than $20,000 since the middle of last year.No carmaker has made such a dramatic reduction to a high-volume vehicle in the modern age of the automobile. The Model Y was the best-selling EV in the US last year and one of the top SUVs of any type.While Musk has denied that Tesla is starting a price war, his peers see it differently. Ford Motor Co. Chief Executive Officer Jim Farley, whose Mustang Mach-E SUV lost considerable share to the Model Y last quarter — despite some discounting — said last week that price battles are “breaking out everywhere.” Related ArticlesBusiness | Tesla shareholders complain Elon Musk...

Life without parole for California mother, her boyfriend in torture-murder of 10-year-old boy

Published Sat, 22 Feb 2025 09:00:10 GMT

LOS ANGELES — The mother of a 10-year-old boy and her boyfriend were each sentenced Tuesday to life in prison for torturing and murdering the child, who was beaten, brutalized and starved in Southern California.Heather Barron, 33, and Kareem Leiva, 37, were convicted of first-degree murder involving torture last month in a nonjury trial. They also were found guilty of abusing two other children in their Lancaster home.Anthony Avalos, 10, died of serious head injuries on June 21, 2018, and reportedly had cigarette burns covering his body. The LA County Department of Children and Family Services did not remove him from his Lancaster home despite at least 16 separate reports of child abuse beginning in 2013. (Image from Facebook) Los Angeles County Superior Court Judge Sam Ohta sentenced them both to life without the possibility of parole, the Los Angeles County District Attorney’s Office said in a news release. The sentencing followed emotional statements from the boy’s relatives...

California man who smoked marijuana in Senator’s office gets 4 years in prison for role in Capitol riot

Published Sat, 22 Feb 2025 09:00:10 GMT

A Southern California man who photographed himself while helping to trash the Senate Parliamentarian’s office, stole a bottle of alcohol and then smoked marijuana in a Senator’s office during the Jan. 6 riot was sentenced Monday to four years in federal prison.Erik Herrera (Courtesy U.S. Department of Justice) Erik Herrera, a photographer from El Cajon, was arrested in Los Angeles in 2021 and in 2002 was convicted of obstruction and disorderly conduct charges related to his role in the breach of the Capitol building.Herrera was among a crowd of pro-Trump supporters who breached the Capitol building during a riot that forced Congressional leaders to flee for safety and temporarily delayed the counting of electoral votes and the certification of President Joe Biden’s electoral victory.Jurors were shown a photo Herrerra posted of himself on his Instagram account, wearing a pink respirator mask, goggles and a bulletproof vest while holding what appear to be a stack of documents wit...

Theater: ‘Something that’s missing’ in Saratoga’s STEM-focused high school

Published Sat, 22 Feb 2025 09:00:10 GMT

In Silicon Valley, it’s no surprise that students are interested in science, technology, engineering and math, but a group of Saratoga teachers and parents say theater and the arts should get more attention.Saratoga Theater Arts, a booster club for drama classes and extracurriculars, is working to not only support the existing theater programs and classes but to help grow new ones.“In a place this STEM heavy, kids who are not in STEM don’t necessarily feel like they’re a part of the school,” said club president Angela Brooks. “They don’t feel there’s a place for them at the school, and drama offers that.”The booster club helped create a drama club at Redwood Middle School that meets for the first time this Friday, April 28, to get younger students involved in and exposed to theater.Brooks said students who are interested in playing a musical instrument are able to take a yearlong music class as early as the third grade. The elementary schools stage an annual play after a few weeks o...

Prep roundup: St. Francis finds its mojo, routs No. 2 Mitty behind Luke DeVine’s 2 HRs

Published Sat, 22 Feb 2025 09:00:10 GMT

BaseballSt. Francis 12, No. 2 Archbishop Mitty 1St. Francis isn’t going to capture the West Catholic Athletic League’s regular-season championship.Its fate was sealed during a prolonged slump that dropped the Mountain View school several spots in the standings and out of the latest Bay Area News Group Top 20.But the Lancers are still dangerous. Still capable of a late-season run. Still a threat to contend when the league and section playoffs roll around.They made that clear Tuesday as Luke DeVine hit a home run in the first inning and a three-run homer in an eight-run fourth, leading St. Francis to a rout of visiting Archbishop Mitty.The outcome punctured a hole in Mitty’s quest for the WCAL’s regular-season title as the Monarchs (18-5, 9-2) will now need help to chase down Valley Christian.Mitty is scheduled to visit Valley to close out the league schedule on May 5.But the championship will be decided before then unless Mitty wins its next two WCAL games ...